LAGOS, August 7 (Xinhua): Fifteen footballers who took part in the Homeless World Cup in Denmark have left their teams and gone missing, local media in Nigeria reported Tuesday. The police and the organisers said Monday that seven of the...
The Game Development Committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has postponed the district-wise medical tests to determine the age of U-14, U-16 and U-18 cricketers due to the devastating flood across the country, reports UNB.The medical tests, which were scheduled...
COLOMBO, Aug 7 (AFP): Sri Lanka will have a new coaching staff in place from next week to prepare the team for the inaugural Twenty20 world championships in September, an official said Tuesday. Australian Trevor Bayliss, who was appointed coach...
Sarwar JahanIndia has asked its Border Security Force (BSF) and the Mobile Task Force (MTF) to seal off the 856-km long India-Bangladesh border along Tripura state following an outbreak of a disease.According to Indian media reports, the move aims to...
Various government and private organisations and individuals Tuesday donated Tk 16.25 million to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund for the country's flood-affected people, reports UNB.The individuals and representatives of the respective institutions and organisations handed over cheques and...
Two grant agreements for a total amount of US$ 1,600,000 were signed between the government and the International Development Association (IDA) here Tuesday for preparing two projects regarding sustainable energy and water-resource management, reports UNB.Officials said the funds would be...
UNICEF, an organ of the United Nations, has increased its assistance responding to the current floods in Bangladesh and "pre-positioned" US$ 1.8 million worth of foodstuff for the flood victims, reports UNB."We've increased assistance quite substantially in several sectors including...
FE ReportMirza Shakir Ispahani has been appointed the new Honorary Consul of Germany in Chittagong by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, says a press release.The government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh has approved the appointment of...
FE ReportComprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) under the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management has undertaken an emergency response programme for flood-affected people in 15 districts of the country with the assistance of the British government and United Nations Development...
FE Report Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Chairman and Kazi Harun-ar-Rashed, Secretary General of Industrialist and Business Welfare Foundation (IBWF) expressed their deep concern in a joint statement for the untold sufferings of the people caused by the recent flood.In...
DU CorrespondentThe three-day 'IBA National English Debate Championship-2007' will begin at the Institute of Business Administration of Dhaka University August 10.Some 24 teams from the country's 17 reputed public and private universities including DU, IBA, BUET, Rajshahi University, Chittagong Uni-versity,...
BAGERHAT, Aug 7 (UNB): Seven female students of a madrasah at Malagazi in Mongla Upazila fell unconscious in mass hysteria Tuesday. Sources said the seven female students of Alhaj Qurban Ali Madrasah fainted with convulsion one after another in the...
Shakhawat Hossain A meeting on anti-money laundering measures held Tuesday at the ministry of finance decided to streamline further the bank account maintenance and ensure exchange of information among sea and land and airports, official source said.The decision to streamline...
At least 164 people were killed in the current flooding across the country by official count available until Tuesday morning while water-borne diseases infected many people as floodwaters were receding from upstream areas, reports UNB.The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday stayed the operation of the Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC's) notice asking former prime minister and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina to submit her wealth statement, report UNB/bdnews24.com.Staying the notice, the court issued rule upon the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid It is a welcome development that the investors' size in the country's bourses is bulging with every passing day. But the worrisome aspect of the resurgence of the investors' interest is that rumours are playing a part...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) said Tuesday the entire amount of donation for flood victims will not be made tax free as requested by the business leaders.Citing the existing income tax law, tax policy member Ali Ahmed said:...
BNP 'reformists' Tuesday said they were not thinking about council meeting at the moment in the wake of countrywide flooding and would rather distribute relief in the flood-hit areas, reports bdnews24.comA joint statement signed also by BNP secretary general Abdul...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to maintain 1.0 per cent general provision against off-balance sheet financing that will come into effect from December 31 next. Under the new rules, the banks will have to...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has received tax worth Tk 3.1 million (31 lakh) and Tk 18,000 respectively from two sons of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Arafat Rahman Koko and Tarique Zia.The tax returns were filed in tax...
John Burton, FT Syndication ServiceKUALA LUMPUR: In the early hours of a recent Monday morning, trucks belonging to Malaysia's People's Volunteer Corps (Rela) suddenly surrounded a neighbourhood in the shadow of the capital city's Bukit Bintang area, home to some...
Chief Justice (CJ) Md Ruhul Amin Tuesday formed a five-member bench to hear an appeal for a freeze on the Supreme Court verdict that ordered the top 16-storey of the Rangs Bhaban to be sliced off. Justice Fazlul Karim will...
A welding workshop owner was killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Boro Moghbazar in the city Tuesday. The dead was identified as Mukul Sarkar (35) of Bhabanipur under Rajbari district. Police said, Mukul died on the spot when the...
Ten people drowned in a boat capsize in an over-flooded 'haor' in Bajitpur Upazila under Kishoreganj amid storms Monday evening. Sources said, local people with the help of the upazila administration recovered the dead bodies in a hectic search from...
Twenty-three fishermen went missing after four trawlers capsized in the Bay due to heavy current, triggered by monsoon depression Monday night. The trawlers capsized along with 38 fishermen when they were fishing near Narikelbaria and Dimer Char areas. —UNB
Raihan M Chowdhury and Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is planning to set up a separate company to operate the Central Depository System (CDS) to ensure uninterrupted CDS operation.The DSE move, if successful, will pose a threat to...
A Z M AnasBangladesh should revisit its citizenship law to ensure equal opportunities for both male and female diaspora members to harness the full development potential of dual citizenship."To reap the maximum benefits from dual citizenship, the law should ensure...
The Election Commission (EC) has proposed a budget of around Tk 60 million (6 crore) for the main task of preparing voter list with photograph in Rajshahi city corporation and nine other places of the country in the first phase,...
FHM Humayan KabirThe bilateral and multilateral donors are likely to come forward to help Bangladesh to recover from damages and consequential losses caused by the deluge throughout the country. The local consultative group (LCG), a platform of the donors working...
M Azizur RahmanThe Petrobangla has endorsed a Tk 3.0 billion development project proposal (DPP) to explore the Begumganj gas field by three state-owned gas companies under a joint venture.In the DPP, the participating companies in the joint venture have proposed...
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