WASHINGTON, Sep 13(AFP): Washington tried Friday to play down its concerns in Latin America by attributing the expulsion of its envoys from Bolivia and Venezuela as a byproduct of domestic problems in those countries. "We regret the actions of both...
HARARE, Sep 13(AFP): President Robert Mugabe and the opposition will wield equal power in a unity government aimed at ending Zimbabwe's protracted political crisis and economic meltdown, a source said, as international reactions were muted. While details of Thursday's accord...
The governor of the Afghan province of Logar has been killed by a roadside bomb near Kabul, officials say. Abdullah Wardak died with his driver and two bodyguards outside his home in Paghman village, west of Kabul, BBC reports. Mr...
POTI, Sep 13(AFP): Russian troops Saturday left their first camp near the strategic port of Poti in western Georgia, in view of the accord concluded on September 8 between Russia and the European Union, an AFP reporter witnessed. A file...
Hurricane Ike has made landfall on the Gulf coast of Texas, where it is expected to cause "potentially catastrophic" flooding and damage. The National Hurricane Center said Saturday the storm's eye hit Galveston at 0710 GMT with winds of up...
Nepal will start pressing Tibetan exiles living illegally in the country to return to India, a government official has said. Home Ministry spokesman Modraj Dotel said 106 Tibetans had been detained recently by police to check if they had valid...
Nepal will start pressing Tibetan exiles living illegally in the country to return to India, a government official has said. Home Ministry spokesman Modraj Dotel said 106 Tibetans had been detained recently by police to check if they had valid...
Rahmatganj MFS made the biggest upset in the Citycell 2nd B League opening match when they came from behind to earn a 2-1 goals win over holders Dhaka Abahani Saturday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city, reports...
Andrew Symonds has joined his good friend Matthew Hayden for a net session in Queensland in what is believed to be his first hit-out since being banished from Australia's squad. Symonds took the opportunity for some practice Friday, the same...
Pakistan have "formally invited" West Indies to play two Tests in November in another attempt to fill the gap created by the postponement of the Champions Trophy, reports Cricinfo. "We have formally invited the West Indies board to send their...
The first four-day match between visiting GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team and Sri Lanka Development XI ended in draw at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Sri Lanka Saturday, reports UNB.Replying to GP-BCB Academy team's first innings total of 441...
LONDON, Sept 13 (AFP): Liverpool finally got the better of Manchester United as Ryan Babel's late goal clinched a 2-1 win over the defending Premier League champions Saturday.Rafa Benitez's side had lost seven of the last eight league encounters with...
GLASGOW, Sept 13 (AFP): Celtic warmed up for their midweek Champions League match against Aalborg with a 4-2 win over Motherwell at Fir Park.The game had looked over as a contest at half-time with Celtic racing into a 4-0 lead...
LONDON, Sept 13 (AFP): Robinho is set to make his Premier League debut Saturday against Chelsea - the club he was set to join until English football's previously unchallenged big-spenders were trumped by Manchester City.In an astonishing example of how...
Little Friends Club and Uttar Baridhara Club earned identical 1-0 goal win in their respective matches of the Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Saturday, reports UNB.In...
NUSA DUA, Sept 13 (AFP): Switzerland's Patty Schnyder moved into her second final of the season with a 7-5, 6-1 hammering of Russian Nadia Petrova at the Bali Open Saturday.The 29-year-old second seed will play either top seed Daniela Hantuchova...
PARIS, Sept 13 (AFP): Ethiopia were kicked out of the World Cup by FIFA Friday after the long-running power struggle within the game in the African nation failed to be resolved.FIFA, the sport's world governing body, said that all four...
BERLIN, Sept 13 (AFP): Friday's Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Karlsruhe has been postponed because of damage to the pitch caused by a Madonna concert.The match was to have taken place at Frankfurt's Commerzbank-Arena stadium but the German Football...
Shane Warne has backed Bryce McGain as the best spinner in Australia and Stuart MacGill says McGain should also have toured the West Indies this year. But the champion legspinners disagreed on whether Beau Casson should have joined him in...
LIVERPOOL, Sept 13 (AP): Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to make an early return from injury in the Champions League Wednesday.The Portugal international was expected to be out till October after undergoing an operation on his right ankle...
The first-phase of the 100-day job generation scheme is set to begin tomorrow (Monday) for an initial period of sixty days throughout the country, a senior government official said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com."We are fully prepared to launch the project," Food...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 13 (BSS): Speakers at an advocacy meeting in the city Saturday underscored the need for transforming the sanitation campaign into social movement for building a healthy society.In this context, they also underlined the need for a concerted effort...
An emergency meeting of New7Wonders competition activity conducting committee comprising Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) officials and members of the official supporting committee of Bangladesh was held at the BPC in the city Wednesday, reports BSS. BPC Chairman Shafique Alam Mehdi...
Speakers at a views exchange in the city Saturday stressed the need for launching a media campaign for containing the adverse impacts of smoking and amending the exiting tobacco related laws, reports BSS.They urged the concerned authorities to amend the...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) will confer the status of 'Professor Emeritus' on its three senior teachers in recognition of their remarkable contribution to the development of education. The three educationists are Prof Abdul Matin of Philosophy Department, Prof Sultana Sarwat...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 13 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here Wednesday called upon the participants to put in their best efforts to make the Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) an effective institution to enhance agricultural productivity as well as bolster economic...
Bangladesh has made remarkable progress on health and family planning programmes in last two decades although the maternal mortality ratio is still high with 320 per 0.1 million (one lakh) women die each year due to pregnancy related complications, reports...
A Thai miniatures exhibition will be held at Bangladesh Shishu Academy in the city on September 17, reports UNB.Thai Ambassador in Bangladesh Chalermpol Thanchitt will formally inaugurate the exhibition at about 12 noon on the day.Thai Embassy in collaboration with...
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) received a total of Tk 2.237 million (22.37 lakh) in August for the construction of Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) now being constructed at Uttara in the city, reports BSS. So far, construction work up to...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Mohammad leaves Dhaka for India today (Sunday) to attend an international seminar on terrorism, reports UNB.The two-day seminar will begin in New Delhi, the capital of India, tomorrow (Monday).The Asia-Pacific World Regional Office of...
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