Palin gets personal over abortion DAVENPORT, (Iowa), Oct 12: Republican Sarah Palin, who has a baby with Downs Syndrome, Saturday spoke out publicly about her stand against abortion saying she believed in "the potential of every human life." Devout Christian...
KANDAHAR, Oct 12 (AP): Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed some 60 insurgents, an Afghan official said Sunday. A second clash in the same region killed another 40 militants....
BAIKONUR, (Kazakhstan), Oct 12 (Reuters): US video game magnate Richard Garriott blasted off into space aboard a Russian rocket on Sunday watched by his father, a NASA astronaut who went into space at the height of the Cold War. The...
Hosts Khulna Division made a good start in the four-day Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League beating Sylhet Division by 35 runs on the third day at the Bir Shrestha Motiur Rahman Stadium in Khulna Sunday, reports UNB.Chasing 291...
Aussies Shane Watson and Brad Haddin shared a vital partnership late on the fourth day in Bangalore to stifle a resurgent India in the first Test. With just six caps between them, the pair came in with the pressure on...
TORONTO, Oct 12 (AFP): Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets to win their Toronto Twenty/20 clash with just one ball to spare Saturday. Pakistan made 141-7 with man of the match Shoaib Malik making an unbeaten 42 after Sri...
Delhi Giants 167 for 7 (Nixon 43, Streak 3-23) beat Ahmedabad Rockets 154 for 9 (Sodhi 51*, Aziz 48, Sudhindra 3-33) by 13 runsPaul Nixon's 24-ball 43 proved the difference between the Delhi Giants and the Ahmedabad Rockets after he...
DORTMUND, Oct 12(AFP):-Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack and Bayern Munich striker Lukas Podolski fired first-half goals to give Germany a 2-1 win over Russia in Saturday's World Cup qualifier here. Germany remain a point clear at the top of Group Four...
MOSCOW, OCT 12 (AP): Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-4 Sunday to win the Kremlin Cup and her third straight title in as many weeks.The 23-year-old Serb was coming off back-to-back titles at the China Open and...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Sunday said the caretaker government (CG) that it would be responsible if pre-polls atmosphere was vitiated or the election impeded, reports UNB.Addressing a protest meeting against non-implementation of the five-point demand of the BNP-led...
Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said his recent meeting with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia focused on participation of the former premier's party in the forthcoming parliamentary elections and pre-election atmosphere about which some continue to air apprehension, reports...
Awami League acting general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam Sunday asked the caretaker government to ensure special security for party chief Sheikh Hasina ahead of parliamentary polls, reports UNB.Talking to reporters he apprehended that Hasina on her return from US and...
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in an emergency meeting Sunday protested against Saturday's bomb blast at the residence of Justice Sharifuddin Chaklader of the High Court (HC), reports UNB.The meeting also protested against the reconstitution of HC benches by...
The Election Commission (EC) has asked Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) to be neutral in the upcoming elections, warning UNOs, who will act as assistant returning officers, of maximum penalties for those found violating the electoral code, reports bdnews24.com.Election commissioners Muhammed...
The Supreme Court (SC) has deferred an appeal hearing of former prime minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina involving a graft case filed by businessman Noor Ali, reports bdnews24.com.A full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by chief justice MM Ruhul Amin,...
FE Report Journalists, employees and workers of The Daily Ittefaq who were retrenched recently by the newspaper management demanded payment of their arrears without further delay. They made the demand from a meeting, held at the National Press Club with...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 12 (BSS): Local unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) here today called for withdrawal of cases pending against its leaders immediately so that they could participate in the forthcoming Jatiya Sangsad (JS) elections."We want to participate in the...
The trial court Sunday refixed October 16 as the date for appearance in the Barapukuria Coalmine Corruption case, as principal accused Khaleda Zia didn't turn up Sunday and petitioned for time, reports UNB.Metro Sessions Judge Azizul Huq set the new...
CHUADANGA, Oct 12 (UNB): Leader of an outlawed party was killed in a shoot-out between his cohorts and the police and RAB near Kumari Veterinary Training Institute in Alamdanga Upazila early Sunday.
Democracywatch, an election monitoring organization in Bangladesh, today congratulated the Election Commission (EC) for its decision to appoint two monitoring officials in each constituency in the upcoming national elections scheduled to be held on December 18 next, reports BSS.
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (PTI): India's Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday said the present challenge for his country is to arrest inflation without hampering economic growth and to maintain financial stability. "Our current challenges are to rein in inflation without hurting...
LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters): Major British banks are likely to announce their plans to recapitalise early Monday, a person familiar with the matter said, a move which could see the government take multi-billion pound stakes in several lenders.Banks are in...
BERLIN, Oct 12 (Internet): Developed countries should do more to help Africa in the turbulent economic climate and not just "look after themselves," Germany's executive director at the World Bank said Saturday.Michael John Hofmann told the German radio station Deutschland...
PARIS, Oct 12 (AP): European leaders meet Sunday in search of a common response to a spreading financial crisis that has ricocheted across the Atlantic to their shores and to try to preserve the bloc's unity.It could be a complex...
WASHINGTON/CANBERRA, Oct 12 (Reuters): Rich nations rushed to shore up the global financial system after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of meltdown, with Australia and New Zealand guaranteeing bank deposits and newspapers reporting plans for Britain's biggest retail bank...
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Internet): As wealthy nations deal with their own struggling economies, the World Bank launched a new fund Saturday to help emerging countries trade lessons amongst themselves.The new programme was described as a "simple, low cost" means of...
BEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters): China will maintain flexible and prudent macro-economic policies and seek to expand domestic demand in the face of a grim international economic environment, the country's ruling Communist Party said Sunday.A meeting of the party's central committee...
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters): Italy will push for broadening membership in the Group of Seven (G7) when it takes over leading the rich nations' club next year, Italian Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti pledged Saturday.Tremonti said he also wanted to see...
HONG KONG, Oct 12 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mainly down against the US dollar-with the notable exception of the Japanese yen-amid a flurry of high-level government meetings on the ongoing world market turmoil. JAPANESE YEN: The Japanese yen...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Oct 12: Production of environment-friendly bio-gas from cattle dung is still neglected in the northern region. Bio-gas, a renewable source of energy, can be used as fuel for cooking, lighting, running vehicles and generators etc. Sources said, bio-gas...
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