TORONTO, Aug 14 (Reuters): Ninth seed Dinara Safina survived a first-round scare at the $1.3 million Toronto Cup on Monday before rallying to tame Frenchwoman Camille Pin 7-6 3-6 7-5. Trailing 4-1 in the third set, Safina swept the next...
International Master Enamul Hossain Razib and seven other players enjoy joint lead after the 2nd round matches of the 17th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival being held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, reports UNB.After the second round match on Monday, Razib...
Indian national women football champions Orissa team will arrive here on August 20 to play some friendly matches against their Bangladesh counterparts, reports UNB.The visiting Orissa eves will play four matches against the Bangladeshi booters, who will take the field...
MADRID, Aug 14 (AFP): Dutch midfielders Royston Drenthe and Wesley Sneijder will be unveiled by Spanish champions Real Madrid later Monday.Real said in a statement on their webiste that the pair will be presented before the Madrid fans at the...
Saiful KaiserBishan Singh Bedi has been badmouthing Muralitharan as long as one can remember. Singh is married to an Australian the place where they hate Murali. Bedi, as everyone knows if he was playing today would not last a season....
India have moved up two places to third in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test rankings following their series win in England. Source: Internet.India won the three-match series 1-0 after the final Test at The Oval was drawn Monday. Rahul...
MANCHESTER, England, Aug 14 (AFP): Wayne Rooney will be out for two months with a hairline fracture in his left foot, Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson said Monday.The striker will therefore miss Sunday's derby against Manchester City at Eastlands, England's...
Bangla Vision and Ajker Kagoj advanced to the final of the Meril Media Cup Football winning their respective semi-final matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.The two teams will play the final on Thursday...
GLASGOW, Aug 14 (AFP): Rangers manager Walter Smith has warned his side not to underestimate the threat of Red Star Belgrade ahead of their Champions League qualifier at Ibrox Tuesday. The Serbian side, known locally as Crvena Zvezda, won the...
Awami League (AL) acting President Zillur Rahman has demanded of the government to recognise Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as Father of the Nation and to release detained AL chief Sheikh Hasina within this month (August)."Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will have...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 14 (UNB): About 23 political leaders and former bureaucrats of Chittagong could not avail the scope for legalising their undisclosed money under the ongoing tax amnesty.Sources said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) sent an official notice to...
The judgment in the gold smuggling case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman and former president HM Ershad will be delivered on September 6.First Additional Metropo-litan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Md Abul Bashar set the judgment date at 12:30pm after hearing...
FE Report Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP), an apex body of the professionals working in print and electronic media, has urged the government to announce the sixth wage board award immediately. The SSKOP will be bound to launch action...
NARSINGDI, Aug 14 (UNB): Over 2,000 workers of the UMC Jute Mill, the largest jute mill of the country, demonstrated on the mill premises this (Tuesday) morning, demanding their outstanding salaries and allowances.Witnesses said the workers, mostly of the morning...
The judgment in the graft case against former communications minister and BNP stalwart Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda will be delivered on August 23, reports UNB.Judge AK Roy of the special makeshift court at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, set...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed the commercial banks to fix the lending rates at a maximum of 12 per cent on import financing for 10 essential commodities to help curb the price hike of the essentials in...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed the commercial banks to fix the lending rates at a maximum of 12 per cent on import financing for 10 essential commodities to help curb the price hike of the essentials in...
The 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Bangobandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed in the country today (Wednesday) with due respect and solemnity, reports BSS.On this day in 1975, Bangobandhu along with most of his family members was brutally assassinated at...
The death toll due to drowning, disease and snakebite during the flooding shot up to 443 with 38 more deaths reported in the last 24 hours to Tuesday morning, as millions of people continued to live in abject misery in...
Shamsul Huq Zahid It is little wonder that the strong exponents, local and foreign, of gas exports from Bangladesh to neighbouring India are no more heard or seen these days. With the key government leaders now cautioning about the possible...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Tuesday draft margin rules for the merchant banks for ensuring transparency in loan disbursement by them.The approval to the margin rules came at a SEC meeting. Earlier, the SEC accepted a...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will sit with the senior officials of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Sunday next to remove the confusions arising from its directive relating to the deduction of 10 per cent tax at source from the...
The Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday fixed August 16 (Thursday) as the date for the appeal-admissibility hearing preferred by the state to overturn the High Court orders, that granted bail to Awami League president Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case and...
Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has realised Tk 40 million (4.0 crore) as fine from GEP Telecom, a private land phone operator, because of its failure to meet the roll out plan. According to the licensing conditions, a private telecom...
Jamuna Granular Urea Plant (JGUP), the biggest one of its kind in the country, went to commercial production of granular urea fertiliser at Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industry Corporation (BSCIC) township in Syedpur under Nilphamari. —BSS
The Privatisation Commission Tuesday said the snags that hit the handover of state-run Rupali Bank to the Saudi prince would be over, reports bdnews24.com. The chairman of the commission, Abu Solaiman Chowdhury, said that prince Bandar Bin Mohammed Bin Abdul...
A Z M AnasGlobal technology goliath Cisco has said Bangladesh can secure a sizable slice in the global outsourcing market, provided the policy framework is responsive to information technology (IT) businesses."You (Bangladesh) can easily capture 10 per cent share in...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 14 (UNB): Formally launching the national task of preparing the voter list from this northern city, Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday said there is no room for hesitation and confusion over holding the parliamentary elections within the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has begun inquiry into the wealth of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as it will have to wait for the wealth statement of another former premier Sheikh Hasina until the Appellate Division's verdict in this connection, reports...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 14 (bdnews24.com): A Rajshahi court Tuesday sentenced Nadim Mostafa to 10 years in prison on twin charges of extortion and capturing polling centres, but the former BNP lawmaker has to serve up to seven years as the jail...
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