Two more Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel died Saturday, the paramilitary force sources said. Shimul Kanti Dey, a civil mess-waiter of BDR from Satkania, Chittagong, died of respiratory failure at 8:30am at the BDR Hospital in the city. Habilder Rezaul Karim,...
Police Saturday recovered a bullet-hit body of a young man at Mirpur's Begum Rokeya Sarani in the capital. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Mirpur police said they recovered the body, which received two bullets in...
FE Report The country's apex chamber body Saturday has launched a foundation mainly to provide jobs to unemployed youths as part of corporate social responsibility (CSR).The start-up fund for the foundation styled FBCCI Foundation, is Tk 3.8 million and the...
FE ReportThe government should get parliamentary approval for any deals it intends to sign with India or other nations, former adviser to the caretaker government Dr. Akbar Ali Khan said Saturday.The former cabinet secretary said successive governments have kept the...
M Azizur RahmanDonor agencies' committed fund worth around US$3.0 billion for building several big power plant projects to generate at least 1500 megawatts (mw) remained untapped for years due to government apathy and gas shortage, officials said.Power ministry officials said...
Khaled HyderThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued on December 02, 2009 unexpectedly a directive to both Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) not to allow companies other than state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to be listed under the...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 12: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister and general secretary of ruling Awami League Syed Ashraful Islam said Saturday the govt is considering rail and road connection with China through Myanmar to make the proposed deep...
Pamela PhiliposeTHE link between vanishing coconut groves and shrinking fish catches or the disappearance of rainbow-winged dragonflies and declining harvests may appear tenuous, improbable, even a flight of fantasy. But these are observations from the ground and help us piece...
STUDENTS with good results in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations from the science background come to the capital city with the expectation of becoming scientists. In interaction with them, one gets encouraging picture. Many of...
Iftu AhmedCLIMATE change threatens the four and half billion-year old planet as never before.Pollution affects people across the world causing deaths and chronic health problems. Urbanisation, industrialisation and indiscriminate tree felling across the globe are factors aggravating environmental pollution. Deforestation...
As it is, Bangladesh has been identified as one of the countries to be worst affected by climate change for globally polluting activities of the rich and developed countries . From this recognition, promises have also come from these countries...
A passenger launch sank killing many passengers. This is nothing new except that this has once again hurt many families directly. And what does our minister in charge of water transport say? He wants to hang (read prosecute) the former...
A few days ago, an editor of a vernacular daily wrote on the front page of his paper that he had started using a particular brand of locally made after shave lotion because he has suddenly discovered that he liked...
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (AFP): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton conceded Thursday that security concerns limited movement for American civilians working in Afghanistan, but said US troops still escorted them to key places. "We're quite encouraged by how much of...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP): A leader of the most persistent Palestinian protest movement against Israel's West Bank separation barrier was asleep in his home when troops broke down his door and arrested him.Supporters of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a 38-year-old teacher,...
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (AFP): A bankrupt Arizona copper mining firm has paid 1.79 billion dollars for environmental cleanup and restoration in the largest such payout in US history, US federal agencies said Thursday. The funds, obtained through Asarco's bankruptcy reorganisation,...
SHANGHAI, Dec 11 (AP): China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest market for automobiles, the first time any other country has bought more vehicles than the nation that produced Henry Ford, the Cadillac and the minivan.Now that the...
OSLO, Dec 11 (AFP): Thousands marched in Oslo late Thursday after US President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a speech justifying war, urging him to live up to the accolade. More than 6,000 people marched in a...
FRESNO, Dec 11 (AP): An independent watchdog agency has uncovered flaws in a crucial part of America's rapid-response plan - the ability to trace food to the company it came from during an illness outbreak or bio-terrorism attack.Federal auditors found...
VATICAN CITY, Dec 11 (AFP): Talks stalled Thursday between Israel and the Vatican over the status of Roman Catholic Church property in the Holy Land and other longstanding disputes, the two sides said in a joint statement. The talks took...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11 (AFP): Google on Thursday unveiled a tool that lets scientists and defenders of the environment use the Internet to keep an eye on what is left of the Earth's forests. "We hope this technology will help...
The holders Maldives stormed into the final of the SAFF Championship crushing their neighbour Sri Lanka by 5-1 goals in the first semifinal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.They will play the final Sunday at...
NAPIER, Dec 11 (Cricinfo): Don't be fooled by the score. It was a flat track in Napier but Iain O'Brien was on a mission to make his last Test memorable and Pakistan's top order, as ever, was in a self-destructive...
Chittagong OfficeCHITTAGONG, Dec 11: Prize giving ceremony of 14th Standard Chartered Golf Tournament- 2009 held at the Bhatiary Golf and Country Club Friday. Senior vice president of Bhatiary Golf and Country Club and GOC of the 24th Infantry Division and...
Widespread fears over the future of Test cricket have been partly assuaged by the news that the BCCI has asked South Africa to play two Tests in India during their tour early next year, dropping two one-day internationals from the...
LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters): Brazil forward Ronaldinho was named as World Player of the Decade by prestigious British magazine World Soccer Thursday, while Argentine forward Lionel Messi was named their World Player of the Year. Ronaldinho won the accolade based...
HONG KONG, Dec 11 (AFP): Unfancied Hong Kong will be looking to take another major scalp in the football final at the East Asian Games after they knocked out North Korea on penalty kicks.The plucky hosts face Japan for the...
Non-contracted Pakistan players hoping to be in the next IPL auction will have to contact the league directly to be put into the pool for the next edition of the league. Four Pakistan players already have contracts with franchises but...
MANCHESTER, Dec 11 (AFP): Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed suggestions he will move for Sol Campbell in the transfer window and insists Manchester United are not interested in the former England defender.Campbell has been linked with a free transfer to...
The rising crisis of drinking water in the country's rural and urban areas can be mitigated by recycling water used in the households and treating domestic and industrial wastes before discharging to the water bodies like rivers and canals, reports...
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