Oxfam and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Directorate General (ECHO) have joined hands responding to the immediate water and sanitation needs of cyclone-hit families in four worst affected southern districts.Over 1,200 families in the four districts-Bagerhat, Pirojpur, Patuakhali and Barguna-have...
FE ReportThe 17th convocation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) will be held today (Sunday) at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon. President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed will confer certificates on the successful 145 professional accountants. Dhaka University Vice-chancellor...
DINAJPUR, Nov 23 (UNB): A month long 'Ras Mela' (fair) of Hindu community was inaugurated on the premises of Kantaji temple in the district on Friday on the occasion of Ras festival.Deputy Commissioner of the district AM Saiful Hasan inaugurated...
Abdul Muhidh Chowdhury, a retired secretary of the Ministry of Communication and ex-chairman of Railway Board, died at his Banani residence here this morning at the age of 82, reports BSS. He is survived by his wife and two sons....
SYLHET, Nov 24 (UNB): Two more children of a family died of 'Viral Encephalitis' in Companyganj Upazila Friday, raising the number of deaths here due to the malady to 24 in the last three weeks.The dead were identified as Saifur...
DELHI, Nov 24 (BBC): The first Test in Delhi is intriguingly poised after Pakistan closed day three 167 runs ahead of India at 212-5, reports BBC. Danish Kaneria took three wickets in 15 balls as Pakistan snared India's final four...
DURBAN, Nov 24 (AFP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter urged South African construction workers Saturday not to wreck the 2010 World Cup, saying the successful staging of the tournament lay in their hands. As uncertainty continues to swirl about the rate...
Saiful KaiserThe Misbah and Akmal partnership is the third meaningful one after Misbah and Sami and Dhoni and Laxman before it. The first Test is carrying on tantalisingly, sometimes with India ahead and next moment it is Pakistan. With two...
Department of English and Department of Environment Science won their respective matches in the Jahangirnagar University (JU) Inter-Depart-ment Cricket Competition held at the JU Central Ground in Savar Saturday, reports UNB.Department of English beat Department of Geography and Environment by...
A 12-team Inter-Club Tennis Tournament will begin at the Club Amazon premises in Gulshan tomorrow (Monday), reports UNB.Bangla Perfumes Distributors Limited is sponsoring the meet bearing all the expenses under arrangement with the Gulshan-based Club Amazon.
The cricketers, to be selected for Bangladesh national team's tour to New Zealand, will be able to play in the 6th round matches beginning Tuesday of the four-day Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League (NCL), reports UNB.Bangladesh team for...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 24 (BBC): South Africa survived a late fightback from error-ridden New Zealand to win their Twenty20 game by three wickets. Scott Styris hit 30 and Kyle Mills 33 not out but Shaun Pollock (3-28) and Albie Morkel (2-29)...
Sri Lanka have dropped middle order batsman Thilan Samaraweera from their first Test squad to face England in Kandy, starting on 1 December. Samaraweera, who featured on the recent Australia tour, hit 142 against England in the Colombo Test in...
Matt Richtel One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train in San Francisco and became a cellphone vigilante. He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was "blabbing away" into her phone."She was using...
It's the gadget of the day: Amazon's homegrown Kindle, the latest attempt to make the e-book reader from quirky oddity into something for the mainstream. Will it fly this time around? Amazon's got a long road ahead of it, but...
It's the gadget of the day: Amazon's homegrown Kindle, the latest attempt to make the e-book reader from quirky oddity into something for the mainstream. Will it fly this time around? Amazon's got a long road ahead of it, but...
Sunil MehraThe advent of service-oriented architectures (SOA) is fast changing computer application. And this time it is not just can industry hype. SOA is here and now. According to Gartner, 60 per cent of enterprises will use SOA in creating...
FE reportCanon image communication products that cover Canon digital camera, video camera and digital SLR cameras will now be available in the local market soon.JAN Associates Limited, authorised distributor for Canon consumer system products (printer, AIO, scanner and projector) has...
Digital camera sales are defying expectations. Two years ago, camera sales were expected to hit a peak and begin falling. Instead, sales are expected to grow 16 per cent this year, and analyst Chris Chute at research firm IDC expects...
Du Xiaoli The on-board digital mobile TV sales will grow on the tails of China's expanding automobile consumption market. The on-board LCD TV industry currently faces problems like a lack of uniform management standards, low customer recognition of domestic brands...
Sunil MehraThe advent of service-oriented architectures (SOA) is fast changing computer application. And this time it is not just can industry hype. SOA is here and now. According to Gartner, 60 per cent of enterprises will use SOA in creating...
SYDNEY, Nov 24 (Reuters): Australia's Labour party claimed victory in national elections Saturday, signaling an end to 11 years of conservative government led by Prime Minister John Howard. "On the numbers we are seeing tonight Labour is going to form...
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Nov 24 (AFP): Two suicide car bombings killed at least 20 people Saturday in near simultaneous attacks on Pakistani security forces in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, security officials said. The attacks came amid raging political turmoil in...
NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (AFP): Indian authorities circulated sketches Saturday of three suspects believed to be behind a series of blasts outside courts in three cities that left at least 13 dead and more than 40 wounded. The police said...
LONDON, Nov 24 (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced more discouraging polls today after a bruising week that brought his honeymoon period to a grinding halt. A string of setbacks has rocked his government and surveys suggest his initial...
KIRKUK, Iraq, Nov 24 (AFP): At least 45 suspected Al-Qaeda militants have been arrested over the past 24 hours in and around the northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk by United States (US) and Iraqi forces, the police said Saturday....
LONDON, Nov 24(AFP): The Annapolis talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must match peace pledges with 'clear and concrete steps' to end 'grave' rights abuses such as killings, Amnesty International (AI) said Saturday. Measurable benchmarks should be laid down with a...
FE ReportMore than two million Cyclone Sidr survivors in the country's southwest coastal areas are in dire need of "immediate, life-saving" food assistance, according to a rapid assessment report of the United Nations.The report, prepared by a mission of the...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has geared up its efforts to prepare the second poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP-2) for 2008-2011 period.A 12-member committee has been formed to prepare a thematic report on macro-economic management for pro-poor growth including financial sector...
FE ReportThe caretaker government has set up a coordination centre in Barisal to effectively carry out its emergency relief and rehabilitation activities in all the cyclone-hit coastal districts.The coordination centre will monitor and supervise the government's overall relief activities in...
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