BEIJING, April 19 (Reuters): The United States would like to have a better idea about the intentions behind China's naval build-up, a senior US navy officer said Sunday, but downplayed worries over Chinese plans for an aircraft carrier."The advancement and...
TIMIKA, Indonesia, April 19 (AFP): Eleven people were killed when their light plane crashed in Indonesia's mountainous Papua province, an airfield official said Sunday.Timika Air Base commander Easter Haryanto, who is coordinating search efforts, said rescue teams have reached the...
BANGKOK, April 19 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva urged people Sunday to remain calm after a week of deadly protests and an assassination attempt on a leading political activist.Abhisit vowed the government would bring to justice those responsible for...
PESHAWAR, April 19 (AFP): At least three suspected militants were killed Sunday in Pakistan's tribal area, thought to have been by a US missile aimed at Taliban and Al-Qaeda rebels, officials said."It was a drone attack," local administration official Shahab...
Bomber kills 20 security forces in PakistanPESHAWAR, April 19: A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in a northwestern Pakistan town Saturday, killing at least 20 security forces personnel, officials in the troubled region said. The Taliban...
Investigating Agency to inquire into the War Crimes committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War will be constituted today (Monday), State Minister for Law Affairs Adv Kamrul Islam said Sunday after an inter-ministerial meeting, as the new government moved definitely to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the annual audit report on spending from the state coffers from Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Ahmed Ataul Hakeem at the Prime Minister's Office in the city Sunday, reports UNB.On the occasion, the Prime Minister...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 19 (UNB): Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) and Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) may open on April 26 or 27 after over a month's closure following the campus violence in which a Chhatra Shibir leader was killed.The...
The High Court (HC) has ordered 58 Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) leaders and workers to surrender to a Rajshahi court within four weeks in connection with a case of campus violence at Rajshahi Medical College (RMC), reports bdnews24.com. A HC...
FARIDPUR, April 19 (BSS): Deputy Leader of the Jatiya Sangsad Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury Saturday said trials of war criminals, and killers of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders must be held on the soil of...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 19 (UNB): At least six students were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chittagong University unit in a train at Sholoshahar railway station in the port city Sunday.Sources said as a...
The distribution of voter identity cards of Senate elections for the seats of registered graduate representatives of Dhaka University (DU) will continue until April 25, reports BSS.Registered graduates have been asked to receive their identity cards during office time at...
Police arrested a 'top leader' of the banned militant group Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Jhaldhaka Upazila in Nilphamari Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. The arrestee was identified as Moshiur Rahman (25). The police seized a mass of literature on jihad and...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Sunday evening visited injured pro-BNP physician Nazrul Islam and ailing noted folksinger Kangalini Sufia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and Hospital, reports UNB. She first went to see Dr Nazrul, research medical officer of...
MYMENSINGH, Apr 19 (BSS): A total of nine super-hybrid varieties of rice including aromatic ones are expected to be introduced in the country as a private company started producing the seed rice on trial basis in Mymensingh and Tangail districts.Agriculturists...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 19 (BSS): Mango production in the region is likely to fall around 25 to 30 per cent this season due to the continuous drought like climatic condition frustrating the farmers and the traders. Horticulture scientists and the farmers...
SYLHET, Apr 19 (UNB): Police in separate drives in the city and its suburbs arrested 13 people, including drug peddlers and fugitives accused Saturday and recovered a huge quantity of drugs.Acting on a tip-off, a special team of Metropolitan Police...
A daylong grand conference for Bangladeshi poets was held at Sufia Kamal auditorium in National Museum in the city Sunday, reports UNB.The festival titled "Bangladeshi Poets' Grand Conference and International Poetry Festival 2009" was organised by Bishwa Kobita Parishad to...
Police, in separate raids, arrested 1374 people on different charges across the country in last 24 hours until 6:00 am Sunday, reports UNB.Eight firearms, two bombs and 8 rounds of bullet were also recovered during the countrywide drive, said a...
BELA chief executive Syeda Rizwana Hasan has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2009 for the Asia region, recognising her work for the conservation of the environment, reports UNB. As a leading environmental attorney of Bangladesh, her legal advocacy...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, April 19: Md Arju (Ittefaq) and KAM Rashidul Islam (Inqilab) have been elected president and general secretary (GS) respectively of Brahmanbaria Press club, Election to the Brahmanbaria Press club executive council was held for a two year term...
An unbeaten 82 runs by skipper Mahmudul Hasan (retired) enabled hosts BCB Under-19 team to score 197 for 9 (declared) in 61.1 overs against touring Sri Lanka Under-19 team on the first day of the two-day affair at BKSP ground...
Dhanmondi Cricket Academy registered a six-wicket win over Green Leaf SC in the Second Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in the city Sunday.Batting first, Green Leaf were dismissed cheaply for 71 runs in 22.1 overs with Mohibul...
Frequent showers ruined the first match of Sunday's double-header at Newlands, reducing the target required by Delhi Daredevils to only 54 in six overs, a goal they reached with all wickets intact. The victory, however, was set up by Daniel...
MGH Infocomm Ltd, a sister concern of leading business house MGH Group and the only authorised nationwide legal distributor of Sony Set Max TV networks, has urged the Bangladeshi TV viewers to watch greatest excitement of cricket, Indian Premier League...
Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) will get Tk 1.2 million (Tk 12 lakh) donation for the Asia Cup Hockey to be held on May 9-19 in Malaysia.BHF general secretary Jamil Uddin Sunday informed the press that the National Sports Council (NSC)...
Saiful KaiserOh, how the mighty fell. Rajasthan Royals the champs of IPL One were embarrassed by the team that was at the bottom of the table last time. And that too when Shane and friends had kept the opposition score...
The two-day cricket match between BCB Under-15 Games Development Squad and touring Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Under-15 team ended in a draw on the 2nd and last day at the Mymensingh Stadium Saturday, UNB reports.Replying to BCB Under-15 team's...
BARCELONA, Apr 19 (AFP): World number one Rafael Nadal bids for a fifth consecutive title at his home Barcelona Open from Monday. The Spanish star, from the island of Mallorca, considers the city something of a second home, with his...
S M JahangirThe government is adopting a new fertiliser policy for streamlining the field-level distribution systems of the agricultural input, which will replace the existing arrangement, officials said."A process is on to devise a fresh fertiliser policy with a view...
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