Annie Banerji of AFP from New Delhi | 2014-04-28 00:00:00
Women's issues may be high on the agenda for political parties vying for votes in India's mammoth general election, but few female lawmakers will get an opportunity to implement the policies being proposed. Less than a fifth of the candidates...
reports AFP | 2014-04-28 00:00:00
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has carried out a rash of visits to military installations and chaired a meeting of senior figures in the armed forces, state media said Sunday, amid global unease over a possible nuclear test. The announcement...
Terming Bangladesh a peaceful country in South Asia and making it clear that it never wants to attack any country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said Bangladesh must have the capability of carrying out counter-attacks to protect its independence and...
BNP's Dhaka city unit will hold its rally after its scheduled demonstration programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club today (Monday) if it is not allowed to stage it at Suhrawardy Udyan, reports UNB. "We've sought permission from the...
After scrutiny of nomination papers, the number of valid candidates stood at 231 for the 13 upazila parishad elections slated for May 19, reports UNB. Of them, 89 contestants each are for the chairman and vice chairman posts, and 53...
A former Pakistan military officer has described Bangladesh's ongoing war crimes trial a 'sham' and said killings, rapes and other human rights violations in 1971 'political conflict' followed from 'internal strife' among Bengali groups, reports bdnews24.com. Writing in the 'Pakistan...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 27 (BSS): Rashed Khan Menon, MP, and Fazley Hossain Badsha, MP, were elected president and general secretary respectively of the 75-member central committee of the Workers Party of Bangladesh (WBP) on the closing day of the party's four-day...
SATKHIRA, Apr 27 (UNB): A local leader of Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed in a gunfight with police at Kamalnagar in the district town Sunday. The deceased was identified as Aminul Islam, general secretary of the town unit of Islami...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-04-28 00:00:00
Uncertainty looms large over implementation of the ambitious satellite project, Bangabandhu 1, as the authorities concerned could not confirm the 'orbital slot' for sending the satellite into space due to a scarcity of fund, sources say. The government is yet...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said Sunday an evil force has been up with a conspiratorial design to destabilise the health sector and also put the government into a state of crisis, reports BSS. "Those, who could not come to power,...
KHULNA, Apr 27 (UNB): A tribunal here acquitted Sunday all the seven accused in a double murder case. Those who were acquitted are Abdal Haque, Fazlul Haque, Shamim alias Sabber, Abu Bakar alias Barkat, Lal Chand alias Bil Chand, Abu...
President Md Abdul Hamid reached Singapore Sunday on a seven-day visit for his follow-up medical treatment there, reports UNB. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Singapore Mahbub Uz Zaman received the President at Changi International Airport in the morning, according to a...
A loan agreement was signed between the Bangladesh Government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop an environmentally sustainable water supply system, said a press release. ADB will provide $250 million for the project to produce 500 million litres...
A Chittagong court has sentenced eight men to life for killing a former Union Parishad (UP) member in Comilla, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Reza Ahmed Tarek let off one Alauddin and absolved him of the charges of murder Sunday. Those given...
Bangladesh Railway has gone to court over the felling of several hundred-year-old wayside trees at Pahartoli in the port city of Chittagong, reports bdnews24.com. Four people have been accused in the case filed by Deputy Assistant Engineer of Bangladesh Railway...
Rain and thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is like to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshai, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Jessore, Kushtia, Comilla with isolated hails at places until 6:00...
Fire at city's Krishi Bhaban doused A fire that broke out at the Krishi Bhaban, a high-rise at the capital's financial hub Motijheel, has been doused. Nilufar Yasmin, officer on duty at the Fire Brigade control room, told the news...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said the multipurpose Padma Bridge will be constructed as per World Bank (WB) design even though the global lender pulled out of the project, reports UNB. The minister was talking to journalists after a meeting...
Terming siphoning off money a serious criminal offence, Finance Minister AMA Muhith admitted Sunday that it is very difficult to trace those involved in such acts with limited manpower in different government agencies, report agencies. "Siphoning off money...the problem is...
NEW DELHI, Apr 26 (AFP): Indian premier Manmohan Singh, whose ruling Congress party is trailing in election opinion polls, has suffered another blow with his half-brother opting to support the Hindu nationalist opposition, according to media reports Saturday. "I feel...
President Barack Obama said Saturday the United States did not use its military might to "impose things" on others, but that it would use that might if necessary to defend South Korea from any attack by the reclusive North, reports...
SLAVIANSK, Apr 26 (Reuters): The Group of Seven rich countries have agreed to start slapping fresh sanctions on Moscow as early as Monday over the worsening Ukraine crisis amid Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion. International tensions were mounting...
Most battles are won by surprise-but when sprung in peacetime, it only adds to unease. The Indians are both surprised and upset by an unusually bold demand by China's navy chief during a multinational naval training drill this week at...
Five NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash KABUL, Apr 26: Five members of the US-led NATO force in Afghanistan died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Saturday, NATO officials said, adding the cause of...
Bangladesh trainer David Dwyer has stepped down from his position after 14 months on the job, reports Cricinfo. Akram Khan, Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB's) Cricket Operations Committee Chairman, confirmed the receipt of the resignation letter two days ago. Dwyer is...
Bangladesh Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman finished 19th in the Open Section of the Asian Continental Chess Championships that ended at Sharjah of the UAE Friday, reports UNB. Zia secured 5 points after the 9th round match. With performance in the meet,...
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