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...
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...
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