A special report by FAO and WFP has estimated the current year's Boro production at some 17 percent higher than the previous year, although poverty was still on the rise due to spiralling food prices, reports bdnews24.com. The report said...
LJUBLJANA, Sept 21(AFP): Slovenia goes to the polls Sunday with a bribery scandal hanging over Prime Minister Janez Jansa and the opposition left showing unity in a bid to regain power after four years of centre-right rule. A poll published...
Flayne Clift from YogyakartaThirty years ago, when Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro lived in Yogyakarta, it was perhaps a less busy, tourist-filled metropolis than it is today. But probably little else has changed since the 1970s. Marlioboro, the wide boulevard that...
MOSCOW, Sept 20 (AFP): Russia is against new UN Security Council measures targeting Iran, the foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday after the White House warned of a new round of sanctions. At a meeting with senior diplomats from...
LAGOS, Sept 20 (AFP): Nigeria's main armed militant group Saturday said it had destroyed a major pipeline run by Royal Dutch Shell in the sixth such attack in the past week as it vowed to paralyse the key oil sector.The...
BEIJING, Sept 20 (AFP): China's cabinet ordered an all-out effort Saturday to save babies poisoned by contaminated milk powder which has claimed the lives of four infants and sickened thousands more. he State Council said sick babies should be given...
MIRANSHAH, (Pakistan), Sept 20 (AFP): At least eight Pakistani soldiers were killed Saturday when a suicide bomber crashed an explosives-filled car into a military convoy near the Afghan border, officials said. The attack took place as the troops passed through...
Radical Hindu leader held for anti-Christian attacks NEW DELHI, Sept 20: A radical Hindu leader has been arrested in southern India over a spate of attacks targeting Christian churches, officials said Saturday. Police in the southern state of Karnataka said...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 20, (bdnews24.com): Muktijoddha Sangsad KS lost their first away match of the Citycell B League when the struggling giants went one goal down to hosts Chittagong Abahani Limited at MA Aziz Stadium Saturday.Shakawat Hossain Rony scored the all-import...
Sri Lanka Cricket's decision to lift the domestic ban on five of its ICL cricketers is a "strong message" to other national boards, according to Marvan Atapattu, the former Sri Lankan captain. Atapattu, who plays for the ICL's Delhi Giants,...
Eight Bangladeshi athletes for the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) have been selected while the Bangladesh Shooting Federation choose its two competitors Saturday, reports UNB.They are swimmer Anik Islam (200m butterfly), swimmer Afsana Talukdar (100m & 200m freestyle), shooter Sabbir...
KARACHI, Sept 20 (Reuters): The lawyer for suspended Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has asked for his appeal against a positive doping test to be set for the earliest possible date.Asif tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during a...
TOKYO, Sept 20 (AFP): Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova set up an all-Russian final with crushing wins at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament Saturday.Safina enjoyed her first victory over compatriot Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-0, while Kuznetsova brushed aside Slovenian...
MUMBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters): India batsman Sachin Tendulkar could miss the four-Test series against Australia starting in Bangalore on Oct. 9 after injury ruled him out of a premier domestic competition match next week.Tendulkar suffered an elbow injury during the...
The touring GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team is going to play their 1st one-day match today (Sunday) against Sri Lanka Academy in a three-match one-day series at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, reports UNB.The visitors will play the 2nd one-day match...
Bangladesh beat Turkmenistan by 65-37 points in a match of the 3rd Asian Women Kabaddi Championship held in Madurai in Tamilnadu State of India Saturday, reports UNB. In another match, Bangladesh lost to Iran by 57-30 points at the same...
Karwan Bazar Pragoti Sangha blanked Dhanmondi Club by 2-0 goals in a match of the Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Saturday, reports UNB.
BRASILIA, Sept 20 (Xinhua): Over the past 30 years since its reform and opening-up, China has showed its ability to overcome poverty and has set a "successful model" in developing a balanced economy, a Brazilian expert said. In a recent...
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters): The United States surged into action Friday to launch an all-out attack against the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, readying a plan to tap hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to buy...
GENEVA, Sept 20 (Reuters): China has launched a dispute against the United States at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over US measures against imports of certain steel pipes, tires and woven sacks, China's WTO mission said Friday."Considering that bilateral consultations...
SIGIRIYA, Sri Lanka, Sept 20 (AFP): With wetlands and jungles teeming with colourful butterflies and exotic primates, Sri Lanka is planning to lure a new type of tourist who prefers wildlife to beach life. As well as at least five...
NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (AFP): India yesterday lifted a decades-old ban on local editions of foreign news magazines, but put a cap of 26 per cent on overseas equity in such joint ventures. The government said the much-awaited step would...
WELLINGTON, Sept 20 (AFP): New Zealand's current account deficit worsened to 3.91 billion dollars (2.61 billion US) in the June quarter, largely as a result of rising import costs, particularly fuel, officials said today. The annual deficit was 14.97 billion...
GENEVA, Sept 20 (AFP): Trade negotiators meeting here yesterday steered clear of the main issues in Russia's bid for World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership, agreeing to reconvene in November, as the United States warned that Moscow's accession bid was now...
LONDON, Sept 20 (AFP): Oil and gold prices bounced higher this week as investors sought a safe haven while other commodities fell on fears that the financial crisis could sap global economic growth and dent demand. However, profit-taking was in...
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (AFP): The dollar weakened against the euro yesterday after the US authorities pledged to forge a massive financial rescue plan that raised concerns about its cost. The euro rose to 1.4476 dollars around 2100 GMT from...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Sept 20: Ginger, a traditional spice of Nilphamari, is facing extinction. Sources said Nilphamari used to meet the entire requirement of ginger of the country in the past. But the crop has become vulnerable to various diseases and...
A CorrespondentFARIDPUR, Sept 20 : The BRRI paddy-33 now has grown excellently everywhere in the district and its harvesting begins from the first week of October in all upazilas of Faridpur district.The paddy is being cultivated in a large scale...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20(AFP): Malaysia's health ministry has banned all inflant formulas, milk and milk products from China to safeguard against poisoning by the toxic industrial chemical melamine. Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai however was quick to assure parents that...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (AFP): Malaysia will turn to nuclear energy to generate electricity by 2023 as supplies of fossil fuel eventually run out, a minister said according to today news reports. Energy, Water and Communications Minister Shaziman Mansor said...
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