YANGON, July 24 (AFP): The trial of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi entered its final stage Friday as the ruling junta denounced criticism of her ongoing detention and its plan for elections.Prosecution and defence lawyers were due to...
JERUSALEM, July 24 (AFP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a "warm peace" between Israel and its Arab neighbours Thursday in a rare speech at the Egyptian ambassador's residence near Tel Aviv. "I think we can have a very warm...
KABUL, July 24 (Reuters): Afghan President Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vowed Friday to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties.Karzai, widely criticised for withdrawing from a televised...
WASHINGTON, July 24 (AFP): President Barack Obama has stirred a firestorm by abandoning his usual avoidance of controversial racial issues to say police who arrested a black scholar acted "stupidly."On television news shows and blogs Thursday, people asked whether Obama...
GENEVA, July 24 (AFP):Fifty-nine journalists have been killed around the world so far this year, in an alarming rise from 2008 that has become a "bloodbath" of the media, a watchdog said Thursday.The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said 53 journalists...
NEW DELHI, July 24 (AFP): India warned Friday that patchy monsoon rains were threatening its lifeline rice crop, and said contingency plans were being drawn up to prevent any crisis.Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told parliament the June-September monsoon had been...
BEIJING, July 24 (AFP): United Nations chief Ban Ki- moon said here Friday that China's support was crucial if a new international climate change deal was to be successfully brokered. "Without China there can be no success this year on...
JAKARTA, July 24 (AP): Indonesia's president has been re-elected to a second five-year term, sparing the country a second round of voting during a nationwide manhunt for terrorists behind two deadly bombings in the capital last week.President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,...
ISLAMABAD, July 24 (AP): Security forces say clashes in the troubled Swat Valley and nearby areas in Pakistan's northwest have left five militants and a soldier dead.The military issued a statement Friday saying the deaths occurred during search and clearance...
MANILA, July 24 (AP): Muslim rebels said Friday they will only resume peace talks if an international body guarantees an autonomy deal with the Philippine government despite President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's order for her troops to hold fire.After a year...
WASHINGTON, July 24 (AFP): US envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell visits Syria for talks on peace with Israel, a spokesman said.It will be Mitchell's second visit to Syria since mid-June and is aimed at "trying to see what...
WARSAW, July 24 (AFP): At least seven people have died in Poland and the Czech Republic and dozens were injured after heavy storms and torrential rain felled trees, electricity poles and ripped off roofs.Six people died across Poland Thursday --...
KATHMANDU, July 24 (AFP): Eight years after Nepal's crown prince gunned down most of his royal family, the government is to rebuild the house where the massacre took place, the prime minister's spokesman said Thursday.The house, part of a sprawling...
FE Report Prices of hilsha fish, sugar witnessed an upward trend but vegetables including green chili declined in the city's retail markets during the last one week. On the other hand essential commodities including rice and edible oil remained stable.A...
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shafique Ahmed said all necessary legal protections will be provided to protect the information technology (IT) products from piracy, reports BSS. "New laws like Intellectual Property Act will be made to protect the rights...
FE ReportWomen entrepreneurs claimed that they were facing hazards and in most cases were not getting loans from commercial banks though they were playing a vital role in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector in Bangladesh. They made the claim...
A visiting delegation of World Bank led by Senior Adviser (FinancialSystem Development) Robert Kahn called on the management of Agrani Bank Limited at its head office in the city recently. The delegation held talks with Agrani Bank Managing Director (current...
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) opened its 36th branch at Baruakhali under Nababgonj Upazila in Dhaka district.Managing Director of the bank Mohammad Ali formally inaugurated the branch as the chief guest Sunday, said a press release.Addressing the inaugural function, Mr...
Bangladesh taka maintained its stable tone against greenback last week. Most of the banks were in selling mood creating more liquidity enabling the greenback to appear more established. The foreign exchange market enjoyed sufficient liquidity because of lower import payment...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, July 24: Reed Pharma Limited at Nandanpur in Brahmanbaria was locked and sealed by Bangladesh Medicine Administration Department (BMAD) at around 6.35 pm Wednesday.BMAD suspected that Reed Pharma was manufacturing low quality Paracetamol medicine that might be...
The Dhaka Water And Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has embarked on a four-year plan to set up two more Water Treatment Plants (WTP) to reduce dependency on underground water as experts' fear about land subsidence due to over depletion of ground...
CHITTAGONG, July 24 (BSS) : As the work for the long-cherished 3rd Karnaphuli Bridge is progressing fast with the target for opening it to traffic in the middle of October next, the concrete floor of the structure gets a real...
Air pollution entails a massive cost worth Tk 134 billion a year in the capital alone in terms of lost human health and life, an economic evaluation of the contamination revealed, reports BSS. The figure accounts for three-four per cent...
FE ReportMembers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four suspects from Savar in the city Thursday night in connection with the gun attack at Swadhin Bangla Super Market that left one person dead and eight others injured on July...
Minister for Social Welfare Enamul Huq Mostafa Shaheed has said the handicapped people of the country have to be established in society by providing them with proper training, reports BSS.He said Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) and other voluntary...
FE ReportUnited Airways has launched direct flights on Dhaka-Dubai route from Thursday.The maiden flight took off at 6:35pm from Zia International Airport in presence of chairman and managing director of the private airline company Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury.The return flight...
FE ReportA sub-inspector (SI) of Motijheel Police Station was suspended as he allegedly mugged Tk 60,000 from an old man at Fakirerpol by threatening to implicate him in a case Thursday night, police said.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the police station Syed...
MYMENSINGH, July 24 (BSS) : Train communications on several routes from Mymensingh were disrupted for about 10 hours as two goods-laden compartments of a Chittagong-bound train from Mymensingh station derailed at Balashpur in the district Friday morning. No casualties were...
Writer Harun-or-Rashid has been awarded 'Professor Abul Fazal Award 2009' for his contribution to Bangla literature. In 2008, he won World Museum Memorial Foundation Award for his works on literature, environment and economy, says a press release. Rashid has about...
Vast enthusiasm and festivity Friday marked the 20th triennial conference of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), the oldest and largest political party of the country that witnessed many ups and downs in the last 60 years, reports BSS. Leaders, workers and...
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