One-day league leaders Rajshahi Division also took joint lead with Khulna Division in the four-day Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League beating Barisal Division by six wickets in a 7th round match Saturday, reports UNB.In the day's other two...
The Total Victory Day Basketball Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation and sponsored by Total Lubricants and Total Gaz Limited, begins today (Sunday) at the Mirpur Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city, reports UNB.Youth and Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury...
COLOMBO, Dec 8 (AFP): England coach Peter Moores wants his team to be streetwise and aggressive as the tourists bid for a series-levelling win in the second Test against Sri Lanka starting Sunday. England lost the first Test in Kandy...
A victorious Bangladesh U-19 team returns home from Karachi early today (Sunday) after a successful mission against the Pakistan Under-19 team, reports UNB.During the hectic tour, the Bangladesh U-19 team drew the lone four-day match against the Pakistan U-19 team...
SYDNEY, Dec 8 (AFP): Australian striker Ante Milicic is heading to Malaysian Premier League club Shahzan Muda FC and has had his A-League contract with Queensland Roar terminated by mutual consent, the club said Saturday. Milicic, 33, has had limited...
LONDON, Dec 8 (AFP): Sven Goran Eriksson believes Manchester City can take another step towards a place among the Premier League's elite by winning at Tottenham Sunday. Eriksson has never been one for dramatic statements when a cautious word will...
Holders Dhaka DSA made a flying start in the second Inter-District Women's Football Competition as they crushed Pabna DSA by 9-0 goals in an opening day's match at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Jahanara Akhter...
FE Report The Board of Investment (BoI) is set to issue soon an economic zone policy statement that calls for reforms in the industrial park management. If finalised, the draft Bangladesh Economic Zone Policy will regulate the country's proposed special...
Shakhawat Hossain The Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) has instructed the authorities concerned to remove all factors impeding the distribution of fertiliser, sources said.Despite sufficient stock, the fertiliser supply problem is lingering due to flaws in the distribution system."An easy and...
FE ReportThe Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Industry (MCCI) has called for a well-coordinated approach, supported by allocation of financial resources and requisite institutional mechanisms, to address the problems in the areas hit by the natural disasters -- floods and cyclones...
After a 5-day adjournment, the hearing on charge against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case of Tk 30 million (3.0 crore) resumes today (Sunday), reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge M Azizul Haque adjourned the charge hearing on...
FE ReportThe stock market passed yet another dull week (December 2-6) amid a thin turnover.Market operators said the market is bearing the brunt of recent actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which affected the investors' confidence.The SEC...
David Pilling in Tokyo and Daniel Pimlott in New York, FT Syndication ServiceConcern that Japan's economy could be heading for another lull or worse sharpened Friday when growth for the third quarter was sharply revised down to an annualised 1.5...
M Azizur RahmanThe government's strategy to strengthen the state-owned hydrocarbon exploration company has faced yet another setback as the attempt to purchase a rig failed for the fourth time.The recent initiative to purchase a rig for the Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration...
Syed Manzur Elahi, appointed FBCCI administrator by the government on Thursday, took over charge of the apex trade body Saturday, reports UNB. He met the executives and employees of the FBCCI secretariat, and sought their cooperation in holding an acceptable...
S M JahangirThe experts' committee on finalisation of the proposed National Coal Policy has agreed, in principle, to make some major recommendations, including the development of a single open-pit mining project as a 'test case', amid strong opposition from various...
In a second installment of government allocation of money for building houses for the cyclone-affected people, a total of Tk 600 million (60 crore) has been sanctioned for Bagerhat and Barguna districts. An official announcement Saturday said the money, sanctioned...
Prof. Latifa Akand and Prof Dr Hosne Ara Begum have been awarded Begum Rokeya Padak-2007 for their outstanding contribution to socio-economic development of the country's women folk. Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed will distribute the award at a ceremony at...
Naim-Ul-KarimBangladesh's export of ready-made garments (RMG) is unlikely to start to India from January next as the authorities concerned of that country is yet to complete necessary formalities in line with a deal singed between the two governments, sources said....
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to send tender documents on sale of nearly 60 per cent share of troubled Oriental Bank Limited to six potential buyers by the end of this week.A draft bidding document has already...
As some companies, banking and non-banking financial institutions and NGOs received good-performance recognition, Finance Adviser of the caretaker government Dr Mirza Azizul Islam Saturday said transparent financial audit report assures proper corporate governance, reports UNB."Based on the report, investors buy...
FE ReportNoted economist Professor Wahid Uddin Mahmud said Saturday endowment by any philanthropic people or organisation should be fully tax-exempted in order to establish social responsibility among all the individuals and groups.Prof Mahmud was speaking at a seminar on corporate...
BRAC official Noor Islam, abducted from his office in Afghanistan province of Lugar, was released unhurt late Friday night, nearly three months after his abduction, reports UNB.M Anwarul Islam, director, Public Affairs and Communi-cations of BRAC, told the news agency...
The remains of liberation war hero Sepoy Hamidur Rahman will be repatriated to his long cherished dreamland Bangladesh, after 36 years of the country's independence, from Indian state of Tripura through Bibir Bazar land port in Comilla at 3.0pm on...
The draft of the Truth and Accountability Commission has been completed, an official said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. A four-member committee designed the structure and legal affairs of the commission, which will continue for one year. Corruption suspects-especially businesspeople-will be able...
NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (UNB): Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury paid a courtesy call on Indian Vice President Dr Hamid Ansari at his residence here today (Saturday). The adviser thanked the vice president for India's offer of relief...
US Congressman McDermott has urged his congressional colleagues to support the New Partnership for Development Act 2007 (NPDA) to help Bangladesh recover the economic losses caused by Cyclone Sidr, reports UNB.The NPDA would eliminate tariff and quotas on all products...
Acting Awami League President Zillur Rahman has demanded of the government to release party chief Sheikh Hasina by December.He also demanded lifting of the State of Emergency as the government claims that a normal situation is prevailing in the country.Zillur...
RANGAMATI, Dec 8 (UNB): Discussants at BBC Bangladesh Sanglap demanded full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord, introduction of cellular phone network, balanced development for all including ethnic and Bangalee communities and development in the tourism sector...
The nation celebrates Begum Rokeya Day today (Sunday) marking the birth anniversary of the pioneer of an awakening for women's rights in the sub-continent. Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed would give away Begum Rokeya Padak 2007 to Professor Latifa Akand...
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