NEW DELHI, Sep 14 : Indian police hunted Sunday for Muslim militants behind coordinated bomb attacks against busy shopping areas in the nation's capital that left 20 dead and close to 100 injured. The blasts Saturday evening struck five crowded...
GENEVA, Sep 13 : The United States and Iraq are nearing an accord which could pave the way for large-scale US troop withdrawals by 2011, Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday. "We have a single text, a final draft" of a...
MOSCOW, Sept 14 (AFP): A Boeing-737 jet crashed near Russia's city of Perm in the central Ural mountains killing all 83 passengers and five crew on board, Russian news agencies reported Sunday quoting emergency ministry officials. "According to the latest...
TAIPEI, Sept 14 : A typhoon pounded Taiwan on Sunday bringing fierce winds and torrential rains, sparking evacuations and leaving at least six people injured, officials said. Traffic was severely disrupted as Typhoon Sinlaku made landfall in northeastern Ilan county...
SHANGHAI, Sep 14 (Reuters) : Fifty-one people are believed to have been killed when a bus in which they were travelling plunged into a valley in southwest China's mountainous Sichuan Province on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
KANDAHAR, Sep 14 : A car bomb struck a UN vehicle in southeastern Afghanistan Sunday and killed two Afghan employees, a provincial police chief said. The explosion was near the town of Spin Boldak on the border with Pakistan, Kandahar...
Six contracted players of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), including former national skipper Habibul Bashar, made their intentions clear to retire from all forms of international and domestic cricket, reports UNB/ bdnews24.com.The six players are: Habibul Bashar, Aftab Ahmed, Shahriar...
Bangladesh Boys Club and Police AC won their respective matches of the Metropolis Second Division Football League at separate venues in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Police AC beat Karwanbazar Pragati Songho by a solitary goal scored by Al Amin in...
Port City club Chittagong Abahani held Dhaka Mohammedan SC to a 1-1 draw in their first match of the Citycell 2nd B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here Sunday, reports UNB.Mithun Chowdhury scored first for Chittagong Abahani, while...
SYDNEY, Sept 14 (AP): India cricket officials say Australia's upcoming tour should proceed as planned despite the tourists' concerns about security risks following bomb attacks in New Delhi that killed at least 20 people Saturday.Cricket Australia said Sunday it will...
Bangladesh National Women's Kabaddi Team will leave here for India Wednesday (Sept 17) to participate in the 3rd Asian Women's Kabaddi Championship to be held at Madhurai in Tamilnadu State on September 18-21, reports UNB. Ahead of the tour, the...
NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (AFP): Pakistan's chances of hosting the Champions’ Trophy next year improved Sunday after the Indian cricket board said it was willing to adjust its calendar for the sake of the crisis-hit tournament. The Indian board, which...
LISBON, Sept 14 (Reuters): Manchester United's Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo received the European Golden Boot trophy at a ceremony in his native Madeira Saturday.It took place at a hotel in the mid-Atlantic island, fulfilling Ronaldo's wish to receive the award...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Sunday said the observance of 'National Income Tax Day' today (Monday) would inspire mass people to pay their due tax to the national exchequer, reports BSS. In a message, on the eve of the day the President...
DU CorrespondentBangladesh national round of the first SAARC School Debate Championship-2008 began at Dhaka University (DU) Sunday with the topic, 'tackling corruption: transforming lives'.Former Adviser Sultana Kamal attended the opening session of the national round as the chief guest while...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 14 (UNB): A devastating fire at a slum in the port city burned two members of a family alive, injured two others critically and gutted 40 shanties Saturday night.The fire that broke out around 11:00 pm at Yunus...
FE Report Bank Asia Limited President and Managing Director Syed Anisul Huq was conferred 'Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award- 2008' for his life-long contribution to banking sector and philanthropic activities for promoting peace and harmony in the society.Truth and Accountability Commission...
An inter-ministerial meeting Sunday chalked out elaborate programmes for celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, in a befitting manner, reports UNB.The meeting was held at the Ministry of Religious Affairs with its Adviser Hassan...
Dhaka University (DU) will remain closed from September 25 on the occasions of Eid-ul-Fitr and Durga Puja, reports BSS.The university will reopen on October 18.
Awami League central leaders said Sunday that only permanent release of Sheikh Hasina and other leaders can pave the way for creating level playing field ahead of the country's stalled parliamentary polls, reports UNB. They alleged that the government itself...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said Sunday the commission would finalise the issues regarding the registration of parties and upazila and parliamentary elections after discussion with the BNP, reports UNB."We're waiting for communication from the BNP," he told...
TANGAIL, Sept 14 (bdnew24.com): US ambassador James F Moriarty said Sunday that the country's two top leaders should sit together for the sake of politics and the good of the nation. If Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia sat across the...
BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain Saturday night clarified that Khaleda Zia's "lifetime leadership" of the party did not mean being appointed "chairperson for life", reports bdnews24.com.He said, "Leading BNP for life is not the same as being lifelong chairperson."...
KHULNA, Sept 14 (UNB): The newly-elected Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor, Talukdar Abdul Khaleq, took charge Sunday morning.KCC chief executive officer Tapan Kumar handed over the charge to the new mayor at a ceremony on behalf of acting mayor Maniruzzaman...
The High Court (HC) Sunday issued a rule asking the newly elected Barisal City Corporation (BCC) Mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron to explain under what authority he claims to hold the office of Mayor, reports UNB.A vacation Bench comprising Justice Mirza...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has condemned Saturday's bomb blasts in New Delhi. In a letter to Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Adviser described the bombings as 'barbaric and cowardly'. He also added that such actions are "senseless...
PABNA, Sept 14 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured in a fierce clash between supporters of the Awami league (AL) and the BNP in Mandalpara area of the town Saturday morning.Witnesses said the clash started when BNP men allegedly...
The High Court (HC) Sunday granted ad-interim anticipatory bail for three months to fugitive ex-commerce minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on surrender in two graft cases, reports UNB.Passing the orders upon separate petitions, a vacation Division Bench comprising Justice Mirza...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday called upon all including the members of the country's business community to be united to build its future together so that the next generation of Bangladesh can achieve its full potential and take the...
S M Jahangir The government has moved to appoint an international audit agency to detect irregularities of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) companies to prevent drainage of revenues worth billions, officials said Sunday.The move comes weeks after the caretaker government appointed four...
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