MILAN, Sept 28 (Reuters): A reborn Alitalia could be in place by the start of November after a deal on its rescue was reached with key unions at the weekend, the head of one of the investors buying its core...
ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (AP): Islamic militants struck back at security forces in Pakistan's northwest while gunmen Sunday abducted a Polish engineer and extended a wave of attacks on foreigners.The recent truck bombing of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel has heightened concern about...
EASTPORT, (Maine), Sept 28 (AP): Hurricane Kyle raced toward Maine early Sunday, triggering the state's first hurricane watch in 17 years as it roared over the Atlantic off North Carolina on a northward trek that threatened to bring flooding and...
VIENNA, Sept 28 (AFP): Polls opened Sunday in Austria in early general elections that were expected to see the far-right gain ground, after the collapse of the left-right coalition that had been in power for less than two years.According to...
KABUL, Sept 28 (AFP): A coalition operation apparently targeting a suicide bomb cell in eastern Afghanistan killed three civilians but no militants, a police official said Sunday. Insurgents elsewhere killed a woman in charge of female police officers.Gen. Abdul Jalal...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (AFP): The UN Security Council Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution again urging Iran to suspend its sensitive nuclear fuel work but offering no new sanctions and merely reaffirming existing ones. Resolution 1835 calls on Iran "to...
NEW DELHI, Sep 28 (PTI): Sincerity and honesty became the death warrant for the child who lost his life in the blast that shook the flower market in Mehrauli of South Delhi Saturday. Santosh Kumar (13), who fell victim to...
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (AFP): The House of Representatives Saturday passed a civilian nuclear pact with India that lifts a three decade-old ban on civilian nuclear trade with India. The agreement, passed by a 298-117 vote, will now head to the...
BEIJING, Sept 28 (AFP): China's astronauts were set for a triumphant return to Earth on Sunday after making the country's first spacewalk, with a hero's welcome awaiting the three men whose exploits captivated the nation. Commander Zhai Zhigang etched his...
Vietnam flood toll up to 32: official HANOI, Sept 28: The death toll from floods in northern Vietnam triggered by Typhoon Hagupit has increased to at least 32, with five others still reported missing, disaster officials said Sunday. Hagupit made...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia called for forging unity of nationalist forces ahead of polls when JAGPA president Shafiul Alam Prodhan and National Peoples Party chairman Sheikh Shawkat Hossain Nilu met her today with the proposal to join the 4-party alliance,...
Awami League's (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman asked the caretaker government (CG) to permanently free party chief Sheikh Hasina to pave the way for the country's transition to democracy, reports UNB."Only through permanent and unconditional release of Sheikh Hasina the...
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (UNB): Bangladesh called upon the international community to ensure unrestricted market access for all products of all of the least developed countries (LDCs).Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the call while addressing Ministerial Meeting of...
A vacation bench of the High Court (HC) delivers its order today (Monday) upon a pending bail petition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which is crucial for her release and the course of country's pre-election politics, reports UNB. Comprising...
The Gano Forum (GF) headed by Dr Kamal Hossain urged the caretaker government (CG) and the Election Commission (EC) not to pursue weak-kneed policy for placating "the corrupt, criminalised evil force and anti-liberation elements," reports UNB.A meeting of the party...
The High Court (HC) begins hearing today (Monday) a pending writ petition challenging the Election Commission's (EC) gazette notification re-casting the parliamentary constituencies under electoral reforms ahead of the national elections, reports UNB.A vacation division bench of the HC, comprising...
NETRAKONA, Sept 28 (BSS): Advocate Fazlur Rahman Khan, an organiser of the Liberation War and a former lawmaker, was laid to eternal rest with state honour at his family graveyard at village Kunia in Netrakona Sadar Upazila Saturday. Earlier, the...
The Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) is scheduled to hear the pleas of 10 corruption suspects today (Sunday) for considering clemency in return for their ill-gotten wealth, reports UNB.According to Tac sources, the tree-member Commission, headed by Justice Habibur Rahman...
Organised gangs of criminals known as Agyan Party or Malom (balm) party, who make their unsuspecting victims unconscious by entertaining them with food or soft drinks mixed with strong dosage of sedatives, have become alarmingly active ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, reports...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 28 (bdnews24.com): Police in the tourist town of Cox's Bazar have detained a man on charges of raping a Dutch woman doing research on sexual violence. On a complaint from the woman on Sept. 26, police on...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 28 (UNB): At least 10 persons were injured, including one with bullet, in a clash between police and transport workers at Kadamtali bus stand in the city Sunday.Police said the clash ensued at about 11.30 am when local...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Sept 28: A group of robbers entered the house of a retired banker at Hatemkhan Sabjipara area of the city in broad daylight and decamped with ornaments and cash.According to sources, at around 1-00 pm yesterday, three robbers...
CHITTAGONG, Sep 28 (BSS): The Madunaghat bridge over the river Halda under Hathazari Upazila on Chittagong-Kaptai highway in the district was opened for traffic Sunday.Communication Adviser Major Gen (rtd) Golam Kader inaugurated the bridge by cutting a ribbon at 10:30...
RANGPUR, Sept 28 (BSS): At least three persons were killed and 27 others injured in four separates road mishaps in different districts.In Rangpur, a truck driver was killed and 17 others injured in a road mishap amid bad weather at...
Our correspondentKURIGRAM: A housewife and mother of two was allegedly murdered by her husband and his relatives at Rajarhat upazila of the district on Saturday.Villagers and police said housewife Jahanara Begum (22) daughter of Mokbul Hossain of village Paddarpara under...
British High Commission (HC) in Dhaka and its office in Sylhet will remain closed to the public on October 1 and 2 (Wednesday-Thursday) for the Holy 'Eid-ul-Fitre', reports BSS.
SYLHET, Sept 28 (UNB): Robbers injured 15 persons and looted valuables from the passengers of some 20 buses by felling trees on Kamalganj-Sreemangal highway at Janokichhara in Moulvibazar district Friday night.Witnesses said the bandits numbering 20/25 barricaded the road at...
JESSORE, Sept 28 (UNB): A man, who was beaten up by his family members at Deapara village under Sadar Upazila Thursday, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here Saturday.The deceased was identified as Ashraf Hossain (46), son of Mahtab...
Bandits swooped on the house of a bank official in Hatem Khan Boro Masjid area of the city and looted valuables worth about Tk 1.0 million Saturday.Sources said the gang numbering 7/8 entered the house of Janata Bank official Abul...
New Zealand's captain Daniel Vettori wants wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum to bat at No. 5 to bolster an inexperienced top order in the upcoming Tests against Bangladesh and Australia. McCullum, who was usually used at No. 7 or No. 8, was...
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