YANGON, OCT 1 (AP): A UN envoy hoped to meet Myanmar's top two military leaders Monday to persuade them to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, a day after the junta unexpectedly allowed him to meet detained opposition leader...
KABUL, Oct 1 (AFP): US-led coalition troops and Afghan security forces killed more than 20 Taliban-led rebels in an operation early Monday in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan, the coalition said. The troops launched an offensive based on "credible intelligence sources" against...
Nepal's largest newspaper office attacked KATMANDU, OCT 1 (AP): A trade union affiliated with former communist rebels attacked Nepal's largest newspaper office, destroying property and grounding publication to a halt, officials said Monday. The Kantipur Publication, which publishes the privately...
Key leaders of the Awami League (AL) and the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) have decided to help the Election Commission (EC) implementing the latter's announced roadmap but they observed the caretaker government and the EC should not take any decision...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) Monday demanded release of four captive DU teachers including its president Sadrul Amin and general secretary Md Anwar Hossain before the forthcoming Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja.DUTA acting president Tajmeri Selima Akhter Islam and acting...
Thirteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Rajshahi, two girls including a college student were reportedly killed in separate incidents in the district...
The Department of Mass Communication (DMC) under the Ministry of Information will celebrate its 35th founding anniversary today, reports BSS.On this day in 1972, the DMC was founded unifying the then Public Relations Directorate, Bangladesh Parishad, Bureau of National Reconstruction...
SATKHIRA, Oct 1 (BSS): Thirteen villages of Pratapnagar union under Asasani Upazila in the district were submerged as the embankment of the Water Development Board broke at three points.The water of the Kabodak river swallowed the areas through the breaches...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 1 (UNB): Erosion by Jamuna River has taken a serious turn in the district with the recession of floodwater rendering over 1,000 families homeless.Many people of Chowhali, Belkuchi, Shahzadpur, Kazipur and Sadar upazilas are living a subhuman life...
FE ReportMamun Hasan, a brilliant student of class nine, has sought financial support from affluent people to help continue his treatment in kidney disease.Both of his kidneys have been inactive and he is now receiving hemodialysis thrice a week, which...
Defending champions BKSP made a flying start in the Super League of the Araf Apparels 21st National Youth Hockey Competition outplaying Mymensingh DSA by 10-1 goals at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.BKSP led...
KARACHI, Oct 1 (BBC): Jacques Kallis hit his 25th Test century as South Africa reached an excellent 294-3 after day one of the Karachi Test against Pakistan. Kallis profited from two dropped catches to hit 118 not out after the...
KOCHI, Oct 1 (BBC): India spinner Harbhajan Singh has returned to fitness and will hope to gain selection in the second one-dayer against India in Kochi Tuesday. Harbhajan missed the rain-ruined first match in Bangalore but was a regular in...
Mahela Jayawardene anchored Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at Dambulla as he top scored with 66 in his team's useful 269 for 7, reports Cricinfo. On a sluggish surface it was hard work for the batsmen and the...
SHANGHAI, Oct 1 (AFP): Sublime individual talent and entertaining matches drawing big crowds-women's football has come a long way from the last World Cup four years ago in the United States. While they are never going to rival the likes...
MADRID, Oct 1 (AFP): Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster enjoyed a successful return to former club Getafe Sunday with a Sergio Ramos goal seeing the champions reclaim top spot in the Spanish first division with a 1-0 win over their...
LONDON, Oct 1 (AFP): Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire who accused Pakistan of ball-tampering in the final Test at the Oval last year, will launch his bid to sue cricket's world ruling body here Monday. Hair is suing his employers,...
MUMBAI, Oct 1 (AFP): Top-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet capped a spectacular run in the Mumbai Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over eighth-seeded Belgian Olivier Rochus in the final Sunday. The 21-year-old Frenchman faced a brief resistance in the second...
FE ReportThe hefty trading of the Trust Bank on its debut day Monday triggered a surge in transactions on both the stock exchanges, which remained sluggish in recent days."The market remained overheated from the very opening of the trading just...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will launch a drive against the undisclosed money holders who failed to avail themselves of the opportunity of legalising their income during the last four months.The board will take action as per existing...
A Z M AnasThe United States might offer increased aid to Bangladesh, provided Dhaka uses money "effectively" to organise democratic elections, combat corruption, and invest in human development, a senior American aid official said."There will be strong congressional support for...
S M JahangirThe government has planned to divert its agriculture rehabilitation programme from 'Aman' cultivation to the next 'Boro' crop season, aiming to recoup the country's losses of foodgrain output due to the recent flooding."Now, the government is going to...
Two detained Dhaka University (DU) teachers and a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader started testifying before the judicial inquiry commission at the Circuit House at 11am Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Dean of Social Science Faculty Prof Harunur Rashid was the first...
Daniel Pimlott, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Citigroup warned Monday that it expected third-quarter net income to drop by 60 per cent because of the credit turmoil over the summer.Chuck Prince, chairman and chief executive, said in a statement: "Our expected third-quarter...
The High Court (HC) Monday stayed for six weeks the proceedings of the case initiated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's eldest son Tarique Rahman for concealing information on wealth, reports UNB.A division bench...
The government and the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) Monday sought Supreme Court freezes on the High Court bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia and the stay on GATCO corruption case proceedings, reports bdnews24.com. The court of the chamber judge of...
A Dhaka court Monday sent two civil servants without specific assignments, a former secretary and a Rajuk official to jail on charges of selling 18 government houses for "lower than market prices", reports bdnews24.com. Retired housing and public works secretary...
Shakhawat Hossain The Energy Division has urged the central bank for arranging an additional amount of US$300 million for uninterrupted import of petroleum products in the current fiscal, official sources said.Energy Division Secretary ANM Nasiruddin said his ministry has intimated...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Monday filed a misappropriation case of over Tk 1.91 billion (191 crore) against business tycoon Salman F Rahman and three former Managing Directors of Arab Bangladesh Bank and others. ACC Assistant Director Mahbubul Alam filed the...
Police submitted chargesheet to the court against Shahajahan Chowdhury, former Jamaat MP, in a corruption case filed by ACC. Now fugitive Shahjahan was accused of concealing information about a Pajero jeep in his wealth statement submitted to ACC. Faisal Morshed...
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