KABUL, May 6 (Agencies): Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums. In Pakistan, US drone aircraft fired missiles into a house in...
Lt Col (retd) ANM Kazi Nuruzzaman, Bir Uttam, a valiant freedom fighter and Commander of Sector No 7 during the War of Liberation in 1971, died of old age complications at Square Hospitals in the city at 10:15 am Friday,...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, May 6: There has been no reaction either favourable or adverse in Europe on the killing of Osama bin-Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad in Pakistan last Sunday. Excepting that British Prime Minister expressed surprise...
Sonia H MoniThe government has revived the anti-hoarding act with a view to reining in commodity prices and storage of food items for an indefinite period, officials said. Food and disaster management minister Abdur Razzaque told the FE, "The government...
MANCHESTER, May 5 (AFP): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident both Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra will be fit for the crunch match with Premier League title rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford Sunday. England striker Rooney missed training...
LONDON, May 5 (AFP): Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad were appointed as the new captains of England's one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 teams respectively, it was announced here Thursday. Andrew Strauss, who has retired from one-dayers, remains Test skipper meaning...
MADRID, May 5 (AFP): Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both extended their win streaks with opening victories at the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters Wednesday as Roger Federer waited for his chance to join them in the third round. Djokovic, who beat...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Enayet Rasul Bhuiyan"Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan." So said, John F Kennedy, the most celebrated US President of the twentieth century. What is the underlying meaning of this comment ? It is that one who...
Tom Geoghegan and Sarah ShenkerThe US forces who raided the safehouse of Osama Bin Laden appear to have caught him completely by surprise - and to have avoided detection by Pakistani radar. How did they do it? One answer, experts...
Ameer HamzaA colleague's four-year old, whose complexion happened to be a trifle darker than her sibling's, asked her father one day to buy her a 'Fair and Lovely' cream! Everyone found that amusing. Is there anyone who doesn't know what...
KABUL, May 6 (Agencies): Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums. In Pakistan, US drone aircraft fired missiles into a house in...
Lt Col (retd) ANM Kazi Nuruzzaman, Bir Uttam, a valiant freedom fighter and Commander of Sector No 7 during the War of Liberation in 1971, died of old age complications at Square Hospitals in the city at 10:15 am Friday,...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, May 6: There has been no reaction either favourable or adverse in Europe on the killing of Osama bin-Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad in Pakistan last Sunday. Excepting that British Prime Minister expressed surprise...
Sonia H MoniThe government has revived the anti-hoarding act with a view to reining in commodity prices and storage of food items for an indefinite period, officials said. Food and disaster management minister Abdur Razzaque told the FE, "The government...
MANCHESTER, May 5 (AFP): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident both Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra will be fit for the crunch match with Premier League title rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford Sunday. England striker Rooney missed training...
LONDON, May 5 (AFP): Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad were appointed as the new captains of England's one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 teams respectively, it was announced here Thursday. Andrew Strauss, who has retired from one-dayers, remains Test skipper meaning...
MADRID, May 5 (AFP): Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both extended their win streaks with opening victories at the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters Wednesday as Roger Federer waited for his chance to join them in the third round. Djokovic, who beat...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Kevin Connolly in JerusalemThere is a satirical TV show in Israel which portrays Benjamin Netanyahu as an operatic baritone, stretching and bending every note he sings in a desperate effort to play for time as the chorus plagues him with...
The two leading Palestinian factions inked a landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo Wednesday, putting an end to their four-year estrangement and paving the way for a concerted struggle for statehood. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the secular Fatah movement,...
Nehal AdilAfter travelling a full circle of history, both Bangladesh and Pakistan have thrown off the long night of military dictatorship. In Pakistan, Awami National Party and the Awami League fought shoulder to shoulder with Peoples Party against religious fundamentalist...
Yoo Seungki South Korea started bracing for the Chinese yuan's internationalization. The country's central bank said it applied for the status of qualified foreign institutional investors (QFII) earlier this year to invest its foreign reserves into the yuan-denominated assets. "The...
Lt Col (retd) ANM Kazi Nuruzzaman, Bir Uttam, a valiant freedom fighter and Commander of Sector No 7 during the War of Liberation in 1971, died of old age complications at Square Hospitals in the city at 10:15 am Friday,...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, May 6: There has been no reaction either favourable or adverse in Europe on the killing of Osama bin-Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad in Pakistan last Sunday. Excepting that British Prime Minister expressed surprise...
Sonia H MoniThe government has revived the anti-hoarding act with a view to reining in commodity prices and storage of food items for an indefinite period, officials said. Food and disaster management minister Abdur Razzaque told the FE, "The government...
MANCHESTER, May 5 (AFP): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident both Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra will be fit for the crunch match with Premier League title rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford Sunday. England striker Rooney missed training...
LONDON, May 5 (AFP): Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad were appointed as the new captains of England's one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 teams respectively, it was announced here Thursday. Andrew Strauss, who has retired from one-dayers, remains Test skipper meaning...
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