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Mohiuddin for trial of war criminals

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation ABM Mohiuddin demanded trial of war criminals of 1971 and said otherwise history would not forgive us. He also called for annihilating those who were plotting to foil the trial of...

MSC clinch Club Cup Hockey title

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Mohammedan Sporting Club clinched the title of the Dhaka Bank Club Cup Hockey beating Usha KC by 4-2 goals in the final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.Finance Minister AMA Muhith was the...

Dhaka Dynamites beat Cyclones of Ctg

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Pacer Rubel Hossain's five-wicket haul goes in vain as Dhaka Dynamites beat Cyclones of Chittagong by 17 runs to maintain all-win run in the Destiny Group Nation Cricket League T20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city Friday, reports...

Marriage muddle strengthened relationship

2010-04-17 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (AFP): Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has said her relationship with her new husband, Pakistan cricket star Shoaib Malik, emerged stronger from controversy over claims he was already married.Mirza and Malik married Monday after a settlement...

Rahmatganj upset Brothers

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Rahmatganj MFS upset Brothers Union Club by 3-2 goals in a match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Friday, reports UNB.With this win, Rahmatganj MFS share the 5th position with Chittagong Abahani...

Sultans of Sylhet book semifinal berth in NCL T20

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Sultans of Sylhet booked their semifinal berth of the Destiny Group National Cricket League T20 beating Barisal Blazers by four wickets in a low scoring, keenly contested match at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.Batting...

India tax officials raid IPL HQ

2010-04-17 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Apr 16 (AFP): Indian income tax officials Thursday raided the offices of the Indian Premier League as controversy mounted over the ownership of a new cricket team, local media reported.The Economic Times newspaper and the NDTV network reported on...

Fixing problems of Bangladesh power sector

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Aman UllahBANGLADESH'S power sector has, of late, been in the news, talkshows and not to mention in family gossips creating an atmosphere of helplessness and despair to the extent that the people without electricity, water have joined in street protests.If...

Telemarketing: Irritation for customers

2010-04-17 00:00:00

MS SiddiquiIn a market economy, a business may be expected to act in what it believes to be its own best interest. The purpose of marketing is to create a brand image, competitive advantage through reaching the possible customers. Communicating...

Back from the brink with bank loans: US government's programme to shore up bad loans gets paid back

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Phillip Kurata in WashingtonWHEN the Troubled Asset Relief Programme - TARP - was passed in October 2008, then-President George W. Bush said the TARP was needed to prevent the collapse of the U.S. banking sector, a collapse that could have...

Volcano cloud grows grounding thousands more flights

2010-04-17 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 16 (AFP): A huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland spread over half of Europe Friday, forcing the cancellation of thousands more flights in the continent's biggest air travel shutdown since World War II.Europe's air traffic control centre...

Red Shirt leaders flee as Thai forces raid hotel

2010-04-17 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Apr 16 (AFP): Thai commandos stormed a Bangkok hotel Friday where leaders of the Red Shirt protest movement were holed up, but the mission ended in dramatic failure after the suspects managed to flee.One leading Red Shirt climbed down...

Carnage as Pakistan hospital blast kills 10

2010-04-17 00:00:00

QUETTA, Apr 16 (AFP): A suicide bomber blew himself up in the main hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta Friday, killing 10 people and triggering chaos and panic on the wards.Police said it appeared to be a sectarian...

Hungry survivors await help after China quake

2010-04-17 00:00:00

JIEGU, China, Apr 16 (AFP): Stunned survivors of China's earthquake complained of hunger Friday as the government rushed supplies and personnel into the remote disaster zone high on the Tibetan plateau.Preparations were under way for the cremation of hundreds of...

Indian storm victims on rampage

2010-04-17 00:00:00

KOLKATA, Apr 16 (AFP): Anger at the slow pace of relief efforts in storm-ravaged northeast India boiled over Friday as destitute and hungry locals attacked officials and looted an aid depot, a minister said.A violent thunderstorm and tornado ravaged hundreds...

