MOGADISHU (Somalia), FEB 28 (AP): The government and an Islamic insurgent group have reached a cease-fire deal, Somalia's new president said Saturday, days after dozens of civilians were killed in fighting in the Somali capital.Elders of Mogadishu's dominant clan, the...
BARISAL, Feb 28 (UNB): At least 11 people, including three teachers, were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Barisal BM College Saturday following an altercation over a trifling matter Friday.Witnesses said BCL...
IT is alleged that some corrupt elements in the law-enforcing department are involved in various anti-social activities; they even allure people into committing crimes.Some days back a group of law-enforcing people came to a residential hotel, Naseria, at Khatungonj in...
Agri-experts Saturday said that increased farming of jute could revive the past glory of the golden fibre to usher in a new era in the country's economy as well as save the environment and soil health, reports BSS.Because of its...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (PTI): Impacted by the global economic meltdown, the Indian economy has clocked slowest quarterly growth in over five years, at 5.3 per cent, in October-December of this fiscal as agriculture and manufacturing contracted, despite a stimulus...
A middle aged mother and her two minor daughters were strangulated allegedly by her brother at Jatrabari in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Police on information rescued the bodies of Shahnaj Akter Nazma (40), wife of businessman Abdur Rashid and her...
HUA HIN, (Thailand), Feb 28 (AFP): Southeast Asian nations are to sign an energy security agreement today that will allow their members to buy oil at a discounted price during times of crisis, a senior official said."Under the agreement, oil...
WELLINGTON, Feb 28 (AFP): New Zealand is to boost ground security for the remainder of the Indian cricket tour following a bottle-throwing incident at the second Twenty20 match, an official said Saturday.Play was briefly halted towards the end of the...
Speakers at a workshop in Rangpur have underscored the need for comprehensive steps involving the grass-roots level people to reduce the adverse impacts of the global climate change going on at an alarming rates, reports BSS.The country has been experiencing...
A Z M Anas | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started preparing the multi-year lending programme for Bangladesh beginning next year with a major thrust on infrastructure.Officials said the Manila-based lender is designing the country's loan operation for the period between 2010 and 2012,...
BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters): The United States is looking to stronger Chinese cooperation on Afghanistan, piracy, and other international troubles, a Pentagon official said Saturday after talks that he said also addressed strains over Taiwan.The US official, David Sedney, said...
HANOI, Feb 28 (Reuters): Vietnam could raise the ceiling of foreign ownership in its banks to 35 per cent from 30 per cent and expand the foreign ownership in unlisted companies to 49 per cent as it seeks to beef...
SATKHIRA, Feb 26 (UNB): Police seized a brass made Krishna statue and a Shiblinga at Langoldaria village in Asasuni Upazila of the district Monday.Acting on a tip-off, police raided the house of Rezaul Karim Mallik of the village and seized...
LAHORE, Feb 26 (AFP): Thousands of protesters marched across Pakistan Thursday, torching pictures of President Asif Ali Zardari as a nervous government put paramilitaries on alert and detained 30 lawmakers.Security forces sealed off the Punjab provincial assembly but thousands of...
Islami Insurance Bangladesh Limited held its annual Branch Managers Conference-2009 at Cox's Bazar recently, says a press release.Vice Chairman of the company M Tajul Islam inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. Additional Managing Director of the company Md Mujibur...
NEW YORK Feb 26 (Bloomberg): Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., the US exchange that handles the most shares, said fourth-quarter profit fell 53 per cent as losses on a currency hedge for its European operations wiped out gains from increased trading.Net...
LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters): France, Germany and Britain are proposing a tough list of additional sanctions to be imposed against Iran over its nuclear programme, the Financial Times newspaper reported Thursday.A confidential document seen by the Financial Times and Italian...
Seven more slain BDR officers were found on the Buriganga River Thursday following the hara-kiri inside the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Headquarters in the capital, raising the death toll in the mutiny to 12 by official count, reports UNB.Rapid Action Battalion...
NEW DELHI, Feb 26 (PTI): The US feels that a conservative approach towards management of financial markets and capital inflows has helped India in avoiding bigger impact of the global financial meltdown."I think the reason India avoided some of the...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 24: The entire Port City of Chittagong is now under the grip of acute water crisis because the lifting capacity of Chittagong WASA has reduced drastically.Certain areas are reported to have been deprived of normal water supply for...
KHULNA, Feb 26 (BSS): Some 75 newly elected upazila chairmen, vice- chairmen and female vice-chairmen of 25 upazilas of Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts Thursday took oath at a simple ceremony in the conference room of divisional commissioner's office here.Divisional...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday categorically asked the BDR rebels to immediately surrender arms and go back to barracks, failing which she warned of tough action against them in national interest, reports UNB."Lay down arms forthwith and go back to...
FE Report | 2009-02-27 00:00:00
The ongoing unrest at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters would not have any impact on the economy, said commerce minister Muhammad Faruk Khan Thursday."The government is worried about the crisis but it neither stopped the economic activities nor imposed any...
LONDON, Feb 26 (AFP): Three British soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan Wednesday from an "enemy explosion" while a fourth died of injuries sustained in a firefight, the ministry of defence said.The unidentified trio of soldiers were wounded during a...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-27 00:00:00
FARIDPUR, Feb 26: About 0.15 million (1.50 lakh) children or 21 per cent in the district of Faridpur have been suffering from lack of nutrition. The children due to lack of nutrition are becoming victims of diarrhoea, pneumonia, fever, cold,...
The Indian board faces an embarrassing situation after letting Sachin Tendulkar appear for a Masters Twenty20 match in Wellington Friday where he will play alongside Hamish Marshall, the former New Zealand batsman who featured in the unauthorised ICL last year.New...
RAYONG, (Thailand), Feb 26 (AFP): Father-of-four Rasamee Thongdee is picking his son up from the babysitter six hours early because he has just lost his job at a Thai factory making car air-conditioning systems.The 31-year-old is one of about 5,000...
SEOUL, Feb 26 (AP): North Korea has built an underground fuelling facility near a key launch pad, a news report said Thursday, making it harder for spy satellites to detect signs that a missile is being prepared for launch.The facility...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-27 00:00:00
KHULNA, Feb 26: The workers of Mongla port observed hunger strike on the Workers And Employees' Shangha premises Wednesday to press home their five-point demand including cancellation of Labour Act-14 (Amended).Source said the caretaker government had abolished Dock Labourer Management...
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