A five-wicket haul by right-arm medium pacer Farhad Reza enabled Bangladesh to secure the Ispahani ODI Series against Ireland 2-0 with one match in hand outplaying the visitors by 84 runs in the 2nd match at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National...
INDIAN WELLS, Mar 20 (AFP): Rafael Nadal eked out a victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Wednesday, avenging an Australian Open defeat and reaching the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.Nadal, the men's defending champion and second seed at the 5.7 million-dollar...
LONDON, Mar 20 (AFP): David Beckham is on track to win the 100th England cap he craves in a friendly against France in Paris next week after winning a recall to the squad for Fabio Capello's second match in charge.Head...
Wari Club blanked Arambagh KS in the relegation league match of the Metropolis Senior Division Football at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Komolapur Thursday, reports UNB.Absar and Layek scored one goal each in the 46th and...
Bangladesh Air Force played to a goalless draw with Mirpur Academy in the Dhaka Bank Independence Day Hockey Tournament match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium Thursday, reports UNB.Both the teams launched several attacks that ended in futility.
West Bengal clinched the title of the Fresh Independence and National Day Women's Kabaddi Championship beating strong Japan by 17-12 points with one credible "lona" in the final at Outer Stadium Kabaddi Court Thursday, reports UNB.Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation President IGP...
The Independence Day Cycling Competition, organised by Bangladesh Cycling Federation, will be held in and around the streets of Bangabandhu National Stdium (BNS) here tomorrow (Saturday) from 2:30 pm, reports UNB.
Siddique Islam The central bank expects that the interest rates on both deposit and lending will be changed from next month as promised by the bankers earlier. "We are expecting that most of the banks will re-fix their interest rates...
The foreign ministry Thursday issued a statement in veiled criticism of a 'renewed perceptible tendency' of some foreign diplomats to interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs, reports bdnews24.com. The ministry hoped that the envoys would maintain diplomatic norms in performing their...
FE ReportForeign adviser foreign Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury expressed Dhaka's intention to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Kuala Lumpur for fostering bilateral trade and economic cooperation between the two nations. "The government is considering signing a bilateral FTA between...
FE Report Bangladesh needs to work more rigorously to control tuberculosis (TB) as the infectious disease has staged a 'frightening' comeback, making it the country's major public health concern, experts and social activists said Thursday. They said TB treatment facilities...
FE Report Editors of four newspapers and one news agency suggested Thursday in a pre-budget discussion with the finance adviser that the present higher trend of revenue generation must continue in the next fiscal to meet the growing demand for...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is collecting data and information about corruption in fertiliser sector and irregularities in appointment of dealers."There is a process in place to collect data and information. We'll fix a way forward after receiving the data and...
FE Report The United States has urged the Bangladesh government to hold the parliamentary elections in a free, fair and transparent manner within its committed timeframe, ensuring participation of all political parties in a democratic process."The US urges the Bangladesh...
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM) will be observed today (Friday) across the country as elsewhere in the Muslim world with due religious fervour and solemnity, reports UNB.On this day, the 12th of...
A mild quake rattled the capital city of Dhaka shortly after 7:00pm Wednesday, reports bdnews24.comThe meteorological office could not confirm the magnitude of the quake immediately, but geology professor Syed Humayun Aktar of Dhaka University said the quake registered an...
Detained former premier and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia took a stand that she would not register as a voter since she has been arrested and detained 'illegally' in the special jail in the parliament compound, reports UNB.Emerging from the temporary...
FE ReportDhaka stocks continued to rally for the third session in a row Thursday, led by mutual funds, pharmaceuticals, power and energy issues with turnover crossing Tk 3.00 billion mark.Share prices of almost all the poorly performing Z-category issues continued...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed returned home late Wednesday night after attending the 11th OIC Summit in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. On his way back home from Dakar, the Chief Adviser had a three-day official visit to London from...
Eco toilets, from where the human wastes will be converted into fertilizer, are being set up shortly in Dhaka city. This was announced by LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal at a press briefing on the eve of launching the International Year...
Bangladesh expressed solidarity with China over the Tibetan troubles, saying that matters pertaining to Tibet are China's internal affairs. When his attention was drawn to reports of rioting in Tibet, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday further...
FE ReportBangladesh has the potentials to achieve higher economic growth than China and India if it can tackle corruption, educate manpower and develop infrastructure, said an award winning young British-Bangladeshi businessman."The country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is sure to...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will introduce, for the first time, awards for 10 'highest and longtime' individual income tax payers from each district of the country to boost collection of revenue from this segment, officials said.They said...
Asian stocks end mixedHONG KONG (Thomson Financial): Stock markets across Asia ended mixed Thursday, as bargain hunters stepped in after early losses triggered by a slump in commodity prices and Wall Street's decline overnight.South Korea and Shanghai managed a late...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate marked sharp rise Thursday due to higher demand for cash. The US dollar, however, eased on sufficient supply of the greenback in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, fund managers said.The call rate rose...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe sufferings of the city's around 12 million dwellers will mount in the next monsoon, as the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is yet to start repairing works of many streets and improve drainage system in the capital city, officials said.The...
FE ReportChairman of Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) Akbar Ali Khan Thursday urged the interim government to prepare the next national budget after consultation with political parties."I have heard that the present interim government will not consult with the political parties...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked commercial banks and financial institutions to ensure re-financing facilities to woman entrepreneurs through fresh measures, officials said. "We have instructed the banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) for taking effective measures to...
FE ReportThe government is planning to release local and international retail and wholesale prices of essentials through print and electronic media on a regular basis aiming to stabilise prices in the local market, said commerce adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Thursday.The...
Vice-chancellors of the public universities will henceforth be appointed through open advertisement, the government announced Thursday, reports UNBThis system will be effective gradually for the appointment of Pro-VCs and treasurers of the universities. The open advertisement system for the appointment...
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