CHITTAGONG, Oct 31 (BSS): The Chittagong University (CU) authorities have asked the registered participants of convocation to be held on November 5, to collect their invitation cards on November 3 and November 4 from the office by showing their photographs...
The river Buriganga has to be protected, otherwise it would be impossible to save the 400-year-old Dhaka and quality of water has to be improved massively for conserving the water-bodies, life-line of the metropolis, from extinction, reports BSS.Unless the government's...
Mohammad Ahsan Mia, an assistant manager of Bangladesh Bank, Sylhet branch and father of the daily Ittefaq Sylhet correspondent Siddiqur Rahman Sumon, died of a cardiac arrest Thursday, reports BSS.He was 52.Ahsan Mia is survived by his wife, two sons...
Two suspected extortionists were killed in a shootout with RAB near Greenline Bus counter at Kalyanpur in the city Friday, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Biplob and Rohon.RAB sources said a team of RAB-4 laid an ambush near the...
Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting weighed in with important knocks as Australia reached 338-4 on day three of the third Test against India in Delhi, reports BBC. Resuming on 50-0 in reply to India's 613-7, Hayden (83) and Simon Katich...
Scholastica and Aga Khan International School moved into the final of the Dhaka Metropolitan Women's School Football Tournament eliminating their rivals in the semi-final at the Dhanmondi Women Sports Complex in the city Friday, reports UNB.The two teams will play...
Diego Maradona plans to visit England this weekend to meet Argentine players before his likely debut as coach in next month's friendly against Scotland, BBC reports. Maradona will see Manchester United's Carlos Tevez and Liverpool's Javier Mascherano, with the respective...
Andy Roddick reached the Paris Masters last eight and secured one of the three remaining places for the Masters Cup with a 6-3 7-5 win over Gilles Simon, reports BBC. The American will finish this week ranked no lower than...
Bangladesh Hockey Federation Thursday picked up 32 players for the second phase camp for the Nehru Cup Hockey, beginning on November 17 in India, reports UNB.The selected players are Mahbubullah Shakil, Mehrab Hossain Kiron, Zahid Hossain, Rafiqul Islam, Asaduzzaman Chondon,...
MILAN, Oct 30 (Reuters) : David Beckham will join AC Milan on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy in January after the deal was sealed with his lawyers, the Serie A club said Thursday. "AC Milan announces David Beckham's arrival on...
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (AP): Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was banned for one Test Friday for elbowing Australian bowler Shane Watson during the first day of the third Test. Gambhir, who pleaded guilty to the Level 2 offence, will miss...
Kawran Bazar Progoti Songho earned a 3-1 goals victory over Gazirchat SC in the Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at the Bir Shrestho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Stadium in the city's Kamalapur Friday, reports UNB.Palash scored first for Progoti...
Mushir AhmedShipping companies operating in the country have cut freight rates by at least 30 per cent in the past few weeks amid cooling oil prices and fears of recession in major economies, officials said Thursday.The companies, who also operate...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed mixed Thursday amid volatile intra-day trading as investors opted for short-term gain instead of long-term.Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started on a positive note as the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) rose more than...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank (BB) governor Salehuddin Ahmed dismissed Thursday the possibility of immediate depreciation of taka in the backdrop of the ongoing global financial meltdown. "There could be sector-specific policy changes to help some export industries tide over their problems,...
FE ReportMedia and financial sector specialists on Thursday observed Bangladesh has little scope to remain complacent, as the global financial crisis is yet to leave any immediate impact on Bangladesh.The country's economy relies heavily on garment exports. This is where...
Siddique Islam The country's Consumers Price Index (CPI) inflation increased marginally following higher demand for food and non-food items in September this year which was the month of holy Ramadan. The CPI inflation rose to 10.06 per cent in September...
The Supreme Court (SC) has denied bail to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case filed by businessman Noor Ali, reports bdnews24.com. Hasina's lawyer barrister Shafiq Ahmed said the ruling was "unexpected." "The court is allowing bail to...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 7-point lead over Republican rival John McCain with five days left in the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.Obama leads McCain by 50 percent...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file graft cases against former MP Shah Shahid Sarwar, Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) additional chief engineer, a former chief engineer, a retired professor of Chittagong University (CU) and an accountant of Ideal School...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will hold an 'International Business Conference' at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city today (Friday). Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will inaugurate the conference as chief guest at 9.30am, said a DCCI...
The Supreme Court (SC) has again ordered the Caretaker Government (CG) to report to the court regarding arrangement of manpower, transport and other supports for the judicial magistrates. An SC bench adjourned proceedings to Nov 27, asking the government to...
Bangladesh will contest for UN Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent membership in 2015, for which Dhaka moves in advance for garnering support, Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Thursday. After a meeting with new Canadian High Commissioner Robert McDougall, he said...
The piece of advice that came from Noble Laureate Professor Richard R Ernst at a seminar in Dhaka the other day about the need on the part of the Bangladeshis to go for local solutions to local problems using their...
Syed Fattahhul AlimThe government has used both hard and soft tactics to make those having undeclared source of income avail themselves of the opportunity to legalise their earning. Seeing that the response was rather encouraging last fiscal (2007-08) as some...
Mabubul Haque ChowdhuryTHE United States of America, the European countries and the world is facing an unprecedented financial crisis. Big banks and financial institutions are collapsing one after another. The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pressurise...
WE continue to see the saga of Bangladeshi criminals now residing in India, mostly in West Bengal state and in some other states bordering India. For a few years now it has been reported that many top criminals (godfathers) now...
DESPITE the need to improve the image of the country abroad, hardly any initiative is taken in this regard. We have many image building offices which are not able to perform their due roles for many reasons.Rather, these organizations do...
It seems that the cyclone that crossed the country's coastal areas caused an enormous loss to our crops and property. Some people died and many more are missing. The cyclone originating from the Bay of Bengal as usual, crossed southern...
Md. Dilwar Hossain Bhuiyan"Neither a borrower nor a lender be For loan oft loses itself and friendAnd borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry"FOUR hundred years ago, what Shakespeare had advised in Hamlet through Lord Polonius, might have been appropriate for...
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