SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...
A water treatment plant providing safe drinking water was launched as part of British American Tobacco Bangladesh's CSR initiative PROBAHO at Satian village in Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia recently, said a press release. Mr. Mofiz Uddin Ahmed, Police Super of...
The FE Report titled 'Keel laying ceremony of 12 tankers held' published on October 6 last inadvertently dropped the name of GL and its managing director. Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is the classification society for these vessels and its Managing Director...
Cos to hold EGM Nitol Ins: The board of directors of Nitol Insurance Company Ltd. has decided to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to amend Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company and change the denomination of share....
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will face Farashganj Sporting Club in the first semifinal of Walton Women's Football League today (Tuesday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Group A champions Sheikh Jamal DC will play Group B...
ISLAMABAD, 10 Oct (Reuters): Pakistan's Taliban movement, the country's biggest security threat, has suggested it would consider peace talks with the U.S.-backed government, a local newspaper reported Monday. Pakistani leaders said after an all-party meeting attended by top military and...
SIRTE, Libya, Oct 10 (AFP): Libya's new regime forces were battling block by block towards the centre of Sirte on Monday, eyeing the symbolic prize of finally capturing Muammer Gaddafi's hometown after a month-long siege. But Kadhafi diehards were putting...
PHNOM PENH, Oct 10 (AFP): More than 200 people have died in Cambodia's worst floods in over a decade, a disaster official said Monday, as the country scrambled to provide aid for tens of thousands of families. Over 80 children...
MUMBAI, Oct 10 (AFP): Indian musician and composer Jagjit Singh, who won generations of fans by reviving the traditional genre of "ghazal" tunes, died on Monday in Mumbai at the age of 70, hospital officials said. Singh, dubbed "The Ghazal...
RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 10: The students of the Rajshahi University (RU) of management department observed the World Postal Day through an exceptional programme on the university campus Sunday. To recall the traditional way for communication they posted more...
KABUL, Oct 9 (AFP): An Afghan woman MP was in a critical condition Sunday, her doctor said, after entering the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest against her expulsion from parliament over alleged vote fraud. Semin Barakzai, one...
SYDNEY, Oct 9 (AFP): A female soldier serving with Australian forces in Afghanistan was allegedly sexually assaulted on a military base, officials said Sunday, just days before the release of a report into defence abuse cases. The soldier, whose rank...
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: The Indian luxury market, which is estimated to have touched around $5.8 billion (nearly Rs 28,500 crore), is spreading beyond the metros as adoption of global trends is fast catching up in smaller cities, where many...
Despite holding separate meetings with two candidates, Shamim Osman and Selina Hayat Ivy, the ruling Awami League (AL) on Sunday could not decide to whom it would actually extend its support for contesting the upcoming Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election....
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...
TBILISI, Oct 9 (Reuters): Talks between bitter rivals Georgia and Russia over Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ended without agreement Saturday, and Georgia said it would block Russian accession unless Moscow's position changes. The failure to...
DUBLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters): Former US President Bill Clinton Saturday told Ireland's Prime Minister and the cream of the country's diaspora that he would host a summit in New York to help boost investment in the euro zone struggler. A...
FE Report A three-day long four exhibitions on power generation and transmission, solar power, energy and renewable energy will kick off on October 13 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in city. The four exhibitions are Sixth Power Bangladesh 2011, Renewable...
A new cable car system being built across the River Thames in London would be sponsored by Emirates Airline in its biggest UK sponsorship deal since Arsenal, according to a press release. Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline and Boris...
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Reuters): France and Belgium were set finalise the break-up Sunday of Dexia , the first bank to fall victim to the euro zone sovereign debt crisis, with global credit risk exposure of 512 billion euros ($691 billion)....
ROME, Oct 9 (AFP): Italy's metal-workers' union FIOM agreed Saturday to call a strike in Fiat factories across the country on October 21 to protest threats to their job contracts. The eight-hour strike will also affect subsidiaries and be coupled...
ZURICH, Oct 9 (Reuters): The Swiss authorities have convened a crisis committee set up after the 2008 government bailout of UBS to discuss the possible impact on the big banks of the euro zone debt crisis, the NZZ am Sonntag...
JEDDAH, OCT 9: Saudi Arabia's inflation levels are not worrying and will continue to decline, the country's central bank governor Muhammad Al-Jasser said on Saturday. "Inflation levels are not worrying. Inflation has become stable since the beginning of the year...
NEW DELHI, Oct 9: The Indian luxury market, which is estimated to have touched around $5.8 billion (nearly Rs 28,500 crore), is spreading beyond the metros as adoption of global trends is fast catching up in smaller cities, where many...
Despite holding separate meetings with two candidates, Shamim Osman and Selina Hayat Ivy, the ruling Awami League (AL) on Sunday could not decide to whom it would actually extend its support for contesting the upcoming Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election....
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Oct 9: Sand lifting from Jamuneswari river at Chantari village under Mithapukur upazila in the district is going on unabated posing serious risk for the river bank and cultivable lands. Thousands of hectares of cultivable land and...
NATORE, Oct 9 (UNB): Local administration imposed section 144 in Bagatipara upazila headquarters in Natore Sunday as two factions of BNP called meeting at the same time. Police said Bagatipara thana BNP convenor and poura mayor Mosharraf Hossain called to...
Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Oct 9: Prior to the Prime Minister's visit to Nilphamari a list of 28-point demands has been sent to the Prime Minister's office through Deputy Commissioner (DC) Nilphamari for endorsement. The list of demands was prepared by...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 9 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is going to transform its seven kitchen markets into multi-storied aiming at uplifting the business capacity besides facilitating the sellers and buyers in the markets. RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton revealed this...
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