CHENNAI, Aug 31 (AFP): Malaysia celebrated the anniversary of the country's independence with an emphatic 8-0 victory over Singapore in their opening match of the Asia Cup field hockey tournament here Friday. "Today is our 50th National Day and we'd...
COLOMBO, Aug 31 (AFP): Sri Lanka's star spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan believes he will need just rest not surgery for his nagging shoulder injury, his manager said Friday. "He needs rest for about four weeks and physiotherapy," manager Kushil Gunasekera...
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group president Ahmad Mohamed Ali said Friday Bangladesh would receive US$ 2.0 billion from the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) to implement poverty alleviation schemes, report UNB/ bdnews24.com.The IDB in the process of building up...
Naim-Ul-Karim back from Northwest regionFarmers in the flood-hit districts, especially those in the country's northwest region, are facing an acute shortage of seedlings at the fag end of aman cultivation season.The sufferings of the farmers aggravated as about 6,58,078 hectares...
Javier Blas, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Wheat prices Friday surged more than 6.0 per cent to a fresh all-time high as food-importing countries renewed stockpiling amid extremely tight global supplies.In Chicago, wheat topped the $8.00-a-bushel level for the first time as...
S M JahangirThe NGO Affairs Bureau is considering a fresh move to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of foreign funds received by the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to serve the desired purpose. The NGO Affairs Bureau recently issued a...
FE ReportA team of experts from the Global Steel Holding Ltd (GSHL), a subsidiary of the UK-based Mittal Group, will arrive soon in the city for carrying out a feasibility study on its investment worth $2.9 billion in Bangladesh."The team,...
BNP and its fringe organisations will observe the party's 29th founding anniversary today (Saturday) on a limited scale amid a ban on political activities, reports bdnews24.com.BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan in separate messages have urged...
The steadily growing death toll from flood-related incidents like drowning and snakebites rose to 769 with 15 fresh deaths were reported in 24 hours until 8:00 am Friday. Health Directorate sources said of the total deaths, 676 were from drowning,...
Doulot Akter MalaThe Ministry of Finance recently turned down a proposal of the energy ministry to allocate Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) a portion of national airlines' share against its outstanding fuel bills. The fund-starved energy ministry recently sought the stake...
FE Report Bangladesh will receive technical assistance (TA) worth US$575,000 from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to prepare a development programme for the gas sector. "The purpose of the TA is to help the Bangladesh government prepare a new gas...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Planning Commission (PC) has begun assessment of the damage caused by the recent flood that inundated more than half the country.According to official sources, the Commission in the middle of the last month issued a set of...
FE ReportThe country's former finance and planning chiefs will share their experiences in policymaking and how they used to work under various pressures, including political, in a roundtable discussion next Thursday (September 6). At least seven former finance and planning...
David Turner , FT Syndication ServiceTOKYO: Japan remained mired in deflation for the sixth straight month in July, according to official figures published on Friday that showed a 0.1 per cent fall in core consumer prices.The news will make it...
FE Report SAARC member nations will explore the possibility of setting up a rail corridor between Chennai and Colombo, besides connecting Nepal, Bangladesh and northeastern states of India, according to a report received in Dhaka Friday. These suggestions were mooted...
A group of robbers looted cash, gold and valuables worth about Tk 60,000 from a gold trader's house at Tanti Bazaar in old Dhaka early Friday, reports UNB.The police arrested four robbers and recovered some of the booty soon after...
SEOUL, Aug 31 (RIA Novosti): Taliban insurgents released Thursday the seven remaining Korean Christian volunteers held hostage since July 19 in central Afghanistan, witnesses said. The last three were released hours after the militants released a group of four Koreans....
BOGRA, Aug 31 (UNB): Four members of a bridal party were killed and 30 others injured when a bus and a truck collided head-on in Sadar Upazila on the Bogra-Rangpur Highway Friday afternoon. Police and local sources said the Rangpur-bound...
Russia plans manned Moon mission by 2025 MOSCOW (AFP): Russia plans to send a manned mission to the Moon by 2025 and wants to build a permanent base there shortly after, the head of Russian space agency Roskosmos said Friday....
Thousands of people of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal thronged outside photo studios with their cows as the Border Security Force (BSF) authority has introduced ID cards for cattle in a bid to stop their smuggling...
FE Report Executive officers of private sector companies will have an opportunity to exchange ideas on public-private partnership (PPP) with ministers and senior government officials at a United Nations business forum to be held in October in Seoul, Republic of...
COMILLA, Aug 31 (UNB): Three people and a minor girl were killed and two others injured in three separate road mishaps Thursday.In Comilla, a three-year-old girl was crushed under the wheels of a bus at Rampur on Comilla-Sylhet highway under...
The fourth Pakistan Dates Show-2007 will begin tomorrow (Sunday) at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, reports UNB.The Pakistan High Commission in Bangladesh in collaboration with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is organising the two-day show.Commerce Secretary Feroz Ahmed will inaugurate the...
BARISAL, Aug 31 (UNB): The court of Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal here Wednesday convicted three people and awarded them life term imprisonment in a murder case. The convicts are Rana Sikdar, Eskandar Molla and Rafiq Talukdar. All of them were...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 31 (UNB): The members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized smuggled Indian cloths worth Tk 5.0 million from a truck near Reazuddin Bazaar in the city Thursday afternoon.Acting on a tip-off, they chased the truck and seized 30 sacks...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 31 (UNB): About 37 people were injured in two separate clashes in the district town and Ullapara Pourashava Thursday.Police said residents of Hossainpur and Dhanbandhi Dubapara mahallas in the town locked in a fierce clash over previous enmity...
KISHOREGANJ, Aug 31 (UNB): Abdul Aziz (60) was hacked to death at Chandpur Dhoparbag village under Kotiadi Upazila Wednesday night.Sources said some terrorists swooped on Aziz when he was returning home from mosque at midnight after prayers of holy Shab-e-Barat...
FE ReportCancer patient Munia, a nine-year-old girl now undergoing treatment at Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital in the city, appealed for help.Daughter of Abdul Mannan at South Kafrul under Dhaka Cantonment Thana in the city, Munia is a student of class...
BARISAL, Aug 31 (UNB): The court of Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal here Wednesday convicted three people and awarded them life term imprisonment in a murder case. The convicts are Rana Sikdar, Eskandar Molla and Rafiq Talukdar. All of them were...
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