DU CorrespondentBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) started celebrating its 60 years of engineering education in Bangladesh on its campus amid much fanfare and festivity Saturday.Former vice-chancellor (VC) of the university Wahiduddin Ahmed inaugurated the gala ceremony as the...
BARISAL, July 28 (UNB): Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) will charge fees for the attendants and visitors of the patients from the next month (August).The decision was taken at a meeting at the SBMC teachers' auditorium Wednesday with Divisional...
Nine persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Kushtia, a regional leader of an outlawed group was killed reportedly in crossfire between police and...
PABNA, July 28 (UNB): Dredging work of Ichhamati River will start in next November involving Tk 180 million to increase its navigability, officials here said.Under the project, 1.80 lakh cft soil will be dredged from the river. A footpath will...
SAVAR, July 28 (BSS): Jahangirnagar University (JU) today introduced its alumni website "www.jualumni.net" at a function held at the senate hall on the campus. The website has been opened to reconnect the old students with the alumni database, news with...
The construction work of the Social Science Faculty (SSF) building of Dhaka University (DU) will start tomorrow (Monday), reports BSS.Vice-Chancellor of the university SMA Faiz is expected to inaugurate the construction work as the chief guest.
A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.1 on Richter scale, occurred near Chittagong Saturday morning, reports UNB.The distance of the epicentre was about 212 kms southeast of Dhaka Observatory and about 75 kms east-northeast of Chittagong Seismic Observatory. The earthquake occurred at...
India took all the points in the morning session of the second day at Trent Bridge Saturday, reports Cricinfo.The Indian bowlers wrapped up England's innings for 198, the batsmen built on that advantage, reaching 40 without loss by lunch, reducing...
STANFORD, Jul 28 (AFP): Unseeded Sania Mirza of India punched her semi-final ticket at this US Open tuneup Friday with a straight-set victory over fourth-seeded Patty Schnyder. Mirza downed her Swiss opponent 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 for her second straight upset...
Britain's Jamie Murray and partner Eric Butorac lost to the same doubles pair for the second week in a row at the Indianopolis Tennis Championships, reports BBC. Murray and American Butorac were second seeds but lost 6-3 3-6 10-6 in...
Bangladesh cricketers returned home Saturday after their dismal performances in Sri Lanka.Bangladesh in their one and a half months' tour lost all the three Tests and three ODIs, reports UNB.Upon arrival at the Zia International Airport (ZIA) by a Qatar...
TRENT BRIDGE, Jul 28 (Internet): Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar agrees that Indian cricket's Generation Next will have a tough time stepping into the shoes of some of the biggest stars that the team has ever seen. He stops short...
Aaqib Javed believes Shoaib Akhtar's return to national squad will make Pakistan one of the favourites for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in September, reports Cricinfo. Shoaib has played only a handful of ODIs and a single day...
Michelle Wie broke par for the first time this year at the Evian Masters. The 17-year-old prodigy from Hawaii shot a one-under 71 to total a level-par 144 and make the cut. Wie, who had gone 24 rounds without breaking...
A six-wicket haul by right-arm medium fast bowler Abu Nechim Ahmed guided India U-19 team to clinch the Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament crushing Bangladesh by 129 runs at the Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo Saturday, reports UNB.An Ahmed-scalped six wickets...
The Indian squads for the seven-match ODI series against England and the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa will be chosen on August 7, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced, reports Cricinfo. The selectors will also name...
LONDON, July 28 (Internet): Harbhajan Singh produced a potentially match-winning spell to put Surrey in box seat against Worcestershire in a County Championship Division One cricket match at Guildford Friday. The Punjab off-spinner claimed four for 64 to skittle out...
Siddique IslamThe Bangladesh Bank says the lending rates are unlikely to rise in the near future despite its pursuit of a tight monetary policy to prevent inflationary pressure on the economy. The central bank officials do not see any possibility...
The major rivers of the country are swelling with nine rivers flowing over the danger mark, and those around the city continue to surge, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said in a regular bulletin Saturday, report agencies. Flood...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Manila-based donor agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) of late has become a hard-term lender for Bangladesh, official sources said.The sources said that the volume of hard loans from the multilateral donor to Bangladesh has been rising sharply...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is mulling over a plan to slap corporate tax on the international oil companies (IOCs), which will engage in the country's future hydrocarbon exploration, to lessen burden on Petrobangla.Currently, the IOCs, involved in hydrocarbon exploration and...
FE ReportShanta Group, one of the fastest-growing local business conglomerates, will install a power plant with a capacity of 50 megawatt (MW) at Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ).The business group, with its core strength in the apparel sector, will invest...
Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin Saturday opined that law alone is not sufficient to curb the pervasive corruption rooted firmly in every sphere of society and every stage of life and called for a social ostracism against the corrupt alongside...
Sheikh Hasina who has been in jail for nearly two weeks pending trial challenges the extortion case against her in the High Court Sunday, reports bdnews24.com quoting a party colleague. Sahara Khatun, Awami League's legal affairs secretary, Saturday claimed that...
BNP chairperson's adviser ASM Hannan Shah said Thursday party 'reformists' command the support of no more than 5.0 per cent of councilors, reports bdnews24.com. Shah dismissed BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan's claim that the reformists were receiving a significant...
Chrystia Freeland and Edward Luce, FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: Bridging the gap between rich and poor countries should be as high a priority for the International Monetary Fund as helping to solve the world's financial imbalances, Dominique Strauss Kahn, the probable...
FE ReportThe Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed instructed Saturday the authorities concerned to take necessary steps for early implementation of the pending decisions taken by the interim government.He also stressed the need for greater interaction between the advisers of the caretaker...
A devastating fire broke out on a top floor of the ICAB building Saturday night wherein the mass-circulated Bengali daily Prothom Alo is situated. According to an initial report, the fire originated in the office of the Vice-President of the...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed donated another amount of Tk 0.4 million (4 lakh) for better treatment of the ailing noted singer Sabina Yasmin, now under treatment in Singapore. The CA extended the further financial help from his relief and...
BRAHMANBARIA, July 28: Thirty-nine students and a teacher of a high school in Ashuganj Upazila fell sick during school hour Saturday morning. School sources said a student, Tanzina Begum Setu, of Kamaura High School first fell sick and then other...
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