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DBBL relocates Mohakhali branch

2007-12-16 00:00:00

FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited relocated its Mohakhali branch to new premises at Hotel Zakaria International (1st Floor), 35 Gulshan Road in the city recently.Managing Director of the bank Md Yeasin Ali inaugurated its relocated branch. Among others, Chairman of Dhaka...

Mercantile Bank opens branch in Comilla

2007-12-16 00:00:00

FE ReportMercantile Bank board of directors' Audit Committee Chairman AKM Shaheed Reza formally opening the 39th branch of the bank at Jhautola in Comilla town.Mercantile Bank Vice Chairman Mosharrref Hossain, Director Tazneen Aman, sponsors M Amanullah and Md Shahabuddin Alam,...

Bombings, unrest kill 14 in Afghanistan

2007-12-16 00:00:00

KABUL, Dec 15 (AFP): Two bombs struck the Afghan capital Saturday, one of them killing five civilians, while nine people died in new attacks in a Taliban insurgency that is in its bloodiest year so far, officials said A car-bomb...

ID clues rare in mass graves in Iraq

2007-12-16 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Dec 15 (Agencies): The red-and-white identification card was faded. But the name was legible and the picture of the man with the necktie and tidy mustache was clear. Rashid Aboud Awad, who worked in a medicine storage facility in...

Men carry breast cancer genes, too

2007-12-16 00:00:00

SAN ANTONIO, Dec 15 (Agencies): Doctors are encouraging a new group of people to consider getting tested for genes that raise the risk of breast cancer: men. Male relatives of women with such genes often do not realize that they,...

Bird flu flares again in Asia

2007-12-16 00:00:00

HANOI, Dec 15 (Agencies): Bird flu has resurfaced in parts of Asia, with human deaths reported in Indonesia and China and fresh outbreaks plaguing other countries during the winter months when the virus typically flares Indonesia, the nation hardest hit...

Bangladesh U-19 beat Sri Lanka U-19 by 44 runs

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Hosts Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team took a 2-1 lead against Sri Lanka Under-19 team in the five-match one-day series beating the visitors by 44 runs in the third one-day match at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium (SCS) in Bogra Saturday, reports...

India's 'fab five' eye glory in Australia

2007-12-16 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters): A quintet of India's golden generation of cricketers have a final tilt at glory in Australia when the team embark on a difficult tour next week. The four-match series could be the last test tour of...

Galle battling to host final Test

2007-12-16 00:00:00

GALLE, Dec 15 (BBC): Unseasonal rain has left the Galle groundstaff battling to get the venue for the final Test between England and Sri Lanka ready in time for Tuesday. Heavy rain left much of the playing area under water...

Capello confirmed as new England boss

2007-12-16 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 15 (AFP): Fabio Capello's appointment as the new England manager was finalised Friday with the Italian taking charge on a four and a half year contract reportedly worth 6.5 million pounds a year. The Italian, 61, succeeds Steve...

Rangamati clinch 2nd Inter-District Women's Football title

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Rangamati DSA clinched the title of the second Inter-District Women's Football Competition beating hosts Dhaka DSA by 2-0 goals in the final at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex ground in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Rokhsana Parvin scored the first goal...

Bangladesh Rifles emerge champions in V-Day Kabbadi

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Bangladesh Rifles team emerged champions in the Victory Day Kabaddi Competition outplaying Bangladesh Army by 34-19 points with two creditable `lona' in the final at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Maftun Haque of the Rifles team was...

Tigers face Northern Knights in warm-up match today

2007-12-16 00:00:00

The visiting Bangladesh national cricket team face Northern Knights today (Sunday) in the first warm-up match at Seddon Park in New Zealand, reports UNB.The match will start at 12:00pm (7:00am Bangladesh Standard Time) and each team will be allowed to...

FIFA sets up $40m referee scheme

2007-12-16 00:00:00

TOKYO, Dec 15 (AFP): Football's governing body FIFA set up a 40-million-dollar project Saturday to train referees at both the highest level and "grass roots" of the game. "The future of our game is intrinsically linked with the quality of...

Murray justifies coaching revamp

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Andy Murray has defended his decision to employ a team of coaches following his split from Brad Gilbert last month, reports BBC. Former players such as Michael Stich and Greg Rusedski feel Murray would be better off working with one...

