Two hattricks from Parvez and Mafiullah steered Gulistan Club to a huge 12-0 victory over Mirpur Cholontika Sporting Club in the Metropolis third Division Football League at the Outer Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Parvez scored the hattrick with...
KOLKATA, Sept 22 (AFP): Fourth seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia sailed into the semi-finals of the 175,000-dollar WTA Sunfeast Open here Friday with a 6-3, 6-1 win against Italy's Flavia Pennetta. The only Russian to advance to the last four,...
Saiful KaiserThey were going along fine, the New Zealanders but from 50 for 0 they slumped to 143 for 8 in their 20 overs. They had only made it to the semis because the hosts South Africa's extraordinary capitulation against...
International Master Enamul Hossain Razib of Bangladesh secured three points to share the third slot of the Asian Chess Championship with eight other players after the 4th round matches at Cebu City in the Philippines Saturday, reports UNB.GM Susanto Megaratna...
LONDON, Sept 22 (AFP): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he was sad to see Jose Mourinho leave Chelsea despite their stormy relationship. Wenger could have been forgiven if he breathed a sigh of relief on hearing Mourinho had left...
KARACHI, Sept 22 (Reuters): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved towards bringing an end to eight years of ad-hoc governance by approving what it describes as a "more democratic" constitution. PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf told reporters Saturday that the...
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (AFP): The future of English Premier League club Arsenal looks bright, according to Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov who announced Friday he had increased his shareholding in the club. "I've made a strategic portfolio investment. This position will...
Teachers' Training (TT) College beat Imperial College by 8-6 points in the Fomex Foam First College Rugby Competition at the Outer Stadium Rugby Ground in the city Saturday, reports UNB.In the day's lone match, Teachers' Training College led the first...
FE Special ROBIN is a manager working in a renowned IT firm of the city. Prior to joining this non-government organisation, he did his honours and masters in Statistics from a public university and did a diploma course in computer...
M A Islam'Hard labour, easy battle' is a very popular proverb and this is applicable not only for those working in the defence sector, but for students as well. If students work seriously for their examinations for the whole semester/year,...
Bazlur RahmanWITH the aspiration of imparting time-bound training on securities market, country's first training academy has started its journey at the Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited which is located at 158-160 Modhumita Building (8th Floor), Motijhell C/A, Dhaka-1000 recently.The academy is...
Della Bradshaw WHEN it comes to management education, the under-25s have never been in such demand. Businesses are increasingly looking for new recruits who have some management training before they start their first corporate job and business schools from Boston...
The company commander saw the results of Private Gibbson's Firing exercise and his face fell. The private exclaimed plaintively: "Sir, I think I am going to commit suicide by shooting myself." "By shooting?" reasked the company commander, "Not a bad...
Tobias Buck in BrusselsMicrosoft faces the threat of fresh antitrust probes and escalating financial penalties after a top European Union court upheld Brussels' landmark 2004 competition ruling that found the world's biggest software group guilty of abusing its dominant market...
Jim Puzzanghera, Microsoft Corp.'s defeat in a European courtroom Monday hurt the giant software maker -- and other U.S. companies that dominate their markets could feel the sting too.Europe's second-highest court slapped Microsoft for abusing its dominance in computer operating...
Rachel Rosmarin,Spreadsheets, calendars and presentations might feel like drudge work to the cubicle-bound, but they pay Microsoft's bills--Office accounted for around 75% of the company's fiscal 2007 net income. Half a billion desk jockeys use Microsoft's Office software suite to...
Keyboard that features a handwriting identity feature available to consumersWhen it comes to handwriting recognition, there are a number of hardware solution son the market. Graphics tablets like those from Wacom have been around for years and customers don't have...
Alisher SidikovA 21-year-old Swedish hacker has confounded some governments with his revelation that a flaw allows easy access to more than 100 sensitive e-mail accounts at embassies and private companies.Dan Egerstad says he accidentally stumbled onto the problem and made...
FE reportThe Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) has announced opening of ThinkQuest International 2008, inviting students and teachers from around the globe to take part in one of the most well-known project learning competitions in the world. ThinkQuest is open to...
Janaki KrishnanIndia's nascent $30-million gaming industry is set to grow to $700 million in the next five years, driven by global companies that are pushing new generation gaming consoles in the Indian market, industry watchers said.Microsoft Corp launched its XBox...
FE Report Several hundred garment workers went on rampage at the city's Tejgaon industrial area, ransacking a dozen of apparel factories and damaging a good number of motor vehicles. The unrest spread to the vicinity of the industrial hub and...
Siddique Islam Chief adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed wrote a letter to the Bangladesh Bank Governor Salehuddin Ahmed recently suggesting measures to reduce excess liquidity in the banking sector through increasing lending to new sectors with low capital requirements and to...
The 80 expatriate Bangladeshi workers who failed to get jobs and facilities in Malaysia being cheated by a Malaysian recruiting company will get the expenses to return home and all their money deposited with the agency.An inter-ministerial probe team, which...
Advocate Masud Ahmed Talukder and Advocate Shamsul Alam Shimul Biswas who separately met detained ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said they would likely to move in a day or two to the High Court to seek her bail, reports UNB.Talking to...
Awami League (AL) presidium member Tofail Ahmed Saturday said talks between the AL-led 14-party alliance members would take place ahead of any meeting with the Election Commission (EC), reports bdnews24.com. The presidium member added that the critical discussions would be...
FE ReportThe leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in an emergency meeting Saturday welcomed the central bank's initiative to keep the industrial units and business houses owned by detained and absconding businessmen operational.The meeting...
FE Report Kazi Humayun Azad, a former acting chairman of Bangladesh Tariff Commission, died following a massive heart attack at his apartment residence at North Road in the city's Bhutergoli area Saturday morning. Upon his retirement, Azad joined the Financial...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering a joint move with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to check VAT evasion while paying for mobile-phone bills through electronic recharge system (ERS).The NBR's VAT wing at its recent review...
Ralph Atkins, FT Syndication ServiceFRANKFURT: The eurozone economy has this month suffered its biggest jolt since the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks, with global financial turmoil hitting the services sector particularly hard, according to a closely watched survey.The...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed left for New York Saturday night to attend the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in the UN headquarters. A VVIP flight of the Emirates Airlines, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, took...
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