England fell to an agonising defeat as Sri Lanka secured an 88-run victory with only 25 minutes of play left in a dramatic first Test in Kandy Thursday, reports BBC. The tourists slumped to 139-6 soon after lunch before Ian...
Saiful Kaiser"I don't believe in moral victories! It's really crazy! I don't know why people talk about moral victories!" This was Indian captain Anil Kumble's near hysterical response to the suggestion that Pakistan had won a moral victory because the...
A five-wicket haul by Suhrawardy Shuvo enabled visiting Bangladesh Under-19 team to level the five-match one-day series 2-2 against Pakistan Under-19 team beating the hosts by 13 runs in the fourth match at the Quaid-e-Azam Park Steel Mills in Karachi...
Former South Africa batsman Gary Kirsten has agreed a two-year deal to coach India starting from next March. He has signed despite some reservations about the attitude of the players, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday said his government wants to offer the nation the Right to Information Act shortly, as the draft law is being readied to take effect, reports UNBHe hoped that the Information and Law Ministries would...
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed made a courtesy call on President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban Wednesday and discussed various matters of the force, including the ongoing relief activities.According to a Bangabhaban press release, the Army...
The High Court (HC) declared Wednesday null and void the tax-evasion case filed against detained former state minister for power Iqbal Hassan Mahmud Tuku.A two-judge Bench headed by Justice MA Rashid pronounced the judgement, reports UNB.The National Board of Revenue...
The Myanmar government has decided to unconditionally release all 49 Bangladeshi nationals now serving imprisonment in different jails of that country. The decision of the Myanmar government has been conveyed through Bangladeshi Embassy in Yangon, according to a press release...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases Wednesday against former minister Barrister Aminul Haque and former BNP lawmaker MA Hashem for concealing information and acquiring wealth beyond their known sources of income, reports UNB.ACC Assistant Director Syed Ahmed filed a...
The caretaker government announced a seven-point strategy to ensure the well-being of the Bangladeshi workers abroad and expand the manpower-export market worldwide by removing the prevailing hurdles, reports UNB.Foreign and Overseas Employment Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Wednesday announced the strategy,...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThere are more than one billion people living in South Asia today. But the annual per capita expenditure on priority areas for human resource development like basic education, primary health care, family planning, safe drinking water, and nutritional programmes...
FE ReportFarmers in the northern region, are still facing scarcity of fertiliser, which is hampering cultivation of potato and other Rabi crops.There is acute shortage of particularly Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP), an essential input for the potato cultivation.Admitting the shortfall, agriculture...
Denmark, the co-chair of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDDR), appealed Wednesday to the donor group to support Bangladesh for an accelerated recovery from the serious after-effects of the cyclone, Sird, reports UNB."I am pleased to see that...
The government has taken up a three-phase rehabilitation plan for those affected by the Cyclone Sidr and has already begun work on the first and second phases, reports bdnews24.com quoting the Chief Adviser's Office Wednesday. The CA's press secretary Syed...
FE Report The government might complete the procedures relating to appointment of an administrator for the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) by today (Thursday). The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) took such a decision on the appointment...
FE ReportStock prices Wednesday slipped lower on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) amid a thin trading, the lowest since August 1, 2007. Investors remained cautious to pull down the turnover below Tk 1.0 billion-mark. The turnover on the prime bourse...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will consider waiving or suspending interest charged on loans to help the people of the cyclone-affected areas resume their economic activities."We will consider the matter. But the central bank will not take any measure...
Javier Blas, FT Syndication ServiceABU DHABI: Opec on Wednesday decided to keep its official production level unchanged and meet again on February 1 to review output requirements, ministers from the cartel's member countries said.The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...
The government will prohibit tree-felling in the Sundarbans for the next one year, an Environment and Forest Ministry meeting decided Wednesday. Another decision taken at the meeting, chaired by Environment and Forest Adviser CS Karim, restricted all rights of entry...
The High Court (HC) Wednesday granted bail for two months to industrialist Salman F Rahman in a government land-grabbing case, filed with Gazipur police station in May. — UNB
Jasim Uddin Haroon The turnaround time of vessels at the country's premier Chittagong port fell further in November, thanks to speedy handling of export-import cargo. An important indicator for measuring port's efficiency, the turnaround time or stay time that begins...
FE ReportThe council committee on government Wednesday approved the import of 0.1 million (1.0 lakh) tonnes of fertiliser from two Middle Eastern countries - Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)."Fertiliser will be imported under state-to-state level contract bypassing open...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has fixed tariff value of lubricating oil and lube base oil to remove anomalies in the valuation of the imported product.The board Wednesday issued a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) in this connection.The...
LALMONIRHAT, Dec 5 (UNB): A strong syndicate of fruit traders active at the Burimari landport is manipulating the price several times higher of orange imported from Bhutan.According to the invoice, the import price of one carton (27kg) of orange is...
Awami League presidium member Tofael Ahmed, one of the corrupt suspects whose name appeared on the final list, Wednesday submitted his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission claiming that he and his family members have wealth worth about Tk 12.5...
Babies spot kind acts at 6 monthsFT Syndication ServiceBabies as young as six months can distinguish between helpful and unhelpful behaviour and favour those who help others, scientists have found.The Yale researchers who made the discovery, published in the recent...
Shakhawat Hossain The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought approval from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to get US$ 200-300 million credit from a European commercial bank to foot the petroleum products import bills, sources said.The BNP Paribas, one of...
The realisation of micro-credit installments in 12 cyclone affected districts under the Department of Social Service of the Social Welfare Ministry has been postponed for four months (Dec'07 to Mar'08), according to an official handout issued in the city Wednesday,...
The Housing and Public Works Ministry Tuesday cancelled the allocation of 108 NAM-apartments, occupied by former lawmakers, bdnews24.com. Housing and Public Works Adviser Mainul Hosein approved the cancellation, which was followed by a Ministry circular, issued in the evening for...
A freedom fighter Wednesday filed a sedition case against Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Md Mujahid and two others for anti-Liberation activities, reports bdnews24.com. The two other accused in the case, filed by Md Fazlur Rahman of Companyganj, are Jamaat's...
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