PC prepared to take up SoEs offloading job

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Kayes M SohelThe Privatisation Commission (PC) has proposed shouldering the task of offloading 26 state-owned enterprises listed by the finance ministry about two-year ago insisting that it deserves to do so as per law.The commission also said that it would...

Dhaka seeks duty-free entry of 61 items into Indian market

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Nazmul AhsanDhaka has sought duty-free facility for its 61 products from New Delhi to narrow the ever-widening trade gap between the two neighbouring countries, sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.The list of 61 items, prepared by the Ministry...

Govt draws huge plan to link country with Asian Highway

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Munima SultanaThe government has planned to expand the country's key highways and bridges at a cost of 158.91 billion taka to link Bangladesh with the Asian highway-a network of 141,000 kilometres of roads encompassing 32 nations including Europe.The Roads and...

Mujibnagar Day today

2010-04-17 00:00:00

The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed across the country today (Saturday), commemorating the formation of Bangladesh's first government at Baidyanathtala mango grove in Meherpur on this day in 1971, reports BSS. As the Pakistani army started the barbaric crackdown...

BNP won't boycott Bhola-3 by-election

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Opposition BNP said it would not stay away from the by-election to Bhola-3 parliamentary constituency, but it won't accept the result of any stage-managed election, reports UNB. The party also cautioned the present government that it would have to face...

Draft law to stop illegal sand lifting finalised

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Fazlur RahmanThe government has finalised the draft of 'Sand-beds and Soil Management Law 2010' to stop illegal extraction of sand from river beds.The Ministry of Land has prepared the law with a view to bringing the much-needed discipline into the...

UK national having militant link arrested in city

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Detective police Friday arrested a Bangladeshi-born British citizen from Sylhet for his alleged involvement in financing militant groups in UK, police said. A senior DB (Detective Branch) official said they arrested Golam Mostafa, the UK Ameer of outlawed militant outfit...

Oil prices fall sharply

2010-04-17 00:00:00

LONDON, April 16: World oil prices fell sharply Friday, pressured by energy demand concerns, weak US economic data and a strengthening US dollar in pre-weekend trade, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, slid...

Dhaka gets record $1.50b foreign aid in first nine months of fiscal

2010-04-17 00:00:00

FHM Humayan KabirBangladesh has received a record US$1.50 billion in foreign aid in the first three quarters of the current fiscal defying the global economic meltdown that sharply slashed aid to poor nations, officials said Thursday.The amount of assistance is...

Pakistan failed to protect Bhutto: UN

2010-04-17 00:00:00

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (Agencies): Pakistan failed to properly protect former prime minister Benazir Bhutto or investigate her assassination and "severely hampered" a United Nations inquiry, UN investigators said Thursday. Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack...

Furore in Indian parliament over Tharoor's IPL scandal

2010-04-17 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, April 16, 2010 (AFP): An Indian minister Friday denied any wrongdoing in a scandal over the ownership of an Indian Premier League cricket team as the government struggled for an answer to the week-long controversy.Shashi Tharoor, a former...

Obamas pay $1.8m as federal income tax

2010-04-17 00:00:00

From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, April 16: President Obama and first lady Michelle filed their income tax return yesterday for the year 2009 showing an income of $5,505,509 which is more than double their 2008 income. April 15 was the...

Downward trend continues

2010-04-17 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to witness downward trend amid selling pressure by the investors for the third consecutive week that ended Thursday. The market closed in the red in every session in the week as the investors opted...

Mob kill three in Chittagong

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Villagers in Boalkhali Upazila of Chittagong Friday beat three persons to death suspecting them of being bandits.The police said the incident took place at Koibartyapara of Kadhurkhil village at about 4:30am. But the police could not...

BCL calls strike at CU after death of activist

2010-04-17 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Bangladesh Chhatra League has called an indefinite strike at the Chittagong University following the death of one of its activists in a factional clash Friday.Hathazari police said Md Asaduzzaman died at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital...