The Caretaker Government (CG) has promoted 22 additional secretaries to secretary, and appointed them to various key posts in a major reshuffle in the interim administration, reports UNB.An official announcement Tuesday said, Food and Disaster Management Ministry acting secretary Dhiraj...
Prominent Islamic leaders led by Baitul Mukarram Khatib Obaidul Huq Monday demanded halting daily Prothom Alo publication for printing a cartoon in its supplement 'Alpin' that hurt the religious sentiment of the Muslims, reports UNB.They put forward the demand during...
BRAC founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed has expressed grave concern over the kidnapping of BRAC Area Manager Nurul Islam in Afghanistan and appealed for his immediate release, reports UNB.He has also expressed deep sadness at the recent killing of...
RAJSHAHI, Sep 18 (UNB): A court here Tuesday framed charge against 13 persons, including two teachers of Rajshahi University (RU), for burning a DGFI car on the campus amid a turmoil on August 22 in a sequel to the violent...
A dazzling 117-run partnership between Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik, two of Pakistan's batting heroes from earlier in the tournament, inspired a famous six-wicket victory over Australia, a triumph that almost certainly sealed their place in the final four. After the...
BELGRADE, Sept 18 (AFP): Serbia's growing legion of tennis fans have a rare chance to roar on their fast-rising stars this week when Novak Djokovic spearheads his Davis Cup team out against Australia. World No. 3 Djokovic's Serbia are confident...
''You have to be really thinking on your feet," said Daniel Vettori before this match. New Zealand did just that - recovering from 31 for 4 thanks to the big-hitting best of Scott Styris and Craig McMillan and then throttling...
WELLINGTON, Sept 18 (AFP): English football icon David Beckham will play in an exhibition match in Wellington in December with his new club Los Angeles Galaxy, local football officials said Tuesday. The Galaxy will play Wellington Phoenix, newcomers to Australia's...
LISBON, Sept 18 (AFP): Sir Alex Ferguson will let Wayne Rooney off the leash as Manchester United start their Champions League challenge at Sporting Lisbon Wednesday. Rooney has been sidelined since breaking a metatarsal bone in United's first match of...
CHENGDU, Sept 18 (AFP): Canada and star striker Christine Sinclair stand between Australia and World Cup history on Wednesday as the two rivals prepare to go head- to- head in their final group game. A revelation of the 2007 tournament,...
''You have to be really thinking on your feet," said Daniel Vettori before this match. New Zealand did just that - recovering from 31 for 4 thanks to the big-hitting best of Scott Styris and Craig McMillan and then throttling...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's rapid career rise continued with his appointment Tuesday as captain of India's one-day team for the home series against Australia and Pakistan. The selectors, who made that decision in Mumbai today, also picked the squad for the...
LOS ANGELES, Sept 17 (AFP): Unbeaten fighters Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton began the buildup to their December 8 duel in Las Vegas with some verbal sparring Monday. At a press conference in the Hollywood tourist haven of Universal City...
NAIROBI, Sept 18 (AFP): Kenyan prisons department has promoted world marathon title holder Catherine Ndereba owing to her exemplary performance in athletics, reports said Monday. Kenyan Prisons Commandant Gilbert Omondi promoted Nderebe from officer 2 to officer 1, owing to...
FE ReportBuckling under pressure from the business and civil society groups, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pulled back from pressing the caretaker authority to seal the much-debated Policy Support Instrument (PSI) pact. The global policy lender has, however, said...
FE Report Increase in the settlements of letters of credit (LC) against imports especially for Ramadan period has created a fresh pressure on the country's inter-bank foreign exchange market. The use of third currency has simultaneously increased with the US...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The government has frozen 35 fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) worth Tk 27 million, reportedly, belonging to former BNP minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed. Moudud invested his money in those FDRs against the names of some 'fake' individuals. That...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University teacher of Applied Physics Department Nimchandra Bhowmik was sent to jail after he surrendered before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka Tuesday. Bhowmik, also provost of the university's Jagannath hall, produced himself before the court of...
Former president and Jatiya Party Chairman H M Ershad has been acquitted in the gold smuggling case filed 16 years back, reports UNB.First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Abul Bashar pronounced the verdict Tuesday.Earlier, the judgment was adjourned for seven...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to reduce duties and taxes levied against import of equipment for rental power plants to help them sell electricity to the power division at a reduced rates.The existing tax incidences,...
Shakhawat Hossain The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is likely to instruct commercial banks to maintain its relations with their clients neutrally, official source said.The MoF has already sought approval from Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam in this connection as part of...
The US government look forward to additional steps by Bangladesh to restore democracy as soon as possible, visiting American Deputy Assistant Secretary of State John Gastright said Tuesday during a meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), report agencies."Full democracy...
SYLHET, Sept 18 (UNB/ bdnews24.com): Former BNP MP Naser Rahman, son of former finance minister M Saifur Rahman, was Tuesday jailed for nine years while three others for five years on charges of attempted extortion and physical assaults. Judge of...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) in a clarification Tuesday said the taxpayers whose self-assessed returns are awaiting clearance would be entitled to avail themselves of SRO 98 and legalise their undisclosed money within November 30 next.The board has...
The Home Ministry Tuesday vested power to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner to allow more than 50 members in an indoor political party meeting. But it will require permission of the DMP commissioner 48 hours before such meeting, said...
The Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday ordered the government to complete all procedures of separating the judiciary from the executive by Oct 31. A full bench of the Appellate Division of the SC, headed by Chief Justice Md Ruhul Amin, issued...
A three-member Bangladesh delegation has left the city for Malaysia Tuesday night to make a spot survey about the condition of the Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia. During the three-day official visit, the delegation, led by Secretary of Expatriate Welfare and...
FE Report The government is set to award the National Export Trophy (NET) to 86 companies for their outstanding export performance during the period 2002-03 to 2004 -05, sources said.The NET is being awarded after a gap of two years...
FE ReportThe stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to decline for the third consecutive day Tuesday due to cautious trading by the investors.The cautious trading brought down the share prices of most of the banking, insurance and...
Eoin Callan FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: The cross-border flow of illicit proceeds of corruption and corporate wrongdoing should be intercepted by rich countries and returned to the poor, the World Bank and United Nations said on Monday.The development bank and the...
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