TBILISI, Sept 29 (AFP): The European Union on Wednesday launches a monitoring mission in Georgia intended to reduce tensions after an August war and oversee a Russian troop pull-back in this former Soviet Caucasus state. The mission comprising at least...
TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Sept 29 (AFP): Four people were killed on Monday in a car bomb blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of the restive northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.The attack risks further...
DETROIT, Michigan, Sept 29 (AFP): White House hopeful Barack Obama was to take his campaign to the American West Monday after accusing his Republican rival John McCain of "Katrina-like" bungling over the US financial crisis.The Democratic nominee was to meet...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29 (AFP): Pakistani forces seeking to conquer a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold near the border with Afghanistan killed 15 insurgents in ongoing clashes, officials said Monday.There was no word of casualties on the government side. It was not...
MOGADISHU, Sept 29 (AFP): Somali Islamist insurgents attacked African Union peacekeepers and government forces in the capital Mogadishu, and at least four people were killed in the clashes, witnesses said Monday.Two civilians and a soldier died in an attack overnight...
COLOMBO, Sept 29 (AFP): Tamil Tigers have suffered heavy losses in a major Sri Lankan government push into their northern fiefdom, with the latest clashes leaving 30 rebels dead, the defence ministry said Monday. The ministry said 17 rebels were...
BEIJING/TAIPEI, Sept 29 (Reuters): A powerful typhoon headed toward the eastern Chinese coast on Monday forcing over 200,000 people to seek higher ground, state media said, after it battered Taiwan over the weekend.Typhoon Jangmi, the season's most powerful storm, was...
Former captain Khaled Mashud Pilot Monday said he retired from international cricket after falling out of favour with the selectors, reports bdnews24.com.Mashud said he had a strong desire to end his 13-year long international career by appearing for Bangladesh for...
The New Zealand national cricket team, led by Daniel Vettori, arrives Dhaka today (Tuesday) at 10:40 pm to play two Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Bangladesh, reports UNB.The Kiwis will begin their tour with the ODIs to...
LONDON, Sep 29 (Reuters): Uncapped off-spinner Graeme Swann, batsman Owais Shah and wicketkeeper Matt Prior were named Monday in England's 15-man squad to play two tests in India in December.Kevin Pietersen's first full series as test captain since taking over...
KARACHI, Sep 29 (Reuters): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has thrown a Twenty20 lifeline to senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf after naming him among the probables for a four-nation tournament in Toronto next month.Pakistan's top test and one-day batsman, who has...
BEIJING, Sept 29 (AFP): Andy Roddick held off a fierce challenge from Israeli underdog Dudi Sela to win the China Open final Sunday as top seed Jelena Jankovic sealed the women's title with a thumping win.Big-serving Roddick, the second seed...
ROME, Sept 29 (AFP): Ronaldinho scored his first goal in Italian football to give AC Milan a vital 1-0 victory over Inter Milan in a pulsating city derby at the San Siro Sunday. Inter Milan had two players sent off-although...
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (AP): Key supporters of a Wall Street bailout package prodded lawmakers to approve the plan hours ahead of a difficult House vote Monday, with President Bush saying it is needed to "keep the crisis in our financial...
CHICAGO, Sept 29 (Reuters): Three out of four owners of small businesses say the US economy is getting worse, that it is harder to get loans and that the economic environment had reduced the amount of money they take home,...
TOKYO, Sept 29 (Reuters): Japan will likely avoid a deep slump from the global credit crisis but faces "considerable uncertainty" and downside risks to growth, a top central bank official said Monday. The possibility of a dive on the back...
BIRMINGHAM, Sept 29 (Xinhua): Britain's main opposition, the Conservative Party, unveils here yesterday its reconstruction plan for a stronger economy. In a 40-page pamphlet, the party which is largely regarded as the one to lead the next government, sets out...
FRANKFURT, Sept 29 (AFP): The European Central Bank (ECB) announced Monday a special 38-day loan to provide Eurozone banks with more cash in a bid to balance conditions on tense interbank money markets. The amount of the operation was not...
WELLINGTON, Sept 29 (AFP): New Zealand's trade deficit narrowed in the year to August as exports rose, boosted in recent months by a decline in the local currency, official figures showed today. The trade deficit for the year to August...
HANOI, Sept 29 (AFP): Vietnam's economy grew 6.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year, lower than its target rate but still "encouraging" in the "context of a deteriorating world economy", the government said today. To reach...
TOKYO, Sept 29 (AFP): The cabinet of Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso today approved a 17-billion-dollar emergency budget to stimulate Asia's largest economy, which contracted in the last quarter, officials said. The plan includes measures to help consumers, companies...
SINGAPORE, Sept 29(AFP): World oil prices fell in Asian trade today after US policy- makers outlined a 700 billion dollar government bailout of the financial sector, dealers said. In afternoon trade New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November...
Our CorrespondentFARIDPUR, Sept 29: Milk production has sharply fallen in the district as the number of milch cows has rapidly decreased in all the eight upazilas.The poor cultivators of the district till their lands with the help of milch cows...
YANGON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua): Myanmar has targeted to cultivate 81,000 hectares more of rubber to boost export of the industrial crop in the fiscal year of 2008- 09, which began in April, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported...
BUSAN, South Korea, Sept 28 (AFP): The global financial crisis will weigh heavily on the minds of filmmakers when they gather in South Korea this week for Asia's premier film festival. Money troubles have increased pressure on Asian filmmakers, who...
TOKYO, Sept 29 (AFP): The dollar rose against other major currencies in Asian trade today but came off early highs after US lawmakers reached a consensus on an unprecedented bailout of Wall Street, dealers said. They said the euro was...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua): Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Khalifa Saturday called for the establishment of a global energy organisation. "Given their universal effects and implications, energy and its various sources are in need of a...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29 (AFP): Japan is worried about a severe credit crunch, India wants regulations tightened while China expects the situation to get worse before it gets better-the US financial crisis has been haunting Asian leaders as they took...
FE ReportHealth and Family Welfarw Adviser AMM Shakhawat Ali said Monday stern action will be taken against those who are responsible for the import of melamine-mixed baby food in the country from abroad.Relevant rules are going to be amended soon...
The High Court (HC) Monday de-listed the scheduled hearing on a pending writ petition challenging the Election Commission's (EC) gazette notification that recast the parliamentary constituencies under electoral reforms ahead of the national elections, reports UNB.It put the writ hearing...
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