BANGKOK, May 27 (Xinhua): The Department of Special Investigation (DSI), the Office of Attorney-General, and the Foreign Ministry will work together in approaching Interpol to issue a red alert for ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who is now wanted...
KABUL, May 27 (AP): Afghan officials said Thursday they were investigating reports that a leader of the Pakistani Taliban may have been killed in fighting in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan.About 400 Afghan police supported by village militias have...
TBILISI, May 27 (Reuters): Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Sunday faces his first electoral test since a disastrous war with neighboring Russia in 2008 in nationwide local polls and a vote for the capital's mayor.Opposition leaders, some of whom have...
KHARTOUM, May 27 (Reuters): Sudan has charged a detained opposition journalist with terrorism and espionage and he has been tortured in custody, his lawyers said Tuesday.U.S.-based rights group Human Rights Watch condemned the arrest earlier this month of opposition Islamist...
CHITTAGONG, May 27 (BSS): Unabated hill cutting in the port city is increasingly posing a formidable threat to the ecological balance as well as bio-diversity despite the government's strong directives against such an unholy practice.Chittagong Deputy Commissioner Faiz Ahmed told...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 27: Speakers at a workshop said that a huge extent of agricultural land of Bangladesh is under threat of vulnerabilities of the climate change and crop production is declining rapidly.Coastal agriculture sector, in particular, is being affected...
FE ReportDetained 39 Bangladeshi workers in Liberia are expected to return home by next week, thanks to government's quick initiative in cooperation with the UN bodies.Law enforcement officials of the west-coastal African state detained 41 Bangladeshi workers in mid-April this...
Our CorrespondentPABNA, May 27: A journalist was held in two extortion cases filed with Bera police station Wednesday night. The journalists of the district have protested so-called extortion cases and demanded his release immediately.The victim was identified as Arifur Rahman...
President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday urged the doctors and others concerned to play their due role in ensuring 'safe motherhood' for all would-be mothers. In separate messages on the occasion of the National Safe Motherhood...
The 33rd anniversary of death of legendary artist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin will be observed in the country today (Friday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.Various socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes marking the day.In separate messages on the eve...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) will hold an 'Agrani Bank Lecture Series' at its Business Studies Faculty conference room at 3 pm today (Friday). Prime Minister's Economic Affairs Adviser Mashiur Rahman will attend the function as the chief guest.Bangladesh Bank Governor...
President M Zillur Rahman hosted a reception for the members of the Buddhist community on the occasion of Holy Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, at the city's Bangabhaban Thursday afternoon, reports BSS. Industries Minister Dilip...
M Azizur RahmanCairn Energy has sought to amend its contract with Petrobangla as part of a move to sell gas to private companies at a rate far higher than the government's fixed price, officials said Thursday.The Scottish company has struck...
FE ReportThe government is going to formulate a comprehensive food security investment plan to place before the development partners to get assistance to implement it, said food and disaster minister Abdur Razzak Thursday."Food security is extremely important for a country...
FHM Humayan KabirTwo local energy companies would develop six gas wells at Titas and Rashidpur fields under the government's 'first track programme' aimed at boosting production by 130 million cubic feet within 2012-13 fiscal, officials said Thursday.Petrobangla officials said Bangladesh...
Kayes M Sohel Net income of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) nearly doubled in the year to June 2009 as market boomed with influx of new investors, officials said Thursday.The country's prime bourse made Tk 658.06 million as net income...
DU CorrespondentA student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) was crushed under the wheels of a bus in front of Eden Women College at Azimpur in the city Thursday morning.The victim was identified as Khandaker Khan Jahan Samrat...
Munima SultanaA World Bank (WB) report on corporate governance finds that the capital market of Bangladesh remains one of the most underdeveloped in the region and recommends formulating a new corporate act (CA) and a change of regulatory guidelines to...
Amnesty International (AI) has come down hard on the incumbent government for not stopping extrajudicial killings as it pledged, reports bdnews24.com. In its annual report, the UK-based human rights watchdog also criticised human rights violations in the trials of BDR...
Canada has tightened the visa policy aiming to ensure that the North American country welcomes only clean people. The Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Department recently decided that it would not allow people visiting Canada or studying, working or migrating there...
NEW YORK, May 26: Apple, maker of the Macintosh computer, the iPod, iPhone and iPad, dethroned software giant Microsoft Wednesday as the largest US technology company in terms of market value. Microsoft shares shed 4.07 per cent Wednesday to close...
LONDON, May 27: Rushanara Ali, the first-ever elected Bangladeshi-born MP of the Britain's parliament, took her oath at the House of Commons Thursday. The 35-year old woman placed her hands on the Quran while taking her oath. She was elected...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called for preventing wastage of foods as millions of people around the world go hungry, reports UNB. She made the call during a meeting with FAO assistant director general and regional representative for Asia...
Mahmudur RahmanThere were understandable reasons for Martin Broughton to be drafted in as Chairman of British Airways (BA). The hard-nosed former top boss of British American Tobacco had made his mark as a successful leader who, having grown through the...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanLocal IT companies have failed to cash in on booming banking software market in the country, allowing their more prominent overseas rivals to rule the roost.Banks bought software worth Tk500 million last year, according to industry estimate, but...
Mohammad MufazzalOne-fourth of the country's active beneficiary owners' (BO) accounts are owned by women, the total number of accounts being 2.59 million as on May 26, 2010.The Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) said the participation of female investors in the...
Mashiur RahamanPassenger shortage is forcing the state-run Biman to consider suspending its recently resumed Dhaka-Delhi flights.Despite offering a comparatively lower fare and suitable flight timings Biman failed to attract adequate passengers on this route to sustain the operation, Biman sources...
Monira MunniThe country's medicine exports witnessed an impressive jump in 2010 as manufacturers pursued an aggressive marketing, industry people said.Shipments of pharmaceutical products grew 14 per cent to US$35.40 million during July- April period of fiscal 2009-10 over $31.22 million...
FE ReportA listed mugger was stabbed to death at Rampura in the city Tuesday midnight, police said.Police suspected that the victim--Khokan (28) who was wanted in a number of mugging cases by the city police--might have been killed in dispute...
NEW DELHI, May 27 (bdnews24.com): India’s government-owned NHPC Limited is going ahead with its controversial 1500 MW Tipaimukh Hydro-Electric Project in the country’s north-eastern state of Manipur, despite growing concern in Bangladesh about its adverse impact on the country. S...
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