SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 30 (AFP): San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds smacked his 750th career home run here Friday, moving the 42-year-old slugger within six homers of breaking Hank Aaron's all-time US homer record.Bonds smashed a 3-ball, 2-strike pitch from...
BELFAST, Jun 30 (AFP): Sachin Tendulkar savoured a "wonderful moment" after adding a new chapter to his record-breaking career by becoming the first batsman to score 15,000 one-day international runs.Tendulkar reached the landmark while making 93 in India's six-wicket win...
FE ReportThe final of the AB Bank Metropolitan Table Tennis League Championship-2007 will be held at Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city tomorrow (Monday). Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation organised the TT league.Youth and Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury will be present...
MADRID, Jun 30 (AFP): Real Madrid have agreed a deal to sign Chelsea's flying Dutch winger Arjen Robben according to reports in a Spanish newspaper Saturday.AS claims that Real have come to an agreement with the father and agent of...
ATHENS, Jun 30 (AFP): Greek champions Olympiakos announced Friday that Argentine striker Luciano Martin Galletti has penned a four-year contract.The club did not release financial details of the deal.Galletti (27) has played 13 matches for Argentina, scoring three goals.For the...
Bangladesh and Cambodia have been selected as models for the success of poverty alleviation policies of the Economics and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN), a statement said Friday. The ECOSOC has chosen the two countries to present...
DINAJPUR, June 29 (bdnews24.com): Intern doctors at Dinajpur Medical College Hospital have gone on an indefinite strike protesting misbehaviour with them by outsiders, whom they termed terrorists. The strike has thrown scores of patients at the hospital and healthcare seekers...
COMILLA, June 30 (UNB): Two more cases have been filed against former Jamaat MP Abdullah Mohammd Taher, now in jail, his brother and 39 others on charges of misappropriating public funds allocated against various projects. One of the cases was...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have congratulated their Canadian counterparts on the Canada Day that falls on Sunday, reports UNB. In a message to the Canada Governor General Michaelle Jean, President Iajuddin said, "I take this...
A Dhaka court Saturday sent former BNP MP Mosaddek Ali Falu to jail after a five-day remand in a relief material embezzlement case, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka District Magi-strate's Court Magistrate Delwara Begum issued the order. Investigation officer Abdus Salam, an...
BARISAL, June 30 (UNB): A Shechchasebok League leader and one of his associates were arrested from Rupatali of the city Saturday. One pipe gun and a motor bike were also seized from the possession of the arrested Azizur Rahman Shahin,...
SATKHIRA, June 30 (UNB): A Bangladeshi fisherman was abducted by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from near Khanjia border in Kaliganj Upazila Saturday morning.The abducted fisherman Alamgir Hossain (28) is a son of Abul Biswas of Nangla village in Devhata...
SHARIATPUR, June 30 (UNB): RAB personnel arrested fugitive convict local Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Anwar Hossain Majhi from Tarabunia area of Bhedarganj Upazila Friday. Acting on a tip-off a team of RAB raided the area at about 1:00 am and...
Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina Saturday greeted new British Prime Minister (PM) Gordon Brown, reports bdnews24.com. In a message, the former prime minister hoped Brown's efficient and dynamic leadership would further strengthen the relationship between Bangladesh and Britain. "We believe...
Police arrested the wife of former BNP lawmaker Ali Asghar Lobi Thursday noon, reports bdnews24.com. Gulshan police chief Rawshan Ali said Khushnud Asghar was arrested at Labaid Cardiac Hospital and being treated there under police guard. Lobi is in jail...
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia Saturday condoled the death of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's aunt Asiya Khatun, reports BSS."I am deeply shocked at the death of Asiya Khatun, the elder sister of national leader late...
FE Report Finance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam Saturday defended the budgetary changes, saying the non-party caretaker government has not adjusted tariffs buckling to the pressure from the private sector lobbyists."There's no question of pressure from the private sector...
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad Saturday appointed Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud as acting chairman of the embattled party, reports bdnews24.com. Ershad, however, said he would continue as the party chairman until the next council. "There is no scope for ambiguity...
Awami League presidium member Abdur Razzak Saturday rolled out a "personal" reform proposal suggesting election of the leadership at all levels through secret balloting, reports BSS."The committees will have to be formed through secret ballots at all levels of the...
FE ReportThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Bangladesh has achieved most of the objectives of the Poverty reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) supported programme."Most of the objectives of the PRGF-supported programme were achieved," the Washington-based multilateral lending agency said in...
GAZIPUR, June 30 (bdnews24.com): Chief election commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said Saturday that an election roadmap would be declared by mid-July to clear the way for the ninth national parliamentary polls to be held by end-2008. "We will declare...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday said people want to see a united BNP, not a split one, as it is the most popular party of the country, reports UNB.About the reform proposals placed by the party's some front ranking leaders,...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has taken a move to update its listing regulations. The last revision in the regulations was made in 1998.The bourse has already made a primary draft on the changes now under review, sources said....
FE ReportThe interim government has decided to simplify the process of issuance and renewal of passports, making the existing rules and procedures easier.It is also considering options for extending the validity period of passports up to 10 years from the...
Production at Ashuganj Zia Fertiliser Factory in Brahmanbaria was suspended Saturday morning due to technical problem, reports UNB.The factory authorities suspended the production at about 8:00 am soon after the stock of ammonia, main component for producing urea, was exhausted....
Five persons were killed and 37 others injured, 12 of them seriously, in a road accident on Dhaka-Barisal Highway at Pulia in Faridpur Friday mid-night. Police and fire service sources said, the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus from...
Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President and BNP leader Shaharuzzaman Murtaza, arrested from his residence at Bhairabsthan in Khulna city Friday, was sent to jail Saturday. Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqul Haque gave the order after rejecting a bail petition....
SAVAR, June 30: Army personnel Saturday arrested a land official and his three associates while taking bribe from a landowner. Assistant land officer Abdul Munnaf Mullah, a former Tehshildar Syed Musa and two associates were arrested from the land office....
Doulot Akter MalaState-owned Petrobangla and US-based oil company Chevron are at loggerheads over payment of Tk 300 million as 'tax on tax' to the national exchequer.The Chevron, which took over from Unocal in 2006, paid the amount as tax-on-tax over...
FE ReportThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to provide Bangladesh US$130 million worth of fund to improve the governance in different public entities, official sources said.An appraisal mission from the multilateral donor will arrive in Dhaka for an eight-day...
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