ON the eve of celebrating 38th Victory Day of Bangladesh, we are too glad to find our own country's cute logo and meaningful brand name, "Beautiful Bangladesh". That will be fantastic to celebrate this Victory Day-2008 with new logo and...
Syed JamaluddinTHE Mumbai massacre has shaken not only India but also the entire world. The dust raised by the incidents is unlikely to settle down in the near future because of the gravity of the matter. It is bound to...
Maswood Alam KhanPOLITICAL parties can now hold meetings from December 12 for seven days under emergency and the state of emergency is going to be lifted, as promised, just twelve days before the scheduled Election Day. So, a hushed or...
Joe Leahy in MumbaiINDIAN car sales last month recorded their biggest fall in eight years as tight liquidity and high interest rates hit one of the world's fastest-growing automotive sectors.The crunch is raising questions over the future of a number...
Farhan Bokhari in IslamabadPAKISTAN'S stock market regulator has ordered the managements of the country's three stock exchanges to remove an artificial floor introduced in August this year to prevent share prices from tumbling further after many months of declines. However,...
HARARE, Dec13 (agencies): The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe which has left hundreds dead was caused by the UK, an ally of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said .Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu described the outbreak as a "genocidal onslaught on the...
European Union leaders have reached a deal on a package of measures to fight global warming, reports BBC.The plan, agreed at a Brussels summit, sets out how 27 member-countries will cut carbon emissions by 20pc by 2020, compared with 1990...
FUKUOKA, (Japan), Dec 13 (Reuters): North Korea threatened to slow down disablement of its main nuclear facility Saturday after Washington said energy aid to the reclusive state had been suspended due to failed talks on verifying the North's operations.Pressure mounted...
Four British Royal Marines have been killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan, the MoD has said, reports BBC.A Royal Marine from 45 Commando was injured in an explosion in the Sangin area of Helmand province and died on...
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters): Little breast tumours that seemed cured after surgery are more likely to come back if they are the type known as HER2 positive, US researchers reported Friday.They said women who have these types of tumours may...
A full moon has occurred closer to the Earth than it has done at any time for the past 15 years, reports AP.The Moon's elliptical orbit means its distance from the Earth is not constant.It was a little over 350,000km...
US ice storm knocks out power, shuts offices NEW YORK, Dec 13: The northeastern United States was recovering Saturday from a major ice storm that caused massive power outages, forced a government shut-down in Maine and put Massachusetts and New...
Police have opened fire at an anti-election demonstration in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing at least one person and wounding two others, reports BBC.Hundreds of people took to the streets in Pulwama district, where polling is being held in the fifth phase...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13(AFP ): Police in Pakistan have arrested dozens of members of an Islamic charity the UN has listed a terrorist organisation in the wake of the Mumbai killings.Members of Jamaat-ud-Dawa have been held across the country. India says...
FUKUOKA, Japan, Dec 13 (Reuters): Japan, China and South Korea agreed at a historic North Asia summit Saturday to bolster cooperation to tackle the global financial crisis battering their economies, putting aside decades of animosity.Japan's ties with its neighbours have...
BOSTON, Dec 13 (Reuters): Homelessness and demand for emergency food are rising in the United States as the economy founders, a report said Friday, and homeless advocates cautioned many cities were not equipped for the increase.A survey by the US...
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (PTI): India's industrial production index, which contracted by 0.4 per cent in October for the first time in 15 years, will continue to show a slowing trend till the end of 2009 with some chance of...
MEXICO CITY, Dec 13 (Reuters): Crowds thronged Mexico's holiest Catholic shrine Friday in one of the world's biggest regular pilgrimages, with many of the faithful seeking spiritual support as the economy slips toward recession.Streams of people from across Mexico and...
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AFP): The United States mulled urgent new steps to prevent the collapse of its embattled auto sector as the European Union sealed a huge 260-billion-dollar package to fight off the global recession.As the leaders of Japan, China...
GENEVA, Dec 13 (AFP): Hopes that a long-delayed World Trade Organisation (WTO) global free-trade pact could be clinched this month were dashed yesterday, dealing a blow for supporters who had claimed an agreement would boost the world economy. WTO head...
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AFP): A key US Senator with power over trade deals announced yesterday he will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam this month on a mission to reassure the world about the US economy. "The entire...
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (PTI): Islamabad yesterday said it wants to step up economic ties with New Delhi and will consider allowing joint ventures between businessmen of the two countries in the midst of India's mounting pressure on Pakistan to...
LONDON, Dec 13 (AFP): Oil prices rebound while aluminium and copper futures hit fresh multi-year lows in a week of volatile trading for commodities. OIL: Oil prices rallied sharply as Russia said it would join OPEC in likely cutting crude...
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (PTI): With increasing population and diet diversification of consumers, Asian countries, including India, may have to import 62 million tonnes of wheat over the next two years, a study said. Asian demand for wheat is anticipated...
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters): Key bank lending rates slipped Friday as investors looked forward to further help from the world's top central banks, including another expected interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve when it meets next week.Investors think...
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (AFP): The US dollar was down marginally against the euro and yen Friday after plunging to a 13-year low against the Japanese currency amid uncertainty over a bailout plan for beleagured American automakers. The euro rose...
Nokia awarded the winners of the 'Eid Utshob' promotion recently, which started from September 16 this year. The promotion offered buyers of any Nokia device from any of the ten Nokia branded outlets a chance to win Nokia devices. Each...
MUMBAI, Dec 13 (PTI): Snapping two-day gaining streak, the Indian rupee ended down by 12 paise at 48.45/46 against the American currency Friday though it recouped a major part of its initial losses. In last two days the rupee was...
Northern Agro Services Ltd and the South Asia Enterprise Development Facility of the International Finance Corporation (IFC-SEDF) jointly conducted a campaign for promoting organic fertiliser use in local tea gardens. As a part of this campaign, three seminars on the...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Dec 13: The traditional brass and bell metal industry of the northern districts has been gradually perishing for last three decades.Sirajganj, Pabna and Bogra once were famous for bell metal and brass industries. Household appliance and utensils made...
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