NOAKHALI, Dec 28 (UNB): A UP chairman and supporter of BNP candidate in Noakhali-3 was arrested Sunday on charge of anti-election campaign.Police Super Lutful Kabir said Jamaluddin, chairman of Choyani Union Parishad, was arrested on allegations that he indulged in...
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina Sunday expressed deep shock and concern over the killing of civilians, including women and children, in Israeli air attack in Gaza, reports UNB."We believe that the Middle East crisis could be resolved in a peaceful...
NARSINGDI, Dec 28 (UNB): The uncle of a Jukta Front candidate for the national election was hacked to death by unknown assailants at Dakkhin Savar Char in Shibpur Upazila Sunday afternoon.The dead was identified as Zakir Hossain (50), uncle of...
Immediate-past premier Khaleda Zia apologised for any inadvertent past mistakes and pledged to mend the follies and work together next time if voted back to power in next Monday's polls, report agencies. The BNP chairperson also called for an end...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 27 (UNB): Awami League president Sheikh Hasina Saturday pledged to build Chittagong as commercial capital and the port as a modern seaport of South Asia, alongside all-round development of the country, if voted to power through Monday's crucial...
India has so far rejected Bangladesh's request for removal of the former's survey ships from disputed waters in the Bay, with the Indian envoy in Dhaka saying the vessels will leave when their work is complete, reports bdnews24.com. Indian high...
FE Report Bangladesh taka (BDT) depreciated marginally, 0.5 per cent, against the US dollar in 2008 following the rise in the latter's demand in the domestic market. "During the first half of 2008, the soaring global commodity prices raised the...
M Azizur RahmanJeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has sought an increase of premium by 3.25 per cent for providing Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) around US$ 1.0 billion to import fuel from the international market, officials said Saturday.The Islamic Trade Finance...
DINAJPUR, Dec 27: At least five young workers were killed and 35 passengers wounded when a Thakurgaon-bound bus collided with a sugarcane-loaded tractor at Rampura Square in Kaharrol Upazila Saturday evening. Zakir, Rabiul, Shah Alam, Shahin and Arif - all...
More than 60 people were injured in two separate clashes between supporters of Awami League (AL) and 4-party alliance candidates at Sathia and Sujanagar in Pabna Saturday evening. Some 50 activists were wounded when attacked allegedly by AL workers at...
The 22-MW power plant of Doreen Power Generation and Systems Ltd was formally inaugurated in Narsingdi Friday evening. In this connection, Doreen Power organised a function at project site at Daguria, near Shahebprotap area of Narsingdi town. As per the...
FE Report Foreign residents are under close watch of revenue board after the government withdrew the tax-exemption facility in the current fiscal budget. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is collecting lists of all foreign workers from the Bangladesh Export...
FE ReportSecretary-General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon Saturday reiterated his call for peaceful holding of elections in Bangladesh, which is due on December 29.He also appealed to all political parties to continue to demonstrate responsibility, participate fully and honour the...
FE Report With the ninth parliamentary polls only a day away, a large number of city dwellers started to leave Dhaka to cast their votes in their respective constituencies through different modes of transports. Although, the people started to leave...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 27: The US and the West have often grumbled about China enjoying an unfair edge over them in global trade. The main accusation against China has been cheap labour and an underrated currency. China was...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has said it will commission container inspection devices at the Chittagong Port in the first week of January next to give the country's external trade a boost.The US and the European nations want...
TOKYO, Dec 27 (Reuters): Thousands of miles away from Detroit, homeless people in Japan are feeling the pinch from the U.S. "Big Three" automakers' financial woes, as they now receive less cash for the aluminum cans they collect to eke...
NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters): As the stock market heads into the last week of the year, what was inconceivable just 12 months ago is now a stark possibility: 2008 could be the worst year in history for Wall Street....
FE ReportPolitical parties wrapped up campaigns midnight Saturday in the run-up to the eventful December 29 general election after seven years of the previous general elections held in 2001.Campaigning was hectic Saturday with all the political parties and their alliances...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 27 (AP): Pakistan told India Saturday it did not want war and would use force only if attacked - a move apparently aimed at reducing tensions between the neighbours a day after reports indicated thousands of Pakistani troops...
Guinea's new military junta is to hold talks with foreign envoys shortly to explain their take-over and "reassure the international community".Coup leaders have promised to stamp out corruption and hold elections in 2010, reports BBC.The coup, led by a junior...
Dozens of Iranians in the country's capital Tehran have held their own shoe-throwing rally in protest at US President George W Bush, reports BBC.They were showing support for the Iraqi journalist who threw his footwear at the American leader in...
13 die in explosion in China BEIJING, Dec 27: At least 13 people were killed and five injured in a blast in central China early Saturday, state media reported, saying explosives meant for civilian use had gone off. The explosion...
GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, (Pakistan) (AFP): More than 150,000 grieving Pakistanis thronged the tomb of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto Saturday, mourning their beloved leader one year after her assassination.A sea of sobbing mourners, some wailing and beating their chests in...
OTTAWA, Dec 27(AFP): A Canadian soldier was killed and three others wounded in Afghanistan's Kandahar region, bringing to 104 Canada's death toll since its military mission began there in 2002, the Defense Ministry said Friday. The soldier was killed when...
One in five people recovering from a heart attack is still having chest pain a year afterwards, a US study suggests, reports BBC.The journal Archives of Internal Medicine reported some suffered angina every day, despite bypass surgery.A Colorado University-led team,...
Syed JamaluddinBANGLADESH will have an elected government after December 29. There was no open political activity in the country during the last two years. Naturally expectations are high that the incoming political govt will deliver according to the expectations of...
Maswood Alam KhanIN future there may be two general knowledge quizzes in our school textbooks: "Who was the first leader in Bangladesh who accepted his or her victory with humility? And "Who was the first leader in Bangladesh who accepted...
Bangladesh lost this day more than Sri Lanka won it. Shakib Al Hasan's third five-for in as many innings bowled out Sri Lanka for an unconvincing 293 just before lunch but that was the only passage of play to boast...
Champion spinner Muttiah Muralitharan Saturday said the Bangladeshi players don't know how to play long innings although there are many talented players, reports UNB."Bangladesh have many talented players but they don't know how to play long innings. That's the problem....
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