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US bans diplomatic movements outside Baghdad Green Zone

2007-09-20 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, SEPT 19 (AP): The United States suspended all land travel by US diplomats and other civilian officials in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, amid mounting public outrage over the alleged killing of civilians by the US Embassy's...

Scientists aim to barcode world's species

2007-09-20 00:00:00

TAIPEI, Sept 19 (AFP): A group of Canadian scientists is working on an ambitious project to create a global database of up to half a million of the world's species using DNA barcoding technology. The scientists are hoping to raise...

Top Khmer Rouge leader seized

2007-09-20 00:00:00

PAILIN, Cambodia, Sept 19 (AFP): The murderous Khmer Rouge regime's most senior surviving leader was detained Wednesday, taken from his home in the Cambodian jungle by police and officials from a UN-backed genocide court. An AFP correspondent saw Nuon Chea...

Nine killed in Philippine ambush

2007-09-20 00:00:00

COTABATO, Philippines, Sept 19 (AFP): Nine people were killed Wednesday in an ambush on a veteran Muslim politician's convoy in the southern Philippines, the military said. A former provincial governor, Nurudin Matalam, his wife and bodyguards were in two vehicles...

NATO forces launch new anti-Taliban operation

2007-09-20 00:00:00

KABUL, Sept 19 (AFP): About 2,500 Afghan and international soldiers launched a new operation Wednesday to clear out Taliban fighters from one of the most volatile areas of Afghanistan, the NATO-led alliance announced. Troops backed by air power kicked off...

No military plan against Iran: France

2007-09-20 00:00:00

PARIS, Sept 19 (AFP): French Defence Minister Herve Morin said Wednesday that France had no military plan to attack Iran's nuclear programme, despite warnings by the country's foreign minister to prepare for possible war. Morin said that speculation of a...

Monks stage rally against military regime in Myanmar

2007-09-20 00:00:00

YANGON, Sept 19 (AFP): More than 300 Buddhist monks Wednesday took to the streets in Myanmar's main city of Yangon in the latest show of public defiance against the junta, one month after a series of protests began.Chanting Buddhist prayers,...

Militants kidnap seven more Pakistani soldiers

2007-09-20 00:00:00

PESHAWAR, Sept 19 (AFP): Pro-Taliban militants abducted seven troops from a checkpost in northwest Pakistan in the latest kidnapping to rock the Pakistani military, officials said Wednesday. The Islamist insurgents surrounded the post at Tall in North West Frontier Province...

Junaed Siddique makes his int'l debut today

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Teenaged opening batsman Junaed Siddique Imrose will play his first international cricket match as the Bengal Tigers take on Pakistan in their last super eight match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Newlands in Cape Town today (Thursday), reports UNB.The...

SL too strong for Tigers

2007-09-20 00:00:00

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 19 (BBC):Sri Lanka kept alive their hopes of a place in the ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals with a 64-run victory over Bangladesh in Johannesburg. Bangladesh's bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to just 147-5, Mahela Jayawardene hitting a run-a-ball 30....

Kemp, Morkel power SA win

2007-09-20 00:00:00

A sensational four-wicket burst from Mornè Morkel and a devastating display of power-hitting from Justin Kemp took South Africa to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand, a result that saw England eliminated from the tournament. Both South Africa and New...

Ponting out of T20, may also miss India series

2007-09-20 00:00:00

DURBAN, South Africa, Sept 19 (AFP): Australian captain Ricky Ponting will miss the rest of the Twenty20 world championships due to injury and is doubtful for the upcoming tour of India, team officials said. Ponting suffered a hamstring strain while...

Mourinho mystified as Chelsea draw aginst minnows

2007-09-20 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 19 (AFP): Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is alarmed by his expensively-assembled team's dramatic loss of goalscoring form which has dented their domestic and European title hopes. The Blues have scored just once in their last three matches --...

It's the Raul and Ruud show as Real defeat Werder

2007-09-20 00:00:00

MADRID, Sept 19 (AFP): Real Madrid opened their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen here Tuesday, with veteran captain Raul and arch shooter Ruud van Nistelrooy stealing the Bernabeu limelight. Real went into their opening Group...

Couple of Kabaddi tournaments to begin next month

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation has decided to launch a couple of tournaments in the city next month, reports UNB.The Federation in a meeting Tuesday decided to hold Tokai Kabaddi from October 20 to October 26 at the Kabaddi Stadium and then...

