Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has signed a five-month deal with former Indian coach Syed Nayeemuddin to prepare the national side especially for the SAFF Championship to be held in December in Colombo and Male, reports UNB.The contract was signed at...
TOKYO, Jul 16 (AFP): Manchester United are hopeful of sealing the "over-complicated" transfer of Argentina striker Carlos Tevez from West Ham within the next week or so, according to chief executive David Gill.United, who arrived in Tokyo on the first...
A tepid final day at Chelmsford produced an expected result with the Indians' second practice match ending in a high-scoring draw. England Lions' batsmen made the most of a good batting pitch in their second innings, rattling up 227 for...
MARACAIBO (Venezuela), Jul 16 (AFP): Brazil stunned bitter rivals and overwhelming favourites Argentina 3-0 to win their eighth Copa America title Sunday.It was the second successive title for the Brazilians and was sweet justification for coach Dunga, who was without...
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC face Sheikh Russell KC today (Tuesday) in the day's lone second phase match of the B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, reports UNB.The match will kick off at 4:30pm. Private satellite channel ATN Bangla will live...
Four players of Bangladesh test squad -- former captains Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mashud, former national vice captain Rajin Saleh Alam and pacer Mohammad Sharif, who were not considered for the ODI series in Sri Lanka, return home today (Tuesday)...
BASTAD (Sweden), Jul 16 (AP): David Ferrer of Spain beat countryman Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 6-2 Sunday to win the Swedish Open for his fourth ATP title.The second-seeded Ferrer broke Almagro in the opening game of the match and took a...
Bangladesh women cricket team, the Group B champions of the ACC Women's Cricket Tournament, faces Group A runners up Hong Kong in the semifinal today (Tuesday) at the ground of Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim (IPTI) in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, reports...
Two players -- Sharif Hossain (Nakhalpara School) and Sayantan Das (Kolkata Scottish Church School) -- share the top slot in the 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament securing full five points after the 5th round matches at the Chess Federation...
SYDNEY, Jul 16 (AFP): Former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson said Monday he had been confirmed as Pakistan's new cricket coach to succeed Bob Woolmer, who died during the World Cup campaign in the Caribbean in March.Lawson told Sky News...
LONDON, Jul 16 (AFP): French striker Thierry Henry has split with his wife of four years, his lawyers said in a statement released late Sunday.The Barcelona star, 29, who transferred to the club from London side Arsenal last month, had...
Former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city Monday morning before being produced in a law-court on the day when she pleaded innocence, reports UNB.Arrested in a...
FE ReportBelying speculations about a serious negative impact of Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina's arrest on the market, stock prices were bullish in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Monday, thanks to an attractive dividend declaration by the Square Pharmaceuticals only an...
MUNSHIGANJ, July 16 (UNB): Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Monday categorically said none is above the law and any proven corrupt or lawbreaker, whoever he or she may be, would be brought to justice. Explaining his caretaker government's (CG) stand...
Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam thinks the arrest of top leaders of political parties wouldn't cast any adverse impact on the country's economy as the economic indicators doing "well", reports UNB. "Arrest of a leader will not impact on the...
Awami League acting president Zillur Rahman protested Monday the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and demanded her immediate release, alleging that the government action is intended to banish her from politics, reports UNB."Hasina's arrest was intentional--her arrest is only to isolate...
President Iajuddin Ahmed underwent a medical checkup at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore Monday. After thorough analysis of the reports and physical examination, cardiologist Maurice Choo said, the President is "in very good health", according to a press release from...
The World Bank (WB) will organise a daylong workshop on the country's largest container terminal - New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT)-in the city today (Tuesday) aiming at ensuring efficient uses of the terminal. Shipping Adviser MA Matin is likely to...
Shakhawat Hossain The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MOPT) has drafted a proposal to convert the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) into a public limited company with an authorised capital of Tk 30 billion."The proposed draft, to be sent...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has been scrutinising the food safety measures of country's frozen food industries in preparing itself to convince the European Commission (EC), the largest buyer of the products of such measures. A delegation of the EC is...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked small investors to be more careful in investment in the stock market as the prices of some shares have become overvalued.Higher officials of the SEC, the share market watchdog, said...
FE ReportLaw and Justice adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein said Monday the arrest of Awami League chief and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was required under the country's existing law to facilitate submission of chargesheet against her in a specific extortion...
The United States, the United Kingdom and Germany Monday urged the interim caretaker government to ensure the due process of law and international standards in dealing with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, arrested earlier in the day, reports UNB."We are...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) secretary Mokhles ur Rahman Monday said normal procedures would be followed in investigating the corruption allegations brought against former Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina as being done in the cases of others, reports...
Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeev Wazed Joy, who lives in the USA, Monday said the arrest of his mother is nothing but a conspiracy to exclude her from politics, reports UNB.Giving his reaction to a private TV channel on phone, he...
A CNG-run bus was set afire near the GPO crossing in the capital Monday night, reports UNB.Witnesses said the bus of Madhubati Paribahan, which came from Gulistan direction, was set on fire near the GPO crossing at about 8:25 pm....
In the wake of the arrest of party chief Sheikh Hasina, Awami League (AL) presidium members and central leaders will meet today (Tuesday) at 11.00 am at the Gulshan residence of acting president Zillur Rahman, reports UNB.Party sources said the...
FE Report The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) appealed the government Monday to reconsider the recently announced contractionary monetary policy for the sake of country's economy."Reconsideration of the monetary policy is imperative to help the domestic...
M Azizur Rahman The Niko Resources is pursuing hard for getting the approval of the government for development of new gas fields. The dispute with the company over compensations of two consecutive gas field blowouts at Tengratila of Chhatak in...
Javier Blas and Jenny Wiggins , FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Rising prices for food have led the United Nations programme fighting famine in Africa and other regions to warn that it can no longer afford to feed the 90m people it...
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