Michael Owen has been included in England's squad for their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia, despite doubts over his fitness, reports BBC. Newcastle striker Owen, 27, is still recovering from groin surgery but hopes to be able to...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Oct 7(AFP): At least 26 people including four civilians were killed Sunday in clashes between militants and soldiers in Pakistan's restive tribal areas, the military and residents said.Security forces launched an attack against militant bases and hide-outs in...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (AP): Gen. Pervez Musharraf won an overwhemingly majority in a presidential election boycotted by nearly the entire opposition Saturday, and attention shifted to Supreme Court deliberations on whether he can claim victory. Opposition parties that snubbed the...
COLOMBO, OCT 7 (AP): Sri Lanka's navy sank a ship suspected of carrying arms for separatist Tamil Tiger rebels killing at least 12 people aboard Sunday, while nine combatants died in a series of battles, military officials said.After receiving intelligence...
BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A pact forged by Iraq's two most powerful Shiite leaders demonstrates their determination to avoid conflict and take advantage of their dominant positions, observers said on Sunday.After jockeying for position since the 2003 US-led invasion, Moqtada...
LONDON, OCT 7 (AP): Thousands of demonstrators in cities across Europe and Asia joined in protests against the military junta in Myanmar after the regime acknowledged detaining hundreds of Buddhist monks who had led huge protests.While sympathisers from typhoon-wracked Taipei...
SRINAGAR, Oct 7 (AFP): Two Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in a clash along the border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan as India's new army chief wrapped up a visit, the army said Sunday. The army chief's...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (AFP): A Malaysian girl who had to lug around a battery weighing nine kilogrammes (20 pounds) to power her mechanical heart is making progress after receiving a real heart, a report said Sunday. Tee Hui Yee,...
HAVANA, Oct 6 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years Saturday after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. "In this fatal accident, as of (2200 GMT) 28 people...
BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A spate of bomb attacks on day targeting police and military patrols and a government building in Baghdad killed at least nine Iraqis and wounded 12, security officials said. "A roadside bomb went off Sunday morning...
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (AFP): US Republican lawmaker Jo Ann Davis, who represented Virginia in the House of Representatives, died Saturday after losing a battle with breast cancer, her office announced. She was 57. Davis was first diagnosed with breast cancer...
CAIRO, Oct 7 (AFP): Egyptian independent and opposition newspapers suspended publication Sunday in protest at a government clampdown that has seen several journalists hit with lengthy jail terms. At least 15 newspapers did not publish their Sunday edition, and independent...
HAVANA, Oct 6 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years Saturday after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. "In this fatal accident, as of (2200 GMT) 28 people...
Police to question Olmert in bank privatisation case JERUSALEM, OCT 7 (AP): Police will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Tuesday in connection with the privatisation of Israel's second-largest bank - one of two cases in which the Israeli leader is...
Chief Engineer of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Nurul Haque Sunday blamed Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (DESA) for the frequent disruption in water supply in different parts of the city, reports UNB."DESA is responsible for the present water...
SHERPUR, Oct 7 (UNB) : Around 300 farmers demonstrated in front of the local Agriculture Extension Department (AED) at Khamarbari in the district town and locked its office for three hours Sunday, demanding immediate supply of fertiliser.Witnesses said, the agitated...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 7 (UNB) : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and BDR in a joint drive seized a truck loaded with Bangladeshi yarn at Atpara frontier in Panchbibi Upazila here Friday night.Acting on a tip-off a team of RAB-5...
BARISAL, Oct 7 (UNB) : A mobile court, led by a magistrate, Saturday fined two private hospitals, two clinics and six diagnostic centres Tk 0.1 million on various charges. Magistrate ATM Mahbubul Karim conducted the drive with the help of...
Detective Branch (DB) police arrested two youths along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from near Jagorani Club near Dinajpur town Friday night, reports UNB.Sources said, the DB police challenged the two youths while they were moving suspiciously in...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 7 (UNB) : Armed pirates looted cash and other valuables from the passengers of a trawler on the Jamuna in Kazipur Upazila Saturday noon injuring seven.Police said, the gang coming by a boat, stormed into the trawler in...
KUSHTIA, Oct 7 (UNB) : An alleged dacoit was killed in mass beating at Mothurapur village in Daulatpur upazila Saturday night.Police said, a gang of 25/30 dacoits stormed into the house of Amjad Hossain of the village at dead of...
BNP reformist leader ZA Khan said Sunday that the call for unity in BNP should be welcomed by all.He said this while making his observation about party's Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain's reply about Mannan Bhuiyan's call for unity in...
Naval Chief Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam made a courtesy call on President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in the city Sunday, reports UNB.During his routine visit, the Naval Chief apprised the President, also the Supreme Commander of Armed...
The two Bangladeshis, arrested by the Maldives police in connection with a bomb explosion on September 30, were released Sunday as they had no links with the blast, foreign ministry officials said. "The Bangladeshi mission in Male informed me that...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) called Saturday for a clearer public understanding of the "ownership and profit distribution" of organisations involved in microcredit programmes. "NGOs have turned poverty into a business," said CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan and General...
The judgement in a graft case against detained former telecommunications minister Mohammad Nasim and his wife, now absconding, will be delivered by a special court in the city today (Monday), reports UNB.On March 21, Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Akhter...
BHOLA, Oct 7 (UNB): Police recovered a light machinegun (LMG), nine rounds of bullets and a sharp weapon from an embankment at Bhabani area of Doulatkhan Upazila Friday.Police said tea stall owner Latif Baksi found the arms and ammunition wrapped...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (UNB): Former director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) and former assistant-secretary of city BNP Lutfar Rahman was produced before the District and Sessions Judge Court in an extortion case today (Sunday).Nurun Nabi of Shalgharia village in...
Bangladesh takes on strong Tajikistan in the Pre World Cup qualifying round home match today (Monday), reports UNB.The match gets underway at 3:00 pm. Private satellite channel ATN Bangla will telecast live the match from Bangabandhu National Stadium.The gates No....
Rawnak AbidEVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid...
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