WAZIRISTAN, (Pakistan), Nov 19 (AFP): A missile fired by a suspected US drone has killed at least six people in north-western Pakistan, security officials say. The missile destroyed a house in the Bannu district, they said. The dead include two...
Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - using a windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells, reports BBC.The groundbreaking technology also means for the first time tissue transplants can be carried out...
NASA tests "deep space Internet" WASHINGTON, Nov 19: The US space agency NASA said Tuesday that it successfuly conducted a first test of a deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. "This is the first step in creating a...
Discussants at a roundtable Wednesday underlined the need for creating people centric political leadership to ensure sustainable socio-economic development built on local resources, cutting dependence on external aid, reports BSS. Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG) Bangladesh held the meeting...
FE Report A mammoth gathering of the Maizbhandari devotees was held on the Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong Wednesday. Hundreds of devotees started arriving at the venue from Tuesday night to join the grand religious rally. Speaking at the gathering, Peer...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 19: A section of vendors at Chittagong Court Building area are allegedly realising two to three times higher price than the prescribed price of non-judicial stamps. They are doing this illegal work capitalising on the inadequate supply...
About 50 per cent of the total workplace deaths in the country take place in the construction sector, which is having a boom-time through a rather random growth, reports UNB. This finding was disclosed Wednesday in Bangladesh Worker Safety Programme...
Government authorities warned of legal action against the film clubs organising film festivals violating existing rules, reports UNB.Bangladesh Film Censor Board said that the board expects only registered and permitted film clubs to arrange film festivals maintaining relevant existing laws."It...
Universal Children's Day will be observed worldwide today (Thursday) to reflect that children are one of the most important parts of society, reports UNB.Australian High Commi-ssion in Dhaka announced that it was funding a Community Centre cum Pre-School in Tamaltala...
DU CorrespondentBSB Cambrian inter-university debate competition titled 'Projonmo Bitorka' (generation debate) began Wednesday at the ATN Bangla studio at the city's Bashundhara City Complex.ATN Bangla chairman Mahfuzur Rahman inaugurated the event as the chief guest at noon. At least 16...
Sunil Sahitya Charcha O Gobeshana Kendra arranged a three-day Sunil Mela from November 21 to November 23 on the occasion of 75th birth anniversary of popular writer Sunil Ganguly at Maizpara Village of Kalkini Upazila under Madaripur District where he...
Tea: South Africa 154 for 1 (Smith 73*, Amla 33*) v BangladeshGraeme Smith's 73 and a fine opening stand of 102 with Neil McKenzie put South Africa firmly in charge by tea of the first day of the first Test...
A brilliant ton by Marshall Ayub enabled Dhaka Division to take a 52-run first innings lead over Chittagong Division on the 3rd day of the four-day sixth round match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League at the Bir...
Police AC crushed Bachelors SC by 8-1 goals in a match of the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Rana Das scored five goals and Khairul...
The Fahami Group 1st Division Badminton League (men's and women's), organised by Bangladesh Badminton Federation, will be held on November 20-27 at the Paltan Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city, reports UNB.Chief Adviser's special assistant Dr M Tamim will inaugurate...
Andrew Symonds' Test exile is officially over after Ricky Ponting confirmed the allrounder would play in Thursday's first Test against New Zealand. Symonds was suspended following his fishing trip in Darwin before the one-day series against Bangladesh in August, but...
GLASGOW, Nov 19 (AFP): Diego Maradona has set his sights on claiming football's ultimate prize for a second time as he embarks on an unexpected career as the coach of Argentina. The little genius who, as a player, almost single-handedly...
In a major disclosure over the latest electoral deadlock, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr Shamsul Huda Wednesday said he proposed to the government to hold parliament elections on December 28 provided the two major parties reach a consensus on this...
Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina has urged all political parties to extend full cooperation to ensure a free and fair election on December 18, reports UNB.The AL also termed the four-party alliance's demand for deferring the polls as 'immoral'...
FE ReportThe National Democratic Institute (NDI), a US-based organisation, Wednesday in Dhaka said the Bangladesh government should lift the state of emergency and the military should refrain from intervening in the political and electoral processes."Military intervention in the political process...
Awami League (AL) Wednesday announced 12 more nominations of its candidates for contesting the forthcoming parliament elections, reports UNB.Adv Sanjida Khanom-Dhaka 4, Mustafa Jalal Mohiuddin-Dhaka-7, Saber Hossain Chowdhury-Dhaka-9, Asaduzzaman Kamal Dhaka-11, Aslamul Huq Aslam Dhaka-14, Kamal Ahmed Majumdar Dhaka-15, Ilias...
Former State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin was freed on bail from Bangabandhu Sehikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) prison cell Wednesday afternoon, reports UNB.Prisons officials said Mir Nasir was freed from the prisons cell at about...
The Election Commission (EC) will hold hearings for some 25 domestic organisations as election observers on November 23 and 24 (Sunday-Monday) since some political parties have raised question about their neutrality, reports UNB.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr ATM Shamsul Huda...
Bangladesh Bar Council (BBC), a statutory body regulating the lawyers, goes to polls today (Thursday) to elect its 14 members with three panels running the race, reports UNB.Seven of the members would be elected to general seats and one each...
BNP will heed to its grassroots opinions to nominate election candidates, said the party's secretary general Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com."BNP would like it very much to contest the polls alongside all other parties. But we certainly are averse to be a...
Shakhawat Hossain The World Bank (WB), in a major policy shift, has said that the government should corporatise the largely state-owned Rupali Bank instead of its full privatisation, finance ministry officials said Wednesday.The latest suggestion about the beleaguered bank came...
Shahiduzzaman KhanWhen world commodity prices are continuing to fall under the impact of recession in recent days, consumers in Bangladesh fail to reap any benefit as the local market remains unresponsive to the global situation.According to reports published in the...
The caretaker government announced Wednesday that parliament elections would be held on December 18 as scheduled by the Election Commission (EC) as hectic negotiations with two rival political camps on deferment of the polls flopped, report UNB/bdnews24.com There has not...
The BNP-led four-party alliance rejected the government decision to hold the general election on December 18 as "unilateral and partisan" but kept their decision on joining the polls suspended until today (Thursday), reports UNB.Briefing newsmen after the alliance meeting at...
FE ReportTrading at the Dhaka stock Exchange (DSE) ended mixed Wednesday breaking the continuous fall for the four straight days.However, investors exercised caution amidst nominal increase in turnover.Prices of most banking issue increased keeping the benchmark index DSE General Index...
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