MOSCOW, Nov 9 (AP): An accident aboard a Russian nuclear-powered submarine making a test run in the Sea of Japan killed at least 20 people, officials said Sunday.The nuclear reactor aboard the submarine was operating normally and radiation levels were...
WELLINGTON, (New Zealand), Nov 9 (AP): New Zealand entered a new era of conservative rule Sunday, with incoming Prime Minister John Key promising to be a moderate amid fears some of the country's policies on global warming and indigenous people...
Al-Qaeda in Iraq have reacted to the US presidential election by issuing a statement Friday directed at President-elect Barack Obama and his incoming administration, reports BBC.The 22-minute audiotape was posted on several jihadist internet websites and includes an audio message...
TENGGULUN, (Indonesia), Nov 9 (Reuters): Thousands of Indonesians poured onto the streets for the funerals of three militants executed Sunday for the 2002 Bali bombings, causing some clashes between police and emotional supporters. The three men from the militant group...
A Canadian CBC TV journalist has been freed in Afghanistan four weeks after being kidnapped in the capital, Kabul, reports BBC.Armed men seized Mellissa Fung on 12 October as she reported from a refugee camp on the outskirts of the...
Eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the city of Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraqi police say, reports BBC.Several policemen were among the dead. At least 14 other people were injured. Ramadi was...
India is celebrating the arrival of its Chandrayaan 1 spacecraft at the Moon. An 817-second burn from the probe's engine Saturday slowed Chandrayaan sufficiently for it to be captured by the lunar body's gravity, reports BBC. The craft is now...
Indian troops kill 11 suspected rebels in KashmirSRINAGAR, Nov 9: Indian security forces shot dead 11 suspected Muslim militants in fighting over the weekend in the disputed Kashmir region, police said Sunday. Five militants were killed in Poonch district, close...
Nasiruddin Faruque's unbeaten century enabled Barisal Division to reach a comfortable position against Dhaka Division on the first day of the four-day 4th round match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium (SCS)...
Australia need a further 369 runs to win the fourth and final Test against India after closing the penultimate day on 13-0 in reply, BBC reports. India raced to 116-0 with Virender Sehwag hitting 92 before they lost three quick...
Joe Calzaghe put on one of his finest displays to dismantle Roy Jones Jr at Madison Square Garden in New York in the early hours of Sunday morning, reports BBC. Calzaghe was floored in the first round by a Jones...
DOHA, Nov 09 (Internet): Venus Williams is on the verge of adding to her laundry list of accomplishments.The eighth-ranked American advanced to the final of the WTA Championships Saturday with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over world No. 1 Jelena...
Police AC managed a 1-0 victory over Bangladesh Boys Club in a match of the Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostofa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur Sunday, reports UNB.Bishweshwar Barua scored the all-important goal...
The National (Inter District) Cricket Championship, organised by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), begins today (Monday) at six venues across the country with six matches slated for the day, reports UNB.Opening day's matches: Tangail DSA vs Jamalpur DSA (Tangail Stadium), Noakhali...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Sunday said the whole nation is eagerly waiting for welcoming a newly elected government by December this year after holding the general polls, reports BSS. "I call upon all concerned to extend their full cooperation in this...
FE Report India's foreign policy with Bangladesh is likely to see a drift after the parliamentary elections in that country, according to an Indian newspaper report. Indian Minister for Development of North Eastern (NE) Region Mani Shankar Aiyar said after...
The High Court (HC) Sunday asked Awami Juba League president Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Awami Swechchhasebak League president Bahauddin Nasim and former Chhatro League president Liaqat Sikdar, all three wanted in criminal cases, to surrender to the lower court within ten...
The envoys of nine Muslim countries Sunday called on Bangladesh Awami League president Sheikh Hasina at her Sudha Sadan residence in the city and discussed various issues about upcoming parliament polls scheduled on December 18, reports UNB.The ambassadors are of:...
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office additional director Philip Barton Sunday said Britain would like to see a free, fair and inclusive parliamentary polls without state of emergency, reports UNB."We hope the government will lift the state of emergency and a...
A Dhaka court has ordered former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain to jail after his surrender in the Barapukuria graft case, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Amar Kumar Roy of the Special Court-2 rejected his bail prayer Sunday and ordered...
A special court Sunday sentenced former prime minister Khaleda Zia's assistant personal secretary Md Shamsul Alam Mintu to 13 years in jail on charges of amassing wealth beyond known income and holding back the information on assets, reports bdnews24.com. Judge...
FE ReportSpeakers at a roundtable have urged banks to use locally-made banking software to stand the local software companies in good stead. "Most of the banks procure foreign-made banking software which impedes expansion of business of the local software companies,"...
The UK is going to introduce new 'Points Based System' from November 27 for skilled foreign nationals from outside of the European Economic Area wishing to travel there for work, including temporary or unpaid work, reports UNB. The global system...
BHOLA, Nov 9 (BSS): Production of electricity in the 34.5 megawatt rental power plant here is expected to begin next month to fulfill the demand in the district. The gas-based new power plant is going to start generation of electricity...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has separated its revenue administration and policy-making wings in line with the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reform the country's revenue administration.The board has also increased the number of its...
A grand mosque, constructed with Tk 35 million, was inaugurated Saturday at Belabo in Narshingdi district, said a press release.Narshingdi deputy commissioner Amrita Baroi, Belabo upazila nirbahi officer Niranjan Chandra Debanath and constructor of the mosque Abdul Kadir Mollah, among...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 9 (BSS): Bangladesh Sericulture Board (BSB) has undertaken a project to promote and extend sericulture and its industry through entrepreneurship development at different levels of production.According to the officials concerned, the five-year proposed project titled "Extension and Development...
PABNA, Nov 9 (UNB): Angry mob lynched four outlaws as they tried to commit robbery at a house at Hatbaria village in Santhia Upazila early Sunday.The dead were identified as Ebadat (35), Rabiul (30), Lal (32) and Shamim (28): residents...
The third death anniversary of Enayetullah Khan, founding editor of the daily New Age and editor-in-chief of the weekly Holiday, will be observed today (Monday), said a press release.He passed away in Toronto, Canada on November 10, 2005 at the...
FE ReportDhaka stocks continued to plunge Sunday with the benchmark DGEN index sinking below the 2600-mark for the first time in three months because of the sagging investors confidence.The DGEN lost 383 points in more than one month.Being worried about...
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