BARISAL, Sept 26 (UNB): Construction work on 'Mukto Bihongo'(the free bird), first sculpture on liberation war in Barisal, was inaugurated today (Friday) at Amtala crossing, the entrance point of the city.Barisal Mayor Advocate Shawkat Hossain Hiron inaugurated the construction work...
The World Tourism Day will be observed in the country today (Saturday) as elsewhere in the globe in a befitting manner, reports BSS.This year's theme of the day is 'Tourism Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change'.President Iajuddin Ahmed and...
PABNA, Sept 26 (UNB): Police recovered 1,400 kgs of rice, allocated under VGF programme, from near Gayeshpur union parishad office in Sadar Upazila Thursday night.Tipped-off, they raided the area and recovered the rice, kept at union parishad office, at about...
NARAIL, Sep 26 (UNB): Local people surrounded a gang of robbers and beat one to death and rounded up another while they were looting a jute laden truck at Adnan in Sadar Upazila early Thursday.According to the police, the robbers...
FE ReportRamendu Majumdar, a noted actor and president of Bangladesh Centre of the International Theatre Institute (ITI), has been elected the new worldwide president of this largest theatre network of the world. The election took place Thursday during the 32nd...
SYLHET, Sep 26 (UNB): A UP chairman and his associate were arrested Thursday for misappropriating rice allocated for distribution among poor people under the VGF (vulnerable group feeding) programme.The arrested were Akaddas Hossain Talukder, chairman of Muradpur union, and Nurul...
FE Report Prices of liquid milk, meat, spices and pilao rice increased in the city's retail market as the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration draws closer, traders said Friday.Besides, prices of different varieties of rice remained almost unchanged but prices of imported onion,...
FE ReportThe 31st branch of Standard Bank Ltd was inaugurated at Matuail (Konapara) Momenbagh Circle, Demra in the city recently. Chairman of the bank Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed inaugurated the branch as the chief guest while Vice Chairman Abdul Ahad was...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate maintained a soft tone despite strong demand for cash amid festival marketing, fund managers said.The central bank remained constantly active to use its tools for maintaining market stability and checking any volatility in trading...
BARISAL, Sept 26 (BSS): The private airlines company 'United Airways Private Ltd' will introduce flight on Dhaka-Barisal- Dhaka route from September 28 next in the ahead of holy Eid-ul- Fitr. A 37-seated plane of the company will be operated twice...
FE ReportThe 'Basic training course for the bankers' arranged by Mercantile Bank Training Institute concluded in the city recently.Mercantile Bank Managing Director Dewan Mujibur Rahman handed over certificates to the 7th batch probationary officers of the bank for successful completion...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 26: Chittagong Customs House (CCH) has been directly linked with its controlling office National Board of Revenue (NBR) in Dhaka through online today and as a result, NBR will now be able to monitor any export-import related...
FE ReportSony-Ericsson has launched a shopping festival for the month of holy Ramadan with existing gift offers with every purchase of original Sony-Ericsson mobile phone handsets provided by Reach Distribution, authorised distributor of Sony-Ericsson. The gift offers can be avail...
September 21- September 25, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonBangladesh taka maintained its positive tone against the greenback in September as well, mainly due to huge volume of inward remittances ahead of Eid ul Fitr. In the last three days of the...
Arambagh KS came from behind to beat Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by 2-1 goals in the only match of the Citycell 2nd B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Friday, reports UNB.This was the first win for...
Cricket fan club 'Bengal Tigers' named left-handed national opener Tamim Iqbal as the Aramex-Bengal Tigers cricketer of the year 2007-08 at a function in the city Friday, reports UNB.All rounder Shakib Al Hasan was named the cricketer of the year...
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has won his fitness battle for the forthcoming Test series against Australia after recovering from an elbow injury, reports BBC.The 35-year-old will join the India training camp next week for the series beginning on 9 October,...
BEIJING, Sept 26 (AFP): Former world number one Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the China Open Friday, beaten by home favourite Zheng Jie in a marathon quarter-final clash.In the men's draw, defending champion and third seed Fernando Gonzalez lost to...
Newcastle have named former Wimbledon and Luton manager Joe Kinnear as their interim boss until the end of October in a shock new twist at St James' Park, reports BBC. The Magpies have been without a manager since Kevin Keegan...
Brad Haddin, Australia's wicketkeeper, believes playing as a specialist batsman on last year's ODI tour of India will help him when he plays his first Tests there next month. Haddin's only Test appearances so far have been in front of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 26 (Reuters): Out-of-sorts Ronaldinho has been dropped by Brazil for next month's World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Colombia while his AC Milan teammate Kaka has been recalled to the squad after knee surgery.Ronaldinho missed a...
KARACHI, Sep 25 (Reuters): Pakistan has signed a three-year, $9 million agreement to play its one-day internationals and Twenty20 matches in Dubai, the country's cricket board said on Thursday.The deal with Dubai sports city comes after failed attempts by Pakistan...
Shakhawat Hossain Consumers have not been benefited by the falling commodity prices as the retailers have not made adjustments with the wholesale rates, said a government report released Thursday.The quarterly 'Food situation report' (April-June), prepared by the food and disaster...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is weighing a plan to introduce a permanent price adjustment formula to rationalise the domestic oil prices in line with the fluctuating international markets, official said. The state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has already drafted the...
The US Congress Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging US President George W Bush to consider extending generous economic support to Bangladesh upon completion of an internationally accepted free and fair election before the end of December 2008, reports UNB.The...
The Awami League (AL) has asked the business leaders and a top lawyer to mind their own business and not meddle with politics, reports bdnews24.com. "We haven't yet received any message from the interim government about the proposed dialogue that...
Kayes M SohelFour directors, a shareholder and two insiders of Popular Life Insurance Company Limited, some of them family members, took hundreds of millions of taka from the market using sensitive information and creating an artificial crisis of shares, according...
FE ReportDhaka stocks extended the gain further in the sixth consecutive session Thursday with the turnover nearing Tk 5.0 billion (500 crore) mark.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended the day on an upbeat note, thanks to strong buying support from...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is yet to take any firm decision regarding the tax benefit of the country's largest cell phone operator Grameenphone (GP) that intends to offload shares through initial public offerings (IPOs), said its chairman...
BNP Secretary General Khandker Delwar Hossain Thursday said a level playing field for participation of all political parties in the elections has yet to be created, reports bdnew24.com. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the British Acting High Commissioner...
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