RANGPUR, Oct 12 (BSS): Six persons were killed in separate incidents at different places in Rangpur during the past 48 hours till last night, police and hospital sources said. Nazmin, 12, daughter of Nazrul Islam of village Najirdigar under Sadar...
BARGUNA, Oct 12 (UNB): Dishonest fish traders are smuggling hilsa fish out to India from Bay defying the 11-day ban on fishing hilsa that started on Oct 6. Seeking anonymity some fishermen of Patharghata upazila on Tuesday said the trawlers...
DINAJPUR, Oct 12 (UNB): Police arrested a man along with a pistol and six rounds of bullet at Chandpara village in Ghoraghat upazila on Monday night. The arrestee was identified as Raju, 31, son of Shafiul Islam of the village....
BENAPOLE, Oct 12 (UNB): A workers' union leader was killed and another seriously injured in a bomb attack at the upazila sadar this (Wednesday) afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ziaul Haq Zia, the general secretary of Benapole Port Handling...
A Correspondent BOGRA, Oct 12: Nazrul Islam Khan, standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said that the people of Bangladesh won't take election under Awami league easily and BNP too won't take part in election. He also said,...
NEW YORK, Oct 12: Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said an economic slowdown hurt demand and knocked prices for the metal lower, denting its third-quarter profit and sending its shares down in after-hours trading. CEO Klaus Kleinfeld...
SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (AFP): Andy Roddick refocused after losing his cool Tuesday to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 7-6 (73), 7-5 win as top American Mardy Fish crashed out to Australian teen Bernard Tomic. Tenth...
THIMPHU, Oct 11 (AFP): Bhutan's king, an Oxford graduate and "prince charming of the Himalayas", is set to marry Thursday at what promises to be an emotional moment for the 700,000 adoring subjects of his isolated nation. Jigme Khesar Namgyel...
KABUL, Oct 11 (AFP): Opium production in Afghanistan is set to rise by nearly two-thirds this year, with farmers' revenues set to soar compared to last year's harvest blighted by disease, the United Nations said Tuesday. Ten years after the...
TAIPEI, Oct 11 (AFP): Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Tuesday that further United States arms sales to Taiwan were needed as China continued with its ambitious military modernisation plans. Rumsfeld, who considers himself "a longtime friend of Taiwan",...
NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (AFP): India's 84-year-old opposition leader LK Advani set off on a five-week road trip across the country Tuesday in a protest he said would put pressure on the government to tackle corruption. The leader of the...
KABUL, Oct 12 (AFP): An Afghan MP and four students have joined politician Semin Barakzai whose hunger strike to protest against her disqualification from parliament entered its 11th day Wednesday. Barakzai, a 30-year-old mother of three and one of nine...
BAGHDAD, Oct 12 (AP): A slew of bombings targeted Iraqi police in Baghdad Wednesday morning, including blasts by two suicide bombers who tried to ram their vehicles through police station gates. Iraqi officials said 25 people died and dozens more...
CAIRO, Oct 12 (AP): Al-Qaeda's new leader called on Libyan fighters who overthrew Moammar Gadhafi to set up an Islamic state and urged Algerians to revolt against their longtime president in a new Internet video posted Wednesday. Ayman al-Zawahri warned...
YANGON, Myanmar, OCT 12 (AP): Myanmar's newly elected civilian government was poised Wednesday to release more than 6,300 prisoners in an amnesty that could help patch up the country's human rights record and normalise relations with Western nations. It was...
DAMASCUS, Oct 12 (AFP): Thousands of people rallied in central Damascus Wednesday in a show of support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad which has been shaken by mass protests for nearly seven months. The news agency journalist...
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (AFP): Tensions ran high Wednesday after the United States said it had foiled a high-level Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington and warned it would hold Tehran accountable. In an explosive twist to the...
NEW YORK, Oct 12: Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said an economic slowdown hurt demand and knocked prices for the metal lower, denting its third-quarter profit and sending its shares down in after-hours trading. CEO Klaus Kleinfeld...
SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (AFP): Andy Roddick refocused after losing his cool Tuesday to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 7-6 (73), 7-5 win as top American Mardy Fish crashed out to Australian teen Bernard Tomic. Tenth...
THIMPHU, Oct 11 (AFP): Bhutan's king, an Oxford graduate and "prince charming of the Himalayas", is set to marry Thursday at what promises to be an emotional moment for the 700,000 adoring subjects of his isolated nation. Jigme Khesar Namgyel...
KABUL, Oct 11 (AFP): Opium production in Afghanistan is set to rise by nearly two-thirds this year, with farmers' revenues set to soar compared to last year's harvest blighted by disease, the United Nations said Tuesday. Ten years after the...
TAIPEI, Oct 11 (AFP): Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Tuesday that further United States arms sales to Taiwan were needed as China continued with its ambitious military modernisation plans. Rumsfeld, who considers himself "a longtime friend of Taiwan",...
West Indies captain Darren Sammy said Wednesday he was confident his team will come back strongly in the one-day series after opening the Bangladesh tour with a close defeat, reports UNB. The tourists lost the one-off Twenty20 international by three...
FE Report "What else can we say? Mushfiqur Rahim is the lucky captain and Walton is the lucky sponsor while Mirpur Sher-E-Bangla Cricket Stadium is a lucky ground for the home team too," said Uday Hakim, senior deputy director and...
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited reached the final of the Walton Women's Football League beating Dipali Jubo Sangha by 3-0 goals in the 2nd semi-final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Dhaka Mohammedan SC will...
HYDERABAD, India, Oct 12 (AFP): England will look to improve on their dismal one-day record in India when they clash with the injury-ravaged world champions in a five-match series starting Friday. England have beaten India just once in their last...
Chittagong DSA earned an emphatic 17-0 goals victory over Panchagarh DSA in the Southeast Bank 22nd National Youth Hockey Championship at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium Wednesday, reports UNB. Shahidul Islam, Nizamuddin and Nayan Das scored hattricks. Shahidul made...
BEIJING, OCT 12 (AP): Younis Mahmoud scored in the 45th minute to lead 10-man Iraq to a valuable 1-0 away win over China in Asian World Cup qualifying Tuesday. The victory in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen gives Iraq...
SHANGHAI, Oct 12 (AFP): Big-serving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga crashed out of the Shanghai Masters Wednesday, beaten 7-6 (71), 4-6, 4-6 by Japan's Kei Nishikori but top seed Rafael Nadal eased through to the third round. In his first match of the...
NEW YORK, Oct 12: Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said an economic slowdown hurt demand and knocked prices for the metal lower, denting its third-quarter profit and sending its shares down in after-hours trading. CEO Klaus Kleinfeld...
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