The government has proscribed the Eid Issue of the Shaptahik 2000 and confiscated all its copies for publishing an autobiographical write-up hurting religious sentiments of the public. "The government has banned circulation, sale, full or partial reprint, publishing or preservation...
The government is contemplating to appoint administrators for zilla parishads until elections to this local body is held. Sources said the LGRD Ministry has recently sought legal opinion from the Law Ministry about the appointment of Zilla Parishad Administrators in...
Naim-Ul-KarimBangladesh can hardly reap the full potential of manpower export to the extent of several million to developed countries unless the government launches a pragmatic skill development programme soon, sources concerned said. A number of European, North American and Scandinavian...
FE ReportSenior revenue officials of SAARC states will meet in Kathmandu early November to discuss a harmonised customs structure aiming to expedite the formation of an economic union in the region.SAARC or South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is a...
Jo Johnson, FT Syndication ServiceNEW DELHI: Mayawati, India's most powerful low-caste politician, has fired more than 10,000 police officers in the populous northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which she leads. Critics accuse Mayawati, whose Bahujan Samaj party garnered an absolute...
S M JahangirThe imposition of a 10 per cent tax at source on the interest income from savings tools has eroded confidence of small investors.There has been a significant withdrawal of investments in the state-run savings certificates following the imposition...
NEW YORK (AP) : A billion dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to. For the first time, it takes more than $1 billion to earn a spot on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans. The...
FE ReportThe stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) remained mixed amid cautious trading during the week ended Thursday.The daily average turnover further declined 28.87 per cent to Tk 1.27 billion against Tk 1.79 billion of the previous week."The...
GENEVA, Sept 20 (AFP): - Hopes of an agreement in six- year-old WTO talks on reducing global trade barriers appeared to have been revived yesterday after the US accepted to negotiate more stringent limits on subsidies to its farmers. Diplomats...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will investigate into the unusual trading of the shares of Apex Adelchi Footwear Ltd, according to an SEC notice, reports bdnews24.com. "Price movement and trading of Apex Footwear shares appear unusual to us," SEC...
BARISAL, Sept 21 (UNB): Over 100 fishing trawlers with some 1200 fishermen went missing in the Bay as high waves, triggered a by sudden storm, hit the trawlers Thursday night.The fishermen who returned to the shore said they saw three...
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (AFP): Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister widely expected to be tapped to head the IMF, pledged yesterday to stay for the entire five-year term, effectively renouncing a 2012 run for the presidency. The reforms needed...
NARAYANGANJ, Sep 21 (UNB): Eight people died and eight others fell sick in Araihazar and Rupganj upazilas Friday after eating poisonous 'potka' fish with their meals Thursday night.Local sources said a number of families Thursday evening bought 'potka' fish from...
Hundreds of garment workers fought street battle with security forces at around 10:30am Saturday in Tejgaon Industrial Area in the capital for pay and festival allowances. The furious workers vandalised a garment factory and clashed with the army, RAB and...
Awami League 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. The presidium member added that the critical discussions would be based on the alliances'...
JESSORE, Sept 20 (UNB): BDR jawans seized huge Indian contraband goods, including clothes, worth Tk 1.9 million from a truck at Pullar Bazar in the town Tuesday night.Acting on a tip off, BDR men halted a truck and recovered 337...
BAGERHAT, Sept 20 (UNB): A UP chairman was suspended in Morelganj Upazila Wednesday on charge of misappropriation of money and misuse of power. A letter signed by Deputy Secretary of LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry gave the suspension order against Abdul...
SM Afsaruzzarnan has been awarded Sher-e-Bangla Gold Medal-2007 for his outstanding contribution to Agricultural Extension, said a press release. Former Secretary and Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque Gobeshona Parishad chief adviser Syed Margub Murshed handed over the gold medal and certificate...
CAPE TOWN, Sept 20 (BBC):A misfiring Pakistan warmed up for the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh. They bowled the Tigers out for 140 despite never really hitting top gear, as only debutant Zunaid Siddique resisted with...
CAPE TOWN, Sept 20 (Cricinfo): A match billed as a winner-takes-all contest was as good as decided before latecomers had even taken their seats at Newlands. In that time Australia blew away Sri Lanka's top order, and though they made...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Sina Ibn Jamali Thursday handed over cheques for Tk 50,000 to each of the members and officials of the national women's cricket team, which emerged champions in the ACC Women's Tournament held in Malaysia in...
DURBAN, South Africa, Sept 20 (Cricinfo): Yuvraj Singh did a Garry Sobers on his way to an astonishing 12-ball half-century as India's batsmen eviscerated the English bowling at Kingsmead. England's response was a hard-hitting one, but with no one able...
CHENGDU, China, Sept 20 (AFP): Captain Cheryl Salisbury scored in injury time to earn Australia a place in the women's World Cup quarter-finals with a 2-2 draw against Canada here Thursday. Australia needed a share of the points to book...
Lalbagh Sporting Club earned a hard-fought 4-3 goals victory against Rainbow AC in the Metropolis 3rd Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Thursday, reports UNB.Sujon struck twice in...
ISTANBUL, Sept 20 (AFP): Turkish club Fenerbahce secured an impressive 1-0 victory over Italian giants Inter Milan in their opening Champions League Group G match here Wednesday. Striker Deivid found the net two minutes before the break to upset Inter,...
LONDON, Sept 20 (AFP): Jose Mourinho's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an abrupt end Thursday as the Portuguese manager's fraught relationship with the club's Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, finally reached breaking point. An announcement that will send shockwaves through...
LONDON, Sept 20 (AFP): Jose Mourinho's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an abrupt end Thursday as the Portuguese manager's fraught relationship with the club's Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, finally reached breaking point. An announcement that will send shockwaves through...
Bangladesh innings: Tamim run out ( Hafeez) 3 Zunaid Siddique c M Haq b S Malik 71 Aftab st Kamran b Hafeez 15 Ashraful lbw b Shahid Afridi 5 Shakib c & b Mohammad Hafeez 1 Nadif c K Akmal...
Saiful KaiserAustralia stormed into the semi-finals. They absolutely crushed the Sri Lankans who now go back home. The other semi finalist of that group is Pakistan who took on Bangladesh.Put into bat the Sri Lankans never got underway as the...
The Awami League Friday joined a growing chorus demanding that the Election Commission do not allow Jamaat-e-Islami registration and not allocate it the polls logo " daripalla or scales of justice. Acting AL president Zillur Rahman told reporters after a...
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