Women cricket team members to receive prizes today

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will distribute prizes among members of the national women's cricket team today (Thursday), as they became champions in the ACC Women's Cricket Tournament in Malaysia, report UNB.The prize distribution ceremony will be held at 2:30pm at...

Notre Dame College thrashes RK Chy Degree College

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Notre Dame College thrashed RK Chowdhury Degree College by 36-5 points in the day's only match of the 1st Fomex Foam College Rugby Competition at the outer stadium ground in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. The winners led the first...

Injury catches up with tennis star Kuznetsova in Beijing

2007-09-20 00:00:00

BEIJING, Sept 19 (AFP): An abdominal muscle injury Wednesday forced titleholder Svetlana Kuznetsova to withdraw before the start of her opening match at the China Open. The strain of playing a US Open final two weekends ago followed by her...

BTTB revenue earning records rise

2007-09-20 00:00:00

FE ReportThe revenue income of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) marked a significant rise by 16.14 per cent or Tk 352.4 million during the first two months of the current fiscal over that of the corresponding period of...

GP, TMSS team up to set up blood bank at Bogra hospital

2007-09-20 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentGrameenphone (GP) will provide financial assistance to Thenghamara Mohila Shobuj Shongha (TMSS) to set up a full-fledged blood bank at Rafatullah Community Hospital (RCH) in Bogra, a health programme of TMSS.The GP authorities signed a corporate social responsibility (CSR)...

Music Awards contest inaugurated in city

2007-09-20 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentThe 'Third CityCell-Channel i Music Awards-2007' competition was launched Wednesday with an aim to ensure a fair environment for music practice and honour the dedicated singers and artistes of the country's music world.CityCell's marketing division chief Ananda Rajshingham and...

Engineer drowned in Kushiara river

2007-09-20 00:00:00

SYLHET, Sept 19 (UNB): Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department under Jakiganj Upazila Jotindra Kumar Biswas drowned in boat capsize in Kushiara River while carrying relief goods for the flood victims Tuesday.Local people said Biswas and volunteers were going to...

Death anniversary of Saadat today

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentThe first death anniversary of Kazi Nazmus Saadat, an educationist and politician, will be observed today (Thursday) through a two-day programme in Jessore.Popularly known as Professor Rawnak in South-western Khulna-Jessore region, died of massive heart attack on the day...

Six temporary slaughterhouses opened at Barisal

2007-09-20 00:00:00

BARISAL, Sept 19 (UNB): Barisal City Corporation Monday opened six slaughterhouses to ensure supply of standard meat among the consumers. Health and Sanitary Inspector of the corporation Jahangir Hossain Molla said the temporary slaughterhouses have been opened at Puran Bazar,...

British govt honours top Bangladesh businessman

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan, one of the country's top businessmen, has been appointed honorary officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), reports UNB.British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury, on behalf of the British Queen, gave him the appointment...

Slain BRAC employee buried in Tangail

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Slain BRAC employee Abdul Alim was buried at his village home in Tangail district Wednesday, reports UNB. Earlier, the body of Alim was brought back to the country from Kabul on an Emirates Airlines flight at 11:00 am. Family members...

16 more die in flood-hit areas

2007-09-20 00:00:00

Sixteen more deaths were reported in flood-related incidents like drowning, snakebites and waterborne diseases in the last 24 hours until Wednesday, reports UNB.According to Health Department, the death toll climbed sharply to 970 during the period from 954 in the...

BD Scouts start distributing packed seeds in flood-hit areas

2007-09-20 00:00:00

FE ReportWith the support of United Nations Development Pro-gramme (UNDP), Bangladesh Scouts has started distributing a good number of vegetable seeds as part of post-flood rehabilitation programme Wednesday.The seeds include reddened vegetable, sweet pumpkin, bean, okra, etc. A total of...

EC to allot symbols to parties permanently after registration

2007-09-20 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will allot electoral symbols to the political parties permanently just after finishing the process of political party registration as part of the ongoing reforms.Election Commissioner M Sohul Hussain said this at a press briefing at his...

US 'is not dictating' steps to restore democracy in Bangladesh: Gastright

2007-09-20 00:00:00

The United States (US) supports free and fair elections in Bangladesh so people will have confidence in an elected government. The US 'is not dictating' measures for the restoration of democracy in the country. US Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright...