Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Sept 11: Eastern zone of the Bangladesh Railway (BR) has made necessary arrangements for selling advance tickets of inter-city trains from September 18 to 24 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm under special arrangement from Chittagong Railway...
FE Report North South University (NSU) promises to maintain quality education.NSU Foundation Chairman MA Awal said this while speaking as the chief guest at the Fall 2008 semester orientation ceremony of the newly enrolled undergraduate students for the department of...
BRAC founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed has been selected for the "David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award" for his innovative work to empower poor people, help them enjoy their basic human rights and enhance their opportunities to secure a better...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 12: The Sitakund Botanical Garden and Eco Park generates revenue worth millions of Taka annually but due to lack of adequate funds for its uplift, this attractive and potential tourist centre of this region is slowly losing...
FE Report Prices of green chilli and pulses increased while that of onion and edible oil witnessed a fall during the past one week in the city's retail market that remained mostly stable. Prices of other essentials including rice and...
FE ReportThe regional managers' conference of the Rajshahi region of National Bank Ltd (NBL) was held at a hotel at Bogra recently. The conference was held in connection with sanctioning of SME loan.NBL Chairman Moazzam Hossain was present at the...
FE ReportA management committee meeting on Fael Khair programme conducted by the Islami Bank Foundation and financed by Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for the assistance of the cyclone-affected people was held at Islami Bank Tower in the city Thursday. Mohammad...
FE ReportPanudda Boonpala, director and head of International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Bangladesh, has visited two shrimp processing plants and held meeting with the leaders of Bangladesh Frozen Food Exporters' Association (BFFEA), Khulna region, recently. The ILO country director expressed...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate gained ground last week due to rise in overall pressure on liquidity, fund managers said.The market experienced strong demand for cash with momentum in business activities ahead of Eid festival. The pressure on liquidity...
September 7-September 11, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonU.S. dollar was stable against Bangladesh taka last week despite petroleum-related payments made by state-owned commercial banks. Inward remittance from overseas wage earners also continued in the week, which was expected to continue till...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 12: As a part of the anti adulteration campaign, the elite force RAB paid a surprise visit to BSP Food Products Ltd at Kalurghat industrial area in the city. There RAB discovered adulterated food and other spurious...
WELLINGTON, Sept 12 (AFP): Big-hitting Jesse Ryder has been recalled to the New Zealand squad for next month's tour of Bangladesh, seven months after the cricketer with the "wild child" image injured a hand in a bar incident. Ryder, 24,...
The Citycell 2nd B League begins today (Saturday) with a match between holders Dhaka Abahani Limited and Rahamatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city, reports UNB.BFF President Kazi Salahuddin will formally inaugurate the league as chief...
Andrew Symonds will not play Australia's Tests in India while the incumbent slow bowler Beau Casson has also been overlooked in favour of the uncapped 36-year-old legspinner Bryce McGain. Shane Watson returns to the Test frame and the bowlers Jason...
The 3rd Destiny 2000 Limited Open FIDE Rating Chess tournament, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, begins today (Saturday) at the Chess Federation hall room, reports UNB.This is an open event for all chess players. Interested players can enroll their names...
Chelsea have turned down Steve Clarke's resignation as assistant first-team coach following an approach by West Ham to take him to Upton Park, reports BBC.The Hammers appointed Gianfranco Zola as manager on Thursday and appear to want Clarke, 45, to...
Riding on a Masmullah's brilliant century, Sri Lanka Development XI scored 376 runs for six wickets in 94 overs against visiting GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team in their 1st innings on the 3rd day of the 1st four-day match at...
Sadharan Bima KS beat Matuail Udoyon Sangsad by a solitary goal in a match of the Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Komolapur in the city Friday, reports UNB.Biplob Kumar Ghosh...
LONDON, Sept 12 (AFP): Luiz Felipe Scolari has suffered his first major setback as Chelsea manager after amitting defeat in his battle to keep long-serving club servant Steve Clarke on his coaching staff.Clarke, who has been at Chelsea for over...
At least 12 people - mostly Taleban insurgents - have been killed Friday in north-west Pakistan in a suspected US missile strike, Pakistani officials say. It struck a home before dawn near Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan...
POTI, Sept 12 (AFP): Russian troops prepared Friday to start a tentative pull-out from Georgia as Moscow vowed to strengthen its military after last month's war and turned its diplomatic fire on Ukraine. As the troops readied to move to...
CARACAS, Sept 12 (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expelled the US envoy to Caracas late Thursday and threatened to halt crude exports to the United States on a day he highlighted the recent arrival of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers....
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said peace talks with Israel have failed to reach any breakthrough, despite nine months of negotiations, BBC reports. "I can't say that even one issue has been agreed upon," Mr Abbas told Israel's Haaretz newspaper....
JERUSALEM, Sept 12 (AFP): Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has stressed his determination to step down immediately after his centrist Kadima party holds its leadership election, Israeli public radio reported Friday. The vote will be on Wednesday, but would go to...
Two people have been killed and several injured as thousands of protesters held pro-independence rallies in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say. They say that protests have been held across the Kashmir valley. A curfew is in force in Shopian town where...
BANGKOK, Sept 12 (AFP): The Thai parliament Friday postponed until next week a vote on whether to return Samak Sundaravej as prime minister after lawmakers from the ruling coalition failed to show up. "The meeting to vote for prime minister...
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has arrived in Warsaw for talks with his Polish counterpart and the country's prime minister. Talks are expected to focus on the war in Georgia and Russia's opposition to the installation of the US missile...
TOKYO, Sept 11 (AFP):Japan said Tuesday it was ending an air mission in Iraq, wrapping up a military deployment which was historic for the pacifist nation but deeply unpopular at home. Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Japan planned by the...
Thailand's Samak Sundaravej has accepted his party's nomination as prime minister - two days after he was forced to quit the post. The People's Power Party said there was nothing in the constitution to stop them from choosing him again,...
North Korea is close to completing a second launch site for long-range missiles, BBC reports. The existence of site, said to be 30 miles (50km) from the Chinese border, was made public by an independent analyst using satellite imagery. Reports...
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