The American Embassy, including the Consular Section and the Public Affairs Section with the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Student Advising Centre, will remain closed Thursday (Oct 9) on the occasion of Durga Puja, reports UNB. The...
Bangladesh Betar Director (Admin and Finance) Dilip Kumar Bhadra died of cardiac arrest in the city's United Hospital Tuesday. He was 47, reports UNB.His body will be cremated at his native village Kamarpur in Pangsha Upazila of Rajbari district.Bhadra left...
The police, in separate drives, arrested 1,078 people on various charges across the country Tuesday, reports UNB.Among the arrestees, seven people were arrested under the Arms Act.
The lone practice match between visiting New Zealand team and Rajin Saleh-led BCB XI had been called off due to rain and wet outfield at the Osmani Stadium at Fatullah in Narayanganj Tuesday, UNB reports.Although there was no match possible...
Dhaka Mohammedan SC crushed Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by 7-0 goals in the day's lone match of the Citycell 2nd B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Tuesday.The traditional 'black and white' outfit led the first half...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has fixed the rates of ticket for Bangladesh-New Zealand Series that begins tomorror (Thursday) with an ODI match at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) inb the city, reports UNB.For the first two ODIs at the...
VIENNA, Oct 7 (AFP): Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero upset fourth seeded Croat Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) Monday to advance to the second round of the Austrian Open. Although Karlovic added a further 17 aces to the...
Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is to retire after the upcoming Test series against Australia in India, Cricinfo reports. Ganguly (36) has played 109 Tests, 49 as captain, amassing 6,888 runs at an average of 41.74, including 15 hundreds...
Aviana Airways, a private Bangladeshi domestic airlines, has been named official carrier of the ensuing Bangladesh-New Zealand cricket series that begins tomorrow (Thursday) at the city's Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur.An agreement to this effect was signed at the BCB...
RABAT, Oct 7 (AFP): Violent clashes left around 40 fans injured at the Moroccan first division match between Kawkab Marrakech and Wydad Casablanca, local authorities reported Monday. "Right after the match, stone-throwing and brawling supporters caused about 40 injuries, some...
Australia (From): Ricky Ponting (capt), Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Bollinger, Peter Siddle, Cameron White, Jason Krejza. India (From): Anil Kumble (capt), Virender Sehwag,...
FE ReportThe government sits today (Wednesday) to come up with an automatic fuel price adjustment formula in the wake of dramatic slide in the global crude and petroleum markets, officials said.Special assistant to the chief adviser M Tamim and higher...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The laziness that had gripped the Dhaka city during Eid holidays is disappearing fast. The usual hustle and bustle is almost back with the return of the Eid holidaymakers from their village homes. And by early next...
Syed Ishtiaque RezaThe Ekushey Television (ETV) has been put on auction for defaulting on payment of syndicated loan worth Tk 239.09 million. The auction notice was made public on Tuesday under article 13 of the Financial Loan Court Act, 2003.The...
Myanmar Tuesday agreed to export 100 thousand (one lakh) tonnes of rice to Bangladesh on a regular basis as Dhaka made a host of proposals for taking bilateral trade and economic cooperation with Yangon to a new height, reports UNB.The...
Now Bangladesh Awami League appears inclined to participate in the upcoming parliamentary polls abiding by the strict rules of the prevailing state of emergency, which was a sticking-point in election-related talks in the political circle, reports UNB.Acting General Secretary of...
The BNP standing committee Tuesday demanded that the state of emergency be lifted before the parliamentary elections, now scheduled for Dec 18, reports bdnews24.com. BNP Secretary General Khandker Delwar Hossain told reporters after a meeting that the party would also...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell for the second straight sessions Tuesday on price correction with decline in the turnover. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), however, was in the positive territory for the first one hour of the trade, pushing the main...
The government has formed an inter-agency taskforce to examine the import and marketing of powdered milk produced in China without obtaining certification from the authorities concerned. Headed by additional secretary of the commerce ministry Golam Mustafa, the 15-member taskforce has...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) and all schedule banks will remain closed tomorrow (Thursday) on the occasion of the Durga Puja (Bijoya Doshomi), said a BB press release. —FE Report
FE ReportThe council of advisers on government purchase Tuesday asked the power ministry to re-evaluate proposals of the lone bidder Powertek for installation of Bibiyana 450 megawatt (MW) power plant in the country's northern region.The bid evaluation committee of the...
FE Report Telenor is committed to support the continued growth of Grameenphone, assured chairman of the Telenor Board of Directors at the end of his two-day visit to Bangladesh Tuesday.Talking about Grameenphone, the Telenor Board chairman said, "Grameenphone is a...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) has despatched a proposal to the chief adviser's office recommending annulment of the provision that allows the government to send public servants into retirement without assigning any reason, officials said on Tuesday.They said the commission...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 7 (Reuters): Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday. The Nobel committee lauded Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born American citizen, and...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Oct 07: The emerging markets took a severe battering yesterday as bourses around the world slipped to an all time low in a decade. The nations in Asia, South America and Europe are gripped by fear...
GENEVA, Tue Oct 7, (Reuters): The United Nations called on Tuesday for tougher regulation of financial markets to deal with the "crisis of a century" and warned that the global policy response risked creating a prolonged deflationary downturn. Adding its...
LOS ANGELES, Oct 7(Agencies): An unemployed financial adviser apparently despondent over his troubles shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law and three children before taking his own life in a gated community, Los Angeles police said Monday.The 45-year-old financial manager...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will not prepare any list by scrutinising the tax files of those participating in election, but it will provide required information to the Election Commission (EC).NBR Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid said: "It is...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday asked former finance minister Saifur Rahman, charge-sheeted along with ex-Premier Khaleda Zia in the Barapukuria coalmine graft case, to surrender to and seek bail from the trial court within four weeks, reports UNB.Passing the order,...
FE ReportEvery Eid, the Dhaka city has less of traffic and crowd on the streets. This year was no exception. The Dhaka city once again because comfortable on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.As more than six million people left the capital...
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