A condolence meeting on noted journalist, former secretary general of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and president of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) Zahirul Huq will be held at the auditorium of Jatiya Press Club in the...
Severe gas crisis has gripped the port city of Chittagong, with industrial, commercial and domestic consumers hit hard, reports UNB.According to sources, state-owned Petrobangla can supply only 171 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas a day against the demand for...
DU CorrespondentThe three-day 'Thailand Exhibition 2007' begins at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel today (Wednesday).Finance and Commerce Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam will inaugurate the expo as the chief guest at Bakul and Chameli at the hotel at 10 am, said a...
COMILLA, June 12 (UNB): Twenty-five goats were burnt to death as fire caught a goat farm at Pir Kashimpur village in Muradnagar Upazila Monday after thunderbolt struck it.
The 31st death anniversary of LA Chowdhury, a renowned social worker and politician, will be observed today (Wednesday), said a press release.Chowdhury was a close associate of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haq. He was general secretary of the then Jukta Front...
The Election Commission (EC) is going to submit a draft proposal-suggesting ban on front organisations of the political parties to the government soon.Commissioner Sohul Hussain said this while talking to reporters at his office in the city Tuesday, adding that...
FE Report India is planning to construct a two-lane bridge over River Umngot at Dawki-the last Indian post in Meghalaya, which falls on the border, according to an Indian newspaper report. The bridge would be built, according to the reports,...
A Dhaka court Tuesday halted the long-pending verdict on a gold smuggling case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, reports bdnews24.com. The suspension came after First Additional Sessions Judge Md Abul Basar, who has recently been assigned to handle the...
RAJSHAHI, June 12 (UNB): Former deputy minister for land Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu was produced before a court here Tuesday on charge of patronising militancy.After hearing the case, Additional District and Sessions Court Judge M Jahirul Haque fixed June 17...
NATORE, June 12 (UNB): A cheating case was filed against three people, including Nadim Mostafa, a former BNP lawmaker from Puthia-Durgapur constituency in Rajshahi, and his wife Nurunnahar Parul.Ali Hossain, a brickfield owner of Borogachha in the town, filed the...
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
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