ATM Abdul Wahed, founder of Pioneer Printing Press Limited and youngest brother of late former MP MA Mohaimen, died of cardiac arrest at his Rajarbag residence Saturday. He was 76. He left behind his only son Abdul Baset and daughter...
Rajshahi Division registered an emphatic eight-wicket win over Barisal Division on the 4th day of the 2nd round four-day match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium Monday, reports UNB.With the day's win, Rajshai...
It's South Africa who are normally weighed down by the word 'choke' but Pakistan did just that in the final stages of their run-chase in Lahore, freezing at the threshold of an important series win. The game was in the...
BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 29 (AP): Roger Federer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his second straight Swiss Indoors and retained the No 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year.Federer joins Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Ivan...
LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): Tottenham Monday confirmed Leeds assistant manager and former Spurs player Gus Poyet will move to White Hart Lane as first team coach.The 39-year-old former Spurs midfielder will be one of two first team coaches with Marcos...
ZURICH, Oct 29 (AP): Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was flying to Zurich with a star-studded entourage Monday to push his country's bid to host the 2014 World Cup.Even though Brazil is the only candidate, FIFA president Sepp...
ADELAIDE, Oct 29 (AP): Star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took four wickets for 121 runs to lead Sri Lanka's bowlers in a drawn three-day tour match against the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI which ended Monday.Muralitharan, on 700 test wickets, will attempt...
SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (AFP): Fuming Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic has slammed Palestine as unprofessional after his side was forced to kick-off without an opponent in their World Cup qualifying match here. In farcical scenes, Singapore had to take the field...
LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): Liverpool striker Fernando Torres will be sidelined for three weeks after suffering an adductor injury in his side's draw against Arsenal.The Spain international sustained the problem early in the Premier League clash at Anfield Sunday and...
PORT ST LUCIE, Oct 29 (AP): Daniel Chopra tapped in for par, then pumped his right fist into the air. Finally, victory was his.Chopra re-claimed the lead with a birdie at the par-5 16th hole Monday morning and held on...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) means Khaleda Zia and the party would not take part in any meaningless election.Adviser to BNP chairperson ASM Hannan Shah Monday said this while talking to journalists at his residence in the city Monday, reports UNB."BNP...
The media is the vulnerable 'fourth estate' and the society and the state must protect their fullest freedom.Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the remark while speaking at the concluding session of a conference on 'Media Reporting Armed...
German Ambassador Frank Meyke suggested that the current anti-corruption drive should be balanced with economic growth and public interest so both the tasks advance concurrently, reports UNB."It needs a right balance -- fight against corruption and protect economy and public...
SHERPUR, Oct 29 (UNB): Task force investigating the wealth of former lawmaker of Awami League (AL) Atiqur Rahman Atiq Monday visited his village home at Baroghoria in Sadar Upazila.Lawmaker for two consecutive terms Atiq was listed as corrupt-suspect by the...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 29 (UNB): Former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury, who went into hiding after the January 11 changeover, surrendered to a makeshift court in the port city Monday morning.Court sources said the ex-lawmaker appeared in the court at about 11:30...
FE Report The government has formulated 'privatisation regulation 2007' and it is expected to be approved soon by the Council of Advisers."The government has formulated the regulation to make privatisation process of State Owned Enterprises (SoEs) prompt and transparent," Abu...
FE ReportThe visiting team of the Saudi prince is yet to get any appointment with the officials of the finance ministry and the privatisation commission (PC), the two government bodies involved in divestment of largely state-owned Rupali Bank.Talking to the...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the allocation to the Export Development Fund (EDF) to US$150 million (15 crore) from the existing $100 million to meet the growing demand of the country's exporters. Besides, the central bank has...
Chief Justice (CJ) Md Ruhul Amin Monday asked the judicial magistrates to work in a concerted manner and with integrity to give the November 1 plan for the Judiciary separation a head-start, reports bdnews24.com. "The judges must be answerable to...
A Dhaka court Monday issued arrest warrants against former state minister and Awami League leader Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and four members of his family, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka senior special judge Md Azizul Haque gave the order Monday afternoon to...
The Election Commission (EC) Monday said it was sending a letter to the secretary general of the BNP to invite the party to talks, but declined to name who the secretary general is, reports bdnews24.com. Election commissioner Sohul Hossain told...
Senior BNP leader and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman started a meeting with a number of senior colleagues Monday evening, apparently to reach a conciliation between the two factions of the troubled party. BNP's standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman...
A Dhaka court Monday turned down an appeal by an Anticorruption Commission (ACC) official to take Arafat Rahman Coco, who has reportedly been suffering from heart diseases, on remand in Gatco graft case, reports bdnews24.com. Metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Mizanur Rahman...
Siddique Islam Bangladesh Taka (BDT) has started appreciating against the US dollar following intervention by the central bank in the foreign exchange market. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) took the move against the backdrop of a rising trend of the greenback...
FE Report A new World Bank (WB) report has suggested that the government strengthen public-private partnership in managing diploma-level institutions to help make the country's vocational education system more responsive to the labour market needs."This (public-private partnership) should proceed on...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Monday declined following price correction of some over-priced shares.Market operators said the prices of over-priced issues will come down normally in the price correction process, although most of the retail investors...
Shakhawat Hossain The government is unlikely to strike a fresh deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the extension of the poverty reduction growth facility (PRGF) or any other lending arrangement before the next general election."The caretaker government (CG)...
Javier Blas, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Rising food prices are likely to force developing countries to follow Russia's example and impose retail price controls to avoid social unrest, the United Nations' top agriculture official has warned.Jacques Diouf, director-general of the UN's...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) Monday extended the time for submission of tax return again by another month.The NBR has for the second time extended the period -- this time up to November 30 from earlier deadline October...
Nine suspected operatives of the Islamic outfit Harkatul Jihad have been arrested along with 16 Arges grenades and other firearms in the latest hunt for the suspects in the August 21 grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina's rally, official sources said,...
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