President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have greeted Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong and Premier of the Cabinet Kim Yong on the occasion of 59th founding anniversary of the country...
JESSORE, Sept 8 (bdnews24.com): A village policewoman has filed an attempted rape case against a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in the district, the police said Saturday. Jhikargachha sub-inspector (SI) Shawkat Hossain said the case was filed with his police station Saturday....
Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Saturday called upon the students who scored GPA 5 in this year's HSC examinations, particularly those from Notre Dame College, to help rid the country of the bad name it earned because of...
Speakers at a workshop stressed the urgent need of involving indigenous people in biodiversity conservation and recommended changes at systemic level, including policies, mandate, management and capacity development, for the protection of country's biological diversity, reports UNB.The national workshop titled...
BANDARBAN, Sept 8 (UNB): Rubber cultivation under the government's Highland Settlement Project has changed the fate of about 15,000 members of 4,000 tribal families of the two hill districts.Highland Settlement Project sources said the tribal families of Bandarban and Khagrachhari...
MADARIPUR, Sept 8 (UNB): Robbers looted valuables worth about Tk 0.2 million from two houses in Kharakandi and Utrail villages under Shibchar Upazila Thursday midnight injuring a woman.Sources said a gang of dacoits, numbering 10/12, stormed into the house of...
FE ReportModern Herbal Group Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Alamgir Moti has been nominated for 'International Staedia Award-2007' for inventing an anti Hepatitis-B virus herbal capsule.Alamgir was selected from over 12,000 researchers for his invention of a herbal antidote effective...
A Bangladeshi social scientist Mizanur R Miah, director of the School of Social Work (SSW) at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), was honoured recently in Washington DC by the Council on Social Work Education for his outstanding services on its...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sep 8: A four-member Asian Development Bank (ADB) delegation, led by its Country Director Hua Du, recently visited Chittagong port and Chittagong Customs House (CCH).The ADB officials also exchanged views with the leaders of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce...
FE ReportStandard Chartered Bank (SCB) has recently relocated its Dhaka main branch to the City Centre in Motijheel C/A from Dilkusha. SCB Bangladesh CEO Osman Morad formally inaugurated the relocated branch Thursday. Among others, the bank's Head of Shared Distribution...
FE ReportCHITTAGONG, Sept 8, 2007: Country's top ship-building company Western Marine Shipyard Limited is going to deliver four ships built in local technology to the buyers, Brave Royal Shipping Limited Monday (September 10, 2007).Built in the company's own shipyard at...
FE ReportNiloy Cement Clinkerization Industries Ltd will begin clinker manufacturing at its factory at Baniargati in Jessore district today (Sunday).The factory with an investment of Tk 200 million will annually produce 70,000 metric tonnes of clinker annually, first of its...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Sept 8: The government has allocated Tk 10.06 million as agricultural assistance to rehabilitate the flood-affected farmers in the district.Agriculture Secretary Md Abdul Aziz made the disclosure while speaking as the chief guest at the conference held at...
FE ReportWell established in electrical, electronics and automobiles industry reliable brand Walton has recently launched a new and technologically advanced steam microwave oven in the market. Now microwave oven is not a kitchen room fashion. It is considered a very...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sep 8: Chittagong customs authority and joint forces seized two vast consignments of refrigerator and air conditioner (AC) that were being imported under false declaration.There was an attempt of evading taxes up to around Tk 10 million by...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked Warid Telecom to issue shares to the public within three years of starting its commercial operation, according to an official source, reports bdnews24.com. The regulator slapped the condition after the subsidiary of...
Sarwar Zahan US dollar appeared slightly stronger as it gained ground against Bangladesh taka (BDT) last week, fund managers said. The exchange rate of the greenback stood fluctuated between Tk 68.69 and Tk 68.70 against the previous week's range between...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has hailed the assurance of regulatory reform in favour of private sector given by Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed at a meeting with the business...
FE ReportJunior Horlicks organised a baby show at Bangladesh Krishi Bank Training Institute in the city Thursday. Around 500 kids enrolled for the programme, and out of them 50 took part in the contest. Ten kids won prizes in five...
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 8 (AFP): Kuwait's telecom giant MTC Group began operating Saturday under the new brand name Zain as part of its bid to climb into the top 10 of global telecom operators, officials said.
In Interbrand's brand valuation study 2007 in conjunction with Business Week, HSBC ranked 23rd with a brand value of US$ 13.563 billion, said a press release. The HSBC has moved up five places with 17 per cent increase in the...
KUWAIT CITY, Sept 8 (AFP): Kuwait's telecom giant MTC Group began operating Saturday under the new brand name Zain as part of its bid to climb into the top 10 of global telecom operators, officials said.
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 8 (UNB): Bangladesh national football team began their month-long residential training camp at the world's longest natural sea beach Saturday morning to prepare for three upcoming international soccer meets. Bangladesh team's Indian coach Syed Nayeemuddin, who arrived...
England won the deciding match in the NatWest Series at a chilly Lord's by seven wickets with more than 13 overs to spare. After the drama at The Oval Wednesday, the game was an anticlimax as the weight of expectation...
Bangladesh suffered a humiliating 0-10 defeat against former World Cup and Olympic champions Pakistan in a place-deciding match of the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Championship in Chennai Saturday, reports UNB.Pakistan will now play China today (Sunday) for the 5th...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 8 (AFP): Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar returned home Saturday after being expelled from the inaugural Twenty20 championship following a spat with teammate Mohammad Asif in South Africa. The 32-year-old struck his new-ball partner Asif with a bat...
CAIRO, Sept 8 (Agencies): In a new video released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden made no overt threats but lectured Americans on the Iraq war and criticised global capitalism, calling its leaders...
ALGIERS, Sept 8 (Agencies): A booby-trapped car exploded at a barracks housing coast guard officials Saturday, killing 16 people and injuring many more, security services said. The bomb went off in the northern coastal town of Dellys, about 30 miles...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8 (Agencies): Pakistan's government urged exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not to return home, saying Saturday he should honor a promise he made to stay away after being ousted from power. Sharif has vowed to fly home...
JODHPUR, (India), Sept 8 (AFP): Rescuers in India recovered the bodies of 85 people Saturday from the mangled wreckage of a truck that plunged into a ravine in one of the country's worst accidents in recent years, police said. Some...
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