Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has extended its technical cooperation within the framework of PEDP-II (Primary Education Development Programme II), concretely under the component two to cooperate in the field of teachers' training, especially in mathematics and science teaching in...
Six persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Barisal, two persons were killed in separate incidents at different places in the district Sunday.Besides, one...
COX'S BAZAR, June 11 (UNB): A special weeklong mass campaign began in Ramu Upazila Sunday under a UNFPA project 'Advocacy on Reproductive Health and Gender Issues through Department of Mass Communication (3rd phase)'.District Information Office and Upazila Administration organised the...
SYLHET, June 11 (UNB): Two daring robberies were committed in Rauthkhai and Kashipur villages of Balaganj Upazila early Saturday.In Rauthkhai village, armed robbers looted cash and other valuables from the house of a Saudi expatriate.The police said a gang of...
CHANDPUR, June 11 (UNB): Erosion by the River Meghna has taken a serious turn in Haimchar Upazila due to rise of water level in the river caused by heavy downpour for the last four days.The worst affected areas are Char...
SYLHET, June 11 (UNB): An insane father allegedly hacked his baby daughter to death at Mokambazar village in Golapganj Upazila Saturday afternoon.Witnesses said Kutoi Mia of the village, hacked his six months old daughter Laila indiscriminately in the afternoon when...
Steve Harmison's 200th Test wicket and Monty Panesar's 10-187 in the match helped England take an unassailable 2-0 series lead against the West Indies, reports BBC. The tourists, chasing a record 455, were given hope by Shiv Chanderpaul (116no) who...
Kent director of cricket Graham Ford has rejected an offer to become India coach in order to remain with the English county team, reports BBC. Ford was offered the job Saturday after a meeting with the India board. "I am...
Asia completed a 3-0 clean sweep in the Afro-Asia Cup as Mahendra Dhoni and Mahela Jayawardene compiled majestic centuries in Madras (Chennai), reports BBC. They rescued their side from 72-5 with a partnership of 218 before Jayawardene was caught for...
MADRID, June 11 (AFP):Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said Sunday that the Spanish giant's were going to explore ways of trying to keep former England captain David Beckham at the club. Beckham stunned the world by announcing on January 11...
PARIS, Jun 11 (AP): There it stood, so tantalisingly close. As Roger Federer tried in vain to solve Rafael Nadal in the French Open final, the silver Coupe des Mousquetaires - the only Grand Slam trophy missing from the No...
Bangladesh's Under-23 team will participate in the Indian Nehru Cup Football tournament to be held in New Delhi from August 16 to 28, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has already sent the entry to participate in the Indian traditional...
A nine-member Bangladesh team - five from athletics and four from boxing - is expected to leave the city for India within a week to take two months' higher training at Tata Sports Academy in Jamshedpur, reports UNB.This is a...
The professional football league (B League) match between Arambagh KS and Farashganj SC, scheduled for today (Tuesday), has been postponed due to inclement weather, reports UNB.The match between the two mediocre Dhaka Metropolis teams was also washed out Sunday at...
East End Boys' Club beat Dhaka Sabuj Club by 3-1 sets in the day's lone match of the National Bank Metropolis First Division Volleyball League at the Volleyball Stadium in the city Monday , reports UNB.
FE ReportAt least 76 people were killed and more than 200 injured Monday by electrocution and landslide, triggered by torrential rains in the port city of Chittagong, district officials said. The downpour paralysed life and business activities in the port...
FE ReportIncessant rainfall continued to bring untold sufferings for the city dwellers for the second consecutive day Monday halting normal business activities as people were confined to their workplaces and residences.Almost all the roads and streets in the city have...
SYLHET, Jun 11 (UNB): Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed Monday said the country had been riddled with corruption and there had been extensive looting, which prompted the current purge. With people's cooperation, that plunder is being resisted to take...
Shakhawat Hossain Finance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam hinted Monday that the caretaker government would either seek extension of the Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) or strike a new deal on a similar credit programme with the International monetary...
Adviser MA Matin Monday said Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina cannot shrug off their roles in the billions of taka scams, disclosed by detained politicians during interrogations, reports bdnews24.com. The chairman of the national coordination committee on curbing serious crimes...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher said the present caretaker government (CG) in Bangladesh has the prime responsibility to hold an early election without dragging the process too long, reports UNB.Talking to a group of visiting...
FE ReportThe UK-based Mittal group Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government proposing to invest about $2.9 billion in coal mine development, oil exploration and production, power plant, petrochemicals, NGL/LNG production and other infrastructure projects in Bangladesh.Md...
GAZIPUR, June 11: A European Union (EU) delegation Monday visited the registration centre of ongoing pilot project on preparing voters' list with photographs at Sreepur Municipality and expressed their satisfaction over the activities, reports UNB.The three-member EU delegation, led by...
The Election Commission has sent a proposal to the government for separating the EC secretariat from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) by an ordinance so the commission could act independently, reports UNB"We have sent the proposal to the Chief Adviser's...
Bangladesh will get Tk 1.30 billion (130 crore) Japanese grant assistance for implementing three development projects. These are: Improvement of the Storm Water Drainage System in Dhaka City (Phase-II), Human Resources Development Scholarships (JDS) and Establishment of the Meteorological Radar...
BENAPOLE, June 11: Narcotics Control officials Monday seized 1.5kg heroin and arrested three alleged drug lords from Bhaberber village. On receipt of secret information, the officials raided the house of one Selim in the afternoon and seized the heroin worth...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government will take decision on Indian business conglomerate Tata's $3.0 billion investment proposal in steel, coal, fertiliser and power plant by next month."The decision on all projects of Tata will be taken by end of July once the coal...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to review the overall credit flow to the private sector against the backdrop of its declining trend during the first nine months of the current fiscal.The credit flow will be reviewed at...
A Z M AnasCell phone behemoth Grameen Phone (GP) has sounded a note of dismay over some budgetary proposals that could deliver a blow to the country's fast-developing telecom sub-sector."A few tax measures relating to the operations of cell phone...
M Azizur RahmanThe Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to provide nearly US$ 200 million for capacity expansion of the state-owned Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL).Sources said the Jeddah-based multilateral donor agency has recently completed a preliminary feasibility study on the...
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