Doctors are being urged to re-think their approach to giving chemotherapy during care at the end of life, according to Internet.A review of 600 cancer patients who died within 30 days of treatment found that in more than a quarter...
Mrs Obama has said that her first priority as First Lady will be to serve as "mom-in chief" and to make sure her daughters are settled into life in Washington D.C, reports BBC.It will be the first time, for many...
Taiwan's ex-President Chen Shui-bian, who faces corruption allegations, has been formally taken into custody, report agencies.Mr Chen, an independence activist and staunch critic of China, was taken to jail after his detention was approved by a court overnight.It came at...
BAGHDAD, Nov 12 (AFP): A car-bomb attack on a main thoroughfare in central Baghdad killed four people on Wednesday, including two police officers who had been patrolling the area, Iraqi police said. The bomb went off at around 9:30 am...
KOROR, Nov 12 (AFP): Lawyer Johnson Toribiong was elected as Palau's new president after counting was completed following the November 4 election in the tiny Pacific state, electoral officials said. Toribiong and vice-presidential running mate Kerai Mariur secured 5,040 votes...
Aftershock hits ethnic Tibetan,Mongolian region in China BEIJING, Nov 12: An aftershock of magnitude 5.4 shook an ethnic Tibetan and Mongolian region in northwest China early Wednesday, less than two days after a powerful quake hit the area, the US...
Siddique Islam The central bank has strengthened its intervention in foreign exchange market providing support to the commercial banks for settlement of oil import bills. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) took the move aiming to keep the country's inter-bank foreign exchange...
FE Report The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC will provide US$ 6.0 million in two phases within 2008-2013 for the Skills Development Project of the government of Bangladesh.The project will provide support to strengthen the Technical Vocational Education...
President Professor Iajuddin Ahmed Wednesday urged non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) of the United Kingdom (UK) to invest in the country's potential sectors as presently an investment friendly atmosphere is prevailing here, reports BSS."The NRBs of UK could take more initiatives for...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Nov 12 (BSS): An impasse situation has been prevailing at the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus due to work abstention programme of a section of teachers since the last five days demanding punishment for the students involved in harassment...
JESSORE, Nov 12: Business leaders and media professionals at a discussion in Jessore today underscored the need for stronger ties between businesspeople and the media to help boost business and speed up overall economic development of the country, said a...
FE Report The GSMA, the global association for the mobile industry, has called on Bangladesh to issue 3G licences without further delay to make broadband services available to its people. It made the call in a press release as broadband...
Our CorrespondentMADARIPUR, Nov 12: A middle aged man named Nikunja Haldar (40) of west Kalagasia village under Madaripiur Sadar Upazila was killed by his neighbour Kuddus Sikdar.Kuddus Sikdar hit Nikunja Haldar on the head following previous enmity. Nikunja died on...
President Professor Iajuddin Ahmed Wednesday appointed seven new Additional Judges to the High Court (HC) for two years, reports UNB.The judges are: Delwar Hossain, Deputy Attorney General, Syeda Afsar Jahan, Deputy Attorney General, Abdul Hakim, Advocate, Supreme Court, Borhan Uddin,...
King Kong Leather Ware (BD) Limited, a Malaysian company, will set up a leather footwear and accessories industry in the Adamjee Export Processing Zone (AEPZ), reports UNB.This foreign company will invest US$ 11 million in setting up their unit and...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 12 (UNB): The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Wednesday arrested Bakhrabad Gas Sy-stems Limited Assistant Director Salahuddin Ahmed for taking bribe.A team of ACC, led by its director Maj Zulfiqar Ali Majumder, raided the sales and distribution division of...
FE reportStudents, teachers and staff of the World University of Bangladesh (WUB) organised a rally and joined hands to make a human chain in front of its Dhanmondi campus Wednesday to protest against the death of a bright student of...
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) opened solid waste management offices in some targeted wards in the city to improve its waste collection system, reports BSS.As solid waste management requires close cooperation of the citizens, they can make recommendations, comments or...
Barisal Division posted a huge 118-run win over Dhaka Division on the 4th and last day of 5th round match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League at Shaheed Chandu Stadium at Bogra Wednesday, reports UNB.Resuming the 4th and...
The much-talked about election of the country's most glamorous and rich sports body, Bangladesh Cricket Board, was held peacefully at the National Sports Council in the city Wednesday with two rival panels sharing the post of directors equally in Category...
ABU DHABI, Nov 12 (AFP): Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will miss the first one-day match against the West Indies here today (Wednesday) after pulling his left calf muscle during a practice session Tuesday night. Team manager Yawar Saeed said...
The 23rd Mercantile Bank National Swimming Champion-ship began at the National Swimming Complex in the city's Mirpur with BKSP swimmer Sonia Akhter setting two national records, UNB reports.Sonia set a new national record in the women's 200-metre butterfly clocking 02:50.12...
NEW DELHI, Nov 12(AFP): Pace bowlers Ishant Sharma of India and Ryan Sidebottom of England will miss Friday's opening match of the seven-game one-day series in Rajkot due to injuries. Sharma (20) suffered an ankle sprain during the recent Test...
The final one-day international (ODI) between South Africa and Bangladesh at East London has been washed out. The weather had been poor through the night and there was no let-up during the morning ahead of the day/night encounter, leaving the...
FARIDPUR, Nov 12 (BSS): Faridpur district cricket team won a thumping victory in the 29th National cricket Championship when they beat Manikganj team by eight wickets at the Faridpur stadium here today (Wednesday).Batting first Manikganj was bundled out for a...
Bangladesh beat Nepal 3-0 in the First Junior South Asian Tennis Championship at the Ramna National Tennis Court Complex in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.In the day's matches, U Shew Shew (Bangladesh) beat Sandesh Singh Rathor (Nepal) 6-1, 6-1, while...
Police AC and Dhaka Wanderers Club earned identical 1-0 goal wins against their respective opponents in the Green Delta Metropolis First Division League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.
SHANGHAI, Nov 12 (AP): Britain's Andy Murray reached the Masters Cup semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory Wednesday over Gilles Simon of France.Murray was at his best on the key points, breaking Simon twice in each set and fending off...
FE Report The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has suggested Bangladesh to closely monitor any impact arising from the current global financial crisis on the country's exports, particularly readymade garments, and inflow of remittances. This was communicated by a visiting IMF...
Shahiduzzaman KhanApartment customers are likely to benefit now from the sharp fall in the prices of iron rod in the local and international markets. Some realtors have already offered low-priced apartments by giving advertisement in the newspapers ahead of the...
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