COLOMBO, Nov 25 (AFP): Sri Lankan forces threw a security blanket over the capital Colombo Thursday and appealed for extra public vigilance a day after twin bomb attacks left 19 people dead and 45 injured, police said."There is a general...
MOSCOW, Nov 25 (AFP): President Vladimir Putin Thursday told Russians to vote for him in parliamentary elections Sunday or face the country's "disintegration," while also appearing to confirm he would step down next year. Urging voters to back the United...
KOLKATA, Nov 29 (Cricinfo): It's hard to remember when last a team was in such disarray before a must-win Test match. Pakistan's injury problems began as a bothersome aside but have now taken centre stage as they have only three...
To raise fund for the cyclone affected people, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) arranged `best of three' exhibition matches between Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club on December 3, 5 and 7 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city reports...
Prestige Bangla Victory Day Tennis Competition, organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation and sponsored by Prestige Bangla Limited, will begin on December 14 at the Ramna National Tennis Court Complex in the city, reports UNB.There will be six events in the...
COLOMBO, Nov 29 (BBC): England will not seek to have the second Test moved away from Colombo despite two fatal bomb attacks in the Sri Lankan capital Wednesday. The first of the blasts occurred less than an hour after the...
WELLINGTON, Nov 29 (AFP): Football superstar David Beckham landed in a rugby stronghold today but it was hardly enemy territory as hundreds of fans gave him a rapturous welcome in New Zealand's capital. Beckham and his Los Angeles Galaxy team...
A Jamaican inquest into the death of Bob Woolmer has failed to determine what killed the Pakistan cricket coach, reports BBC. Woolmer, 58, died after being found unconscious in his hotel room in March, after his team's early World Cup...
FE ReportFinance adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said Thursday the government will not downsize the Annual Development Programme (ADP) at this stage although its implementation has suffered a setback due to recurrent floods and devastating cyclone."Although the ADP implementation rate is...
S M JahangirThe Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) estimated the total losses to 'Aman' crop sustained due to the recent cyclone 'Sidr' at 0.82 million tonnes worth more than Tk 21 billion.The preliminary Aman crop loss due to the Sidr...
FE ReportA sharp decline Thursday in the share price of the United Commercial Bank (UCB), the day's top turnover leader, pulled down the stock market on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).The UCB share price sharply dipped 11.34 per cent on...
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed Thursday said whoever is affected by the cyclone, no matter whatever the number is, will be brought under the Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme beginning next month, reports UNB.The free feeding programme will continue...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Committee for Industrial Development (NCID) has initially selected 11 leading businessmen and chamber leaders for awarding them the status of commercially important persons (CIPs).The trade leaders will be finally selected after scrutiny of their tax files.The...
A special court trying high-society corruption suspects Thursday sentenced fugitive former LGRD state minister and BNP leader Ziaul Huq Zia to eight years imprisonment for tax-dodging and covering up his real wealth, reports UNB. Moreover, the court ordered confiscation of...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe Privatisation Commission (PC) said Thursday it might extend the deadline for handing over the largely state-owned Rupali Bank to the highest bidder.It will also examine the option for looking for alternative buyers for the bank, PC sources...
Robin Kwong and Raphael Minder,FT Syndication ServiceHONG KONG: Debt-raising activity in Asia so far this month slowed to its lowest level since February last year, in a sign that market concerns stemming from the US subprime mortgage crisis have now...
FE Report BRAC Bank Limited has arranged a syndicated term loan worth Tk 500 million (50 crore) for the Basic Unit for Resources and Opportunities of Bangladesh (BURO Bangladesh), a microfinance institution of the country.An agreement in this connection was...
Fifteen Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, have pledged to donate 'zakat' money and meat of sacrificial animals for the cyclone victims of Bangladesh. The ambassadors of the Muslim countries made the pledge when they met Food and Disaster...
Eighty-five detained political leaders were produced Thursday before the High Court's detention advisory board that would decide whether to extend their detention. Politicians in custody, including Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and...
Two terrorists were arrested with a revolver while they were fleeing after killing a jhut (scrap cloths) trader on RM Das Road in the city's Sutrapur area Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said a gang of muggers, numbering three to four, intercepted...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 29: Condemned convict Poritosh Rudra was hanged Wednesday night at the Chittagong Central Jail for killing his wife and son. — UNB
FE ReportGeneral investors and depository participants (DPs) are facing problems in complying with an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding opening of fresh beneficiary owners' (BO) accounts and updating the existing ones.As per an SEC directive...
Siddique Islam The World Bank (WB) has offered a special fund only for very small entrepreneurs, particularly in the cyclone-affected areas, official sources said.The Washington-based multilateral development partner has sent an initial proposal to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for taking...
FE Report A US-based lobbyist engaged by Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to pursue the passage of the New Partnership and Development Act (NPDA) -2007 in the US Congress has suggested that the foreign ministry of the government...
FE ReportThe 24th Economic Commission (EC) meeting of the D-8 group has reached consensus on making its Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) operational by June next and also on adoption of a 20-year road map for development in intra-member trade, commerce...
The Coal Policy Review Committee (CPRC) is going to hear the view of Asia Energy in a meeting today (Friday), as the UK-based company pleaded to clarify its position about the Phulbari coalmine project, reports UNB.The decision was taken by...
BNP will soon convene a party council to amend its constitution, and apply to the Election Commission (EC) for registration well before the deadline, BNP Acting Secretary General Hafizuddin Ahmed said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. "It's not because the Chief Election...
Seven persons were awarded capital punishment by a speedy trial court in the city Thursday for the murder of four people in the city's Badda area, reports UNB.The convicts to go to gallows are Atiqur Rahman Masum, Shafiqul Islam Masud,...
BARGUNA, Nov 29 (bdnews24.com): Hundreds of cyclone-stricken villagers demonstrated for urgent relief at the Barguna district headquarters defying emergency rule for the second day Thursday. Two weeks after the Cyclone Sidr battered the southern districts, hapless communities living in remote...
FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar stressed the need for undertaking a long-term plan for development of women entrepreneurship aiming to empower them economically.They said women's economic empowerment is a pre-condition for national development and sustainable democratic system. They were speaking...
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