SYDNEY, Sept 15 (AFP): Asian stock markets fell sharply Monday on fresh fears over the state of the global financial system amidst concern over the fate of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers, dealers said.Australian shares were down 2.21 per cent...
M/s Lenny Apparels Limited, a 100 per cent Indian company, will set up a woven and knit garments industry in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) at a cost of US$9.776 million or about Tk 670 million. In this connection,...
Rahim Textile recommends 15pc cash dividend The board of directors of Rahim Textile has recommended 15 per cent cash dividend for the year 2007-2008. The annual general meeting (AGM) will be held on October 16, '08. The book-closure of the...
Pakistani troops have fired shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say. Reports say nine US helicopters landed on the Afghan side of the border and US troops then...
Top Nato officials have arrived in the Georgian capital Tbilisi to express support for the country following its short war with Russia, reports BBC. Nato's chief said the deal that allowed Russia to keep forces in Georgia's breakaway regions was...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has signed a historic power-sharing deal with his long-time rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, reports BBC. The two smiled and shook hands at the ceremony in the capital, Harare, attended by African dignitaries. Mr Tsvangirai said...
Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have arrested over 60 people in connection with attacks on churches and clergymen over the weekend, reports BBC. More than a dozen churches were ransacked by alleged activists of the radical Hindu...
SEOUL, Sep 15(AFP): The US military has proposed holding a major troop- landing exercise involving more than 10,000 US and South Korean marines in November, according to a report Monday. It was put forward by General Walter Sharp, who commands...
HERAT, Sep 15 (AFP): A bombing Monday killed three bodyguards of a district chief, including his son, in an area of Afghanistan at the centre of claims that US air strikes killed dozens of civilians last month, the official said....
COLOMBO, Sep 15 (AFP): Fresh fighting broke out across Sri Lanka's tense north, leaving 20 Tamil Tiger rebels and one soldier dead, the defence ministry said Monday. The ministry said 22 rebels and 14 troops were wounded in Sunday's fighting...
JAKARTA, Sep 15 (AFP): At least 21 people were killed in a stampede in Indonesia on Monday as they crowded an alley waiting for a cash handout for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a report said. The bodies of...
BANGKOK, Sep 15 (AFP): The leaders of Thailand's ruling party have backed Somchai Wongsawat, brother-in-law of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as its candidate for prime minister, a spokesman said Monday. The decision will be presented to parliamentarians from the People...
Aussie Muslim cleric, convicted on terrorist charges MELBOURNE, Sep 15: A jury on Monday found a Muslim cleric guilty of leading a terrorist group and also convicted five of his followers after a trial in which 12 men were accused...
Khulna Abahani Krira Chakra upset Muktijoddha Sangsad in their opening match of the Citycell 2nd B League by 3-1 goals win at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Monday, reports UNB.It was the 2nd upset in the ongoing...
The Bangladesh players linked to the Indian Cricket League have stated dissatisfaction with the system as their reason to retire from international and domestic cricket. However, they stopped short of confirming they had signed with the ICL, reports Cricinfo. Habibul...
MADRID, Sept 15 (AFP): Russia retained their Fed Cup crown here Sunday to make it four titles in five years when Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to give the visitors an unassailable 3-0 lead over Spain.Olympic...
Australia's Test squad still plans to depart for India Sunday despite increased fears over security following deadly bomb attacks in New Delhi Saturday. Cricket Australia officials were due to meet with representatives from the Australian government's department of foreign affairs...
PRETORIA, Sept 15 (AFP): FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Sunday he had no doubt that South Africa would host a successful World Cup, adding there was no 2010 plan B."The plan B is South Africa and the plan C is...
MADRID, Sept 15 (AFP): Real Madrid got their title defence up and running Sunday, grinding out a 4-3 home victory over newcomers Numancia who shocked the reigning champions by taking the lead twice.It was a first win of the campaign...
Economics and politics are forces not independent of development. On the contrary, they are highly interdependent. The world has witnessed different forms of societies following growth paths characterized by the kind of politics the respective systems of government had pursued....
Shamsul Huq Zahid THE persistent power shortage, in addition to causing physical sufferings to power subscribers across the country, has been taking a heavy toll on the economy since long. Frequent power outages have been causing disruption to production in...
Fazal MahmoodTHE sewer lagoons where fishes were bred and marketed for consumption of unsuspecting people, who such fishes day after day, were brought under law enforcement measures last year for the first time since this practice started years ago. Some...
The government must conduct investigations comprehensively and effectively at the fastest into various incidents of trouble in the garments industries, identify clearly the ones who encouraged them and take swiftly the sternest uncompromising actions against them. The government must take...
'Eid-E-Azam' means the centre of the lights of life in the dark world, the shelter of freedom from the hand of false, the key centre of truth, the centre of existence of the Iman (Faith), and the principal guidance for...
Despite several decades of campaign to stop early marriage, still wedding of 52.5 per cent of girls, before they turn 15, is reported. The rate was the highest in Bangladesh, out of 15 sub-Saharan, South Asian and Central American countries....
Dr. Mohammed HossainIT has been argued by the elite or members of the civil society that there is absence of professionalism in different professions of the country. Due to the absence of the professionalism in our work, citizens of this...
Shobha SV from New DelhiK.S. Saleeka, the only Muslim MLA from Kerala who fulfilled her political ambitions despite family opposition, Orissa's Nazma Bibi, who challenged religious diktat to remain married to her husband, and Gujarat riot victim, Shakeela Begum, who...
Lubana Yasmin Palia"The days of delicious Hilsa are over for us," bemoans Abdul Karim, an NGO worker, who lives at a village in the vicinity of the Padma River, known for Hilsa, a popular tropical fish of clupeidae family."It's my...
Amin IbrahimINDIA already has free trading arrangements with some of its other neighbours. Sri Lanka, for example, signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with India and this led to substantial increases in Sri Lankan exports to India and notably increased...
DALLAS, Sept 14 (AP): A small change in Hurricane Ike's course just before it crashed into the Texas coast Saturday may have spared the state and the nation from significantly worse economic damage.The centre of the storm appeared to miss...
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