MYMENSINGH, Oct 9 (UNB): Two sisters were killed as a truck rammed into their motorbike at Tangoba in Bhaluka uapzila in the district Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Mamtaj and her sister Taslima, 40. Mamtaj's son Shakil, who...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Oct 9: Crab fattening and cultivation has become popular in the coastal area owing marginal investment and favourable atmosphere. Over 10 thousand people are earning their livelihood by crab fattening and cultivating crabs in Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira,...
MUNSHIGANJ, Oct 9 (BSS): One person was killed and 10 others injured in a clash between the two rival groups at Dayahata village under Srinagar Upazila on Saturday night. Injured persons were admitted to Mitford Hospital and Dhaka Medical College...
NARAIL, Oct 9 (BSS): Seventeenth death anniversary of artist SM Sultan will be observed in a befitting manner in Narail tomorrow (Monday). SM Sultan Foundation and the district administration have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day. The programmes...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Oct 9: A mobile court sentenced a stalker for one year jail in Akkelpur Upazila in the district on Sunday. He is identified as Jahurul Islam (26), son of Abdur Rahaman of village Matapur under the Upazila....
GOPALGANJ, Oct 9 (BSS): Fifty passengers were injured when a Pirojpur bound bus of Banaphul Paribahan plunged into a roadside ditch at Nimtoli under Gopalganj on Saturday noon. The accident occurred at Nimtoli on Dhaka-Khulna highway when the driver lost...
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...
SANAA, OCT 9 (AP): President Ali Abdullah Saleh has made vague comments that he is willing to leave power in his first major speech since returning Yemen, but he gave no concrete plan for the future of the country. Yemen's...
EL SALVADOR, Oct 9 (AP): Mahmud Abbas, the president of the Palestine Authority, arrived in El Salvador on the latest stop of a Latin American tour to round up support for UN recognition of a Palestinian state. Abbas, who arrived...
BEIRUT, Oct 9 (AP): More than 50,000 mourners marched through the capital of Syria's Kurdish heartland Saturday in a funeral procession for one of the country's most prominent opposition figures a day after his assassination. Security forces fired into the...
COLOMBO, Oct 9 (AFP): The Sri Lankan president's party won 22 out of 23 local councils in elections, results showed Sunday, as police investigated a gun battle in which three people were killed. Two factions within the national ruling alliance...
BEIJING, Oct 9 (AP): China's President Hu Jintao has used the centennial of a revolution that ended imperial rule to make an appeal to further relations with Taiwan. Hu said at a ceremony in Beijing Sunday that China and Taiwan...
LONDON, Oct 9 (AFP): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and socialite Jemima Khan led a protest in London Saturday against the war in Afghanistan, 10 years after the United States and Britain went to war against the Taliban. Organisers the Stop...
NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AP): Police have detained more than a dozen Tibetan exiles demonstrating outside the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital. The Tibetan Youth Congress says Sunday's demonstration was organized as a show of solidarity following recent self-immolation...
MANILA, Oct 9 (AFP): Philippine authorities said Sunday the death toll from two typhoons that pummelled the country two weeks ago had reached 101, with tens of thousands of people still displaced by massive flooding. Typhoon Nesat, which struck the...
SIRTE, Libya, Oct 9 (AFP): New regime forces have suffered heavy losses in the street-by-street battle for Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte as the deposed despot's loyalists put up fierce resistance, medics said today. The fighters loyal to the ruling...
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...
A blistering ton by Marlon Samuels guided visiting West Indies to a 75-run victory over BCB XI in the lone T20 warm-up match at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Narayanganj Sunday, reports UNB. Batting first after winning the toss,...
DUBAI, Oct 9 (AFP): Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona felt obliged to apologise to the supporters of United Arab Emirates club Al-Wasl here on Sunday after the club were thrashed 5-0 by Dubai. The 50-year-old - who was dismissed as...
Bangladesh moved into the final of the first South Asian Beach Games football eliminating Nepal by 5-1 goals in the last league match at Hambantota in Sri Lanka Sunday afternoon, reports UNB. Bangladesh will play hosts Sri-Lanka in the final...
Four matches of the Southeast Bank 22nd National Youth Hockey Competition were decided on the opening day at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. On the day, Natore DSA drubbed Sherpur DSA 8-0, Narail...
BERLIN, Oct 9 (AFP): Germany and Bayern Munich 'keeper Manuel Neuer believes the national team squad has never boasted so much quality, but believes the national 'Mannschaft' must stay hungry if they are to achieve longer term goals. Germany have...
LONDON, Oct 9 (AFP): Former England defender Gary Neville claims his country will struggle at Euro 2012 because the majority of the players have "no mobility and very little invention". Fabio Capello's team booked their place at next year's finals...
LONDON, Oct 9 (AFP): England striker Wayne Rooney's calm reaction to his red card against Montenegro could help him avoid an extended ban, according to the referee who sent him off in the Euro 2012 qualifier. German official Wolfgang Stark...
TOKYO, Oct 9 (AFP): World number four Andy Murray claimed his second singles title in two weeks by coming from a set behind to beat Spain's Rafael Nadal in the Japan Open final today. The 24-year-old Briton, fresh from winning...
SIRTE, Libya, Oct 9 (AFP): New regime forces have suffered heavy losses in the street-by-street battle for Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte as the deposed despot's loyalists put up fierce resistance, medics said today. The fighters loyal to the ruling...
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...
The ten-day long 'Oktoberfest' to serve delectable German cuisine as well as beverage at the "Water Garden Brasserie" begins today (Monday) at dinner time only, said a press release. 'Oktoberfest', world's largest fair, is one of the most famous events...
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