Noakhali Football Academy beat Arambagh KS by 2-0 goals in a 2nd phase match of the Dhaka City Corporation Pioneer Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Friday, reports UNB.Uzzal...
Syed Ishtiaque Reza | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The Westin Dhaka, the second Starwood five star hotel in Dhaka, is ready to celebrate its first anniversary soon. Standing tall in the heart of the city, The Westin forms a perfect choice for both business and leisure travelers to...
Enayet Rasul | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed presided over a meeting last Tuesday that was devoted to addressing the agonizing traffic conditions in Dhaka city. The holy month of Ramadan is near and, as always, government seeks to provide some...
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) has taken all preparations to sell the Ramadan items from August 15 through its fair price outlets ahead of Ramadan to provide a bit of relief to the low and middle income group, already hard-pressed by spiraling...
Eight players won their respective men's singles qualifying 2nd round matches of the Dhaka Open Tennis Competition that began Friday at the Ramna National Tennis Complex (NTC) in the city, reports UNB .In the 2nd round, Jamil (NTC) outplayed Moniruzzaman...
FE Report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
BRAC Bank Limited has launched a new service quality drive recently.In this initiative, customers will be able to rate the service and the service provider at the touch-point instantly.This initiative, called 'Moment of Truth' has been instituted at the Gulshan...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 1: Speakers at a seminar here said that industrial and economic reforms should be conducted against the de-nationalisation process to meet the challenge of globalisation.The seminar was on 'Impact of Globalisation and Economic Reforms in the Industry and...
13 dead in Indian train blazeNEW DELHI, Aug 1: At least 13 people died and four were injured when fire spread quickly through a packed train in southern India early on Friday, a railway official said. "As of now 13...
It is very difficult but not impossible to hold free and fair elections under the state of emergency, visiting UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Hazel Blears has said, reports UNB."It is very difficult to have elections...
BARISAL, Aug 01 (BSS): Poll campaign for mayoral and councilor candidates has become a temporary income source for many youths and women in Barisal city as they are being offered attractive amount to woo voters.The opportunity has an apparent impact...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The owners of Call Centres, a new type of business emerging in Bangladesh, are taking necessary preparations to start their operations fully for catering to the needs of both domestic and international clients.Currently two call centres have started their operations...
Jim Kuhnhenn | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Three months before Election Day, John McCain's stepped up aggression begs the question: Will voters vote for the scold?A new ad launched Wednesday suggests Democratic rival Barack Obama is nothing more than a lightweight celebrity akin to a Britney Spears...
HANOI, Aug 1 (AFP): FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Friday he was misquoted in media reports citing him as calling Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo a "slave."Blatter last month called on the English club to release the Portuguese player if...
Breastfeeding can help avert a large number of neonatal deaths and bring down the under-5 child mortality rate in Bangladesh, reports BSS.Experts made the observation at a discussion held Friday at Matuail near the city marking the inauguration of the...
PLANNING to make the best possible use of land is becoming more and more important in the context of Bangladesh which has a relatively small land area compared to its huge population. The limited land available for its vast population...
The government should revamp its present social afforestation programme with the policy and legal frameworks placing the authority to the group of forest users for its management, reports BSS.Academics, environmentalists, local community leaders and concerned government officials in a deliberation...
COLOMBO, Aug 01 (UNB): Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to revive and reactivate Joint Economic Commission (JEC) to boost trade relations between the two South Asian countries.Identical views were expressed while Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and Sri Lankan...
Sarwar Zahan | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate ended the week with a sharp rise last week that resulted from decision of the central bank to improve market discipline, fund managers said.The market faced pressure on liquidity despite injection of fresh cash into...
H. Josef Hebert | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
In a summer of nationwide anguish over fuel costs, Congress' attack on soaring gasoline prices has been full of high-octane rhetoric and low-energy results.Both parties instead have fought bitterly for weeks over who can make the best political points for...
COLOMBO, Aug 1 (UNB): South Asian leaders from eight SAARC countries sit for a summit meeting here Saturday to chart a roadmap to address the challenges of soaring food and fuel prices, trade imbalances, climate change and terrorism and improve...
FARIDPUR, Aug 1 (UNB): A bus driver and his helper were killed and 15 people injured when a bus hit a truck, parked on the Dhaka-Khulna highway, in Shibrampur area in Sadar Upazila early Friday.Bus driver Fazlul Haque (42) and...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Rice import rose by nearly 215 per cent in quantity and 400 per cent in price in the last fiscal (2007-08) compared to the previous fiscal. But still the price has not come down in the domestic market, the central...
BEIJING, August 1 (AFP): Chinese President Hu Jintao appealed Friday to keep politics out of the Olympics, trying to deflect international criticism one week before an event that has put the spotlight on Beijing's behaviour at home and abroad.The run-up...
EDGBASTON, Aug 1 (Cricinfo): Mark Boucher played a typically feisty innings to lift South Africa to a useful lead of 83 on the third morning at Edgbaston. Following the adrenalin-fuelled action of yesterday evening England did a reasonably efficient job...
From Fazle Rashid | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
NEW YORK, Aug 1: All the US intelligence agencies have been brought under the one single agency known as National Intelligence. The idea mooted at the beginning of President Bush's second term in 2004 has at last been fructified.There are...
DU Correspondent | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said cooperation and understanding among the political parties is a must for overall development, as no single party could unilaterally resolve the problems of the country.He said this while addressing the biennial conference of Bangladesh...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 1 (BSS): Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) has imposed restrictions on campaign in the city corporation areas on the occasion of the August 4 Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election.An RMP notification here today said restriction has been imposed on...
FE report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Standard Bank Ltd has introduced SME and rural banking scheme for the help and development of the lower, middle and lower-middle class people of the country.Standard Bank Chairman Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed said this while presiding over the 9th annual general...
WHAT happened to the reports or recommendations of the numerous commissions and committees, constituted since the independence of the country in response to governmental and administrative fallings? Probe bodies were formed to investigate the causes of launch mishaps, lack of...
JHALOKATI, Aug 1 (UNB): Funeral of septuagenarian freedom fighter Amol Das was held at his Bashbunia village in Kathalia Upazila with state honour Wednesday.Family members said Amol Das (70), who was suffering from old age ailments since long, died on...
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