KABUL, Oct 6 (AP): A suicide car bomber attacked an American military convoy on the road to Kabul's airport Saturday, killing a US soldier and a four Afghan civilians, officials said. The bombing - on the sixth anniversary of the...
BAGHDAD, Oct 6 (AP): US airstrikes killed at least 25 people Friday after troops met a fierce barrage while hunting suspected arms smuggling links between Iran and Shiite militiamen. The military described the dead as fighters, but village leaders said...
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct 6 (AFP): A US judge Friday stayed prosecutors from taking a second shot at the court martial of a soldier refusing to fight in Iraq because he believes the war is illegal. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle...
SRINAGAR, Oct 6 (AFP): Two soldiers and four militants died in separate gun battles in Indian Kashmir Saturday as the nation's new army chief visited the revolt-hit state. In one incident, "alert army soldiers shot dead three militants after they...
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (AFP): A top Iraqi government adviser admitted Friday that Iran was meddling in his country's affairs but warned that it would be a "fatal mistake" to launch military action against Iran. "Iran is meddling into our internal...
MIRAN SHAH, Oct 6 (AP): Militants detonated a bomb near a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, triggering a clash that left at one soldier dead and 19 wounded, officials said. The attack happened in Ahmad Khel, a village 15...
NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (AP): New Delhi's High Court justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school.In an order issued late Friday, Judge R. K. Tiwari was...
COLOMBO, Oct 6 (AP): Five ethnic Tamil separatist rebels including a regional leader were killed in clashes with government troops across Sri Lanka's volatile north, the military said Saturday.Clashes occurred Friday across the de facto border that separates government-controlled areas...
Britain will offer asylum to Iraqi interpretersLONDON, Oct 6 (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to announce that Iraqi interpreters working for the British army will be given the opportunity of asylum here, newspapers reported Saturday. The offer...
David Pogue When geeks sit down to tell their children about nature's great cycles, they don't talk about birth and death. They talk about the way bulky gadgets get smaller over time, expensive ones become commodities - and how recording...
Arik Hesseldahl Dell is embarking on a broad environmental initiative under which it plans to consume less energy and use more power from renewable sources in a bid to make its operations carbon neutral by the end of 2008. The...
David Wright and Laura Grego THE 50th Anniversary this week of Sputnik I, the first satellite in space, provides an opportunity to look back at the stunning achievements of the space age, and speculate about the future.To most Americans, the...
Steve Lohr Microsoft is moving to deliver more software technology over the Internet as a service, forced to follow an industry trend led by Google, its newest archrival.But its strategy is a careful balancing act, adding Internet services without offering...
M A IslamEXAMINATIONS are often termed as 'battle-field' for the students. The performance in the exam is an indication how much serious a student has been for the whole semester/year. Doing well in the exam largely depends on how much...
Md. HabibullahEVERY year the rise in the percentage of GPA-5s in the Secondary and Higher Secondary Certificate Examinations is breaking the record of the previous year. The students having GPA-5 are considered the real gems in Bangladesh. I shall not,...
William McKenzie THERE is a stark contrast between the beginning and end of an MBA student's first year. The casual observer would immediately notice that the latter period is not nearly as festive. There are few celebratory parties or outings...
What just happened here?A military cargo plane, flying over a populated area, suddenly loses power and starts to nose down. The pilot tries to pull up, but with all their cargo, the plane is too heavy. So he yells to...
DU CorrespondentThe students of the country's medical colleges have demanded at least two chances to sit for the supplementary examination, if they fail in any subject of their professional examination."We make an earnest request to the authorities concerned to restore...
Bangladesh Crime Reporters Association (CRAB) Saturday denounced the assault on Radio Today journalist Anwarul Haque at Kamlapur railway station by a section of employees Saturday, reports UNB. In a statement, CRAB leaders also demanded arrest and exemplary punishment of those...
MYMENSINGH, Oct 6 (BSS): The government has taken steps to repair the houses those were affected by the recent raging flood across the country. Under the programme the government has sanctioned Taka 2.4 million as grant money from the relief...
Dhaka roads virtually ground to a standstill Saturday as the annual Ramadan traffic jams were compounded by an overturned goods truck at Jahangir Gate, reports bdnews24.com. Hundreds of vehicles idled in the baking heat with some taking up to an...
Twelve persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Khulna, three members of a family were killed when a train rammed into their motorcycle at...
FE ReportThe council of advisers approved Saturday a proposal to amend the Income Tax Ordinance 1984, providing for an increase in the tax-exempt ceiling of the interest income from national savings instruments.Under the amendment, the ceiling of income tax deduction...
FE Report The central bank is seriously concerned over the poor distribution of agriculture credit as state-owned banks during July-August period of the current fiscal could disburse only Tk 5.28 billion, which is less than half the expected level. Against...
Detained former Prime Minister (PM) Khaleda Zia is likely to be quizzed this week in connection with the container handling case filed against her by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports UNB. "The investigation officer (IO) has already filed a petition...
FE Report The government should immediately expedite the formation of the truth commission with a view to releasing businessmen from jail and dispel panic among them. President of the Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Mir Nasir Hossain told...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Saturday questioned the motive behind the proposed Truth Commission, report agencies.Talking to the reporters at his NAM apartment, he alleged one of the purposes of the Commission might be that if the BNP leaders...
FE ReportThe inter-bank call money rate is unlikely to rise ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival as the commercial banks are now flooded with large amount of excess liquidity, market operators said. The call money rate is expected to move up...
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan), Oct 6: President Pervez Musharraf easily won the presidential election Saturday, but an opposition boycott and pending hearings in the Supreme Court, which still has to decide on his eligibility to stand for election in uniform, left him...
Neil Dennis, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: The dollar fell on Friday as fears about credit market casualties were rekindled after a profit warning from Merrill Lynch.Having spiked 0.7 per cent following stronger than expected US jobs growth data, the US currency...
© 2024 - All Rights with The Financial Express
