HIROSHIMA, Aug 6 (Reuters): Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of Hiroshima's atomic bombing with a solemn ceremony Monday as the city's mayor criticised the United States for refusing to give up its nuclear weapons programme. Tens of thousands of elderly...
BEIJING, Aug 6 (AFP): Nine workers remained trapped Monday in a flooded railway tunnel in central China, after three others were rescued late the previous day, state media reported. Rescue workers had pumped out a large quantity of water, but...
The advisers of the caretaker government have been assigned to monitor relief and rehabilitation operation in various districts affected by the current floods.They have been entrusted with the responsibility of mobilising "more local non-government organisations (NGOs), philanthropists and people from...
The High Court asked the government Monday to explain why August 15, the day Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with his family members was assassinated, would not be declared a national mourning day and public holiday. The government is also...
JOYPURHAT, Aug 6 (UNB): A man was killed as BDR and BSF troops exchanged gunfire at Hatkhola border in Panchbibi Upazila early Monday, a day after a flag meeting held for maintaining peace in the border areas.The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)...
Maria Sharapova earned her first title in 10 months with a 6-2 3-6 6-0 victory over Patty Schnyder in San Diego, reports BBC. Sharapova used sharp ground strokes to capture her first championship since winning at Linz, Austria, in October....
England went for short-game specialists when they named their 15-man squad for next month's ICC World Twenty20 event, reports BBC. James Kirtley, Darren Maddy and Chris Schofield return after lengthy absences, while Vikram Solanki and Jeremy Snape are also recalled....
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (AFP): American top seed Andy Roddick won his third Washington Classic title, defeating upstart John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) Sunday, ending a fairy-tale run by the unheralded 416th-ranked American newcomer. Roddick, who also won at Washington in...
The Meril Media Cup Football Tournament, organised by the Bangladesh Sports Journalists' Association (BSJA) and sponsored by Square Toiletries Ltd, begins on August 10 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city, reports UNB.Square Toiletries is sponsoring the tournament...
Mexico's Lorena Ochoa strolled to her coronation as Ricoh Women's British Open champion after leading from start to finish at St Andrews, reports BBC. The world number one clinched her maiden major title with a closing 74 for five under...
Bangladesh National Hockey Team crushed Bangladesh Air Force by 7-0 goals in the match of the preparatory tournament at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.The tournament was organised by the Hockey Federation ahead of...
Rocky of Gulshan Club and Jintu Ram of Cadet College Club won their respective A division matches of the Federation Cup Open Squash Tournament at the Gulshan Club Squash Court in the city Monday, reports UNB.In the day's matches, Rocky...
Different organisations including NGOs, trade bodies, professional groups have taken initiatives to help flood affected people around the country, report agencies.DUTA : The teachers of Dhaka University will donate their one-day's salary to the flood-affected people of the country, said...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Monday swiped at outworn education system that spawned coaching business and asked the authorities to undertake appropriate measures to impart quality education to the students to help them fit in the fast-changing socio-economic paradigm, reports UNB. He...
The monsoon depression over northwest Bay off Orissa coast moved northwestwards and crossed north Orissa coast near Baleshwar Monday noon and lies over Orissa and adjoining area as a land depression, reports UNB.It is likely to move in a northwesterly...
Our CorrespondentThe Century old Chittagong Court Building has become extremely risky and may lead to a tragic incident at any moment claiming precious human lives and destroying valuable properties. Work of judicial trial is going on under such a constant...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 6 (UNB): Bodies of two schoolboys, among three washed away by seawater at Patenga beach Sunday, were recovered Monday. Local people found the bodies of Ibrahim Miah Ripon and Avisek Barua Sabuj floating 100 yards from the spot...
FE Report Banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) froze Monday accounts of 20 individuals, including Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and her close relations, and three organisations following instructions from the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The banks and NBFIs...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will accept any verdict of the High Court on the notice issued to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for submitting her wealth statement, but her deadline remains August 08 (Wednesday) as the court did not pass...
FE ReportThe stock prices of most of the issues on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to dip for the second consecutive day Monday as selling pressure mounted amid a declining turnover.Brokers said investors are now shying away from making...
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia has wealth, including movable and immovable property, worth Tk 35 million, according to a statement submitted to the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) through her lawyer Monday. The statement signed by the BNP chairperson says she does...
The current floods that caused havoc to life and property across the country took a toll of at least 156 people died until Monday morning, as millions marooned or homeless remained in abject misery for dearth of bare necessities and...
Shakhawat Hossain Four companies, including three commercial banks and one cellular phone operator paid more than Tk 1.0 billion each as income tax marking a new era in the country's revenue collection."The amount of income tax paid by StanChart, HSBC,...
FE ReportIn a bid to avoid traditional time lag, Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has asked the education ministry to wrap up all procedures for development projects by December, slated for completion in the current fiscal (2007-08). The directive came Monday...
Doulot Akter MalaThe Indian government recently agreed, in principle, to provide port facilities at its Petrapole land customs (LC) station to facilitate smooth export and import activities with Bangladesh.The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Department of Revenue in...
M Azizur RahmanThe US-based gas field blowout prevention firm - Boots & Coots - being the lone bidder has proposed to plug gas seepage at Titas gas field in Brahmanbaria district at a cost of US$10.7 million.The cost offered by...
THE present caretaker government (CTG) has been over-tasked. Ever since its take-over in early January, a rising stream of public suggestions for amending all accumulated wrongs of the last 35 years expanded the list of its priorities. Now a major...
Shamsul Huq ZahidTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is known for promoting the interest of the private sector across the globe, of late, has soured its relationship with the Bangladesh business community. The leaders of the main trade bodies in...
John Burton GAUTAM Banjeree is the type of foreigner Singapore wants to attract. The Indian-born accountant left London after university in the early 1980s and moved to the city-state, where he became a citizen in 1990.Now the head of PwCAsia,...
John Kay WHAT is the link between a visit to Russia by an eighteenth-century Swiss mathematician, collateralised debt obligations, and the philosopher's stone?The Swiss mathematician Daniel Bernoulli first propounded the St Petersburg Paradox. A version for today's markets envisages a...
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