AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 23 (AFP): International Cricket Council chief Haroon Lorgat on Wednesday blasted media allegations that the World Cup match between Australia and Zimbabwe was under investigation for match-fixing. The Times of India claimed on Tuesday that the February...
NARATHIWAT, Mar 23: Unknown gunmen stormed a house and shot dead three civilians, including a couple who volunteered for the authorities, in Thailand's troubled deep south, police said Wednesday. Up to 15 men, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, stormed...
GAZA CITY, Mar 23: Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al Quds Brigades, vowed Wednesday to fire rockets at cities deep inside Israel as it entered "a new phase" of resistance, a spokesman said. "The Al Quds Brigade has entered a...
TAIPEI, Mar 23: Taiwan's air force said Wednesday that two out of four missiles missed their targets during a drill earlier this week, two months after a similar failure left military leaders red-faced. -AFP
KABUL, Mar 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday again urged the Taliban to join peace negotiations and pleaded with them to stop attacking schools in the war-torn country, The Afghan government and its international partners have in recent weeks...
FE ReportThe securities regulator has fined Tk 0.10 million each to 11 brokerage houses who illegally lent margin loans to their clients to buy Z-category shares, officials said. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday slapped the fine on the...
Nazmul AhsanThe Planning Commission (PC) has finalised the guidelines and allocation rules for the next annual development programme (ADP), attaching a special priority to promoting balanced regional development, sources said. The other projects to receive priority in areas of resource...
LOS ANGELES, Mar 23 (AFP): Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, who captured hearts in "National Velvet" to launch a film career that spanned five decades, has died aged 79. Taylor had been in hospital in Los Angeles...
The work on preparing an overall master plan is underway to construct 14 multi-storied buildings on the much-discussed 6 Moinul Road plot inside Dhaka Cantonment from where BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was evicted to resolve housing problems of the army...
Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk arrives in the city today (Thursday) on a five-day state visit to Bangladesh. President M Zillur Rahman will receive the King at Shahjalal International Airport at 12:10 pm. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will call...
M Azizur RahmanCountry's much-needed gas exploration worth US$105 million in offshore gas fields appears uncertain in the coming winter too as the operator, Australian Santos, has sought amendment to existing gas sales deal first, officials said Wednesday. Santos' predecessor, the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanFast-shrinking agricultural lands have stoked fears of a food crisis in Bangladesh as the country is failing to curb an indiscriminate transfer of arable lands to other uses. Land area is shrinking at an alarming rate. If cultivable lands...
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryThe exposure by the Wikileaks that the present Indian government of prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had bribed opposition members of parliament (MPs) to buy crucial votes for survival of the government in 2008, has triggered off a...
Pakistan moved into the semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup'2011 as the first team crushing two times world champions West Indies by 10 wickets in the first quarterfinal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports...
AJDABIYA (Libya), Mar 23 (agencies): International airstrikes forced Moammar Gaddafi's forces to withdraw tanks that were besieging a rebel-held western city Wednesday, residents said, while people fleeing a strategic city in the east said the situation was deteriorating amid relentless...
Finance Minister A.M.A Muhith said on Wednesday Nobel Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus has to initiate negotiations with the government for a solution to the on-going controversy, reports bdnews24.com. In a statement issued a day after the visiting US Assistant Secretary...
FE Report Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque Wednesday said low contribution of revenue to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) had slowed the pace of poverty alleviation activities in the country. "The main objective of all...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to clean existing TIN (taxpayers' identification number) data-base from mid-May, abolishing fake and inactive taxpayers' registration numbers in a bid to have an actual data of taxpayers. The wide mismatch...
Nazmul AhsanThe Planning Commission (PC) has finalised the guidelines and allocation rules for the next annual development programme (ADP), attaching a special priority to promoting balanced regional development, sources said. The other projects to receive priority in areas of resource...
LOS ANGELES, Mar 23 (AFP): Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, who captured hearts in "National Velvet" to launch a film career that spanned five decades, has died aged 79. Taylor had been in hospital in Los Angeles...
Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the foundations of democracy, reports UNB. The commitment again came Tuesday while signing a new project that sets out a five year programme...
Opposition BNP will hold rally across the country today (Thursday) to protest the spreading of propaganda in and outside parliament against Ziaur Rahman, Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, reports UNB. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced...
A metropolitan court today indicted Mir Kashem Ali, chairman of Diganta Media, in a tax evasion case.Mir Kashem pleaded not guilty as special sessions judge Zahirul Haque read out the charge against him. The court fixed April 10 for beginning...
Metropolitan magistrate court Wednesday dismissed a defamation suit against Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of daily Amar Desh, and others as the plaintiff remained conspicuous from the court during hearing for three consecutive days. Abdul Malek, president of Bangabandhu Foundation, filed...
A two-day Director General level talks between drug control agencies of Bangladesh and India began at Regency hotel in the city Wednesday. Meeting sources said various issues including sharing information of latest routes and spots of drug trafficking across the...
The Cabinet Purchase Committee (CPC) will again consider the Power Division's proposal for rejecting the tender of a Chinese company for the Ghorashal 200-300 MW peaking power plant project, reports UNB. The cabinet body, in its meeting on March 3...
Kamrun NaharWoman leaders at a recent workshop stressed the need for forming a caucus for women in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) and a united forum of women to fulfil their demands. They said women cannot be empowered in a society...
President M Zillur Rahman Wednesday asked the concerned authorities to continue their efforts for the welfare of the country's valiant freedom fighters (FFs), reports BSS. The President issued the directives when State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Capt (retd) AB...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will request the power division to give electricity connections to the newly set up garment factories waiting for many months for getting power supply to start operation, officials said Wednesday. Commerce ministry officials...
Leader of the House and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad that process was on to form district council in line with the election pledges of the government, reports BSS. Replying to a question during the...
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