TEHRAN, Oct 16(AP): Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations should not pursue oil pipeline projects...
After the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation, government offices, banks and newspaper offices reopened Tuesday amidst festival fever, reports UNB.Attendance in offices was remarkably thin as many officials and employees were enjoying one-day optional holiday. Those who attended offices were seen exchanging Eid...
The Election Commission is going to embark on the most arduous task of preparing voter-list with photograph at around 200 registration centres of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) on December 1, reports UNB.Election Commissioner M Sohul Hussain told the press...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate remained stable Tuesday, the first working day after the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, despite internal adjustment of funds by some banks and non-banking financial institutions. The call rate ranged between 6.50 per cent and 12.00...
Oil prices near $87VIENNA, Oct 16 (Internet): Oil prices rose Tuesday on fears that Turkey will pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq and disrupt oil supplies in the region.A weakening dollar, low U.S. crude inventories and increased buying by investment funds...
The World Food Day was observed in the country Tuesday with a call to ensure the right to food for all and eradicate hunger and poverty from the world, reports BSS.The theme of the Day was 'The Right to Food'...
Twenty-one persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last four days, report agencies.In Kushtia, an extortionist was killed in a mass beating at Harishankarpur on the outskirts of the...
The leaders of Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee urged the government for an uninterrupted electricity and water supply to the Puja mondops during the five-day Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of the Hindu community, beginning today, reports BSS. Mahanagar Sarbajanin...
Professor Dr MA Hadi, former vice- chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and president of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), died of a cardiac arrest at Ibn Sina Hospital early Tuesday morning, reports BSS.He was 68.Prof Hadi is survived...
The Indian Navy Ship KARMUK commanded by Commander Suraj Berry VSM arrived in Chittagong today on a goodwill visit to Bangladesh, reports BSS.According to an ISPR press release, the visiting ship has a complement of 13 officers, four under training...
The second death anniversary of founder of Bangladesh General Insurance Company Limited (BGIC) M A Samad will be observed today ( Wednesday). On this occasion his family members and BGIC family have requested all friends, well-wishers and relatives to pray...
The qulkhani of social worker Sufia Chowdhury will held at Baitul Aman Mosque at Road no-7 at Dhanmondi at 4.30 pm Friday, reports BSS.She left behind two sons and four daughters. Safia was an activist of Bangladesh Mohila Parishad since...
Altamashul Islam, a language veteran and former principal of Habibullah Bahar College, died of old age complication at his residence in the city Monday, reports BSS.He was 75, family sources said.Educationist Altamashul was also founder principal of six other colleges...
Ricky Ponting does not expect Australia to make many changes for the final match of the seven-game series with India in Mumbai Wednesday. Australia sealed the contest with the 18-run win Sunday and Ponting is concerned any unnecessary fiddling could...
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 16 (AFP): Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins scored twice as Nigeria held Mexico 2-2 in an international friendly at the weekend. It was an impressive showing by the two-time African champions as they launched preparations under German coach...
An inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at this year's Cricket World Cup starts in Jamaica Tuesday, reports BBC. The 58-year-old's death was originally treated as murder, with speculation it was linked to a match-fixing...
Andrew Flintoff is convinced he can recapture his Ashes-winning form after the fourth operation on his left ankle, reports BBC. The England all-rounder believes Dutch surgeon Professor Niek van Dijk has finally cured the problem that had threatened to cut...
PERTH, Oct 16(AFP): The popular and glamorous Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will again lead her country's challenge at the Hopman Cup here later this year. She is to team up with Rohan Bopanna at the unique mixed teams tournament,...
NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (AFP): Reigning world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand of India said Tuesday that he hoped his sport would one day be included in the Olympic Games as a medal discipline. The bespectacled Anand, crowned chess king two...
South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock and controversial Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar are the latest big names to join the Indian Premier League, reports BBC. The Twenty20 League, starting in April, was devised by the India Cricket Board to counter the...
BEIJING, Oct 16(AFP): Beijing plans to invest 1.8 billion yuan (240 million dollars) over the next few months to upgrade the city's power supply ahead of next year's Olympic Games, state media reported today. Dozens of new substations and power...
LAHORE, Oct 16 (AFP): Mark Boucher and AB de Villiers hit quick-fire hundreds as South Africa tuned up for the one-day international series with a crushing 176-run win against Pakistan's Patron's XI today. Boucher scored a 106-ball 103 while de...
BEIJING, Oct 16(AFP): Veteran Chinese defender Sun Jihai says he is willing to bide his time at high-flying Manchester City and hailed the way manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has transformed the club. Sun, 30, has only started two Carling Cup ties...
The jute sector of the economy has been going through the worst times in its history. Situation has come to such a pass that it is now hard to believe that jute was once the biggest foreign exchange earning crop...
Enayet RasulMAINTENANCE of price stability has continued to be at the forefront of the declared priorities of successive governments in Bangladesh. The interim government has also been making utmost efforts to tame the prices of essential commodities. But its success...
Minxin PeiAS the top brass of the Chinese Communist party have gathered in Beijing for its 17th congress, President Hu Jintao may feel justifiably proud of his accomplishments in the past five years. Under his watch, the Chinese economy has...
Syed Ashraful HasanMOST of the public universities in Bangladesh have a common problem known as session jam. Instead of taking five years to complete honours and masters courses, students need six, seven or even eight years to complete their university...
JUSTIFICATIONS are made such as lack of investments, indecisions and bureaucratic wrangling as the reasons for the current state of the power sector in the country. But more than any of these factors or all of them combined, or if...
THERE was noted much enthusiasm for the circular waterway project for Dhaka when it was officially inaugurated in March last year. The first phase of it was reportedly completed at a cost of Taka 360 million and work was carried...
Dr K. M. Nabiul Islam in the second of his four-part articleHISTORICALLY, water and flood management policies have been dominated by structural measures, as is evident from massive investments particularly in agricultural projects in Bangladesh. Following the factors such as...
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