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Players and officials of the Bangladeshi cricket team celebrate the series-winning victory in the fifth and final one-day international against Zimbabwe at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday.
— AFP PHOTO

More shutdowns called for February 3, 5, 6
60-hour hartal ends without major incidents

The Awami League and a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal have again called fresh, countrywide hartals coinciding with the 13th SAARC summit scheduled to begin in Dhaka
on February 6...
[ + ]

Bangladesh clinch first one-day series win

Bangladesh registered their first one-day international cricket series victory Monday, riding on an explosive partnership between Mohammad Rafique and Aftab Ahmed...[ + ]

Opposition MPs boycott president’s address

The eighth parliament went into its 15th session on Monday with major opposition parties boycotting the presidential address and the Awami League lawmakers staging a sit-in in front of the speaker’s office to protest against the killing of the party lawmaker, Shah AMS Kibria, also a former finance minister...
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SAARC programming meeting starts today

Pre-SAARC summit meetings begin today amid a restive political situation caused by a grenade attack on an Awami League rally in the northeastern Habiganj district that killed former finance minister, Shah AMS Kibria, and four others last week...[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Trade bodies concerned over series of hartals
» Tata defers study due to political turbulence
» Whatmore, Bashar put win down to teamwork
» Kibria’s killers must be tracked down: PM
» ‘Keep nat’l progress above all differences’
» Delhi ‘deeply concerned’
» Hasina doubts govt’s ability to protect SAARC leaders
» Thousands of containers pile up at Ctg port
» Counting begins in Iraq elections
» 2 quizzed over Habiganj blast
» PM’s help sought for smooth power supply during SAARC meet
» Two suspected PBCP leaders killed in crossfire
» BDR-BSF border confce today
» Immigrants flee Malaysia before deportation drive
» Dilara Hafiz made Shiksha Bhaban DG
» Siddiq acting commerce secretary
» FM denies report on FBI terms
» BCL, allies threaten with indefinite strike
» Two get life for murder


BOC, Atlas, Lafarge, SE Bank top DSE rankings

BOC Bangladesh, Atlas Bangladesh, Lafarge Surma Cement and Southeast Bank ranked the best performing companies in the Dhaka Stock Exchange rating in four different criteria. They topped the lists of 10 companies drawn from each of the four categories...[ + ]
Three NCB GMs removed

Three general managers of state-owned banks were removed Monday on completion of their 25 years in services, official
sources said...
[ + ]

Other Headlines
» Dollar touches Tk 63.43 at inter-bank transaction
» Oil prices slide after Iraq survives polls
» US income up record 3.7pc on M’soft payout
» Exxon Mobil earns record $8.42b in Q4
» Tourism ministers seek ways to offset tsunami loss
» ‘China reforms should be market-oriented’
» Iran won’t import sugar next year to support farmers
» India soymeal exports seen rising
» $9b unaccounted for in Iraq
» Apple edges Google as top brand
» Worker salaries losing to inflation in United States
» Toshiba downgrades forecasts
» Philippines economy grows by 6.1 per cent
» Asian shares close mostly up
» SBC to buy AT and T in 16-bln-dollar deal
» European stocks higher amid relief over Iraq elections
» ONGC third-quarter profit doubles, focus on output growth
» Three collapsed Zimbabwe banks reopen amid confusion


Weekend


Ekushey Book Fair begins today

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2005 begins on the Bangla Academy premises today. The prime minister, Khaleda Zia, will raise the curtain of the month-long fair, organised by the Bangla Academy and the Bangladesh Book Publishers and Sellers’ Association, amid tight security at 4:00pm...
[ + ]
UK to increase
fund for girls’
education by $13m

The UK government has decided to increase the fund for girls’ education in Bangladesh to $45 million from $32 million while it will spend $2.6 billion in the developing countries for the purpose in three years, 2005-07...[ + ]



Bashar relieved after series win

After the triumphant series against Zimbabwe Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar admitted that he was feeling relieved because various kinds of pressure always pursue him from the beginning to the end of a series...
[ + ]
Rafique, Aftab saved their best

The two Bangladesh batsmen Mohammad Rafique and Aftab Ahmed saved their best performances for the last match to secure the glorious one-day series victory against Zimbabwe at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday...
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