KAZIRANGA, India, July 31 (AFP): The death toll from floods ravaging large parts of eastern and northeastern India climbed to 112 with about seven million people displaced, officials and reports said today. In the eastern state of Bihar, 62 people...
BEIJING, July 31 (AFP): Sixty-nine workers trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine for over two days are alive, but it is impossible to say whether rescue efforts will succeed, authorities said Tuesday. "The 69 miners are still alive. We...
FE ReportChief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed would sit with different ministries from August 5 to 7 to review action plans and preparations on implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of fiscal 2007-08, official sources said.The implementation status of ADP...
Bangladesh will raise several outstanding issues including demarcation of 6.50-kilometre boundary, exchange of enclaves, unfettered movement through Tin Bigha corridor and stopping killing of innocent Bangladeshi citizens by the BSF at the Home Secretary level talks scheduled to be held...
The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Ministry has decided to run all community clinics meant to deliver primary healthcare services at grassroots level. The ministry took the decision to take charge of about 11,000 community clinics built at...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Advisor (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have greeted President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey and Benin President Thomas Yayiboni on the occasion of National Day of the two countries, reports UNB.In separate messages to Micheline Calmy-Rey,...
Shahar Banu was cooking rice for lunch on a makeshift bed floating on filthy water in a tiny house in Shanarpar in Shiddhirganj. Something her daughter-in-law Fatema Begum said they had been doing for a week after floodwaters went waist-high...
DU CorrespondentSpeakers at a training workshop on 'Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning' Tuesday stressed the need for taking effective initiatives to make the vulnerable people financially able so that they can tackle any natural disaster themselves."To provide relief is...
BHOLA, July 31 (UNB): Officer-in-charge of Lalmohan police station Abdul Majid Shikder was closed Monday night for his delay in taking a case of an acid victim.The police sources said Harun of Fulbagicha village suffered burn injuries in an acid...
SAVAR, July 31 (UNB): Two youths were arrested after a gunfight with RAB troops at Ramchandrapur in Tetuljhora union of the Upazila Tuesday morning that left two people, including a RAB man, injured.ASP of RAB-11 Mohammad Solaiman said two teams...
FE ReportThe Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB), which started its operation in 2004 with ICRA of India as its technical partner, has renewed its technical cooperation agreement for another three years. With high-level technical support from ICRA, one of...
FE ReportThe central library of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) will be inaugurated at 5:30 pm at the CA Bhaban in the city today. Dainik Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman will inaugurate the library.The ICAB central library...
FE ReportRapport Bangladesh Limited organised a workshop on "Best HRM and D Practices for Good Governance" in the city recently, said a press release.Kanes Rajah, director, Centre for Entrepreneurship of Greenwich Business School, UK and an internationally renowned expert on...
Four persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Kushtia, two outlawed party members were killed in a shootout between police and their cohorts at...
JOYPURHAT, July 31 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi Upazila here Monday night.The dead was identified as Jamirul Islam Mondol, son of Moksed Ali Mondol of Nandail village...
After all the excellent work done over the last four days, India needed only to complete the formalities on the final morning but they were made to work hard to polish off the remaining 63 runs. Led by a fiery...
Khulna Abahani finished their B League campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over bottom-ranked Rahmatganj MFS in the second phase match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. With this result, Khulna Abahani finished 9th in...
The newly constituted 12-member ad-hoc executive committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) holds its first emergency meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss some important pending issues, reports UNB.BCB President Sina Ibn Jamali will preside over the meeting that will commence at...
Residential training camp of the national football teams for two international soccer meets begins today (Wednesday) at the BKSP in Savar, reports UNB.Earlier, Bangladesh Football Federation initially selected 47 booters in two batches to form national football teams for the...
NOTTINGHAM, England, July 31 (AFP): Indian fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was fined 50 per cent of his match fee after brushing shoulders with England captain Michael Vaughan during play at Trent Bridge on Monday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said....
Saiful KaiserThere may be some lucky few who actually saw the Test matches between England and India in England but this scribe was not one of them. Some say Sky Sports are the one showing it and that they are...
On the occasion of the Swiss National Day, I extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to fellow Swiss citizens living here and the people of Bangladesh. Swiss National day commemorates an event that took place 700 years ago. The...
Mention Switzerland abroad, and the person you're talking to may start dreaming of mouth-watering chocolate. If there is one thing that represents Switzerland in the eyes of the world, it must be chocolate. Yet at first there was nothing to...
Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) is a long-standing development partner of Bangladesh since independence, supporting in its economic development towards poverty reduction, employment creation and self-sufficiency. Over the last decades, SDC has supported development projects in various sectors...
In the conquest of space or major sporting events, where time has to be measured to the millisecond, Swiss watches and chronometers will regularly be found at the forefront. The impeccable reputation of Swiss products in this sector has been...
The Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industry had its roots in the silk and textile industry. What began with production of dyes is now a world-leading chemical industry, especially in pharmaceuticals. The industry is primarily based in the Basle area. Like...
Political neutrality has long been a tradition in Switzerland. After a disastrous defeat in a battle at Marignano (near Milan, Italy) in 1515, the Swiss cantons slowly grew aware of the advantages of neutrality, which turned out to be the...
FE ReportThe government Tuesday extended the time for legalising undisclosed income for two months, up to September 30.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Badiur Rahman announced this on the last day of the facility at a meeting with the...
A chamber judge Tuesday turned down the government plea seeking stay on High Court orders in which the court granted bail to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and halted the extortion case against her, reports UNB.Justice M Hassan Ameen, after...
Immediate-past Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has paid Tk 3.3 million (33 lakh) out of total Tk 3.0 billion (300 crore) the National Board of Revenue has bagged in tax so far under an amnesty offered to tax-dodgers...
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