PESHAWAR, Sept 30 (AFP): Pakistan shut down the main land route for NATO supplies into Afghanistan Thursday after officials accused NATO of killing Pakistani troops in the fourth cross-border attack this week.NATO and the Pakistani government said they were investigating...
COLOMBO, Sept 30 (AFP): Sri Lanka's president has confirmed the 30-month jail term imposed on former army chief Sarath Fonseka following his conviction by a military court, an official said Thursday.President Mahinda Rajapakse approved the prison sentence for a period...
KABUL, Sept 30 (AFP): Opium output in Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of the drug, has dropped by almost a half this year due to a crop disease but its value has soared, a UN report said Thursday.Afghanistan has produced...
YANGON, Sept 30 (AFP): Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will be released just days after Myanmar's first election in two decades, officials said Thursday.The Nobel Peace laureate, who has been detained for most of the last twenty years since...
KABUL, Sept 30 (AP): A suicide attack on a NATO convoy killed three civilians and wounded nine others Thursday near the airport in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, a local official said.The suicide attacker detonated explosives while...
TOKYO, Sept 30 (AP): Asian stock markets fell Thursday as massive street protests across Europe against austerity measures raised concern over the region's ability to slash debt.Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average slipped 64.71 points, or 0.7 per cent, to...
SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Commodity Online): Gold prices eased in Asian trade Thursday, after touching an all time high of $1313.45, mainly on profit taking by investors from record prices. Gold for immediate delivery was seen trading at $1308.19 an ounce...
SINGAPORE, sept 30 (Commodity Online): World oil prices hovered near $78 a barrel mark in Asian trade Thursday after reports of decline in US crude stockpiles amid weak dollar. Light sweet crude for November delivery was seen trading at $77.87...
NEW DELHI(PTI): The government has raised the minimum export price (MEP) for onions by $75 to $425 a tonne for October, the third straight month in a row, to discourage overseas shipments and tame domestic prices."The minimum export price of...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30 (Commodity Online): After the debacle caused by floods, Pakistan is desperately looking for foreign investment in its agriculture sector and plans introducing futures contracts in cotton, wheat, sugar and corn. According to country's only commodities exchange, the...
MUMBAI, Sept 30 (Business Standard): Markets are trading marginally lower on back of selling pressure in oil & gas stocks. The Sensex is trading lower by 69 points at 19,891 and the Nifty is also trading lower by 22 points...
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Our correspondentGAIBANDHA, Sept 30: With the recession of flood waters, the farmers have started cultivation of local variety T-Aman Ganzia and Nazirshal paddy on the char land including low lying areas of the district during the current season to get.Official...
A CorrespondentCOMILLA, Sept 30: As the population of Comilla municipality is increasing day by day, the municipal authorities are failing to provide basic civic amenities to them. Established in 1876, Comilla municipality with 0.25 million population was upgraded into "A"...
SATKHIRA, Sept 30 (UNB): Consignment of our exported shrimp is returned to the country frequently due to mixing of harmful chemical elements.Production of safe shrimp at hatchery, farm and depot level is being hampered due to use of harmful elements....
BAGERHAT, Sept 30 (UNB): A joint team of RAB, BSTI and armed police in a special drive seized 325 containers of adulterated coconut oil and sealed off a godown at Jatrapur bazaar in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.RAB-6 sources said on...
A CorrespondentGAZIPUR, Sept 30: Inauguration of Underprivileged Children's Educational Programs UCEP technical school was held at Gazipur today at 10am. Chris Austin, Country Representative of Department of International Development (DFID) Bangladesh praised the role of UCEP in developing the underprivileged...
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh on Sunday launched its on-line admission website, says a press release.BAU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. M. A. Sattar Mandal inaugurated the website (www.bau.edu.bd/admission) at the ceremony at the Department of Computer Science & Mathematics under the...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Sept 30: Vision Capital Management Ltd (VCML), a brokerage house opened Brahmanbaria branch at city centre today. VCML Chairman Engineer Md Delware Hossain inaugurated the branch as the chief guest at the inaugural session.VCML Managing Director Md...
RU CorrespondentRU, Sept 30: Dr S M Shahinur Islam Dulal (42), Assistant Professor of Materials Science Department of Rajshahi University (RU) and a research fellow of the University of Ojju in South Korea died of a heart attack.The university authority...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 30 (UNB): BDR member in separate drives arrested two drug peddlers along with heroin and phensidyl from the district town and Sultanganj check post area on Wednesday.The arrested were identified as Nazibul, 32, son of Emaz Uddin of...
RANGPUR, Sept 30 (BSS): Divisional Commissioner Jashim Uddin Ahmed has assured of all possible assistance for ensuring expansion and developments of the country's one of the most ancient and historical Rangpur Public Library (RPL). He said this while visiting the...
Nazmul AhsanThe Ministry of Finance (MoF) has started the move to include 17 new ministries and divisions under the Medium Term Budgetary Framework (MTBF). The budgets of the government agencies concerned will be formulated under the MTBF from the next...
LUCKNOW, Sept 30 (AFP): An Indian court ruled Thursday that the Ayodhya holy site which has been a flashpoint for decades should be divided between Hindus and Muslims, in a verdict seen as favouring the Hindu litigants."All three sets of...
President Zillur Rahman administered the oath of office to newly appointed Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque Thursday morning. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the oath taking ceremony held at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 10:30 am, report agencies. Former...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed flat amid continued volatility Thursday as profit booking wiped off early gains. The market had a flying start, rising more than 70 points in the morning and before closing flat it declined as the investors went...
FE ReportForeign investors Thursday urged the government to develop infrastructure facilities and create level playing field for attracting more foreign direct investment (FDI), as many interested investors are yet to invest in the country.They said this at a luncheon meeting...
FE ReportWorld Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick last Wednesday urged a rethink of development economics to make it more useful to policy makers and announced a reorientation of World Bank research so it taps more effectively the experiences in...
Our CorrespondentPABNA, Sept 30: Examination for recruitment of Class-III employees of Statistics Bureau under the supervision of Pabna district administration will be held today (Friday). This examination in the district is going to be held after the September 17 incident...
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