NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Reuters): Australia's bowlers must find inspiration from their batting performance in the drawn third Test against India to help square the series, skipper Ricky Ponting said Sunday.Michael Clarke hit 112 after the top four batsmen scored...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Monday urged the Muslim nations to take the lead in science and technology, as they had once, through effective steps and better communications, reports bdnews24.com. "We have to restore our own contribution to the world," Dr...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 03: Power crisis, political unrest and lack of good governance are the main barriers to the development of Bangladesh.Co-writer of the report on Second Investment Climate Assessment on Bangladesh and Senior Financial Economist on South Asian Economic...
Secretary of Environment and Forest Ministry AHM Rezaul Kabir has sought the support of Islamic countries and express solidarity with Bangladesh to establish an International Adaptation Centre in Dhaka, reports BSS."Under the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change,...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 3 (BSS): Participants at a discussion here Sunday underlined the need for hygienic and eco-friendly management of medical wastes for the sake of making a pollution free environment.They also laid stress on adequate training on waste management for...
Business Genius Hunt-2008, a talent hunt contest aimed at undergraduate-level business students from both the public and private universities across the country, is going to start next week for the first time in Bangladesh, said a press release.Student Enabling Project...
The unsuccessful candidates of the controversial 27th BCS examinations continued their 'fast unto death' for the third day Monday in the city to press for the restoration of the first phase results, reports UNB.More than 100 of the candidates, who...
The 4th Buffalo Exercise of 2008 between Bangladesh forces and the US military will be held in Khulna Division this month (November), reports UNB.Units from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and the US Army will focus on border security training and...
The Archer K Blood American Centre Library and Student Advising Centre of the American Centre of US Mission in Bangladesh will remain closed tomorrow (Wednesday), reports UNB.The centre will resume its normal activities on November 9, said an American Centre...
NARAYANGANJ, Nov 3 (UNB): Water shortage in the district jail has been causing untold sufferings to about 2,000 prisoners and staff.Sources said the deep tubewell of the jail went out of order Thursday plunging the jail inmates and staff into...
KERANIGANJ, Nov 3 (UNB): Zahirul Islam (22), son of Abdul Aziz, was hacked to death by drug peddlers at Aganagr under South Keraniganj in Dhaka district Monday.Police said local drug peddlers called Zahirul out of his Aganagar residence and hacked...
Awami League (AL) starts distributing nomination forms for the parliamentary polls from tomorrow (Wednesday) while BNP will take decision on participating in the election at the four-party alliance meeting in a day or two, reports UNB.AL has fixed November 7...
Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed did not turn himself in to the trial court Monday, a day after the High Court (HC) deadline for surrender expired, reports bdnews24.com.The failure prompted state counsels to accuse the Jamaat stalwart of...
The High Court (HC) Monday issued a rule asking the government to show-cause in four weeks as to why a direction should not be given to observe November 7 as 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day', reports UNB.The HC also asked...
SIRAJGANJ, Nov 3 (UNB): Over 50 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Sirajganj Government University College in the district town Monday morning.Local residents said the clash erupted...
The second round of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (SRSP) which the council of advisers approved recently should have the endorsement of the country's political leaders who would take the reign of government through elections next month, reports BSS.Equity and...
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has congratulated Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda for announcing the schedules of parliamentary and upazila elections Sunday, reports BSS.The LDP, in a press release issued in the city Monday, said the CEC has...
The Awami League (AL) has demanded a 'neutral' trial of those charged with the brutal killing of four national leaders in Dhaka Central Jail 33 years back, as Jail Killings Day was being observed Monday, reports bdnews24.com."We have still to...
The High Court (HC) Monday asked ex-state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, a charge-sheeted accused in the Boropukuria coalmine graft case, to surrender to trial court by November 9, reports UNB.Passing the orders, a division bench, comprising Justice M...
Bangladesh Kalyan Party (BKP) has decided to hold its first national council on November 8 instead of November 11 in the wake of the announcement of the parliament election schedule by the Election Commission (EC) Sunday, reports BSS. The decision...
The son of late Mirza Golam Hafiz, one of the founders of BNP, joined the Awami League (AL) Monday, reports bdnews24.com.Mirza Golam Erfan Babu met AL acting president Zillur Rahman at the latter's Gulshan house and joined the party."I have...
Iranian Ambassador Hassan Farazandeh Monday called on Adviser for Communications, Housing and Public Works Maj Gen (retd) Ghulam Quader at the latter's Secretariat office Monday, reports BSS.They discussed the issues of mutual interest during the meeting, said an official press...
FE Report The government will impose ban on import and sales of only three brands of Chinese powdered milk as a fresh laboratory test in Bangkok has found the baby formulas contaminated with melamine, said Health and Family Welfare adviser...
FE ReportInvestors staged a protest outside the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Monday as Dhaka stocks plunged on continuous selling pressure amid volatile share trading seen in the market over the last three weeks. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will...
The caretaker government (CG) has decided to allow free politics under relaxed rules with the start of election process in the country in a turnaround after a lapse of two years, report UNB and bdnews24.com. A gazette notification on relaxation...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 03: The United States goes to polls today (November 04). Democratic Party presidential candidate, Barack Obama has established a commanding lead over his Republican Party rival John McCain by nine percentage point in the Gallup...
WASHINGTON: Nov 03 (Agencies): The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday (November 4), will be the 56th consecutive quadrennial United States presidential election and will select the President and the Vice President of the United States.The two...
Mushir AhmedThe country's manpower export may face setback next year as recruiters feared a cut in demand for Bangladesh's cheap labour due to the sharp fall in oil prices and the looming threat of a prolonged global recession. Although the...
FE ReportCHITTAGONG, Nov 03: Country's leading businesses demanded Monday that hartal, demonstration free and business friendly environment should have to be ensured by the next elected government to enable them run their businesses smoothly and give a further boost to...
FE ReportTrust Bank Limited Monday dismissed the accusation of misappropriation and laundering of money from the bank by its former Chairman Lt. General (Retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, as has been alleged by former executive chairman of the Board of Investment...
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