KABUL, Aug 27 (AFP): A fierce gunfight backed by US helicopter fire paralysed a district in eastern Afghanistan after Taliban forced their way into a clinic seeking treatment for their leader, officials and NATO said Thursday.An American soldier was killed...
PARIS, Aug 27 (AFP): President Nicolas Sarkozy's office Thursday denied a claim that the French leader would go to Libya next week for celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Moamer Kadhafi's regime.Earlier, one of the Libyan organisers of the events...
WANA, Aug 27 (Reuters): Missiles believed to have been fired by a US drone aircraft struck a militant hideout killing six fighters in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region Thursday, intelligence officials said.Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a...
Taiwan President approves Dalai Lama visitTAIPEI, Aug 27: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Thursday approved a visit next week by the Dalai Lama to the typhoon-hit island in a move analysts say could damage Taipei's efforts to improve ties with China....
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Aug 27 (AP): New Zealand whipped through the Sri Lanka tail to bowl out the hosts on Thursday, but not before the home team had accumulated a solid 416 in its first innings of the second test.Thilan...
The world's number one all rounder Shakib Al Hasan is all set to become the highest paid cricketer in Bangladesh's Premier Division Cricket League this season, report BSS.The mercurial all rounder Shakib continues to enjoy his dream runs as a...
MANCHESTER, England, Aug 27 (AFP): Muhammad Ali brought Ricky Hatton to the brink of tears as the boxing legend paid a visit to the British fighter's gym on Wednesday. Hatton greeted the former world heavyweight champion with a handshake and...
LONDON, Aug 27 (AP): Arsenal beat Celtic 3-1 Wednesday to reach the group stage of the Champions League along with APOEL of Cyprus and Fiorentina of Italy.The Gunners were already ahead 2-0 in their playoff after last week's first leg...
Former national captain and chief selector Faruque Ahmed believes that national pool for cricketers has both good and bad sides, report BSS. Talking to BSS today at his office in the City, Faruque said he had heard the news that...
ZURICH, Aug 27 (AFP): The presence of Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has guaranteed that the fifth of the six-leg Golden League Friday will be a sell-out after his treble world gold medal haul. The Letzigrund Stadium has long sold...
LISBON, Aug 27 (AFP): Brazilian striker Liedson, who recently became a Portuguese citizen, was on Wednesday named in the Portugal squad for crucial World Cup qualifiers against Denmark and Hungary.Coach Carlos Queiroz has turned to the 31-year-old Sporting Lisbon player...
Taekwondo players-Mizanur Rahman and Rasiul Kabir-who won gold medals in the 5th Korea Open International Taekwondo Championship called on State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarker today at his National Sports Council office here, report BSS.The Taekwondo meet...
NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (BSS): Keeping in mind security concerns during next year's Commonwealth Games, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning to import "bomb-proof" dustbins from the United Kingdom. Each of the dustbins will have a capacity of 1,000...
Barrister M Amir-ul-Islam, an amicus curiae on the reference hearing, has recommended an open trial of the mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), saying the nation holds the rights to know what massacre was happened at Pilkhana in the city...
RANGPUR, Aug 27 (BSS): Authorities of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have taken special steps for carrying vegetables and other perishable essential commodities at lower costs from northern region of the country to the capital city, officials said. The steps were taken...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 27 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting in the city Wednesday called for immediate execution of the verdict on Bangabandhu Murder Case to rid the nation from the stigma of August 15, 1975. They said the nation went far...
FE Report In commemoration of the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who died on August 25, 2009, the US Embassy in Dhaka will open a condolence book for the public to sign. The book will be available at the...
FE ReportSouth Asia Media Commission (SAMC) has expressed outrage at the recent killing of two journalists, one Afghan and the other Pakistani, in Pakistan. The Commission was formed in April 2007 to monitor journalists' safety and violation of media rights...
A Z M AnasWith a major global conference on climate change is just months away, a top UN official says the ordinary people are unaware of Bangladesh's demand list, urging the government to close the "information gap." "Nobody knows what's...
Leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today placed wreaths at the mazar of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Dhaka University campus on the occasion of the poet's 33rd death anniversary, reports BSS.BNP leaders also offered fateha at the mazar...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Cultural Affairs Ministry Thursday decided in principle to reconstitute the existing committee on sending artistes abroad and to enhance honoraria for artistes and trainers of Shilpakala Academy, reports BSS.The decision was taken at a meeting...
Indian High Comm-ission in Dhaka has organised a photo exhibition titled 'Liberation War of 1971' reports BSS.The exhibition has been organised in memory of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
British International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband will arrive in the city Monday with climate-change issues on top of their agenda, reports UNB.The two British ministers will mainly discuss with...
FHM Humayan KabirJapan has threatened to suspend aid to Bangladesh if the government fails to speed up project implementation and ensure "transparency and accountability" of its funding programme, officials said Thursday.The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the global development arm...
Siddique Islam The country's overall balance of payments (BoP) situation continued to maintain a healthy trend in the last fiscal in spite of the global meltdown, officials said Thursday. The current account balance also recorded a surplus in the fiscal...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe government is planning to crack down on unscrupulous traders who are making abnormal profit at the cost of common people by sending mobile courts to markets, said sources."The four monitoring teams worked this week and found irregularities...
FE ReportA meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on communication ministry ended inclusively Thursday over conflicting stand taken by home and communications on the issue of withdrawal of old vehicles from the city's streets.Sources said the meeting that lasted about...
FE ReportPrime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina and her longtime political rival Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia have both Thursday invited each other to Iftar parties on the occasion of Ramadan, officials said.The invitations from the two women, albeit centring a religious...
A parliamentary watchdog body will summon Prime Minister's Adviser HT Imam, Law Secretary Kazi Habibul Awal and Establishment Secretary Iqbal Mahmud to explain the government's decision last month to send two judges into retirement without the consent of the Supreme...
China's Shanghai Electric Group got the contract for installing a 150-mw simple-cycle power plant in Sylhet as this is among four projects the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved Thursday, reports UNB.According to the tender proposal, the Shanghai Electric Group...
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