Programmes for Secondary School StudentsAFS Intercultural Programmes (AFS): For 13- to 18-year-olds, the AFS programmes provide opportunities to spend a semester or a year in the United States. American Field Service is one of the oldest cultural exchange organizations,with more...
Ishmam Raidah Rahman15, only 15 years old, too young to die but fate is unchangeable. It's her fault too. Very thin, her face gaunt and white and extremely weak, she lay in bed. The sun rose and the weak feeble...
Haig SimonianCOREY Billington's business card calls him a professor of operations management and procurement. Before moving to IMD business school in Lausanne, Switzerland, the 49-year-old Californian worked for close to two decades at Hewlett-Packard, where procurement was one of his...
Chief is at a weddingA police officer in a small town stopped a motorist who was speeding down Main Street. "But officer," the man began, "I can explain." "Just be quiet," snapped the officer. "I'm going to let you cool...
Joe Leahy The cable television industry in India began as a simple affair for N Bakkiva Nathan but is quickly turning into a mess of set-top boxes as the sector transforms.In 1987, when he opened an electronics shop in Mumbai's...
FE ReportCanon's sole distributor in the Bangladesh market, J.A.N Associates organised a dealers' night on August 11 at a local hotel to share its overall market performance in the past couple of months, said a press release.The programme was arranged...
David Ibison in Stockholm and Maija Palmer in LondonNokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, is to stop in-house development of semiconductors for most of its mobile phones and outsource the business to third parties.The Finland-based company said the...
Carlos Grande The COI, the UK government's communications agency, is working on a way to monitor what people say about policy on blogs and internet forums for the media briefings it sends to ministers.A project by the COI's Media Monitoring...
Tom PerryRaid Israel to capture soldiers, battle tanks in the valleys of south Lebanon and launch Katyusha rockets at Israeli towns -- a new Hezbollah computer game puts players on the frontline of war with the Jewish state. "Special Force...
Katherine KamIt's no secret that today's children are growing up in a brave new world of computers, cell phones, video games, and iPods. This year, kids will head back to school with more gadgets than ever before. "Young people today...
No businessmen were awarded with the commercially important person (CIP) status by the immediate past four-party alliance government because it felt that most businesses were inclined toward the then opposition Awami League (AL), officials and businessmen have alleged. According to...
Speakers at a meeting in the city Saturday accused the political parties of having held down the judiciary under their absolute control to serve their self interest. As a result, freedom of people and protection of their rights have been...
COLOMBO, Aug 18 (UNB): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakshe Saturday said air connectivity between Dhaka and Colombo is important for better people-to-people contact and improving trade and economic cooperation.Replying to a query during informal exchanges of views with the delegates...
Thirty-one more government agencies, foreign organisations and individuals Saturday donated a total of Tk 3,49,72,910.08 and US$25,000 to the Chief Adviser's (CA) Relief and Welfare Fund for the country's flood-hit people, reports UNB.The individuals and representatives of the organisations handed...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 18 (bdnews24.com): Police arrested a man for his alleged ties with executed JMB kingpin Bangla Bhai at Bagmara in Rajshahi Friday. Bagmara police chief Mirza Golam Sarwar said, acting on a tip-off, they arrested Mohsin Ali (31). Mohsin...
Promising youngster Cheteshwar Pujara top scored with 67, while Praveen Kumar and captain Mohammad Kaif helped themselves to half-centuries, as India A posted an imposing total of 280 in 46 overs in a rain-curtailed one-dayer against Kenya in Nairobi. Kumar,...
TORONTO, Aug 18 (AFP): Top-seeded Belgian Justin Henin defeated sixth seed Nadia Petrova, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 to advance to the semi-finals of the US$1.34 million hard-court tournament Friday. Chinese qualifier Yan Zi also advanced to the semi-finals the US Open...
Bangladesh national football team conceded a 0-2 defeat against top ranking Syria in their first match in the five-nation 13th ONGC Nehru Cup Football tournament Saturday, reports UNB.After a barren first half, Syria scored twice in the 48th and 79th...
NEW YORK, Aug 18(AFP): Football star David Beckham insisted again Friday that the long travel required for his international duty won't negatively affect his performance either for England or the Los Angeles Galaxy. "I don't think it would affect my...
MANCHESTER, Aug 18(AFP): Sir Alex Ferguson fears Cristiano Ronaldo could suffer a serious injury unless referees begin to clamp down on cynical fouls against the Manchester United winger. Ronaldo (22) is out of Sunday's derby game against Manchester City at...
Bangladesh Hockey Federation has taken decision on the sponsorship of some of the upcoming tournaments, including the National Youth Hockey Competition, which is expected to begin on September 15.Araf Apparels would sponsor the youth hockey competition, informed Hockey Federation Treasurer...
Bangladesh Police crushed Prisons Directorate by 82-20 points with six creditable `lonas' in a match of the Services Kabaddi League at the Mirpur Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB.In the day's other two matches, Bangladesh Rifles...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (AFP): Hong Kong's Wang Chen stunned China's world number one Zhang Ning to march into the final of the world badminton championships here Saturday. The world number six Wang baffled the Olympic champion, China's great hope...
Newcomers Euro Famous Club made a good start in the Metropolis Third Division Football League beating Jurain Janata Club by a solitary goal in the opening match at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Stadium at Kamalapur in the city...
Munshiganj DSA have become runners-up in the 60th Independence Day Kho Kho Competition held in Pondichery in India.Indian national team emerged champions narrowly beating Munshiganj DSA team by 14-13 points in the final Friday, reports UNB.Munshiganj DSA, which were nominated...
Shakhawat Hossain Bangladesh will enter into a new deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under which the country will get its economy reviewed by the multinational institution for attracting overseas aid.The fresh agreement called Policy Support Instrument (PSI) will...
The growing death toll due to drowning, diseases and snakebites during the current flooding rose to 554 as official record-keepers counted 17 more casualties in 24 hours till Saturday morning, reports UNB.In the meantime, in the wake of a fresh...
FE Report Retail prices of edible oils increased further Saturday in the country's kitchen markets as the supply of the same declined sharply on the day. The prices of soybean oil were between Tk 95 and Tk 100 a litre...
FE ReportThe interim government is considering to establish a high powered cell comprising members drawn from relevant agencies including the joint forces to help rein in prices of essentials, especially during the upcoming Ramadan.Expressing concern over the current price hike...
Acting Awami League president Zillur Rahman Saturday said that under the state of emergency, it is not possible for his party to sit with the Election Commission for dialogue to discuss electoral reforms, reports UNB. Zillur Rahman, who is acting...
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