Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and three others, including prominent TV artiste Abdullah Al Mamun, were acquitted of charges in a graft case Wednesday, reports UNB.Metropolitan Sessions Judge AKM Anwar Hossain acquitted Mayor Mohiuddin, Abdullah Al Mamun,...
Door to door delivery of relevant forms to collect data for the registration of voters began in Rangpur municipal area Tuesday, repots BSS. Distribution of registration forms to each household in the district town will continue until September 13 to...
The High Court (HC) Wednesday stayed for long three months the trial proceedings of two extortion cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Adviser ASM Hannan Shah and his son.A Division Bench, comprising Justice MA Matin and Justice M Abdul...
SATKHIRA, Aug 15 (UNB): The main planner of August 17 simultaneous countrywide bombings was held from frontier Baliadanga village in Kalaroa Upazila Tuesday.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kalaroa police station Fariduddin said on secret information they arrested Nurul Islam alias Nur Ali...
HABIGANJ, Aug 15 (UNB): A tribunal here Tuesday sentenced three leaders of Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to three years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for ransacking a local newspaper office.The convicts, district Jubo League president Ataur Rahman Selim, vice...
A special court Wednesday sentenced former BNP minister Shahjahan Siraj's daughter-in-law to six years in jail for dodging tax and concealing information about tax, reports bdnews24.com. The court also fined Farzana Khan Tk 60,000 or she has to serve out...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 15 (bdnews24.com): Police released Wednesday Dweepayan Sarkar Dweep, a final year student of the Marketing Department of Rajshahi University (RU), after a couple of hours' detention for 'wearing a black badge' in observance of the 32nd death anniversary...
The third meeting of the ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be held today (Thursday) with development of the country's domestic cricket on its agenda, reports UNB.The meeting will begin at 4:30am at the BCB's Navana Tower...
Kaushal Lokuarachchi and Gayan Wijekoon stitched together a gritty 66-run partnership to lift Sri Lanka A to a thrilling win in a low-scoring game against India A at Nairobi.India were restricted to 102 runs before Sri Lanka, at one stage...
Former captain Habibul Bashar has urged the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to arrange cricket for players not involved in next month's Twenty20 World Championship. With Bangladesh's tour of New Zealand not until December, and with no domestic competition currently on,...
A 20-member Bangladesh national football team, led by stopper Kazi Nazrul Islam, leaves for New Delhi today to participate in the traditional Nehru Cup Football tournament. The five-nation Nehru Cup Football Tournament will be held in New Delhi on August...
The row over the omission of Jacques Kallis from South Africa's Twenty20 World Championship squad deepened Wednesday when the wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was called in front of a disciplinary hearing after criticising the decision in a newspaper article. Cricket South...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 15(AFP): David Beckham expects to play at least half a game for the Los Angeles Galaxy against DC United here Wednesday in a semi-final of the Superliga tournament, the English midfielder said Tuesday. Beckham took part in...
CINCINNATI, Aug 15 (AFP): Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced without difficulty today while Britain's Andy Murray was drummed out with ease at the 2.2 million-dollar ATP Cincinnati Masters. Third seed Roddick, given a bye into the second round, booked the...
Bangladesh Sports Writers' Association (BSWA) has announced the nominees in six categories of sports for the year 2005 and 2006, reports UNB.The categories are the best player, referee/umpire, sponsor, organiser, active association and player of the year.The winners of the...
Bangladeshi International Master Enamul Hossain Razib drew his third round match with Armenian Grand Master Anastasian Ashot (rating 2555) in the Master Tournament of the 17th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival in Abu Dhabi Tuesday.After the third round match, Razib...
TORONTO, Aug 15(AFP): Russian third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova made a triumphant return in her first match since Wimbledon, defeating Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-2, 7-6 (9/7) Tuesday at a 1.34 million-dollar WTA tournament. Kuznetsova has not won a WTA title or...
Saiful KaiserThe much-in-the-news Indian Cricket League will consist of six teams or clubs in the first year and will be increased to 16 over the next three years. To start with, all the matches will be Twenty20 affairs and will...
FE ReportCountry's prominent business leaders said Wednesday immediate and effective actions are needed to keep the prices of basic food items at an affordable level to help the poor survive and re-start their livelihood in the aftermath of the current...
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to rally for the second consecutive day Wednesday, thanks to strong rumour about reintroduction of netting facility and continued transfer of funds by small savers to stock market. However, the...
The nation spontaneously observed the 32nd death anniversary of independence leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman amid a state of emergency on a limited scale, report UNB /bdnews24.comOn August 15, 1975, a band of errant, misguided military officers gruesomely assassinated Sheikh...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe ongoing floods have caused devastations throughout the country. Damage to crops and vegetable has been estimated at Tk 6.0 billion. Damage to infrastructure is also enormous -- its estimation is now in the process.A report published in the...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to finalise the much-awaited freight forwarding policy-2007 today (Thursday).The board will sit in a meeting today with the freight forwarders aiming to finalise the policy making some amendments to the...
Shakhawat Hossain The donor countries and agencies excepting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are routing their emergency assistance to the flood affected people through the non-government organisations (NGOs) and the UN bodies.They have selected a...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) brought Wednesday its rate of interest on agricultural credit down to the previous level at 8.0 per cent from 11 per cent, which it raised on July 1,2007.The BKB took the move following criticism...
The state, in compliance with apex court's instructions, Wednesday filed regular leave-to-appeal applications trying to overturn High Court (HC) orders in former Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's cases, reports UNB.In its recent orders the HC has granted bail to the...
FE ReportThe caretaker government is likely to give legal coverage to new generation economic zones that will pave the way for greater public-private partnership, a source at industries ministry said. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide financial and technical...
The death toll from flood-related incidents caused due to drowning, waterborne diseases and snakebites shot up to 481 with 38 fresh deaths reported in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, reports UNB.Of the victims, 15 died of diarrhoea, nine...
FE ReportThe Joint Strategy Partners (JSP), a platform of four major donors, will jointly review the progress of their financial supported projects in Bangladesh, official sources said.The JSP, comprising World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Japan and UK's Department for International...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 15: Angry garment workers damaged some 50 vehicles and two floors of their factory in the port city's Bayezid Bostami area Wednesday afternoon, demanding their outstanding salaries. Witnesses said around 2,000 workers of Shirina Garments blocked Bayezid Bostami...
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