BARCELONA, Sept 8 (AFP) Rio Ferdinand resumed training with his England team-mates here Monday, handing Fabio Capello a major boost ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifying clash with Croatia in Zagreb.brManchester United defender Ferdinand had been struggling with a neck...
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (AFP) Andy Murray advanced to his first Grand Slam final by stunning world number one Rafael Nadal in a US Open semi-final, booking a date with reigning champion Roger Federer Monday.brThe 21-year-old Scotsman defeated the reigning...
FE ReportbrThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will launch drives to bring the eligible officials and executives of business houses and industrial units, especially the textile and garment sectors, under its tax net to boost the government revenue income.brThe NBR...
FE ReportbrStock prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) after suffering a setback following capital market regulator's decision on mutual funds have bounced back. brThough the benchmark DGEN dipped to 2761.05 on July 31 last, it gained the pace again and...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has asked all concerned government bodies, organisations and departments to organise the wealth statements, submitted by about 1.2 million (12 lakh) government officials and employees, for follow-up actions as part of the anti-graft drive, report agencies.brDirector...
Syed Ishtiaque RezabrPublic-Switch Telephone Network (PSTN), widely known as landline phones, is no more a lucrative business to the private companies, which have obtained licences from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). brMany of the PSTN companies, who have invested...
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) An acute gas supply crunch caused by lack of hydrocarbon exploration is threatening to derail Bangladesh's record industrial expansion, officials say.brThe South Asian nation's economy has been growing by more than six percent annually over the last...
The processing of Tarique Rahman's UK visa application will be completed on Monday, according to a lawyer of the BNP senior joint secretary general. The visa application procedure will end today (Monday). We will apply for a German visa on...
M Azizur RahmanbrBangladesh is set to seek several billion dollars from the rich nations for a 'trust fund' to help fight the impacts of climate change and enable adaptation to a rising sea-level, mounting natural disasters and decline in crop...
Siddique Islam brThe central bank is likely to revise the underwriting obligations of three state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) in primary auctions of government securities aiming to bringing dynamism in the secondary market. brThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) officials are scheduled to...
Shakhawat Hossain brAn inter-ministerial meeting Wednesday will take a decision on the World Bank proposed Food Crisis Development Support Credit (FCDSC) that aims at maintaining the country's food security, officials said Monday.brThe Washington-based multilateral agency has proposed to lend about...
BNP will decide on taking part in the dialogue with Election Commission (EC) only after chairperson Khaleda Zia is released from detention, a policymaker said, reports bdnews24.com. brThe party's policymaking standing committee member Chowdhury Tanveer Ahmed Siddiqui told reporters Monday...
The Awami League (AL) has said it will not accept any unilateral move by the government and the Election Commission (EC) to impose new electoral laws, a party leader said Monday, reports bdnews24.com. brWe are not bound to oblige if...
Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) chairman Akbar Ali Khan said the caretaker government should tell the people how much success it has achieved in curbing widespread corruption before quitting office, reports bdnews24.com. brThe caretaker government repeatedly said that the country had...
Naim-Ul-KarimbrSouth Korea will recruit over 7000 skilled and semi skilled workers from Bangladesh in the next 16 months, the country's ambassador told the FE on Monday.brSuk-Bum Park said around 3000 Bangladeshi would get jobs in the East Asian economic giant...
FE ReportbrBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) announced Monday the final guideline for sharing of infrastructures as a means of stimulating investment and growth in the telecommunication sector.brBTRC came up with the guideline to encourage the mobile operators, internet service providers...
Jamaat-e-Islami Monday boycotted its scheduled third round of dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) saying that the talks are unlikely to yield any positive results, reports UNB.brIn a letter signed by Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed and addressed...
President Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed have congratulated the newly-elected President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. In separate messages of felicitation Sunday, Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Dr. Ahmed expressed the hope that the excellent relations between...
Residential quarters and offices of officials of three state-owned jute mills in Khulna remained without power and water Sunday, as temporary workers disconnected the supplies to press home their eight-point demand, including regularisation of their jobs. — UNB
The flood situation in the country will start improving from tomorrow (Tuesday), as Brahmaputra waters have started receding at Nunkhoa point in Bangladesh, a senior official of the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. brFFWC executive...
Finance and Planning Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam urged the donors to establish a system of accountability of donors in an effort to make foreign aid effective, reports UNB.brThere is no system of establishing accountability of donors, he told the ministerial...
A Tk 12-billion export infrastructure development project has been approved to reduce growing pressure of exports and imports on the Chittagong Seaport, reports BSS.brThe project, which includes an inland container depot (ICD) at Dhirashrom near Tongi, construction of double railway...
Naim-Ul-KarimbrThe number of private limited companies seeking registration for launching new business fell nearly 20 per cent in 2007-08 fiscal from that of 2006-07 mainly due to double digit inflation, liquidity crisis and political uncertainty, officials and analysts said on...
Jasim Uddin Haroon brA local furniture manufacturer said Sunday it made an export breakthrough in the United States after booking order to ship 600 pieces of chairs and window seats to the world's largest market.brLegacy Furniture Limited would export its...
The results of degree examination-2007 under the National University (NU) were published Sunday with 56.99 pass percentage, reports UNB.brA total of 67,095 examinees sat for the final examination (3rd year), and 38,236 of them came out successful.brOf the successful examinees,...
Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said Sunday excepting sugar and ginger, prices of all essential items like rice, lentils, wheat, flour and onions were on the downturn, reports UNB. brPrices of all other items are also stable, and it is...
The Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) Sunday heard pleas of four corrupt individuals, who sought clemency in return of their ill-gotten wealth, reports UNB.brAll the four individuals heard Sunday by the three-member Commission are sub-registrars, sources said, but they did...
The flood situation in the areas washed by the major rivers of the country is still deteriorating in the central districts. However, the water levels in the big rivers, according to the latest indication by the Flood Forecasting and Warning...
Shamsul Huq Zahid brCan Bangladesh, an over-populated resource-starved country, take the load of refugees crossing into its land from neighbouring countries Certainly not. brYet much against the wishes of Bangladesh, thousands of Myanmar population known as 'Rohingyas' have crossed into...
Amirul IslambrArsenic in underground water is a formidable problem facing the country. According to a recent newspaper report some 50 million people in 61 out of the 64 districts of the country are exposed to the arsenic contamination in varying...
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