Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Nov 3: More than 3,000 poor and marginal families have become economically solvent by rearing ducks in Chalan Beel villages.People of 31 villages of upazilas Tarash of Sirajganj, Gurudaspur and Singra of Natore, Chatmohar and Bhangura of Pabna...
Our Correspondent MADARIPUR, Nov 03: Cooperative day was observed in a befitting manner at Madaripur on November 1. The Central Co-operative Bank arranged a programme to mark the day. The programme included discussion meeting and rally. Shasi Kumer Singh, deputy...
FE ReportRB Group, one of the leading electronic products manufacturers of the country, has launched environment-friendly Marcel brand refrigerator and freezer in local market. The launching ceremony of these products was held at the company's head office in the city...
FE Report Issues relevant to the country's economic development should get priority in the election manifesto of all political parties, said the Dhaka Chamber president on Monday.The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) president Hossain Khaled said the political...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate remained steady with downward bias Monday and sufficient flow of cash in the market. The US dollar was also stable with upward bias against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market...
M Azizur RahmanThe government signs a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today (Tuesday) with a Korean consortium of companies to ensure future cooperation in the country's energy sector, officials said Monday.State-owned Petrobangla and the Korean consortium consisting Korea Electric Power Corporation...
EXIM Bank started operation of head office corporate branch at Gulshan in the city Monday.Chairman of the bank Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder inaugurated the 39th branch of the bank.Former chief justice Mostafa Kamal, directors AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul and Md...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) in a first ever move will honour the district level top Value Added Tax (VAT) paying companies tomorrow (Wednesday). The board has selected 68 top VAT payers from 45 districts under three...
FE Report A high-level Libyan government delegation visited manufacturing facilities of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited at Kaliakoir, Gazipur recently. Libyan Minister for Manpower, Training and Employment Engineer Maa'touq Mohammed Maa'touq led the delegation accompanied by its ambassador in Bangladesh.Square started exporting...
FE ReportAKTEL has introduced "AKTEL Directory Service" for the first time in Bangladesh.The new service will enable all the AKTEL customers to find important phone numbers, addresses and many other informations just by dialing 8989.From now on, whenever an AKTEL...
Bank Asia Limited have given cash rewards to seven employees of the bank, who have passed Banking Diploma Part-I and Part-II examinations. Bank Asia President and Managing Director Syed Anisul Huq handed over the rewards among the employees at a...
A delegation of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Managers of Bangladesh (ICSMB) left Dhaka recently for Goa to attend the fifth annual conference of the International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS), the apex body of Company Secretaries Institutes.The conference...
DividendsBerger Paints: The board of directors of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited has recommended 50 per cent interim dividend (Tk 5.0 for every ordinary share of Tk 10) based on the company's performance from January 1, '08 to September 30, '08...
MIAMI, Nov 03 (AP): Aiming for a last-minute upset, Republican John McCain embarked on a grueling odyssey through seven swing states Monday while Democrat Barack Obama was headed toward three longtime GOP bastions that have become Democratic-leaning battlegrounds in the...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 03 (Reuters): The United States (US) commander running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, held talks Monday with Pakistani defence officials who told him Pakistan was fighting a war for its survival against militancy.His visit...
BAGHDAD, Nov 03 (AP): A string of bombings killed nine people and wounded at least 33 others Monday, including a senior Oil Ministry official, authorities said.Six people died when two bombs - one of them hidden in a trash can...
KIBATI, Congo, Nov 03 (AP): A 12-vehicle United Nations (UN) aid convoy set off Monday to go behind rebel lines in eastern Congo, carrying medical supplies for clinics looted by retreating government troops. It was the first humanitarian aid delivery...
Brown meets Saudi terrorist suspectsRIYADH, Nov 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with former Saudi inmates of Guantanamo Bay as he toured a de-radicalization facility Sunday. Saudi officials claim their efforts at rehabilitating extremists using months of reasoned argument...
Hosts Dhaka Division took an overall 271 runs lead against Khulna Division on the second day of the 4th round four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in the...
MUMBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters): India Test captain Anil Kumble, who announced his international retirement Sunday, will go down as one of his country's most combative cricketers.The 38-year-old leg-spinner, Test cricket's third highest wicket-taker with 619 scalps, quit after the drawn...
The Bangladesh cricket team reached South African shores after completing a 16-hour journey for a challenging month-long tour, reports BSS.Officials of Bangladesh High Commission and Cricket South Africa received the team at the Oliver Tambo Airport at 8:35am local time...
Basabo Torun Sangha earned a 76-run victory over Turag Thana Cricket Academy in a match of the third Division Qualifying Cricket League at Gulshan Youth Ground in the city Monday, reports UNB.Coin-favoured Basabo Torun Sangha posted 224 for 9 in...
The Mercantile Bank 23rd National Swimming Championship, organised by Bangladesh Swimming Federation, will be held on November 12 to November 15 at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur in the city, reports UNB. Intending teams of the affiliated districts, divisions...
KARACHI, Nov 3 (Reuters): Senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has flown to India to join the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) despite his selection Monday in the national team for three one-day internationals."He didn't tell us he was going to...
Shishu Kishore Sangha came from behind to beat Uttara Hockey Club by 3-1 goals in the only match of the Green Delta Metropolis First Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.Masud...
Police AC managed a 1-0 goal victory over Prantik KC in a match of the Metropolis Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Komolapur Monday, reports UNB.Al-Amin scored the match-winner in the...
Pakistan will rely heavily on pace when they take on the West Indies in an ODI series later this month in Abu Dhabi. The interim selection committee, headed by former fast bowler Saleem Jaffer, named a 15-man squad with as...
MADRID, Nov 3 (Reuters): Champions Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw at Almeria Sunday, missing their chance to draw level on points with leaders Barcelona, while Sevilla threw away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 at Real Valladolid.Real...
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...
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