FINDLAY, Ohio (AP): More than 1,000 people were flooded out of their homes Thursday after the heavy rain that swamped communities across the Midwest sent Ohio's rivers spilling over their banks, the governor said. The storm's death toll also rose...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Tribune): A decision by Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday to allow an exiled former prime minister to return home sets up a possible showdown between President Pervez Musharraf and a bitter rival who could upset the U.S. ally's hopes...
MUMBAI (PTI): Actor Sanjay Dutt, released on Thursday from a Pune jail, where he was serving a six-year prison term given to him in the 1993 blasts case, said he had "full faith" in the judiciary but was prepared for...
This time of the year is no stranger to floods. However, the fury and severity of visitation by such calamities do not remain the same every year. Considering the area of land the flood submerged and the number of people...
This time of the year is no stranger to floods. However, the fury and severity of visitation by such calamities do not remain the same every year. Considering the area of land the flood submerged and the number of people...
Enayet RasulBangladesh, at present, has become very worryingly dependent on the import of essential consumer goods. This dependence has been growing relentlessly. It imports nearly all of its requirements of baby food and half of its need for milk in...
Samuel BrittanCAPITALISM has been subject to booms and busts for at least the past 300 years, notable early examples of which were the Dutch tulip mania and the British South Sea Bubble of the early 18th century. Any market system...
Michael Peel and Adam EastonINTERNATIONAL lawyers have hit out at a Polish government fee-capping plan that, they say, would make their work uneconomic and encourage other countries to follow suit.Leading English, Polish and US-based law firms are worried about the...
MAJOR roads in Dhaka city have a nice and free look these days because hawkers of various types who used to peddle their wares in them were driven off. Road users, specially pedestrians, are finding relief from the measure.However, it...
ONCE we had abundant natural resources such as forests, canals, lakes, wildlife etc. But much of these resources have been lost in the absence of strong, sincere, competent authorities to protect the same. The failure has put the country's ecological...
FE Report The government imposed curfew in the capital Dhaka and five divisional headquarters for an indefinite period from 8pm Wednesday to defuse the nationwide violent protests that left one person dead and over several hundred injured. The government closed...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday night said curfew and shutdown of universities and colleges are temporary measures against violence, reports UNB. He gave assurance that the curfew would be withdrawn immediately after improvement of the situation. "Showing utmost patience...
Law and Information Adviser Mainul Hosein defending imposition of curfew in all divisional headquarters has said the step is taken to protect the life and property of the people, reports UNB."The situation is no longer limited to the campuses," he...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Business leaders expressed Wednesday their grave concern over the prevailing student agitations at different places and urged the government to restore normalcy for the sake of smooth running of trade and commerce. They said the country's apparel...
Shahiduzzaman KhanAt last, the government has approved the long awaited international long distance telecommunication services policy, much to the relief of the telephone users and the stakeholders.It is expected that the policy will open up the Voice over Internet Protocol...
Krishna Guha, FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: Turmoil in the financial markets will affect growth worldwide, John Lipsky, the number two official at the International Monetary Fund, said on Tuesday.In the first interview by a senior IMF official since the market turmoil...
FE Report An estimated Tk 150-200 million is transacted as bribes each year at RAJUK only for approval of plans, while more than 90 per cent of the city's buildings have flouted construction rules, says a research report.The report, prepared...
The Brahmaputra-Jamuna has started falling and is likely to fall further during the next 24-72 hours and the Ganges-Padma at Goalando and Bhagyakul points has receded slightly and is likely to follow the trend at the same time, Flood Forecasting...
The identity cards of the officers and employees of all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions will be considered as curfew passes during curfew hours, said a DMP press release Wednesday. —UNB
Publication of the results of the HSC Examination - 2007 and other equivalent examinations under different boards, scheduled for today (Thursday), has been postponed under "unavoidable circumstances". "A fresh date of the results of these examinations will be notified later...
The US Embassy in Bangladesh Wednesday said, it is closely monitoring the situation arising out of the student protests across the country. The British High Commission has urged restraint from all sides in reaching a peaceful conclusion and a situation...
Senior Vice General of Myanmar Maung Aye will pay an official visit to Bangladesh next month (September). Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Wednesay chaired an inter-ministerial meeting of the senior officials to prepare a common strategy for the upcoming visit...
FHM Humayan KabirA US$7.0 billion investment proposal of a Korean consortium placed to the government for approval in 2005 is still awaiting response from relevant authorities.Under the investment proposal, the consortium, comprising two public and two private sector enterprises of...
Dhaka University Syndicate decided to execute government's urgent order for vacating all university dormitories by 8pm Wednesday, reports UNB.The decision was taken in an emergency meeting with acting DU Vice-chancellor Prof. AFM Yusuf Haider in the chair, shortly after the...
More than 20 million (2 crore) mobile phone subscribers found communication breakdown Wednesday evening as the government asked the operators to shut down their network, reports UNB. Information available from Grameenphone Grahok Kotha said the government had asked the mobile...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22(AP): Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan, detailed for the first time a plan to keep the country's US-allied president in office under a power-sharing deal she said would strengthen the fight against terrorism.General Pervez Musharraf...
FE ReportShares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell Wednesday in thin trade as student violence that spread across the country dampened the sentiment of investors, market operators said.They said prices of majority shares declined pulling down all the market...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 22 (BSS): Authorities have taken necessary measures to keep the operation of Chittagong Port normal during the curfew. "We have started issuing curfew passes for the port employees and other people involved in the process of delivering the...
Amy Yee, FT Syndication ServiceNEW DELHI: India's software lobby group sought to dispel what it said was the myth that China would overtake India's lead in software outsourcing and services, claiming that its Asian rival lags three to five years...
The British High Commission Wednesday criticised a section of visa agents for cheating people through lucrative advertisements on employment in the United Kingdom (UK), reports BSS.The HC in a press release Wednesday said a number of visa agents have been...
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