PARIS, Oct 21 (AP): French protesters blockaded Marseille's airport, truckers tied up highways and Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris ahead of a tense Senate vote Thursday on raising the retirement age. A quarter of the nation's gas stations were...
TEHRAN, Oct 21 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah have had telephonic discussions on regional affairs for a second time within a fortnight, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported today. The Wednesday evening conversation comes at a...
YANGON, OCT 21 (AP): Myanmar's highest court has agreed to hear a final appeal to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, her lawyer said Thursday, pressing forward with the case despite her scheduled release in less...
KABUL, Oct 21 (AP): The Afghan government's newly formed peace council wants Saudi Arabia to play a key role in efforts to reconcile with the Taliban and find a political resolution to the war.Qiyamuddin Kashaaf, spokesman for the 70-member High...
BAGHDAD, Oct 21 (AFP): A US soldier has been charged with killing two fellow American troops and wounding a third during a shooting spree last month in the restive city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, a military statement said. Army...
MEXICO, Oct 21 (AFP): Marisol Valles is just 20 years old, mother of a baby and still a student, but she is also the newest chief of police in a drug-plagued region of Mexico. "She was the only person to...
US to sell $60 billion in advanced arms to SaudiWASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AP): The Obama administration has notified Congress that it plans to sell up to $60 billion in advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia, in one of the largest-ever single...
DUBAI, Oct 21 (AP): As American and Saudi officials spent months quietly hammering out a wish list for a mammoth sale of American warplanes and other weapons to the oil-rich kingdom, leaders in Iran were busy publicly displaying their advances...
A brilliant hattrick by Sudanese striker James Moga guided Muktijoddha Sangsad KC to a facile 3-0 goals win over Feni Soccer Club in the group B final round match of the GrameenPhone Federation Cup Football at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 21 (AFP): Pakistan's former captain Younus Khan said Thursday he wanted to move on from bitter troubles this year and rebuild his career, after winning back a place in the national team. The 32-year-old resolved a long-running...
Inter-Area Basketball Competition 2010 of Bangladesh Army started at 36 AD Regiment Artillery play ground, Mirpur Cantonment Thursday under the overall supervision of 6 Independent ADA Brigade, reports BSS.Commander, 6 Indepen-dent ADA Brigade, Brigadier General Noor Mohammad Noor Islam inaugurated...
The first ever SAFF Club Championship Football will be held in September 2011, it was decided in a meeting of the South Asian Football Federation held at the JW Marriot Hotel in Dubai recently, reports UNB. The meeting also decided...
FE ReportA high-powered team headed by Commerce Minister Faruk Khan left for India Thursday to find out ways to address the huge trade gap with India.The 23-member delegation including 16 business leaders will take up issues related to increasing bilateral...
Nazmul AhsanThe amount of deposit in the banking sector marked a significant rise to Tk 3397.41 billion or 20.30 per cent as of June 30, 2010 compared to the corresponding figure six months back -- December, 2009, the latest data...
FE ReportDhaka stocks posted a steep rise Thursday, pushing the benchmark index above 7600-mark for the first time, as the investors reacted positively to the corporate declaration of heavyweight Titas. The investors snapped up fuel and power issues, expecting better...
FE ReportExperts, academics and business leaders at a dialogue Thursday urged the government for immediately solving all the problems of Chittagong port and initiate a simple business procedure to protect the country's trading sector.They said though the Chittagong port is...
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith said in Dhaka Thursday that inequality in terms of income, malnutrition, student's dropout and absence of trained nurses during child birth are major challenges for achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh. "Though Bangladesh...
FE ReportSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought changes in the capital issue rules allowing a company with a minimum paid-up capital of Tk 300 million to go public.The SEC Thursday approved the decision taken Tuesday after the commission meeting...
Munima SultanaThe country's hundreds of thousands of handloom and cottage industries including prospective boutique houses are badly affected by the uncontrolled price hike of cotton yarn.Sector leaders say majority weavers of the country are in real financial hardship as the...
The government will distribute 5.0 million energy saving bulbs Saturday free of cost in 39 districts across the country including Dhaka. Most of the power distribution companies including PDB, REB, DPDC and WZPDCO will distribute the bulbs known as compact...
The government has decided to compensate the victims of the Sirajganj train accident that claimed five lives. Director General of Bangladesh Railway T A Chowdhury confirmed the news to the news agency Thursday. Earlier on Oct 11, at least five...
Siddique Islam Bangladesh Bank has added Tk 570 million more to its refinancing fund for housing loan to settle the claims of the eligible clients. The Tk 7.0 billion fund has almost been exhausted as the central bank has disbursed...
After a short spell of stagnation due to global recession, Bangladesh's exports of RMG products is surging again to the US market, reports UNB. More important, Bangladesh is outpacing all competing countries as far as RMG export to the US...
FE Report Bangladesh Taka (BDT) has marginally depreciated by around 0.20 per cent against the US dollar this week following a rise in demand for the greenback in the market.The US dollar was traded at Tk 69.7500-Tk 69.7950 in the...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government has spent only nine per cent of the development budget in the first quarter (Q1) this fiscal, one percentage point lower than the same period last year, due to poor performance of some top budget holders,...
FE ReportUnusual delay in approval of incentive proposal for taxmen frustrated the revenue officials as they pinned much hope on it after the assurance of Prime Minister on their outstanding performance in revenue collection in the fiscal 2009-10.The National Board...
FE ReportAn alleged mugger was killed after a shootout between the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and his accomplices on Staff Road in the capital's Banani area Wednesday night.Identity of the 25-year-old deceased could not be known immediately.Director of...
FE ReportThe government is going to launch a special drive soon to evict illegal vendors gradually from city pavements and streets to facilitate movement of people and vehicles, and ease traffic jam. Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain has already sent...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Oct 21: Pakistan and the US yesterday began a "strategic dialogue" which will end on Friday. President Obama joined the meeting between his top advisers and the visiting Pakistani officials for 45 minutes to discuss...
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has called upon its President Khandker Mahbub Hossain and Secretary Barrister M Bodruddoza Badal to refrain from using the association as their political tool.The call was made from an emergency meeting of the SCBA executive...
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