The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 125 points at 8083, within 50 points of turning positive for the seventh consecutive week, helped by gains in two of its components that posted results late Thursday. Microsoft was up 8.4pc despite...
SYDNEY, Apr 26 (AFP): Australian taxpayers may be delighted as the government doles out billions of dollars of spending money, but some economists and politicians are critical of Canberra's stimulus policy.A total of 7.7 billion dollars (5.5 billion US) in...
MUMBAI, April 26 (PTI): The country's 10 most valued firms added nearly Rs290 billion to their market capitalisation last week, with Bharti Airtel alone accounting for nearly half the valuation.Private sector telecom services provider Bharti Airtel added Rs13,164 crore to...
COLOMBO, April 26 (AFP): Sri Lanka rejected Sunday a ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels, as the United Nations said the ongoing fighting was preventing essential aid from reaching thousands of trapped civilians.Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said there was no...
BEIRUT, April 26 (AP): US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reassured the Lebanese people Sunday that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and will never make a deal with Syria that undermines the country's interests.Clinton spoke on a surprise visit...
MEXICO CITY, April 26 (AFP): Mexicans took new precautions amid fears that a new flu epidemic believed to have killed up to 81 people in the country could reach "pandemic" proportions and spread to the United States and worldwide.Mexican Health...
ISLAMABAD, April 26 (AP): The Pakistani military launched an operation against militants Sunday in a district covered by a peace deal between the government and the insurgents, further casting doubt on that pact's survival.The offensive in Lower Dir, which neighbours...
REYKJAVIK, April 26 (AFP): Iceland's interim leftist government won a resounding victory in this weekend's general election as voters punished the conservatives they blame for the country's economic meltdown seven months ago.The conservative Independence Party, in power for 18 years...
RIYADH, April 26 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia is considering allowing women to vote in municipal elections this year but they would still be barred from running for office, a senior government official was quoted as saying Sunday.Saudi Arabia is the world's...
At least four killed in Pakistan blastMIRAN SHAH, Pakistan, April 26: An explosion in a vehicle killed at least four people in a militant stronghold in northwest Pakistan, a witness and local media reported Sunday, while concern grew over Taliban...
RAJSHAHI, April 26 (BSS): Academic activities of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) resumed today amid tight security after a 43-day unscheduled closure. Most of the students have returned to the campus restoring a normal academic atmosphere after a...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun said Sunday composition of the investigation agency on War Crime would be expanded for a thorough inquiry and proper trial of the war criminals.The home minister made the comment talking to reporters at the home ministry,...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud Sunday admitted that former Premier Khaleda Zia had met Saudi King Abdullah in 2005, apparently correcting Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's statement that the monarch's audience with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the first...
Former ruling party BNP Sunday dismissed Foreign Minister Dipu Moni's statement as untrue and baseless saying that ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia had talks with the Kings of Saudi Arabia four times during 2004-2006, reports UNB.Addressing a press briefing at Khaleda...
Minister for Industry Dilip Barua Sunday stressed the need for inclusion of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the proposed industrial policy aiming at improving lifestyle of disadvantaged people in society, reports BSS.Steps would be taken to spread movement by...
The Sidr-affected people in the southern coastal districts are trying to turn around, recovering the losses of 2007 catastrophic cyclone by increasing food production under a US-funded $80 million reconstruction programme, reports BSS.Besides poverty alleviation and improvement of food security...
KHULNA, Apr 26 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 1,030 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from a truck on Khulna-Satkhira highway under Dumuria Upazila Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, a RAB team intercepted the Khulna-bound truck, coming from Satkhira,...
MYMENSINGH, Apr 26 (UNB): A fake cosmetics factory was unearthed by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Balashpur Marakhola in the town and arrested two persons in this connection Sunday.During the drive, RAB-9, led by magistrate Abu Zafar...
CHANDPUR, Apr 26 (UNB): A female HSC examinee died from a snakebite at Boghra village under Shahrasti Upazila Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Sharmin Akhter Sumi (18), an HSC examinee from Suchipara Degree College.
Tanzina Akhter Rina, a young, poor mother who has been seriously ill since October last after giving birth to a child is totally paralysed and speechless. She is now undergoing treatment at a hospital at Mirpur. It costs almost Tk...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Apr 26: Alam Sheikh, a regional outlawed party leader and commander of Biplobi Communist Party, was arrested with firearms and explosives at Shankarpasha Bazar under Abhoynagar Upazila Friday night.Police, acting on a tip-off, raided the area at midnight...
A discussion and doa mahfil will be held today (Monday) at 4.0 pm at the Muktijuddho Jadughar in Segunbagicha to commemorate the death of Shaheed Captain Aftabul Qader, Bir Uttam. Capt Qader embraced martyrdom on 27 April 1971 at Mohalchhari...
Shah Zulfiqar Haider "CUT your coat according to your cloth", ought to be a good way out for the consumers in Bangladesh, facing a perennial energy shortage. The Holy Quran also strictly prohibits wastage. Besides, when the rest of the...
Bhavdeep Kang of Women's Feature ServiceThe residents of Baghuwar have reason to smile. This little village in central Madhya Pradesh is proud of its hygiene and sanitation. Every family has access to a pucca (permanent) indoor, water-economical toilet. 'One hundred...
Bangladesh finally overcame win drought in international football when they beat Cambodia by a solitary goal in the group-A match of the AFC Challenge Cup qualifier on home ground at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka Sunday, reports UNB.Striker Enamul Haq...
For a while it looked like Delhi Daredevils' batsmen had been a tad complacent while chasing a modest target, which Bangalore Royal Challengers' bowlers defended tenaciously, but an unbeaten half-century from Tillakaratne Dilshan completed their third consecutive win in the...
Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team made a good start in the Women's Club Cup Cricket Tournament upsetting Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 17 runs in the group B opener at the Mirpur City Club ground in Dhaka Sunday, reports UNB.Winning the...
Bangladesh Cricket Board Sunday announced a 15-member GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team to play in the GP-BCB Academy Cup against Sri Lanka Cricket Development squad, which will arrive in the city Monday night, reports UNB.Marshal Ayub has been named the...
FE ReportSoutheast Bank Ltd has decided to raise its authorised capital to Tk 10.00 billion from Tk 3.50 billion and approved 15 per cent cash and 20 per cent stock dividends for the year 2008.The approvals came at the 4th...
FE Report The central bank has asked the primary dealer (PD) banks and financial institutions to quote interest rates on securities in tandem with the market trend at the time of primary auctions. The advice came at a meeting with...
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