Left with minimal spin resources after Bryce McGain was ruled out of the tour, Ricky Ponting has said either Jason Krejza or Cameron White will play in the first Test against India in Bangalore. Both are yet to play a...
Grand Master Enamul Hossain Razib bagged a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship after beating MS Thejkumar in the final and 11th round held in Nagpur, India, Monday, reports bdnews24.com.Razib, who eared 8.5 points from 11 games, was awarded...
After a 10-day break, the Citycell 2nd B League resumes today (Tuesday) with Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club taking on Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the day's lone match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) at 3:30 pm, reports UNB.Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting...
An 11-member Bangladesh contingent will participate in the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games to be held October 12 to October 18 in the Indian town of Pune, reports UNB.The contingent, headed by Chef de Mission and Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Deputy...
PARIS, Oct 6 (AFP): Jelena Jankovic of Serbia was confirmed as regaining the world No.1 ranking Monday following her win in the WTA tournament at Stuttgart SundayShe takes over from Serena Williams in the sixth changeover at the top since...
Habibul Bashar, the former Bangladesh captain, has said he was prompted to join the ICL because of the lack of respect and importance shown to him by the team management. He has also criticised the Bangladesh board's decision to axe...
LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters): Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge Sunday while Liverpool kept pace after an astonishing comeback earned them a 3-2 win at Manchester City.First half goals...
FE ReportDhaka stocks tumbled Monday amid the reduction of loan margin ratio by top financial institutions.All the market barometers-DSE General Index (DGEN), All Shares Price Index (DSI) and DSE-20 - shed 73 points, 60.47 points and 50.92 points respectively to...
Shakhawat Hossain The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed commercial banks doing foreign exchange transaction to show in their monthly statements the 'invisible receipts' from sources both inside and outside the country. The central bank asked the commercials banks to follow...
Zaidi SattarThe other day a close friend was whopping mad at National Board of Revenue (NBR) for having imposed the highest duty rate (25%) on the principal imported ingredient used in his state-of-the-art production facility that manufactures a leading brand-name...
Mushir AhmedTroubled American Insurance Group (AIG) does not have any plan to sell American Life Insurance Company (ALICO)'s operations in Bangladesh despite unveiling a string of similar moves in Asia.A senior official dispelled the speculation on Monday, amid reports that...
Jasim Uddin Haroon CHITTAGONG: Gas-starved factories in the port city of Chittagong have been forced to use expensive alternative fuels in a bid to keep their costly plants operational.The entrepreneurs said they are now using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), furnace...
M Azizur RahmanGas production from a new well in Bangura gasfield located in Comilla commenced Monday much to the relief of gas-starved Chittagong region and other areas which would benefit from the fresh supply, officials said.The Irish oil company Tullow...
A Dhaka Court Monday issued arrest warrants against nine accused in Barapukuria coalmine corruption case, including former ministers of the immediate past BNP-led government Saifur Rahman and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, report UNB and bdnews24.com. Dhaka metropolitan senior special judge...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed said Monday that his government was trying to build an environment friendly to commerce, industries and agriculture in the country, report agencies. Describing the businesspeople and industrialists the drivers of the economy, he urged them to...
The interim cabinet Monday approved in principle a second amendment to the Representation of the People (amendment) Ordinance 2008, allowing political parties to register with draft party constitutions. In this case, the party will have to submit a ratified constitution...
The Chamber Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) Monday turned down the government and Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) pleas, upholding the High Court (HC) orders that had granted bails to a number of bigwig corrupt suspects. The corrupt suspects are former...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Monday said the expatriate workers had remitted to Bangladesh $6.8 billion until September against last year's total amount of $6.6 billion. He also expected that the amount of remittance would stand at $9.0 billion...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government's inaction in installing a waste treatment plant has been delaying the relocation of leather industries from the city's Hazaribagh area to the 'leather industrial estate' in Savar.The authorities have cancelled an international tender in January 2007...
LONDON, Oct 06(Agencies):Global stocks suffered sharp falls Monday, as worries about the extent of the crisis in the financial sector deepened after finance ministers failed to reach a consensus on how to react. Asian and European stock markets plunged as...
Norway's telecom giant Telenor, which has 62 per cent stake in Grameenphone, is eager to invest more in Bangladesh, the company's top official was quoted to have told the Chief Adviser Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Telenor Chairman Harald Norvik, accompanied by...
WASHINGTON, Oct 06 (MarketWatch): The Bush Administration and the Federal Reserve said Monday they are moving "with substantial force on a number of fronts" to shore up confidence in, and protect, the financial system.The aggressive posture comes as global stock...
LONDON, Oct 6(Reuters): Oil fell below $90 a barrel Monday to its lowest in eight months, pressured by expectations that the global credit crisis will bring a sharp fall in oil demand. US light crude for November delivery fell $3.85...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 6 (Agencies): Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.Two French scientists who discovered the...
The government will import 900,000 tonnes of refined petroleum from Malaysia through leapfrogging the lengthy process of floating tender and making government-level deals, reports UNB.Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will directly make the bulk import of fuel from the Malaysian state-owned...
FHM Humayan KabirTeletalk Bangladesh Limited, the state-owned mobile operator, has taken a major step to expand its network across the country aiming to double its subscribers' base and provide better services, officials said Monday.The cell phone company has already signed...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe country received US$701.40 million worth of remittance from expatriate Bangladeshis in September, lowest in a single month since January this year, official sources said.Quoting statistics of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), they said expatriate Bangladeshis remitted $732.90 million in August,...
Liberation War Sector Commander Maj Gen (retd) CR Dutta Sunday demanded banning of Islam as state religion for what he said was to uphold the spirit of the liberation struggle, reports UNB. At a press conference of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan...
The Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser (CA) has categorically denied some media reports about CA Fakhruddin Ahmed's telephone talk or meeting with Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina in New York, reports UNB."This is absolutely wrong…He had neither talks...
The vacation bench of the High Court (HC) Sunday granted bail to former Awami League (AL) MP and Jubo League general secretary Mirza Azam in Emergency Power Rules (EPR) violation case, reports UNB.The division bench comprising justice M Anwarul Haque...
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