Kabul, Nov 10 (Reuters): Afghan and NATO-led troops killed 50 to 60 Taliban fighters during an attack by insurgents on a base in a volatile southeastern Afghan province near the border with Pakistan, a provincial government spokesman said on Wednesday....
JERUSALEM, Nov 10 (AFP): Israel's Supreme Court Thursday rejected an appeal lodged by former president Moshe Katsav against his conviction for rape and other sexual offences, and upheld his seven-year jail term. The disgraced 65-year-old showed little emotion as the...
BOGOTA, Nov 10 (AFP): Colombian search crews have found four more bodies days after a devastating mudslide, raising the toll from the disaster to 48, according to authorities. "The toll at this stage is 48 fatalities, including the recovered bodies,"...
ASTANA, Nov 10 (AFP): Kazakhstan was on course today to hold snap parliamentary polls in January following a controversial presidential vote this year that cemented veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power. Some 53 ruling party members in the 107-seat...
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (AFP): At least 18 people including two children were killed in southeastern Nepal Thursday when a tractor pulling a trailer packed with pilgrims fell into a roadside canal, police said. Around 40 Hindu worshippers were heading to...
Australia were bowled out for 47 - their fourth lowest Test total and their lowest for 109 years - by South Africa as 22 wickets fell in one day, reports BBC. The Aussies had started the second day on 214-8...
India have made no changes to their 15-man squad for the second Test against West Indies which starts on November 14 in Kolkata. That means offspinner Harbhajan Singh remains on the sidelines while legspinner Rahul Sharma, who was a controversial...
MADRID, Nov 10 (AFP): Barcelona had to settle for a single-goal victory against third-tier club CD L'Hospitalet in the first leg of their Spanish Cup last 32 tie on Wednesday, with Andres Iniesta scoring the game's only goal. The reigning...
DUBAI, Nov 10 (AFP): Rival captains Misbah-ul Haq and Tillakaratne Dilshan agreed sling-action paceman Lasith Malinga could make the difference when Pakistan and Sri Lanka play their first one-day international here on Friday. The 28-year-old fast bowler, who bowls with...
PARIS, Nov 10 (AP): Andy Murray easily beat Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters. The second-seeded British player improved his record to 17-0 since the U.S. Open and has now won 27...
NEWCASTLE, Nov 10 (AFP): Newcastle fans reacted angrily on Thursday after club bosses announced plans to rename St James Park in a drive to increase revenues at the high-flying Premier League club. The Magpies are aiming to emulate other clubs...
The first-ever Premier Division Chess League, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, begins in the city tomorrow (Saturday), reports UNB Ten top teams of last year's first division league--Bangladesh Biman, Destiny 2000, Titas Club, Narayanganj Pritom-Prisom Chess Club, Bashir Memorial Chess...
LIBREVILLE, Nov 10 (AFP): Brazil, hosts of the 2014 World Cup, take on Gabon, co-hosts of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, in the new national stadium in Libreville Thursday. Brazil coach Mano Menezes said here Wednesday he plans to...
LONDON, Nov 10 (AFP): Great Britain will kick off their quest for an Olympic football gold medal at Old Trafford next year as the dates and venues for their first round matches were revealed today. Britain will also play group...
BEIJING, Nov 10 (AFP): Swimming great Ian Thorpe failed to reach the 100m butterfly final at the Beijing World Cup short-course meet Wednesday as the second stop of his hotly anticipated comeback came crashing to a halt. The 29-year-old Australian...
TALLINN, Nov 10 (Reuters): Ireland will seek to end Estonia's fairytale run when they meet in the Euro 2012 playoffs with the first leg in Tallin on Friday. Estonia, who have never reached the finals of a major tournament, won...
ASTANA, Nov 10 (AFP): Kazakhstan was on course today to hold snap parliamentary polls in January following a controversial presidential vote this year that cemented veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power. Some 53 ruling party members in the 107-seat...
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (AFP): At least 18 people including two children were killed in southeastern Nepal Thursday when a tractor pulling a trailer packed with pilgrims fell into a roadside canal, police said. Around 40 Hindu worshippers were heading to...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Nov 10: The small scale traders and middlemen here have incurred huge losses due to lack of demand for cow hides in the district. Leaders of the hide traders association blamed syndicate of some greedy tannery owners...
Badrul Ahsan The central bank could not popularise its re-finance scheme for adopting solar energy, bio-gas and effluent treatment plant (ETP) mainly due to high cost of the items, lack of awareness and security problem, a high official of the...
Talha Bin Habib The government has planned to open a specialised market in the capital this month to ensure 'fair prices' of products made by rural womenfolk, officials said. "We are going to open such a market in mid-November at...
The US ambassador designate to Bangladesh, Dan W Mozena, will be arriving in Dhaka on Nov 19. He was sworn in at the US capital on Nov 7, reports bdnews24.com. Mozena will replace James F Moriarty, who left Dhaka in...
FE Report The city was still in a holiday mood Wednesday amid resumption of work in banks, government and private offices after five-day long weekly and Eid holidays. The city dwellers, who went to villages to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha with...
Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 09: Membership Committee of the UN Security Council was unable to arrive at consensus on Palestinian bid for full UN membership. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had submitted the application in September last. Nine out of...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman left Dhaka Monday for United Kingdom (UK) to attend the "Defence IQ's 11th Annual International Fighter Conference", which began in London Tuesday, reports BSS. The three-day conference is taking place at...
A four-member delegation of Islamic Science University of Malaysia (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia-USIM) led by its Vice-Chancellor Prof Dato' Dr Muhammad Muda called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's official residence recently, reports UNB.
Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka will celebrate the 123rd birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as ICCR Day at 7:00 pm today (Thursday), in the centre's auditorium in Gulshan, reports UNB. Maulana Abul...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
LONDON, Nov 9 (Economic Times): Oil prices could reach $150 per barrel in the near term if investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) oil-producing region falls significantly, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. "If between...
BANGKOK, Nov 9 (Xinhua): Longstanding and widespread inundation would trim prediction of gross domestic product (GDP) growth for this year to below 2.60 per cent, Suchada Kirakul, deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand said Tuesday. Previously in July, the...
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