When the country's aviation sector is facing tough time as local carriers are struggling to stay afloat amid skyrocketing fuel prices, an Indian company is set to launch its Dhaka-Kolkata flight today (Monday), reports UNB.Air India Express will fly six...
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, which finished 4th in the 1st B League last year, hopes to win upcoming 2nd B League that will begin end-August, although they failed to form a good team this season, reports UNB.Muktijoddha Sangsad KC team Manager...
HEADINGLEY, July 20 (Cricinfo): AB de Villiers' sixth Test hundred has put South Africa firmly in command of the second Test at Headingley, leading by 277 at tea on the third day. England removed Ashwell Prince for 149 in a...
BNP will not yield to conditions or compromise over Khaleda Zia's release, said a senior party figure Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.BNP joint secretary general Goyeshwar Chandra Roy said his party had never yielded to any conditions or compromise and would not...
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) : World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Sunday urged trade ministers to push for a breakthrough in this week's World Trade Organization talks, saying it was "now or never" to reach a deal.Zoellick said progress on...
COLOMBO, July 20 (Xinhua): The Sri Lankan government said yesterday that the signing of the much anticipated comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between India and Sri Lanka would be delayed."We are not in a hurry to sign it. It is...
PABNA, July 20 (UNB): The cultivation of Aman paddy was being hampered in the district due to fertiliser crisis.Sources said farmers need 6,000 tonnes of TSP and 3,000 tonnes of Potash fertilisers in the current season for cultivating Aman but...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
The probability of widespread floods occurring this year in the country, apart from some isolated areas, is lower as the risk factors are indicating to a normal situation, said government officials and experts on Sunday.The government's Department for Disaster Management...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Etihad Airways has recently placed one of the largest aircraft orders in commercial aviation history at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK.The total deal for up to 205 wide-body and narrow-body planes is worth approximatelyUS $43 billion, at list...
Michael Skapinker | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
WHAT can business teach politicians about ethics? Absolutely nothing, was the answer at a recent discussion on the subject. What about the other way around: can politicians teach business anything about ethics? Do not be ridiculous, came the reply.The curious...
The World Bank (WB) would provide $100m to Bangladesh in the first phase as budgetary support to help the country build food security, reports UNB.The assurance came Sunday after a meeting between the visiting WB Vice-President (VP) for South Asia...
Syed Ishtiaque Reza | 2008-07-20 00:00:00
The government might issue licence for laying the second submarine cable by December this year aiming to expand Internet network across the country.Officials of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said an alternative submarine cable is aimed at taking Internet...
FARNBOROUGH (Britain), July 19 (PTI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA), an industry group representing 230 airlines, has called on governments to abandon punitive environment taxes and instead support global environment solutions that will actually reduce aviation's two per cent...
Iftu Ahmed | 2008-07-20 00:00:00
ALTHOUGH deaf football championships are taking place globally, Bangladesh is neglecting the event for deaf women and men.Deaf sports is gradually gaining ground across the world. World Deaf Athletics (track and field), badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, cross country, cycling,...
The main Sunni Muslim bloc in Iraq has rejoined the Shia-led government, in what correspondents called an important step for national reconciliation, reports BBC.The return of six ministers from the Accordance Front to the cabinet was approved by lawmakers.The Sunni...
BANGKOK, July 19 (AFP): Thailand's low budget airline One-Two-Go announced today that it was suspending its operations for eight weeks, to allow time for financial restructuring.Services will stop from July 22 until September 15 as the impact of high fuel...
AKTEL, one of the country's leading mobile operators, announced a new promotional offer for its pre-paid customers. Now all AKTEL customers will talk at Tk 1.00 per minute from 7:00am to 12:00 midnight.The new promotional offer was announced at a...
The Keya Cosmetics 24th National Age Group Swimming Championship, organised by Bangladesh Swimming Federation, begins today (Sunday) at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur, reports UNB.Defence Secretary M Kamrul Islam will inaugurate the three-day meet in the morning. Abdul Khaleque...
Della Bradshaw | 2008-07-20 00:00:00
IT was just five years ago that Grant Thornton, the globally recognised accountancy firm, dipped its toes in the water of customised management education. But today David McDonnell, chief executive of Grant Thornton International, is planning a range of programmes...
FE Report | 2008-07-20 00:00:00
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) Friday reported second quarter revenues of US$ 18.7 billion.However, Citi reported a net loss for the 2008 second quarter of $2.5 billion, based on 5,287 million shares outstanding (1) Solid results in the core franchise were offset...
The Anti-corruption Commission's (ACC) special teams constituted to look into corruption in service-providing sectors like Roads and Highways department, Education Ministry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and Post and Telecommunications Ministry are making progress, as they have already detected...
A national committee for the protection of natural resources criticised the government Friday for 'handing over' the country's offshore oil and gas blocks to foreign firms without people's consent, reports bdnews24.com.Member secretary of the national committee for protection of oil,...
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court Saturday sent Shamim Iskander, younger brother of former premier Khaleda Zia, to jail on charge of concealing property worth about Tk 2.0 million (20 lakh), reports UNB.Magistrate AM Zulfiquer Hayat sent him to jail hajat...
FE Report | 2008-07-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Saturday urged the developing nations, including the USA, to allow duty-free access of textiles and apparels from the least developed countries (LDCs).BGMEA president Anwar-ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez made the appeal prior to his...
LONDON, July 19 (AFP): AC Milan's Brazilian star Kaka is set to move to English Premier League side Chelsea on a world-record transfer of 80 million pounds (100m euros, 160m dollars), his advisor claimed Saturday.The Italian club signed the international...
The 3rd three-day match between English county side Leicestershire and visiting Bangladesh A ended in draw on the 3rd and final day at the Grace Road, Leicester Friday, reports UNB.The previous two rain-affected matches of the second string Bangladesh side...
Jahangir Bin Alam | 2008-07-20 00:00:00
In today's globalised world no country - be it developed, developing, least or underdeveloped, big or small, can afford to live in isolation if it wants prosperity and good for its people. It is neither prudent nor desirable. Countries of...
NOAKHALI, July 19 (bdnews24.com): Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid said Saturday the government was trying to control political parties."The government wants to have its own candidates elected through polls-fixing," Mujahid alleged at a party meeting at Noakhali Lawyers'...
ISLAMABAD, (Internet): Senior officials of the Indian and Pakistan governments Friday reviewed ways to boost bilateral trade and transport services, besides discussing methods for the effective implementation of existing cross-line of control (LoC) measures.The meeting of the India-Pakistan working group...
TRUE to its recent promise, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced its half-yearly monetary policy brushing aside the suggestion from the International Monetary Fund -- IMF -- to pursue a tight monetary policy. Several weeks back, the central bank governor...
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