NEWCASTLE, Aug 26 (AFP): England striker Michael Owen said he has no intention of excercising a release clause in his contract with Newcastle, pledging his future to the English Premier League club. Owen has been linked with an exit from...
An 18-member Bangladesh national Hockey team, led by Issa Miah, leave for India today (Monday) to take part in the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey to be held in Chennai from August 31 to September 9, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play...
National Sports Council (NSC) Chairman and Army Chief Moeen U Ahmed has deeply condoled the death of country's renowned sports personality Kazi Abdul Aleem, reports UNB.Aleem, a renowned athlete, trainer and organiser, breathed his last on Saturday at the age...
Orissa women's football team drubbed BFF Women XI by 4-0 goals in the third exhibition match at the Narayanganj Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. The 4th and last exhibition match between the two teams will be held...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named Shah Sports and Company as the new clothing sponsor of the Bangladesh national cricket team for the ensuing ICC twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, reports UNB.The board recently went through a tendering process...
NEW HAVEN, United States, Aug 26 (AFP): Third-seeded James Blake capped his remarkable New Haven run here Saturday with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over fellow-American Mardy Fish at the 675,000-dollar Pilot Pen tennis tournament. To the delight of his army...
Dhaka, August 27 (bdnews24.com)—Sheikh Hasina will have to stay behind bars, at least for now, according to twin orders issued by the Supreme Court Monday. Also, the detained former prime minister has to turn in her wealth statement to the...
British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury observed Sunday the first few hours of recent student movement was genuine and spontaneous but afterwards it was coordinated and a lot of money was thrown into that, reports UNB."Our assessment is from what we...
FE ReportFreeing Bangladesh from corruption may not be possible at least for the time being, but it can be minimised, Chairman of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury said Sunday. "We can make more pragmatic move to minimise corruption,"...
S M JahangirThe Power Division has sent project proposals (PPs) for setting up two power plants to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) for its approval."Two power projects - Haripur 360MW Power Plant and Shikalbaha 150MW Power Plant...
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2007 under country's nine education boards were published Sunday, showing a higher pass percentage of 65.60 and an increased number of GPA-5 graders, reports UNB.The pass-percentage in the HSC...
Law and Information Adviser to the caretaker government Mainul Hosein sought cooperation from all in overcoming the present crisis, forewarning that the fallout from failure to do this task would be serious, reports UNB."We are passing through a very crucial...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM's) Court Sunday re-fixed September 27 for filing a written statement by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Daily Dinkal case, report UNB/ bdnews24.com.Magistrate Adbullah Hel Baki granted her prayer and set the date for filing...
The Supreme Court (SC) rules Monday (today) on government petitions against the High Court (HC) order granting bail to Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina in two extortion cases and the stay on the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) notice on her,...
Rajshahi Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu and his 10 associates were Sunday jailed for 13 years and one month in an extortion case and detained Awami Swechhasebak League general secretary Pankaj Debnath was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment and his wife...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has strongly condemned the bombings in Hyderabad, but rejected Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy's allegation that Bangladeshi terrorist outfit was behind the Saturday's blast, report agencies."This is baseless and we will contest any wrong...
Shakhawat Hossain The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is expected to make out a case for adopting a separate pay-scale for the central bank officials at the meeting of the council of advisers, sources said.The advisory committee headed by Finance Adviser...
A moderate earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, jolted the country Saturday night. The epicentre of the tremor that was felt at about 23 hours 3 minutes 11 seconds (BST) was about 1014.6 km from Agargaon, Dhaka Seismic Observatory...
The offices of all newspapers and news agencies will remain closed Wednesday (August 29) on account of the holy Shab-e-Barat. Therefore, no newspaper will be published Thursday, the next day, said a press release of the Newspapers Owners Association of...
The special court trying high-profile corruption suspects Sunday rescheduled the judgement day for today (Monday) in the Tk 24 million (2.40 crore) bribery case against the detained former Communications Minister and BNP stalwart Nazmul Huda along with his wife Sigma...
Two enthusiastic photojournalists in their bid to take snapshots of lawyers fell to the ground from the gangway of Supreme Court (SC) - Bar Library and were badly wounded Sunday. Shawkat Jamil of the Daily Star and Mizanur Rahman Khan...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country is likely to get additional 360-megawatt of power by August 2008 as the energy ministry has made a move to establish 10 small power plants (SPPs) and four rental power plants in separate locations of the...
FE ReportNCC Bank Ltd, a leading private commercial bank (PCB), has diversified its activities in areas like agro-financing, stock brokerage, primary dealership, credit cards and corporate social responsibilities (CSR)."We have a strong commitment for our clients and that's why we...
FE ReportThe Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide a grant amount of $218,000 to finance a feasibility study on capacity expansion of the state-owned Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL)."The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) Sunday endorsed the IDB proposal for...
FE Report Commercial banks in the city witnessed a heavy rush of clients Sunday following the student unrest and the weekly holidays. Clients were seen standing in long queues at many branches of the banks in different parts of the...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Naim Ahmed Wednesday said 35 cases filed in connection with violence and violation of emergency rules in Dhaka City will be settled within two weeks after investigations, reports UNB."We will settle the cases within the...
The government has finalised the draft for "vendor agreement" completing the process of corporatisation of state-run Sonali, Janata and Agrani banks, reports UNB.A meeting of the Banking Division of the Ministry of Finance finalised the draft Sunday with Finance Secretary...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) will go for further simplification of rules and regulations for payment of taxes on the basis of success of the new system introduced this year, reports UNB. Universal self-assessment system and unified taxpayers identification number...
The steadily growing death toll from the flood-related incidents like drowning, waterborne diseases and snakebites etc rose to 702 with 10 fresh deaths reported in the last 24-hours until Sunday morning, reports UNB. Meanwhile, the flood situation has improved greatly...
FE Report The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has taken adequate steps for supplying essential commodities during the month of Ramadan and help stabilise the market during the period.The TCB officials said the corporation will supply lentil, onion, chickpeas and...
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