ICT for the poor

2007-12-16 00:00:00

The development paradigm evolved during the last four decades in Bangladesh as well as around the world. Poverty eradication was the ultimate goal of all development efforts. At the initial phase, the focus was primarily on improvement of the income...

Russian virus could infect the world

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Philippe NaughtonBe careful next time you get accosted by a flirty stranger in an internet chartroom: it could just be a Russian chat-up bot out to steal your identity. Internet security experts say that Russian programmers have created a piece...

TV is changing shape

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Denise Caruso INEXPENSIVE broadband access has done far more for online video than enable the success of services like YouTube and iTunes. By unchaining video watchers from their TV sets, it has opened the floodgates to a generation of TV...

Ditching the dummy handsets

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Elizabeth WoykeOne of the pestering complaints folks have about cellphones is the lackluster buying experience. No one really likes buying a phone based on a few minutes spent pressing the greasy buttons of a dummy handset. A new interactive online...

Frequent the same clubs

2007-12-16 00:00:00

MichaelSocial networks like Facebook and MySpace can be addictively entertaining places to find old friends, and stalk old enemies. One of the downsides, though, is the hazard of receiving a 'friend request' from someone you've never met or being on...

BNP reformist group wants trial of killing of intellectuals

2007-12-16 00:00:00

BNP reformist group demanded Saturday trial of the killing of intellectuals at the fag end of the independence war and said the process should be initiated by the government, reports UNB. "The issue of trial of the war criminals is...

Mujibnagar memorial nearly complete

2007-12-16 00:00:00

The construction of Mujibnagar Liberation War Memorial Complex is nearing completion, officials said Saturday. The project was taken up to memorialise the place where the government of the newly independent Bangladesh mapped out a constitution and held the first swearing-in...

Two cases filed against UP chairman, four others

2007-12-16 00:00:00

SATKHIRA, Dec 15 (UNB): Two separate cases were filed against five people, including a Union Parishad (UP) Chairman, with Kolaroa thana Friday on charge of selling VGF rice on the black market.Kolaroa Upazila Project Implementation Officer Mir Morshed Rana filed...

Bengali groups in UK demand trial of war criminals

2007-12-16 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 15 (UNB): Speakers at a meeting here demanded that the Bangladesh government should try those responsible for genocide and war crimes during the Liberation War in 1971 under International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.The meeting, organised by Jatiyo Samonnoy...

36th anniversary of Bir Shreshtha Jahangir’s death observed

2007-12-16 00:00:00

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 15 (UNB): The 36th death anniversary of Bir Shreshtha Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, who was killed by occupation forces on December 14, 1971, was observed here Friday.Prayers were offered and wreaths placed at the graveyard of Mohiuddin Jahangir, who...

President greets King of Bahrain, Kazakh President

2007-12-16 00:00:00

President Iajuddin Ahmed has conveyed his heartiest greetings and warmest felicitations to King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa on the occasion of the National Day of Bahrain today, reports BSS. In a message on the eve of the...

Jute mill workers observe token hunger strike in Khulna

2007-12-16 00:00:00

KHULA, Dec 15 (UNB): Workers of six state-run jute mills here Saturday have been observing a token hunger strike demanding payment of their arrear dues and bonus ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.Sources said the workers gathered in front of Aleem Jute Mills...

23,700 Bogra Municipality children vaccinated

2007-12-16 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Dec 15: 23,700 children of Bogra municipality had been vaccinated in the last five days.The municipality started the immunization programme on December 8 to immunize the children against polio and completed it on December 12, 2007.Deputy Commissioner of...

JUST Int'l School starts academic activities from Jan 1

2007-12-16 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentJUST International School and College (JISC) is going to initiate its academic activities from January 1, 2008 with an objective of producing leaders and entrepreneurs with academic excellence and a strong sense of moral values.JISC authorities at a view...

Three policemen closed for negligence in duty

2007-12-16 00:00:00

DINAJPUR, Dec 15 (UNB): Three patrol policemen of Parbatipur thana here were suspended and closed to the district police lines Thursday for negligence in duty during a highway dacoity.Sources said highway robbers looted cash and valuables from the passengers of...