Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has opened its 54th branch at Abdul Gufur and Sons Shopping Complex of South Goalabazar in Osmani Nagor under Sylhet district.Managing Director of the bank Md Yeasin Ali inaugurated the branch recently equipped with on-line banking...
FE ReportBangladeshi garment show and one-to-one business meeting in Denmark has received a good volume of spot orders and future commitments from the potential buyers, said a press release. The buyers have expressed their satisfaction and showed keen interest to...
South Africa's selectors have named a side with a blend of experience and youth to take on Bangladesh in their two-day warm-up to next month's tour. The South Africa XI will be led by Wendell Bossenger, the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman, who...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (AP): West Indies has offered to play Pakistan in two Tests in neutral Abu Dhabi next month, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Thursday."We hope the proposal materialises and we find some sponsor for...
A brilliant century by Arif guided Dhanmondi Club to a huge 189-run victory over Kamalapur Evergreen Club in a qualifying round match of the Metropolis 3rd Division Cricket League at the Dhaka University ground in the city Thursday, reports UNB.Winning...
NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (AP): Coach Tim Nielsen is saying in public what he's been telling his Australian lineup since its comprehensive second-Test loss to India: don't panic.India is 1-0 up after two of four Tests after completing a crushing...
BASEL, Oct 23 (AP): Sixth-seeded Igor Andreev needed more than two hours to overcome Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (6), 6-7 (0), 7-5 at the Swiss Indoors Wednesday and move a step closer to his third final of the year.Andreev, playing...
PARIS, Oct 23(AFP): Chelsea, Inter Milan and Barcelona won to stay on course for the knockout stages though 2005 winners Liverpool only drew at Atletico Madrid in a subdued night of Champions League action. Following Tuesday's 36-goal spree, Wednesday's eight...
Tickets for the second and last Test of the two-match BRAC Bank series involving Bangladesh and New Zealand will be sold today (Friday) under special arrangement for the convenience of cricket fans as the day is a weekly holiday, UNB...
After a three-year gap, the Dhaka Metropolitan Women's School Football Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), begins today (Friday) at the Dhanmondi Women Sports Complex ground with two matches on the opening day, reports UNB.BFF President Kazi Salahuddin will...
Uttar Baridhara Club scraped to a 1-0 win over Little Friends Club in a match of the Metropolis Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Thursday, reports UNB.After...
MADRID, Oct 23 (AFP): Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was concerned about knocks to Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane and Xavi Alonso at Atletico Madrid in midweek ahead of Sunday's Premiership clash at Chelsea. Irish international Robbie Keane, who still hasn't scored...
Riding on a hattrick by Atiqur Rahman, Dhaka International University crushed Northern University by 8-0 goals in a match of the Mentors Inter-Private University Football tournament at the Banani Army Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB.Atiqur Rahman made the...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (AP) : Former Pakistan Test captain Salim Malik is free to resume his involvement in cricket after a Pakistan court lifted a life ban Thursday."I have served cricket for 19 years and today I feel vindicated," 45-year-old...
The two matches of the CityCell 2nd B. League ended in draw in Dhaka and Narsingdi Thursday, reports UNB.At Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, giant-killers Rahmatganj MFS played to a goalless draw with mediocre Arambagh KS, while Farashganj SC split...
The Election Commission (EC) asked Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) to reapply for registration as the party's previous application failed to prove fit, reports bdnews24.com. In an advertisement Thursday, the EC asked the party to apply by October 26. In its...
Former chief adviser to the caretaker government Muhammad Habibur Rahman believes elected politicians should play caretakers for polls, reports bdnews24.com."The incumbent government, vested with interim status, should oversee elections," the former chief justice said Thursday, in an apparent side-swipe at...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhrudin Ahmed have greeted Zambian acting President Rupiah Bandah on the occasion of Independence Day of the country that falls today (Friday), reports UNB.In a message to Zambian acting President Rupiah Bandah, Dr Iajuddin...
Gono Forum presidium meeting Thursday viewed that people were frustrated at government's bargaining with political parties on plea of understanding and reconciliation, reports UNB.Presided over by Dr Kamal Hossain the meeting felt that law should take its own course. Wholesale...
Ensuring free flow of information and citizen's access to information, the Right to Information Ordinance-2008 was published Thursday in government gazette, reports UNB.The ordinance provides that officials shall be bound to give information within 20 days of formal request by...
Chairman of the Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) Justice M Habibur Rahman Khan Thursday praised media for its continued support to the anti-graft campaign as other major stakeholders appeared to have backtracked from their social responsibilities in this regard, reports...
FARIDPUR, Oct 23 (UNB): The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed Thursday cautioned the nation that external forces might intervene taking advantage of economic weaknesses and thus jeopardise the national sovereignty if the December 18 election is not...
Former premier and Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina returns home at the start of next month, her special assistant Hassan Mahmud said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com."Hasina will home in the first week of November," Mahmud told the news agency on...
Deputy Minister for Women Affairs of Afghanistan Sayeda Mughan Mustafawi met Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his office in the city Thursday, reports UNB.The meeting was also attended by Afghanistan Ambassador in Bangladesh Ahmed Karim Nawabi.They discussed various issues...
The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday upheld the High Court (HC) order that had granted six months' bail to detained ex-state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, in which he was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which has recently changed its name and constitution to have registration, Thursday said a particular quarter is carrying out a malicious campaign against it to vitiate the election atmosphere, reports UNB. In a statement, party secretary general Ali...
THE construction sector has been in a downbeat mood for sometime for a variety of reasons. The anti-graft drive launched by the incumbent caretaker government soon after its coming to power has had some negative impact, though an unintended one,...
Syed Fattahul AlimLeaders of the Readymade Garments (RMG) sector are rather upbeat about the prospect of export of garment in the USA and Europe in spite of recession in those countries. Their optimism is largely based on the growing interest...
Dr Md Mahmudul HasanTHE revised DU admission guidelines 2008-2009 for Kha and Gha units deserve attention of all. Besides the departments of Bangla, English and Mass Communication and Journalism a few more departments have introduced new admission prerequisites, which go...
GOVERNMENT functionaries are undertaking frequent trips abroad. This fondness for travel among government officials is known to all. There has always been a flurry of foreign travel on the part of both the advisers of the present government and the...
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