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SSC results today

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:40:09 +0000

The results of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations will be released today. The results are scheduled to be first handed over to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, at 10:00am on the day and later to be published officially at…

Dipu Moni off to Delhi

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:37:17 +0000

The foreign minister, Dipu Moni, left Dhaka for New Delhi on Sunday afternoon to attend the closing ceremony of the Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary. She will lead a Bangladesh delegation to the first meeting of the joint consultative committee formed under…

BNP leaders take shelter at SC lawyers’ chambers

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:36:32 +0000

BNP leaders, implicated in two cases of setting a bus on fire near the prime minister’s office and exploding crackers in the secretariat during last week’s hartal, took refuse in the Supreme Court Bar Association Building on Sunday. In the afternoon,…

Hillary wants garment labour problems addressed

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:35:28 +0000

The US secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Sunday Bangladesh should address the labour problems in the garment sector so that big foreign manufacturers did not shy away from investing in the industry here. ‘The labour problems in the…

Nothing should be done harming GB

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:29:23 +0000

The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said on Sunday that the Bangladesh government should not do anything that would undermine the Grameen Bank and its successes. ‘We do not want to see any action taken that would, in any…

Hasina, Khaleda ask India to sign Teesta deal soon

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:28:02 +0000

Lack of majority of Congress delays deal: Pranab
The government and the opposition in Bangladesh in an almost identical tone asked India on Sunday to sign an agreement on the sharing of Teesta waters and holding a credible study soon on…

Cook calls for supremacy of Test cricket

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:19:51 +0000

England one-day cricket captain Alastair Cook has called on the game’s administrators to ensure that Test cricket remains the pinnacle of the sport.
He admitted the world needs to act now to ensure Twenty20 cricket does not prevent international cricket being…

NBR to go tough on BPL

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:17:54 +0000

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to take tough action to realise taxes from the parties involved in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament. Yesterday, April 30, was the last day to settle payments but NBR got only…

No let-up from Kenny

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:16:36 +0000

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has insisted he will field a strong line-up for the Premier League meeting with Fulham at Anfield on Tuesday, even though the fixture comes just four days before the showpiece FA Cup Final clash with Chelsea…

Microsoft teams up with Barnes & Noble on ebooks

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:52:18 +0000

Microsoft teamed up Monday with US bookselling giant Barnes & Noble in a venture aimed at grabbing a bigger share of the rapidly growing market for electronic books. The world’s biggest software group will make a $300 million investment in a…