DAMASCUS, Nov 17 (AFP): Arab leaders have given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad three days to halt his "bloody repression" of protests or risk sanctions, but activists said security forces shot dead a nine-year-old girl Thursday. The youngster was killed during...
CANBERRA, Nov 17 (Reuters): US President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation...
ATHENS, Nov 17 (Reuters): The leader of Greece's conservatives, reluctant partners in a unity government, signaled on Thursday his main focus was on winning an election expected in February and reversing policies prescribed under an emergency bailout. Antonis Samaras has...
Three suicide bombers, two policemen killed in Pakistan KARACHI, Nov 17 : Three suicide bombers blew themselves up in their car when intercepted by police Wednesday in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi, also killing two policemen, the home...
West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands have almost ensured their super-six berth in the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier beating their respective rivals at separate city venues Thursday, reports UNB. On the day's group B match, strong West...
Ethiopia reach 2nd round of WC qualifying ADDIS ABABA, Nov 17: Ethiopia became the final team to reach the second round of African qualifying for the 2014 World Cup after beating Somalia 5-0 in the second leg of their first-round...
KOLKATA, Nov 17 (AFP): Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin shared four wickets as India beat a resilient West Indies by an innings and 15 runs in the second Test to clinch the series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata Thursday. The...
Hosts Bangladesh will take on Ireland in their do-or-die group B match of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier that will be held at the BKSP ground-3 in Savar today (Friday), reports UNB. The match starts at 9 am. Bangladesh...
DUBAI, Nov 17(AFP): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka Friday. Pakistan won the first of five matches by eight wickets last week but...
A 10-men Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club of Dhaka moved into the final of Safal Pokhara Cup Football Tournament in Nepal eliminating hosts Pokhara Eleven by 3-0 goal at the Pokhara Stadium Thursday, reports UNB. Bangladesh League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi...
LONDON, Nov 17 (AFP): Britain's sports minister led calls for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to resign Thursday after the global football supremo played down the extent of racism in the sport. Hugh Robertson said Blatter's position as head of world...
India dominated both the boy's and girl's doubles semi-finals of the Sony-Rangs 25th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Championship at Ramna National Tennis Court Complex in the city Thursday, reports UNB. In the day's boy's doubles semi-final, Agarwal and Mandlekar of...
Aftab Automobiles board meet on November 22 As per Regulation 30 of DSE Listing Regulations, a meeting of the board of directors of Aftab Automobiles will be held on November 22, 2011 at 3:30pm to consider, among others, audited financial...
The majority of CIOs (60 per cent) currently spend more than half of their opex budget (Operation Expenditure Budget) on 'maintenance'. Addressing this is going to be a major priority in 2012 and CIOs will respond with a more strategic...
Md. Tawhidul Islam has been appointed as the Managing Director of Hajj Finance Company Limited (HFCL), said a press release. Tawhidul Islam is Post Graduate (Physics) from the Rajshahi University and a Diplomaed Associate of Institute of Banker's Bangladesh. He...
FE Report Regent Airways, the country's youngest private carrier, has successfully completed its first year of operation, pinning hope on spreading its wings beyond the border. The airline, a venture of Chittagong-based conglomerate Habib Group, started its operations with its...
FE Report The ministry of finance (MoF) Thursday announced formation of a five-member body with former Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin as its convener after excluding its previously announced chief, the finance minister, officials said. The ministry in a...
FHM Humayan Kabir The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has refused to bankroll a major gas transmission pipeline scheme in Bangladesh which delayed its installation, officials said Thursday. Energy ministry officials said the Tk7.43 billion Ashuganj-Bakhrabad gas pipeline project has been...
FE Report Bangladesh has performed well in terms of human resource (HR) development and economic growth compared with many other Least Developed Countries (LDCs), said the UNCTAD Report-2011 on LDCs revealed by a local think-tank in the capital Thursday. "Bangladesh...
FE Report Hundreds of families have become homeless following a devastating fire that raged through a slum in the capital's Rayerbazar area Thursday. Firefighters said nearly 300 shanties of the slum named 'Bat Tala Chan Mia Housing Slum' were gutted...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is now conducting inquiry into alleged irregularities in the Padma Bridge Project, reports BSS. "We are currently conducting two separate inquiries into alleged irregularities in Padma Bridge Project," ACC Director General (admin and establishment) and spokesman...
State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) has proposed increasing the retail electricity tariff by 21 per cent while a technical committee of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) recommended it by 12.86 per cent, reports UNB. The average retail tariff is...
The cabinet decided Thursday to bring the salaries of the Prime Minister, ministers, state ministers, and deputy ministers under the tax net by amending two relevant acts, reports agencies. The decision was taken at the regular weekly meeting of the...
Awami League presidium member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir retained his parliament membership as the High Court (HC) Thursday declared illegal the impugned Election Commission gazette notification vacating his seat. A division bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice M Jahangir...
MANIKGANJ, Nov 17: A local court has granted bail to the bus driver who was allegedly responsible for the death of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier. Manikganj district and sessions judge A K M Mostafa Dewan granted the bail to...
Awami League (AL) Presidium Member and chairman of Parliamentary Committee on the Ministry of Information Obaidul Quader has urged the BNP leaders to raise their demands in parliament, shunning negative politics. The AL presidium member said this as the chief...
A court in the city Thursday completed partial hearing on discharge petition of former deputy minister of BNP Abdus Salam Pintu, an accused in the first charge-sheets of August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, reports BSS. After completion of hearing...
A pro-opposition physicians' group has demanded immediate cancellation of promotions for doctors made by the departmental promotion committee (DPC), after raising allegations of serious irregularities. DAB Secretary General Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain made the demand at a press conference...
The cabinet at a meeting Thursday discussed at length various aspects of the trial process of crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971, reports BSS. The discussion followed the regular cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat...
KOLKATA, Nov 17 (bdnews24.com): Chief Minister (CM) of Pashchi-mbanga Mamata Banerjee has said interests of Bangladesh and her state will be safeguarded in signing the Teesta water-sharing agreement. "I'll be happy to give Bangladesh water. But we have some problems,...
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