Trust Bank starts operation as merchant bank by end of Mar '08Trust Bank Ltd is hopeful of starting operation as a merchant bank by the end of March 2008 as it has already got the registration certificate. The bank has...
LAHORE, Feb 13 (AFP): The widower of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto met former premier Nawaz Sharif Tuesday and said they discussed their fears that next week's elections would be rigged. The meeting between Asif Ali Zardari and Sharif...
LONDON, Feb 13(AFP): Paddy Ashdown, the senior British diplomat whose candidacy as UN envoy to Afghanistan was vetoed by the country's president, acknowledged that "defeat is now a real possibility" in the war-torn country where NATO troops are battling against...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 (AFP): Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dissolved parliament Wednesday to pave the way for snap elections which are expected to see the ruling coalition's majority eroded. Abdullah's popularity has plummeted as the nation is beset...
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (AP): Barack Obama won the Virginia Democratic primary in a rout and reached out for victories in next-door Maryland and Washington, D.C. in a drive to erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the party's presidential race....
NEW DELHI, Feb 13 (PTI): India and Russia will shortlist countries to which the BrahMos missile system, currently under production for the Indian Army and Navy, can be exported. "Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos has completed development of the missile systems...
CHICAGO, Feb 13 (Reuters): Early results from the largest study ever of aggressive measures to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetics has found no sign that intensive treatment increases the risk of death, an international team of researchers said...
Strike by ethnic groups cripples south NepalKATHMANDU, Feb 13 (Reuters): Hundreds of schools closed, roads were empty and shops were shuttered in districts in Nepal's southern plains today at the start of a strike by ethnic Madheshi groups to press...
Bangladesh Under-19 team, now in Malaysia to participate in the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup, conceded to a five-wicket defeat against holders Pakistan in the second and last warm-up match at Club Aman in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday, reports UNB.Pakistan, looking...
Two Bangladeshi players -- Ranjan Ram and Delwar Hossain -- moved into the second round of the Dhaka Bank 22nd Bangladesh International Junior Tennis Tournament winning their respective boys' singles qualifying round matches Wednesday, reports UNB.Ranjan Ram beat Osintsev Ilya...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is preparing to hold the Independence Day Football tournament in March. The BFF formed a tournament committee Wednesday with Akhter Hossain Khan as the chairman and Mozammel Haque Mukta as the secretary. The last Independence Day...
Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) play BKSP in one of the six opening day's matches of the Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League that begins today (Thursday) at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium (DCS) in the city, reports UNB.The day's other...
Sunrise Sporting Club crushed Agrani Bank SC by 3-0 goals in a match of the Metropolis Senior Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Jewel Rana, Atiq...
Peter Moores says England are desperate to regain pride after clear-the-air talks following their one-day thrashing by New Zealand in Hamilton on Tuesday, reports BBC. The tourists went 2-0 down after a 10-wicket humbling and coach Moores admits a frank...
A RAB-member was held for some time on the Indian side on Wednesday morning, as he unwittingly crossed the dividing line in chase against some smugglers from Hili rail-station in Dinajpur, situated close by the Indo-Bangladesh border, report UNB and...
A special judge's court Wednesday further deferred hearing in another power plant-related graft case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina by five days, as she fell sick in custody, reports UNB.On Feb 7, the court had deferred the hearing on...
A man, who once was a student in the United States from Bangladesh, has become the first Muslim chaplain in the US Marine Corps, using his love for God and humanity to help US military personnel of all faiths and...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Feb 13: Ex lawmaker and also president of Jessore district unit Awami League Ali Reza Raju's wife Firoza Reza Raju was sued Tuesday by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC). Selina Akhter, assistant director of the ACC, filed the case...
Acting Information Secretary Jamil Osman underlined Wednesday the importance of modernising the Press Information Department (PID) for a quick dissemination of the government's policies and activities to the people, reports BSS."You should bring dynamism in your work in coordination with...
FE ReportGrameenphone youth dedicated brand djuice will donate an amount of Tk 3.6 million to two Bishshwa Shahitya Kendro (BSK) programmes-the Enrichment Programme (Book Reading Programme) and the "Know Bangladesh" (Deshke Jano). Grameenphone Ltd., the telecommunication service giant, has signed...
DU CorrespondentProgressive Students' Alliance, a coalition of five left-leaning student organisations called upon the authorities of the public universities not to enhance the students' fees to facilitate the poor but meritorious students pursue higher education.Recently, some of the country's 26...
NILPHAMARI, Feb 13: Pineapple cultivation is increasing and becoming popular in Nilphamari district. Sources said commercial cultivation of pineapple has been spreading in Dimla Upazila as the land of the area is extremely suitable for its cultivation. Many farmers have...
FE Report The 24th anniversary of death of news-cum-executive editor of the Daily Ittefaq Mohammad Asaf-Ud-Doula Reza will be observed today (Thursday). He was broadcaster of Betar and Television. In observance of the day, his family members will organise a...
FE ReportA new two-week training programme on WTO and Bangladesh Trade Policy, organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) was held from January 30, 2008 to February 12, 2008. CPD as part of its programme for capacity building in...
FE ReportThe Alhaj Nurul Islam Mridha Welfare Trust recently arranged a competitive examination for the students of four secondary high schools at Bhitabaria Union under Shandaria Thana. The Trust selected 104 students for the scholarship money and educational materials, which...
ASM Jahirul Haque Bhuiya, Customer Service Representative (Contact Centre) of Warid Telecom, passed away Tuesday in the city.He was only 28.The management of Warid Telecom has extended sympathy to the members of the bereaved family and prayed for the salvation...
FE ReportThe Hindu students studying at the Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) celebrated the Saraswati Puja Tuesday with due religious fervour.The students, who invoke blessings of the goddess for success in learning arts and crafts, observed the festival wearing yellow clothes....
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday spelt out a four-point measure for fair lending to SME sector, with a special focus on helping female entrepreneurs, for flourishing small and medium enterprises in the country, reports UNB. He advised the commercial...
Shahiduzzaman KhanForeign investments are not coming to Bangladesh in a bigger way. Successive governments have repeatedly boasted of most liberal investment policy a country could ever offer and invited foreign entrepreneurs to avail such opportunities in a massive way. But...
FHM Humayan KabirNearly 1000 trucks carrying Indian rice entered Bangladesh through the land ports Wednesday after New Delhi eased restrictions on the exports of its non-Basmati rice, local importers said. They are part of several thousands trucks which were stranded...
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