Roger and Liliane Rizk, like many Lebanese newlyweds, were looking forward to purchasing a new apartment soon after their wedding. But the prices of new homes have risen dramatically since the couple first started shopping for an apartment about six...
A book exploring the way digital technology will transform the way we create and use the places where we live, work, play and learn has been published today by Cisco collection of essays by industry leaders from around the world,...
FE ReportThe flooring of building today is dominated by porcelain tiles. Builders say a majority of their clients prefer them over marble, granite or mosaic. People now consider flooring to be as important as overall architecture, woodwork and paint.Flooring has...
Nicholas Vardy"Boston is still in the pits... in Florida it's like death takes a holiday... Las Vegas is now terrible... Michigan may [never] come back" is the way Robert Toll, chief executive of Toll Brothers (TOL recently summed up the...
People of all walks of life including civil society, non-government organisations (NGOs) and law-enforcing agencies like Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and police have been urged to work together in controlling drug abuse and addiction. Information and Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs...
DU CorrespondentThe Dhaka University Tuesday announced a budget of Tk 1.42 billion for the fiscal 2007-08 with only 10.35 per cent allocation of the total budget for education and research compared to that of the last year.DU Treasurer Syed Abul...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 26: President (incharge) of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) MA Latif has hailed Chief Adviser (CA) to the caretaker government Fakhruddin Ahmad for taking step to amend the Mass Representation Ordinance 1972 that deals...
The trial of former telecommunications minister Mohammad Nasim in the WorldTel scam case began at a makeshift anti-graft court in the city Tuesday with the testimony of prosecution witnesses, reports UNB.Abdul Hye, an officer of the now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption...
COMILLA, June 26 (UNB): Former health and Family welfare minister and BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain was again allowed two-day police remand here Tuesday.Court sources said Judge M Ataul Gani of the Cognisance Court-2 granted the two-day remand...
BOGRA, June 26 (bdnews24.com): The members of the taskforce raided former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's assignment officer Firoz Mahmud's home here today. Mahmud has remained untraced since the state of emergency was declared. The members of taskforce searched Mahmud's Bakshi...
COLOMBO, June 26 (AFP): Four batsmen scored centuries as Sri Lanka flexed its batting might to tighten the screws on Bangladesh in the first cricket Test here on Tuesday. Maiden Test hundreds by Prasanna Jayawardene and veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas...
Visiting Pakistan National Cricket Academy coach Aaquib Javed Tuesday said the club cricket structure in Bangladesh should be changed a little bit to create quality fast bowlers, reports UNB."To have better fast bowlers, Bangladesh needs to change its club cricket...
Sachin Tendulkar overcame a two-paced pitch, blustery conditions and a threatening pace attack to produce a valuable 99, steering India to a respectable 242 for 8 in the first match of the Future Cup at Belfast. India , missing three...
CHICAGO, Jun 26 (latimes): Benny Feilhaber, the youngster from Irvine who left UCLA early to seek his soccer fortunes in Germany, scored the goal of his career Sunday, sending an audacious 23-yard volley dipping and swerving into the back of...
Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra defeated Wari Club in straight sets in the Super League of AB Bank Dhaka Metropolis Senior Division Table Tennis League at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city Tuesday.Mustafa of Sheikh Russel beat Wari's Shahid 11-5,...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines scored a 3-0 win over Lalbagh TT Academy in the AB Bank Dhaka Metropolis Women Table Tennis League at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city Tuesday.Dhaka Abahani posted a 3-0 victory against Armenian Girls Club, while...
HANOI, June 26 (AFP): Nine Vietnamese football referees and officials went on trial in the soccer-obsessed nation Tuesday accused of taking and giving bribes to fix matches, a court official said. The defendants in the Hanoi people's court trial, which...
WIMBLEDON, June 26 (AP): Perhaps Serena Williams' dad was simply trying to offer an explanation for her slow start at Wimbledon. In the process, he might have given her next opponent a bit of a scouting report.Either way, Williams was...
Speakers at a discussion stressed Monday the need for long-term strategy to prevent probable bird flu epidemic allover the country and protect the Tk 120 billion poultry sector, reports BSS.Nearly 3.0 million people directly involved in this vital sector are...
Six persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Madaripur, a youth was killed by his friend while fighting over a trivial issue at Nouka...
FE ReportRehana Rahman, a founder life member of North South University (NSU) Foundation, was unanimously elected the chairman of the foundation for 2007-08 term at its 15th Annual General Meeting held Tuesday. Rahman served the NSU Foundation previously as its...
NOAKHALI, June 26 (UNB): Nine children of the district, used as camel jockeys in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), received Tk 0.93 million as compensation.Deputy Commissioner M Habibul Kabir Chowdhury, at a simple ceremony held at the conference room of...
FE ReportThe Department of Food Science and Technology of State University of Bangladesh (SUB) organised a seminar on " Advances in Food Science and Technology" at the auditorium of the university Sunday, said a press release.PRAN Group CEO Amjad Khan...
Rajshahi DSA recorded a massive 19-0 victory over Kishoreganj DSA in the 27th National Hockey at the Moulana Bhasani National Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB.Remon and Shisu made hattricks scoring five and four goals respectively, Sabbir Rana, Faruk, Rajon and Krishna...
Shakhawat Hossain The caretaker government will place the proposed 2007-08 budget without bringing any major change in fiscal measures for approval of President Iajuddin Ahmed tomorrow (Thursday), official sources said."We will place the budget for President's approval June 28," said...
A total of 105 former lawmakers of the BNP Tuesday expressed solidarity with secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan-announced party reform proposal, reports bdnews24.com. Joint secretary general Ashraf Hossain Tuesday told reporters, "There had been faults in the running of the...
Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina Tuesday sought explanation as to how some political parties are being allowed to do politics under restriction, slapped under the current state of emergency, reports UNB."It needs an explanation as to how some parties...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The Securities and Exchange (SEC), the capital market regulator, has hit the tip of the iceberg. It has unearthed, for the first time in its history, a case of insider trading by some sponsor shareholders of the...
Amid political topsy-turvy in the country, Begum Roushan Ershad Tuesday proclaimed herself acting chairman of the Jatiya Party (JP) and asked former President Ershad to quit the chairmanship to become party's chief adviser, reports UNB.She also appointed Golam Maseeh acting...
The foreign secretary-level talks between Bangladesh and India ended Tuesday agreeing to quickly resolve the problems concerning the demarcation of 6.5 km land boundary and sharing of waters of the common rivers, report agencies.Dhaka and New Delhi also agreed to...
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