GUWAHATI, (India), Sept 16 (AFP): Ten more people died overnight in India's Assam state, as the death toll from floods across South Asia continued to mount with millions of people displaced, officials said Sunday. Large swathes of Assam continued to...
ATHENS, Sept 16 (AFP): Nearly ten million Greeks were to vote today for a new government in general elections held in the aftermath of a national fire tragedy which cast a pall on the entire campaign. After one of the...
PESHAWAR, Sept 16 (AFP): A chanting throng of more than 100,000 mourners chased away senior Pakistani officials from the funeral of a leading pro-Taliban cleric, police and witnesses said. They hurled shoes at government officials who tried to enter the...
TEHRAN, Sept 16 (AFP): Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said talks with Russia over the much delayed completion of Iran's first nuclear power station are making progress, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. "The question of the Bushehr nuclear...
SEOUL, Sept 16 (AFP): A powerful typhoon accompanied by heavy rain grounded 280 flights and stranded 15,000 passengers on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju, officials said. The weather office, which is expecting Typhoon Nari to hit the mainland...
Chavez seeks Colombia's backing to meet rebel chief CARACAS, Sept 16: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Saturday asked his Colombian counterpart to let him meet with the chief of Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels to discuss a hostage swap, and suggested French...
The government Sunday decided to deploy additional 6,000 police and 1,900 RAB personnel to shore up security ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. A home ministry meeting on law and order chaired by home secretary Abdul Karim made the decision. Inspector general of...
The annual prize giving ceremony of Eastern University (EU) was held on the university campus-2 in the city's Dhanmondi area recently, according to a press release.Eastern University Foundation Chairman Abul Quasem Haider attended the programme as the chief guest and...
Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Sunday said, British organisations like Department for International Development (DFID) and Scotland Yard would extend cooperation in providing information against Bangladeshis who siphoned off money and amassed wealth in that country, if specific...
COMILLA, Sept 16 (UNB): Four people, including an engineer and a college teacher, were killed and 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Korpai in Burichang Upazila Sunday morning.Three of the deceased were identified as Mujibur...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Sept 15: Ripe Aush and newly-transplanted Aman paddy on more than 10,000 hectares of land has been inundated by the fresh flood in Mohanpur and Bagmara upazilas of Rajshahi district.According to sources with the office of the Department...
FE Report Students of BBA 4th batch of Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) arranged a 'Rag Day' on its Business Campus at Dhanmondi in the city recently.National University Pro-Vice-chancellor Sayed Rashidul Hasan, M Azhar Uddin, dean of Faculty of Business and...
FE Report Chittagong-Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Bus and Minibus Malik Samity president Nabab Mian and general secretary Nurul Hakim in a joint statement recently urged the owners of buses plying on the route not to pay line fees to those who were...
DU CorrespondentA seminar on 'engineering education in a globally competitive marketplace' was held at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Saturday marking the completion of its 60 years in engineering education in Bangladesh.Director of Advanced Research Institute and Virginia...
FE ReportThe orientation programme of the new students of the Dhanmondi and Kolabagan campuses of DIIT was held in its Dhanmondi campus auditorium recently. DIIT Executive Director Mohammad Nuruzzaman was present on the occasion as the chief guest. Among others,...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 16 (UNB): Three suspected dacoits were killed n an encounter with police at Charbhanga in the Jamuna river here Saturday night.The dead were identified as Khaleq Fakir, 30, Abdul Mannan, 32, and Sumon, 33.Two Sub Inspectors of police...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Sept 16: Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized 1,800 Indian saris worth about Tk 6.6 million (66 lakh) from Chakbasta village near the right side of the Akhaura Railway Station under Akhaura Upazila Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, BDR seized...
It was swift and clinical. Their new-ball bowlers, led by Brett Lee, who got the first ever hat-trick in Twenty20 internationals, hit a persistent short-of-length to set the game up as Bangladesh limped to a below-par 123 before Mathew Hayden...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 16 (Cricinfo): A masterclass of left-arm bowling from Daniel Vettori allowed New Zealand to sponge the pressure of a ballistic start to the run chase by India and script a fine 10-run win at the Wanderers. When Vettori...
Hosts South Africa made it two wins out of two in Group A, defeating Bangladesh by seven wickets in Cape Town, reports BBC. The Tigers made an explosive start, passing 50 in the fourth over, but had already lost three...
Bishit Ronit and Thombare Prarthana of India earned double crowns in the Prime Bank ATF Under-14 Tennis Tournament that concluded at the Ramna National Tennis Complex in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF) President AMM Nasiruddin was the...
Hosts South Africa made it two wins out of two in Group A, defeating Bangladesh by seven wickets in Cape Town, reports BBC. The Tigers made an explosive start, passing 50 in the fourth over, but had already lost three...
LONDON, Sept 16 (AFP): Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho could not hide his frustration as Saloman Kalou's disallowed goal meant his side failed to keep pace with their Premier League title rivals after Saturday's goalless draw with Blackburn at Stamford Bridge....
MOSCOW, Sept 16 (AFP): Word number two Svetlana Kuznetsova gave Russia a commanding 2-0 lead after the first day of the Fed Cup final tie, beating Mara Santangelo of Italy in straight sets here on Saturday. Kuznetsova gave her 26-year-old...
Teachers' Training Club beat Dr Shahidullah College by 8-3 points in the day's lone opening match of the 1st Fomex Foam College Rugby Competition at the outer stadium ground in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Former national football team captain Kaiser...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Sunday selected a 30-member preliminary under-19 national squad for the residential camp that will begin on September 20, reports UNB.The camp has been arranged for the second Indo-Bangla Games to be held here in January next.The...
LIVERPOOL, Sept 16 (AFP): Sir Alex Ferguson has signalled that Wayne Rooney will make his return to action in Wednesday's Champions League clash with Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese capital. The England forward has not played since suffering a metatarsal...
Matuail Udayan Sangsad drubbed Shantinagar Club by 4-0 goals in a match of the Metropolis third Division Football League at the Bir Shrestho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Awal put the winners ahead in...
YANGON, Sept 16 (AFP): Tournament hosts Myanmar have clinched the 2007 ASEAN women's football title, overcoming Thailand to take the championship after a penalty shoot-out. Thailand kept pace with Myanmar throughout the final late Saturday, and the first goals did...
Shakhawat Hossain The government is likely to reduce interest rate on the national saving instruments in line with suggestion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), sources said.The existing interest rate of 11 per cent on the national saving instruments may...
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