Two female workers were burnt to death as a gauze-bandage factory went up in flames in the capital’s Kadamtoli area Saturday evening, reports UNB.The victims were identified as Rima (15) and Mary (16), both workers of Luna United Company located...
A small trader was killed and three others injured as gunmen sprayed bullets inside a city slum under Gulshan thana Saturday evening, reports UNB.The police quoting witnesses said a gang of gunmen entered Karail slums looking for one Raju in...
Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd and Care Bangladesh are working together to help increase the income generating capacity of Rural women and create new job opportunities through the sale of Bata products offering door to door service under the 'Rural...
YANGON, March 20 (AFP): Myanmar strengthened trading ties with its neighbours over the past fiscal year with border trade of more than 1.20 billion dollars in the past 11 months alone, official figures revealed Friday.A Commerce Ministry report showed that...
March 15-March 19, 2009Standard Chartered BankUS dollar continued to remain strong against Bangladesh Taka. Early in the week there was a significant uptrend, but the market lost steam by the end of the week. The market was active, and there...
WASHINGTON, Mar 20 (Reuters): President Barack Obama issued an unprecedented videotaped appeal to Iran Friday offering a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement to turn the page on decades of US policy toward America's longtime foe."My administration is now committed to...
KABUL, Mar 20 (AFP): Afghan and US authorities said Friday troops killed 40 militants in some of the heaviest fighting this year in Afghanistan, which is gripped by mounting Taliban insurgent violence.In the biggest clash, the US military said 30...
COLOMBO, Mar 20 (AFP): Australia called on Sri Lanka Friday to present "credible political reforms" to end ethnic bloodshed, and expressed grave concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis in the island's north.Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith also asked Sri Lanka's...
SEOUL, Mar 20 (AFP): North Korea's new parliament will convene on April 9, one day after the period set aside for a rocket launch, according to state media, in a sign it will seek maximum political mileage from the event.Analysts...
QUITO, Ecuador, Mar 20 (AP): An upscale neighbourhood in Ecuador's capital turned into a charred, smoky disaster scene when a small army plane crashed into an apartment building, killing seven people and sending a fireball into the evening sky.The plane...
Militants' rocket in Pakistan tribal area kills 10PESHAWAR, Mar 20: Security forces launched a hunt Friday for suspected Taliban militants who fired rockets toward their base in northwest Pakistan, killing 10 people near a key supply route for international forces...
Dhaka Mohammedans SC earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Chittagong Mohammedans in the first leg of Cup semifinal of the Citycell Super Cup Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka Friday, reports UNB.Dhaka Mohammedans will play the return semifinal...
Tea South Africa 256 for 2 (Prince 119*, Kallis 39*) lead Australia 209 by 47 runsAshwell Prince hit an imperious century in his first international outing in over four months to take South Africa into the lead. With the series...
HAMILTON, Mar 20 (AFP) : A near-flawless 160 by Sachin Tendulkar and three wickets for India in New Zealand's second innings put the tourists in total charge on the third day of the first Test here Friday.At stumps the home...
NEW DELHI, Mar 20 : Cricket's Indian Premier League (IPL) is shopping for bullet-proof buses and cars in a bid to protect its star players, The Times of India reported Friday.It said a South African private security firm hired by...
SEATTLE, Mar 20 (AFP): Fredy Montero had two goals and an assist as the expansion Seattle Sounders won their inaugural Major League Soccer game, blanking the New York Red Bulls 3-0 Thursday. Brad Evans also scored in the first half...
Dilkusha SC crushed Tejgaon Agrogami by 6-1 goals in a match of the Green Delta Metropolis 2nd Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Friday. In another match, East End Green defeated Dhaka Hockey...
Tongi KC blanked Kasaituly Samaj Kalyan Parishad by 3-0 goals in a match of the Citycell Metropolis 3rd Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in Dhaka Friday, reports UNB.
MADRID, March 20 (AFP): Hugo Sanchez became a legend at Real Madrid in seven trophy-laden seasons but on Sunday the Mexican will put sentiment aside as his Almeria side look for a first ever win at the Santiago Bernabeu. Legendary...
INDIAN WELLS, Mar 20 (AP): Three-time champion Roger Federer downed Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 7-6 (5) Thursday night to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open.No. 2 Federer, who took the Indian Wells title three consecutive years beginning in...
Enayet Rasul Bhuiyan writesThe central hub or the nerve centre of the country's government administration at Osmani Gani Road in Dhaka was the scene of man-made panic last Thursday. Suddenly, people were seen running inside the compound of the secretariat...
A Z M AnasMomena's nightmare began when her stepmother forced her out of the rundown hovel in one chilly winter evening. As done in the past, she leaned on Jamila Begum, no relation to her, seeking refuge. Jamila, a long...
Jamey Keaten France's rejection of a global role for NATO puts Paris on a collision course with the bolder NATO ambitions of other powerful alliance members - most notably the United States and Britain.The debate comes as President Nicolas Sarkozy...
President Barack Obama had largely avoided being politically shackled to the government's massive bailout of the U.S. financial system.No more.Rightly or wrongly, he now owns the hugely unpopular necessity to save the system - at a cost that may climb...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe search for life beyond earth is still the preserve of the astronomers. Because the scientific probes sent into the outer space from the different space centres are yet to cross the barriers of the incomprehensible distance lying...
Raihan M ChowdhuryLife is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away. I don't know who first coined this precious 'quote', but the measurement of life and breaths...
Barry Moody Andry Rajoelina took power in Madagascar this week after sweeping aside his predecessor in a stunning political upset, but his own grip on power is uncertain and the Indian Ocean island could suffer continuing instability.Rajoelina, 34, who has...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's premier port of Chittagong is bracing for labour unrest again as the workers laid off during the past caretaker regime are reorganising themselves under political patronisation.Around 4000 labourers and equipment operators lost their jobs following...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan The growing dynamism and versatility of the country's automobile market, both in terms of items and buyers, are on display at the country's biggest auto show at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC) in the city.Staged at...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanExport of non-readymade garment (RMG) products has been plunging since October last when the global economic meltdown began to bite the industrialised countries, the biggest export destinations of Bangladeshi goods.During October-January, exports from major sectors including frozen foods,...
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