The govt has ordered all BDR troops to return to their posts within 24 hours, reports bdnews24.com."All BDR personnel, absent form their posts in the wake of the quelled mutiny, have been asked to join their posts within the next...
LAHORE, Feb 28 (AP): With his supporters rioting for a third day, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif blamed Pakistan's government Friday for the political turmoil set off by a court order barring him from elected office - unrest that he warned...
The month-long Amar Ekushey book fair ended in the city Saturday as 2,741 new titles hit market during the annual event, with poetry dominating the list, reports BSS.Large crowds thronged the fair venue on the Bangla Academy premises on the...
From Fazle Rashid | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
NEW YORK, Feb 27: President Barack Hossain Obama unveiled yesterday a ten-year budget outline that showed this year's deficit rising to a staggering $1750 billion. He announced a budget proposal of $3.6 trillion for the fiscal 2010.The administration intends to...
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General is distressed at the mounting death toll in the two-day violent mutiny by members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), reports UNB.He condemns such brutal acts of violence, and extends his deepest sympathy to the victims,...
KHAR (Pakistan), FEB 28 (AP): Pakistani troops have defeated Taliban militants in two strongholds near the Afghan border after a grinding offensive, officers in both military operations said Saturday. Pakistan's military showcased its gains in the area as it faces...
BAGHDAD, Feb 28 (AP): Iraq's prime minister says the country's security forces have been tested and have shown they are ready to take over from US forces.Nouri al-Maliki also says President Barack Obama agreed in a phone call Friday on...
ladimir Putin yesterday warned Russia would clamp down on "selfish" unauthorised protests over an intensifying economic crisis, which he predicted was far from finished.His comments came after a string of unauthorised protest actions against his government's handling of the economic...
FE Report | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Rangs Electronics Limited, widely known as Sony Rangs, formally opened its new central service centre at Airport Road in the city recently for better customer services, said a press release.Rangs Group Chairman and Managing Director Aktar Hussain inaugurated the service...
Different socio-political, professional and cultural organisations have condemned the massacre of army officers at BDR Peelkhana headquarters and expressed deep shock over the gruesome incident, reports BSS.They termed it a part of a big conspiracy against the nation and demanded...
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (AP): The Obama administration said Friday that the United States will boycott an upcoming UN conference on racism unless its final document is changed to drop all references to Israel and the defamation of religion.At the same...
Matches of the Dhaka Metropolitan Selection Chess Tournament, the qualifying meet for the 35th National B, will begin at the Chess Federation hall room on March 8 at 3:30 pm, reports UNB.Interested players can register their names by March 6...
LIMA (Peru) (AP): The unusually intact fossilized skull of a giant, bony-toothed seabird that lived up to 10 million years ago was found on Peru's arid southern coast, researchers said Friday.The fossil is the best-preserved cranium ever found of a...
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 28 (AFP): Two already existing drugs to fight bacterial infections could combine to help treat the most deadly form of tuberculosis, according to a study published Friday.Researchers discovered a two-drug combination that blocks the growth of 13 strains...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (PTI): A bumper rice production may prompt India to lift export curbs on non-basmati variety by May, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations said in a report."The curbs are expected to be lifted...
Central leaders of the ruling Awami League-led 14-party combine met with Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Saturday expressing deep condolences for the army officers brutally killed at the BDR Headquarters last Wednesday, reports UNB.Calling for national...
US citizen stabbed in | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Cairo tourist areaCAIRO, Feb 28: An attacker stabbed a US citizen in front of his wife in a popular Cairo tourist area Friday in the second attack on foreigners in the Egyptian capital in less than a week, security sources...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
After years of scramble for the North American market, local IT companies are now eyeing the Scandinavian Peninsula as their next potential market.Apart from a largely untapped IT outsourcing market with far less number of competitors, local software exporters also...
MUMBAI, Feb 28 (Bloomberg): Reliance Industries Limited, owner of the world's largest refining complex, plans to acquire the remaining shares of unit Reliance Petroleum Limited, after the stock dropped 54 per cent in the past year.Chevron Corporation will sell its...
TOKYO, Feb 28(AFP): J-League champions Kashima Antlers thumped Asian champions Gamba Osaka 3-0 Saturday to claim their fourth Super Cup and their first in 10 years.Kashima struck early through forward Shinzo Koroki in the sixth minute and doubled their lead...
The Opposition BNP will hold doa mahfil at the National Press Club after Asr prayer today (Sunday) for those killed in the BDR mutiny at the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.BNP office secretary Rizvi Ahmed called upon the party's leaders and...
PABNA, Feb 28 (UNB): Some 600 kgs of wheat of VGF programme were looted from 10 distressed women at Bagchipara crossing in Sadar Upazila Friday.Police said Begum, Razia, Malina, Rabeya, Tara Khatun, Rupali, Rebeka, Khadeza, Taslima and Zulekha of Machhimpur...
FENI, Feb 28 (UNB): Former Awami League (AL) leader Joynal Hazari returned to his hometown Feni Friday and soon his musclemen reoccupied the land where once stood the Vendu Hazari Gymnasium, the den from where he reined as godfather.The boundary...
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (AP): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using her second overseas trip as the nation's top diplomat to assess peace prospects in the Middle East, reconnect with European allies and remind her Russian counterpart that US...
LONDON, Feb 28 (AFP): Oil prices rallied this week, buoyed by signs of stabilising energy demand and hints of OPEC production cuts, but gold lost its sparkle after breaching 1,000 dollars per ounce the previous week.OIL: Crude oil fell Monday...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Revenue collection by Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) had doubled over the last five years as the overall collection jumped by 101.39 per cent to Tk 8.85 billion in fiscal 2007-08 from Tk 4.29 billion in 2003-04.The DIP has...
No matter how corrupt (as had been alleged) the BDR officers had been or how cruel they might have been (also alleged) to their soldiers, they still did not deserve to be murdered in cold blood. And murdered they were...
DU Correspondent | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Anisur Rahman, Belal Hossain and Mahbub Alam have been selected president, vice-president and general secretary respectively of Sherpur District Students' Welfare Association (SDSWA) at Dhaka University (DU) for the year 2009.Other office bearers of the association include joint secretary Moniruzzaman...
BAGHDAD, Feb 28 (AFP): Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told oil experts today Iraq needed foreign expertise to develop its oil sector, which would enable it to reactivate the country's industry and agriculture.Improved security meant the country "is now ready to...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
JAYPURHAT, Feb 28: Farmers of Jaypurhat have produced huge winter vegetables.Farmers cultivated varieties types of vegetables namely bottle gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country bean, cabbage, green chilly etc.Winter vegetables have been cultivated in 5,000 acres of land this year while...
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