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...
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...
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