A court here Sunday issued arrest warrant against Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury, son of former Awami League (AL) minister Sajeda Chowdhury, in a tax evasion case, reports UNB.brDhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge M Azizul Haque passed the order and fixed September 10...
National Alliance for Election Monitoring (NAEM), a new election monitoring group, has demanded holding the coming general election in a normal and democratic environment, not under the state of emergency, reports UNB.brEight civic, electoral, human rights and research organisations formed...
Abahani Limited and Brothers Union will play the final of the inaugural Citycell Futsal Tournament at the National Sporting Council (NSC) wooden floor gymnasium in the city today (Monday), reports UNB bdnews24.com.brBrothers Union Club advanced to the final of the...
NEW YORK, Sep 7 (Reuters) The arrival of the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna at Flushing Meadows forced US Open organizers to postpone the conclusion of the semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray and the women's final to Sunday.brSteady...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has selected 26 players for the Under-19 Phase II Camp that will begin at the BKSP Wednesday (September 10), reports UNB.brThe selected players have been requested to report to U-19 coordinator Taslim Uddin Tuhin on September...
The Deccan Chargers will launch an inquiry into the verbal spat between the captain VVS Laxman and Shahid Afridi regarding the team's dismal performance during the first season of the Indian Premier League, according to Cricinfo website.brFollowing remarks which have...
DUBAI, Sept 7 (AFP) Japan and Qatar clinched crucial World Cup wins in the crushing humidity of the Gulf Saturday to hammer home a double warning to Australia of the dangers ahead on the road to the World Cup finals....
Cricket Australia has called off this season's women's national Under-19 championship after only two states and a territory nominated teams for the tournament, according to Cricinfo website.brThe decision to cancel the tournament - for which only New South Wales, Victoria...
Bangladesh National Cricket team return home today (Monday), at 0025 am, by a flight of Cathay Pacific Airways after a frustrating performance against Australia in the just concluded Commonwealth Bank three-match ODI series, reports UNB.brThe Bengal Tigers conceded a humiliating...
BEIJING, Sept 7 (AP) The Paralympic Games opened in Beijing on Saturday with a burst of fireworks as China welcomed another chance to cement its role as a global player to an international audience. Thousands of cheerleaders and dancers in...
East End Club beat Little Friends Club by 2-0 goals in a match of the Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Sunday, reports UNB.brBiplob Mandal scored both...
The proposal for a tri-series in South Africa, also involving Pakistan and probably Sri Lanka has been rejected by Cricket South Africa, who said their top players need to rest after the recent tour of England, according to Cricinfo website.brCricket...
DARWIN (Australia), Sept 7 (AFP) Australia's cricket stars said they were fit and raring to face India after their leisurely one-day clean sweep against Bangladesh. brThe world's top team embark on a gruelling tour against their fierce rivals in a...
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (AFP) Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams will have to wait until Sunday to meet in the US Open final with the added incentive of the WTA's world number one ranking on the line along with the...
A delegation of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) led by its Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury called on President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in the city Sunday, reports UNB.brThe delegation included ACC commissioners Habibur Rahman and Abul Hasan Manzur Mannan.brDuring the meeting,...
Health experts at a seminar Saturday underscored the need for gearing up breastfeeding campaign in the country for achieving MDG-4 by 2015, reports BSS.brThe experts said the under five child mortality would be reduced significantly, if babies are breastfed within...
Adviser for Women and Children Affairs Rasheda K Chowdhury stressed the need for improving the standard of Bangladeshi handicraft products to get an easier access to the global market.brThe adviser said this after inaugurating a six-day Fifth Women Entrepreneur Trade...
The government is pledge-bound to rehabilitate the children engaged in hazardous work.brAdviser for Labour and Employment M Anwarul Iqbal said this while speaking at a meeting arranged for strengthening the credit distribution programme under the Child Labour Eradication Project (2nd...
SYLHET, Sept 7 (UNB) An Imam of a mosque was killed and 23 others, including a journalist, were injured in separate road accidents here Friday night.brImam Moulana Abdul Jalil (40) died on the spot and three others were injured when...
DU CorrespondentbrDhaka University (DU) set up a cyber centre in its central library with 27 computers costing Tk 1.6 million from the university's own fund.brWe have launched the centre to keep our teachers, students, researchers, officials and employees updated with...
KUTUBDIAPARA, Bangladesh, Sept 7 (AFP) Jafar Alam hammers a nail into a rickety wooden boat, repairing the vessel that will help his family earn a living.brAlthough the fisherman depends on the ocean for his livelihood, he has mixed feelings about...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a midnight raid in a mess of the city's Mirpur area detained four suspects for their involvement in recent hacking of its website, reports UNB.brInformed sources said main suspect Shahee Mirza and three others were...
COMILLA, Sept 7 (UNB) Elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested three people along with fake currency notes and 100 bottles of Phensidyl syrup in the district Saturday.brTipped off, RAB members raided a hotel in Laksam Upazila...
FE ReportbrThe caretaker government Sunday conditionally eased trade union activities across the country, allowing labour groups to hold rallies indoors with a maximum crowd of five hundred people, a home ministry order said.brUnions in factories, commercial organisations and ports have...
M Azizur RahmanbrWeeks after dropping its extensive exploration programme in Magnama and Hatiya structures in the offshore, the UK-based Cairn Energy has now decided for a well work-over plan in the operational Sangu gas field.brWe have recently submitted an investment...
Shakhawat Hossain brThe Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) in a letter has asked the Ministry of Finance and the Energy Division to look into certain costs before fixing prices of petroleum products for the local market, ministry officials said Sunday.br'I suggest...
Bangladesh wants rich nations to pay the billions of dollars it says it needs to help fight the effects of climate change because they are the biggest environmental culprits, reports Shafiq Alam of AFP from Dhaka. brThe impoverished South Asian...
Siddique Islam brThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked 11 commercial banks and development financial institutions (DFIs) to inform details about the steps taken to reduce their non-performing loans (NPL) immediately. brThe banks have been selected on the basis of the...
FE ReportbrDhaka stocks gained Sunday led by insurance, power and energy issues, with significant increase in the turnover.brThe total turnover led by Titas Gas and Beximco Ltd increased to Tk 3.04 billion against previous day's Tk 2.36 billion with the...
BNP has skipped Sunday's scheduled dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) on party registration, saying that such talks would not be fruitful keeping other newly-framed 'unconstitutional' laws and rules in force, reports UNB.brIn a letter delivered to the EC, BNP...
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