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JU teachers protest notice on colleague

2011-04-20 00:00:00

JU CorrespondentJAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Apr 19: Protesting show cause notice on a columnist and teacher of Jahangirnagar University (JU), the general teachers formed a human chain on the administrative building premises. Sources said Anwarullah Bhuiya, associate professor in Philosophy department wrote...

Agri technology fair begins in Pirganj

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 19: A four-day long Seed and Agriculture Technology fair began at Pirganj Upazila in Rangpur district Sunday. Department of Agriculture Extension, Pirganj, organised the fair. Abdul Kalam Azad MP formally inaugurated the fair as the chief...

OMS rice seized

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Mongla coast guard seized a cargo ship with 150 sacks of OMS rice while being smuggled to Mongla Bazar from Lowdob area of the Poshur river Sunday. They arrested Nazrul Islam (30) in this connection. Five other persons managed to...

Housewife strangulated to death

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A housewife was strangulated to death by some miscreants in Hemangon residential area in the Gopalganj town Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Sultana Parvin alias Rekha, wife of retired habildar Akbar Ali of the area.Police said a gang...

Man killed in road mishap

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...

Youth's body recovered

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...

Minor boy drowns

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...

One killed in road mishap

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...

Man held with fake notes

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...

Nigerian mosque burnt, many killed after deadly post-poll riots

2011-04-20 00:00:00

KANO, (Nigeria), Apr 19 (agencies) - Christian youths burnt a mosque in Nigeria's north early Tuesday after deadly rioting that followed presidential elections, prompting Muslims to destroy shops in response, residents said. The reprisal attacks occurred in Nigeria's main northern...

West faces hard choices on way forward in Libya***

2011-04-20 00:00:00

BENGHAZI, (Libya), Apr 19: (agencies): Western powers committed to helping rebels overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi face increasingly difficult choices on the military, economic and diplomatic front as the conflict enters its third month. A NATO military official says it...

Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile

2011-04-20 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, April 19 (AFP): Pakistan's military Tuesday said it had successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The military said in a statement that the "Hatf 9" missile with a range of 60 kilometres...

Workers at Japan nuclear plant pump out toxic water

2011-04-20 00:00:00

TOKYO, Apr 19 (AFP): Workers at a quake-hit nuclear plant in Japan on Tuesday began removing highly radioactive water from a reactor turbine building, a key step towards restoring cooling systems, the government said. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that...

Laos defers decision on Mekong Xayaburi dam

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Laos has deferred a decision to build a controversial dam across the Mekong River in the face of opposition from other countries in the region, reports BBC. Delegates from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam said a decision should be made...

Gunmen attack home in north Iraq, kill 3 women

2011-04-20 00:00:00

SULAIMANIYAH, (Iraq), Apr 19: Police say gunmen stormed a house in a northern, ethnically mixed city in Iraq, killing three women who lived there. Police Col. Sherzad Mofaly says it's not clear why the women were targeted in the attack...

Yemen police kill one, wound protesters in Taez

2011-04-20 00:00:00

SANAA, Apr 19: Yemeni police killed one person and wounded several others when they opened fire on anti-regime demonstrators marching in the city of Taez on Tuesday, a medic and witnesses said. Police fired "indiscriminantly" on protesters demanding the departure...

Agri technology fair begins in Pirganj

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 19: A four-day long Seed and Agriculture Technology fair began at Pirganj Upazila in Rangpur district Sunday. Department of Agriculture Extension, Pirganj, organised the fair. Abdul Kalam Azad MP formally inaugurated the fair as the chief...

OMS rice seized

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Mongla coast guard seized a cargo ship with 150 sacks of OMS rice while being smuggled to Mongla Bazar from Lowdob area of the Poshur river Sunday. They arrested Nazrul Islam (30) in this connection. Five other persons managed to...

Housewife strangulated to death

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A housewife was strangulated to death by some miscreants in Hemangon residential area in the Gopalganj town Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Sultana Parvin alias Rekha, wife of retired habildar Akbar Ali of the area.Police said a gang...

Man killed in road mishap

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...

Youth's body recovered

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...

Minor boy drowns

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...

One killed in road mishap

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...

Man held with fake notes

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...

Sheikh Russell reach semis

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Sheikh Russell KC stormed into the semifinal of the Independence Cup Football Tournament eliminating Feni Soccer Club SC by 3-1 goals in the 3rd quarterfinal match at the Bir Shreshtha Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city's Kamalapur Tuesday,...

ICC to reconsider WC format changes

2011-04-20 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 19 (AFP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Tuesday that they have been asked by their president, Sharad Pawar, to reconsider proposals to streamline the cricket World Cup. Under plans announced during an ICC summit in Mumbai earlier...

SL appoint batting coach

2011-04-20 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (AFP): Former captain Marvan Atapattu has been appointed as Sri Lanka's batting coach, the cricket board said Tuesday. Atapattu, 40, joins interim coach Stuart Law for next month's tour of England, where Sri Lanka will play three...

Baptiste quits as Kenya coach

2011-04-20 00:00:00

NAIROBI, Apr 19 (AFP): Cricket Kenya Monday accepted the decision by Eldine Baptiste to quit as national coach three months before the end of his two-year contract. Baptiste's continued position may have been in doubt after his reported clash with...

Deccan register win***

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A disciplined Deccan Chargers lifted themselves from near the basement of the IPL table to fourth place with an important win over fellow strugglers Delhi Daredevils on a slow-and-low track at Feroz Shah Kotla. Their stand-out performers were not the...

McCullum stars in Kochi victory

2011-04-20 00:00:00

KOCHI, Apl 19 (AFP): Brendon McCullum smashed a rapidfire 47 to power Kochi Tuskers Kerala to a seven-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match Monday. The New Zealander hit three sixes and four boundaries in...