Bangladesh will participate in the first-ever Qualifying Round of Olympic Hockey to be held in Japan in April next, reports UNB.Joint Secretary of Hockey Federation Khwaja Rahmat Ullah told UNB today that International Hockey Fede-ration (FIH) has given Bangladesh the...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AFP): Red-faced Indian cricket officials resumed a desperate hunt for a national coach Tuesday after first-choice South African Graham Ford turned down the high- profile job. With Rahul Dravid's men due to embark on a four-month...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AP): Former captain Chandu Borde was chosen Tuesday as manager of the Indian cricket team for its upcoming tour of Ireland and England, the CNN-IBN television news channel said.Borde's unexpected appointment came during a meeting of...
CALIFORNIA AND MIAMI, Jun 12 (AP): The US soccer team keeps on winning, even though the Americans are not impressing. Despite a depleted defence and a tepid attack, the US advanced to the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AFP): India has always been considered cricket's land of slow bowlers, men with supple wrists dedicated to the beguiling and mysterious art of spin. But there's a change in the air and it's coming at express...
After a five-day recess, the 14th round of the professional football league (B League) resumes Friday with Arambagh KS taking on Farashganj SC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) at 4:30 pm, reports UNB.The B League matches, originally scheduled to...
MEXICO, June 12 (AFP): France's World Cup winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez signed for Mexican club Nexca Aguascalientes Mon-day according to the team president. The 35-year-old 87-times capped goalkeeper had already announced his retirement from football after a stormy term with...
LONDON, Jun 12 (Reuters): Walt Disney Co's sports network ESPN is buying cricinfo, the world's largest specialist cricket Web site, as it expands beyond its traditional strengths of American football, basketball, baseball and Nascar.The purchase from UK-based Wisden Group, best...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will distribute the National Sports Award-2006 among 10 sports personalities and organisers at a function at the Osmani Memorial Audito-rium here on June 21, reports UNB.The nominees are Moham-mad Hasanuzzaman Bablu and Khandaker Wasim Iqbal (football),...
East End Club emerged champions in the National Bank Metropolis First Division Volleyball League beating Shabolombi Club by 25-13, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19 points at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium today (Tuesday), reports UNB.With the day's feat, East End Club earned the...
JOHANNESBURG, Jun12 (Reuters): Low ticket prices at this year's inaugural ICC World Twenty20 tournament are seen as key to bringing crowds back to International Cricket Council events, according to Cricket South Africa chief Gerald Majola."We've looked at the two previous...
MANCHESTER, June 12 (AFP): Monty Panesar has said keeping his emotions under control is proving one of the biggest challenges of his soaring Test career. The 25-year-old left-arm spinner enhanced his growing reputation with 10 for 187 in England's 60-run...
FE Report Finance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam has turned down a proposal on continuation for another year of the provision that allows people to invest in land, property and vehicles without disclosing the sources of income.The adviser rejected...
FE Report The death toll mounted to 106 until Tuesday afternoon from the landslide in Chittagong city and its outskirts caused by Monday's heavy downpour.Rescuers pulled out 18 bodies from tonnes of mud in the port city.Officials of the Fire...
Another case was filed Tuesday against BNP chairperson and immediate-past Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 12 other political leaders with the CMM court, reports UNB.Abdul Mannan, deputy registrar (current charge) of Joint Stock Companies, filed the case under Section 36(5)...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Who will be forming the next government, if election is held in the latter part of next year? Awami League or its arch rival BNP or a new party? None seems to have an answer to this...
DU CorrespondentThe results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Dakhil and SSC (Vocational) examinations 2007 were published Tuesday with a downward average pass-rate of 58.36 against 66.22 per cent last year (2006).Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board has the top score with 65.87...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to boost up credit flow, particularly to thrust sectors, for achieving seven per cent growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in fiscal 2007-08. The directive came at a bankers'...
Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for the United States on June 15 on a personal visit to see her daughter. Abul Kalam Azad, press secretary to the Awami League chief, said Tuesday that she would fly Etihad Airways. Hasina will...
Bangladesh Ambassador to Bahrain M Ruhul Amin has been appointed Ambassador to France, and Additional Foreign Secretary MAK Mahmood has been appointed Bangladesh Ambassador to Bahrain, said official announcements Tuesday. — UNB
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has clarified its stand relating to legalisation of untaxed money saying the provision is not meant for black money."It is not a blanket unconditional move to legalise the illegally earned money. The...
DU CorrespondentThe Education Ministry will suspend the monthly pay order (MPO) of about 248 educational institutions going nil in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations this year.'We'll suspend the MPO for teacher-staff salary from the government coffer of...
Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar broke down in the dock when magistrate Quamrunnahar Tuesday ordered him to the central jail on a 30 day detention after rejecting his bail petition, reports UNB.An iron man who was once...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe Privatisation Commission (PC) will be sending yet another letter to Saudi prince Bandar Bin Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud soon requesting him to strike a final deal and take over the ownership of the Rupali Bank.According to...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday said his government has taken short-mid and long-term steps and policies to keep the prices of essential commodities stable, by streamlining the wayward market, reports UNB.He expressed the hope that the proposed budgetary measures...
COMILLA, June 12 (UNB): Around 30 villages in two upazilas of the district were inundated Tuesday as water rolling down from hills damaged an embankment along the Kankri river.Locals said the embankment suffered damages at seven points in Ujirpur union...
US Ambassador Patricia Butenis has urged the caretaker government to lift the ban on indoor politics so parties could contribute to the electoral reforms, reports UNB"Longer the ban is kept in place, the more difficult it would be to enact...
FE Report The UK-based WaterAid Bangladesh, working in the country since 1986 to improve hygienic behaviour and access to water supply and sanitation (WSS), Tuesday urged the government to approach the donor agencies for writing off debt and interest for...
FE ReportThe price indices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell for the third consecutive day Tuesday due to selling pressure as well as primary offer worth Tk 1.075 billion of four companies in a row.The inclement weather also affected the...
Detained Tarique Rahman, eldest son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, was provided division in Dhaka central jail Tuesday, reports UNB.DIG (Prison) Major Shamsul Haider said Tarique who had been staying in jail as an ordinary prisoner since his arrest in...
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