Cricket Fan Club 'Bengal Tigers' will distribute its 'Aramex Bengal Tigers Cricketer of the Year' award for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08 at a function in the city today (Friday), reports UNB.The Bengal Tigers will select the best cricketers for...
Friends Social Welfare Organisation played to a 1-1 goal draw with Uttar Baridhara Club in the day's only match of the Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city...
The Beach Kabaddi training began Thursday with eight players in Cox's Bazar, reports UNB. Bangladesh will take part in the ensuing Asian Beach Games to be held in Indonesia.
Visiting GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team clinched the three-match one-day series 2-1 beating Sri Lanka Development Squad by three wickets in the 3rd one-day match at the NCC Ground in Colombo Thursday, reports UNB.Batting first, Sri Lanka Development Squad were...
Mumbai has been picked as the venue for the Champions League final on December 10. The domestic Twenty20 winners and runners-up from India, Australia and South Africa and Twenty20 champions from Pakistan and England will participate in the eight-day tournament,...
Shane Watson, the Australian allrounder, hopes his experience of Indian conditions during the IPL will help his case for selection to the XI for the Tests starting next month. Watson, who was the Man of the Series in the IPL,...
MUMBAI, Sept 25 (Reuters): Cricket's governing body has agreed to meet representatives of the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL) which triggered a crisis in Bangladesh this month by scooping up 13 of the country's leading players.The International Cricket Council (ICC)...
Muhammad Zakiul IslamPeople even with the faintest interest in politics and the public, in general, seem to be suffering from a minor political angina and angst at the happenings of the last few weeks. Having bloated in the euphoria of...
Kelly BronkWhen two entrepreneurs examined the limited transportation options available to people living in U.S. cities, they not only saw a business opportunity, but also imagined a way to help the environment. Together they founded Zipcar Inc., the world's largest...
LA Times, USADear Unites States, WELCOME to the Third World! It's been a quick slide from economic superpower to economic basket case. And it's not every day that a superpower makes a bid to transform itself into a Third World...
THERE is not too much to read in the better position attained by Bangladesh in the corruption ranking of Transparency International (TI) that measures the rise and fall of corruption round the world. Its report on corruption released on Wednesday...
Enayet RasulAccording to reports, thousands of commuters got caught in gridlocks for hours on the roads on last Monday in too many places of Dhaka city knowing not when their agonies would end. Some commuters stated in great exasperation that...
Fazle Rashid from New York President Bush addressing the UN general assembly the other day strongly rebuked the Congress for delaying the passage of the $700 billion-bail out package to salvage the collapsing economy. How bad is the US economy...
It was reported in the papers but I accompanied a friend to Kamalapur to see for myself if this was true: tickets are rare (translation: a lot of tickets have ended up with black marketeers). My friend didn't get his...
The caretaker administration of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed has approved the Right to Information Ordinance 2008. Ensuring the right to information is one of the democratic aspirations of the people. The present government is trying to meet this aspiration. Although the...
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (AP): The Pentagon budget would rise to a new record while US automakers and victims of hurricanes and floods would receive billions of dollars in a $630 billion-plus omnibus spending bill rushing toward the House floor Wednesday.The...
TIANJIN, Sept 24 (Xinhua): Tianjin, a port city neighbouring Beijing, is to host the pending 2008 Summer Davos Forum, which will further consolidate its position as an economic centre in North China. Early in 2006, the State Council of China...
BERLIN, Sept 24 (AP): German business confidence has hit a more than three-year low as manufacturers in Europe's biggest economy are becoming increasingly pessimistic about their export prospects amid world market turbulence, a closely watched survey found Wednesday.The Ifo institute...
BEIJING, Sept 24 (Xinhua): Nearly 500 business leaders of China and West African countries yesterday gathered in Beijing to seek ways to further their economic cooperation. China and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened their first-ever economic...
TOKYO, Sept 24 (AP): Outspoken conservative Taro Aso took power as Japan's prime minister Wednesday, promising "emergency measures" to revive the ailing economy and vowing to keep Tokyo in the fight against global terrorism."We must take care of the economy,...
HANOI, Sept 24 (AFP): Vietnam's trade deficit reached an estimated 15.8 billion dollars for the first nine months of the year, according to official figures released today. Imports between January and September reached 64.4 billion dollars, up 48.3 per cent...
SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asian trade today but the market was dominated by worries that a US government rescue plan may not be enough to save the economy from slower growth and falling energy demand, dealers...
TOKYO, Sept 24 (AFP): The dollar rose against the yen in Asian trade today on news that US tycoon Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy five billion dollars of stock in Goldman Sachs. But the greenback was lower...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (PTI) India has renewed its commitment to work closely with Africa to meet the diverse challenges faced by the continent and to enable it to achieve its development targets. Addressing the high level meeting on Africa's...
FE ReportManaging director of Green Delta Insurance Company Wednesday said the local insurance sector is not yet matured enough to attract foreign owned insurance entities in the country. "This sector is not enough matured for attracting foreign investment," Nasir A...
Kayes M SohelThe market is not ready for collecting IPO (initial public offering) refund warrants through Depository Participants (DPs) as their capacity remained poor in the present context.The observation came at the final meeting held recently of the 10-member committee...
FE ReportSpeakers at a consultation underscored the need for setting up a task force to examine and make policy recommendations to shore up training opportunities in hospitality industry in Bangladesh. They also called for recognition of the industry as a...
Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd (CDBL) will work for dematerialisation (demat) of the shares of National Housing Finance and Investments Ltd.An agreement was signed in this connection in the city Monday. National Housing Managing Director Abdur Rab and CEO of CDBL...
The news-report on Standard Chartered carried by a local TV channel on 22nd September was factually incorrect, said a press release of the bank.The report was related to a repossession of a vehicle from a defaulting client and it also...
FE ReportLeaders of the major Asian forum of cooperative organizations Wednesday suggested that Bangladesh government should improve regulatory frameworks and prevent politicization to make cooperatives truly operative.'Misconception and politicizations damaged potentials in cooperatives in some countries but cooperatives are most...
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