BRUSSELS, Sept 12 (AFP): EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson warned yesterday he could not "pull a rabbit out of the hat" to save talks on new trade pacts with ex-European colonies ahead of a looming deadline. The 78 African, Caribbean...
LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Xinhua): Led by California, 13 US states yesterday urged Congress to push for immigration reform to protect skilled workforce California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, joined by governors from 12 other states, sent a letter to the leaders...
BEIJING, Sept 12 (AFP): The World Bank today raised its economic growth forecast for China this year to 11.3 per cent, while warning its growing trade surplus and inflation were the main threats to healthy growth. In its latest quarterly...
VIENNA, Sept 12 (AFP): OPEC oil exporters have agreed to increase their output by about 2.0 per cent from next month, but oil markets are set to remain tense for the remainder of the year, analysts believe. Despite the OPEC...
NEW DELHI, Sept 12 (PTI): Highlighting drawbacks in providing free power to farmers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said government cannot continue to subsidise the economic and commercial use of water. "Providing free power to farmers has encouraged excessive use...
YANGON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua): Some companies from Thailand, China, Malaysia and Russia will invest in Myanmar's first prospective cyber city of Yadanabon in the early phase of its development, local media reported today. These companies are Shin Satellite (Thailand), ZTE...
TOKYO, Sept 12 (AFP): The dollar hit a record low against the euro in Asian trade today, pressured by fears of a US recession and prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, dealers said. They said that the yen...
LONDON, Sept 12 (AFP): London has overtaken Tokyo and Paris to become the world's most expensive city for dining out, a new international survey revealed today. At an average of 39.09 pounds (57.40 euros, 54.08 dollars), the price of a...
The l98th meeting of the Executive Committee of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd was held at its head office in the city recently, said a press release. Chairman of its Executive Committee Md Enayet Ullah presided over the meeting. The meeting...
CLINTON, Iowa, Sept 12 (AP): Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for the immediate withdrawal of all US combat brigades from Iraq, with the pullout being completed by the end of next year."Let me be clear: There is no...
MOSCOW, Sept 12 (AFP): Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was due to meet Russia's nuclear chief, Sergei Kiriyenko, in Moscow today as the Islamic republic tries to salvage the stalled construction of its first atomic power station. Mottaki, who arrived...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12 (AP): Allies of Pakistan's military ruler blocked opposition leader Imran Khan from entering the country's biggest city Wednesday, just days after the government sent a former prime minister back into exile. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is facing...
MOSCOW, Sept 12 (AP): The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported Tuesday. It was the latest show of Russia's military muscle amid chilly relations with the...
SEOUL, Sept 12 (AFP): A top World Health Organisation (WHO) official urged Asia-Pacific countries today to step up their fight against growing outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Shigeru Omi, regional director for the Western Pacific, also called for immediate action to...
WASHINGTON, Sep 12 (AP): Nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language at home other than English, according to new Census data that illustrate the wide-ranging effects of immigration. The number of immigrants nationwide reached...
NEW DELHI, SEPT 12 (AP): Interpol proposed Wednesday the creation of global and regional anti-crime centres to fight criminal activity online and respond quickly to emergency cybercrime alerts. The Internet should not be allowed to become a no man's land...
South Korea to build 2 more atomic power plants by 2014 SEOUL, SEPT 12 (AP): South Korea will build two more atomic power plants by 2014, bringing its total number to 26, the government announced Wednesday. The new reactors, each...
BAGHDAD, SEPT 12 (AP): Insurgents fired rockets or mortars at the sprawling garrison that houses the headquarters of American forces in Iraq, killing one person and wounding 11 coalition soldiers, the US command said.The command said Tuesday the person killed...
NAIROBI, Sept 12 (AFP): Thousands of children are at risk of dying from malnutrition in central and southern areas of Somalia formerly considered the country's breadbasket, the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) said today. "83,000 children in central and southern Somalia...
MANILA, Sept 12 (AFP): Former Philippine president and movie star Joseph Estrada was found guilty of massive corruption Wednesday and ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison. Winding up a trial that the 70-year-old had repeatedly insisted...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 12 (AFP): Dozens of pro-Taliban rebels stormed a check-post in north-west Pakistan Wednesday and kidnapped 12 soldiers, the latest in a series of abductions near the Afghan border, officials said. In a pre-dawn raid, the rebels armed...
After the run-fest at the Wanderers Tuesday night, it was back to normalcy and worse for Kenya at Kingsmead. New Zealand may have enjoyed a lengthy off-season and gone through a change at the top, with Daniel Vettori taking over...
Visiting GP-BCB Academy team finished their Australia tour with a convincing win as they crushed Northern Territory (NT) Strike by 10 wickets in the last four-day match of the Crocodile Cup at the University Ground in Darwin Wednesday, reports UNB.Still...
Just like Ireland before them at the 50-over World Cup, Scotland punched well above their weight against a strangely listless Pakistan at Kingsmead, but a devastating allround show from Shahid Afridi and some penetrative quick bowling from Umar Gul eased...
The Prime Bank Asian Under-14 Tennis Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation, began at the Ramna National Tennis Complex Wednesday with five Bangladeshi boys winning the first round (singles) matches, reports UNB.They are Raisul Islam, Ranjit Passi, U Shew Shew,...
Faruq struck a hattrick to steer Gazirchat Sporting Club to a thumping 5-1 victory over Mirpur Chalantika Sporting Club in a match of the Metropolis third Division Football League at the Bir Shrestho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in...
Saiful KaiserThe South Africans were hit by a tsunami called Gayle. Every bowler got clobbered. The first-wicket partnership was worth 145 from just 13.3 overs in which Smith's contribution was 35 (the next best was 17 in extras). By the...
Chris Gayle struck the first Twenty20 international ton but South Africa beat West Indies by eight wickets in the opening match of the ICC World event, reports BBC. Gayle blasted 10 sixes, another record, in a pulsating 117 from 57...
Bangladesh dropped the tsunami alert in an early morning bulletin Thursday. The alert was withdrawn at 1:20am, Samarendra Karmaker, director of the Meteorological Department, told bdnews24.com by phone. His office had issued a warning Wednesday that a possible tsunami may...
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