The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), has recently launched a special fund titled 'Learning and Innovation Fund to Test New Ideas (LIFT)' to trigger innovations in the microfinance sector to make the microcredit programme more dynamic, productive and more poor friendly.Under...
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Purchase/ sale of director's sharesSquare Pharma: Ratna Patra, one of the sponsors of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, has stated her willingness to transfer 14,878 shares out of her total holdings of 269,646 shares of the company to Anjan Chowdhury, another sponsor...
KABUL, Aug 7 (Reuters): Taliban leaders are deciding what to do with 21 Korean hostages after Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US President George Bush ruled out making any concessions to free them, one of the kidnappers said Tuesday. "We...
RAMALLAH, Aug 7 (Reuters): President Mahmoud Abbas promised Palestinians Tuesday their lives would improve as a result of his talks this week with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "Many issues which affect the Palestinians in their day-to- day lives will...
MIRAN SHAH, Aug 7 (A): Helicopter gunships and artillery Tuesday bombarded two militant hideouts that had been used to launch attacks on security forces in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border, the Pakistani army said. Spokesman Maj. Gen....
DILI, Aug 7 (AFP): Mobs ran amok in East Timor's capital Dili and other towns Tuesday to protest the naming of independence hero Xanana Gusmao as prime minister, as the former ruling party vowed to fight the move in court....
TOKYO, Aug 7 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was publicly urged to resign Tuesday by members of his own party as the opposition took the helm of the upper house of parliament for the first time. Abe's Liberal Democratic...
BAGHDAD, Aug 7 (AFP): As Iraqis queue forlornly for food and water, or swelter in homes and hospitals wihout electricity, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition government is collapsing around him, analysts told the news agency Tuesday. The latest boycott --...
TOKYO, Aug 7 (AFP): India Tuesday briefed Japanese leaders on its landmark nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, as Tokyo remained non-committal on whether it would support the controversial pact. The deal, which would bring India out of decades...
PANMUNJOM, South Korea, Aug 7 (AFP): Envoys from six nations gathered Tuesday at the border truce village of Panmunjom to discuss the next steps in North Korea's denuclearisation, in what South Korea termed a historic meeting. "We are making history...
GUILDFORD (Reuters) - Britain confirmed a second outbreak of foot and mouth disease in a herd of cattle in southern England Tuesday, raising fears the highly damaging animal disease may spread. The owner of the first farm where the disease...
Bangladesh and India have reached a consensus on increased cooperation to combat terrorism and extremism, the Home Ministry stated in a statement issued in the city Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com.They reached the consensus during the home secretary-level meeting of the two...
Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina is likely to show assets worth about Tk 20 million in her wealth statement to be submitted to the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The former Prime Minister, who was detained on...
The Supreme Court (SC) ended Tuesday the first day's proceedings of the Bangabandhu murder case that was started after a pause of more than five years. The court further continues the proceedings today (Wednesday), reports bdnews24.com. The Appellate Division started...
Air Chief SM Ziaur Rahman made a courtesy call on President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.The Air Chief apprised the President, also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, of various issues relating to Bangladesh...
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of prisons Shamsul Haider Siddiqi went to visit Wazed Miah late Monday in the city's Square Hospital. Miah has been suffering from multiple complications. He went to visit Miah on request from the nuclear scientist's wife...
NATORE, Aug 7 (UNB): Another case was filed against former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and 27 others today (Tuesday) on charges of patronising Islamic militants, extortion and looting.Munser Ali of Mominpur village in Naldanga police station...
Monty Panesar defended England's behaviour in the second Test defeat to India at Trent Bridge last week, saying the tense game was still played in the right spirit, according to website cricinfo. Panesar was speaking ahead of the final Test...
Tapash scalped six wickets for 10 runs to guide visiting Bangladesh U-19 team to a 34-run victory over Malaysian national cricket team in a twenty20 match at Selangor Turf Club ground in Malaysia Tuesday, reports UNB.Batting first, the junior Tigers...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 (AFP): India's Sania Mirza celebrated her move into the top 30 in the world rankings on Monday with a first-round triumph over Alexsandra Wozniak in the 600,000-dollar hardcourt tournament here. Mirza, 20, moved up a notch...
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug 7 (AFP): Pakistan dropped experienced batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq from the national squad announced Tuesday for next month's inaugural World Twenty20 Cup in South Africa. The 32-year-old batsman, who amassed 1,788 runs last year...
BERLIN, Aug 7 (AFP): German striker Miroslav Klose saved Bayern Munich's blushes on Monday with an equaliser at minnows Wacker Burghausen as his side made the German Cup's second round after a 4-3 win on penalties. Striker Thomas Neubert had...
Saiful KaiserIndia and Pakistan have announced their squads for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in South Africa. The Indians have left out Zaheer Khan and kept Sreesanth. They figured would have to tolerate him only for a few...
LONDON, Aug 7 (AFP): England coach Steve McClaren is to meet up with David Beckham in Washington Thursday in a bid to check up on the midfielder's fitness. Beckham, formerly of Real Madrid, is yet to make his Major League...
The national cricketers are likely to begin a weeklong training camp at the warfare wing of the Bangladesh Army's School of Infantry and Tactics (SI&T) in Sylhet on August 11 as preparation for the upcoming Twenty20 World Championship, reports UNB....
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...
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