ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (AP): Pakistan will join an international initiative aimed at keeping nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The initiative, however, only applies to civilian "facilities and activities," the ministry said...
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jun 10 (AP): Sporadic gunfire and artillery shelling rang out from a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon Sunday as the army fought to uproot Fatah Islam militants holed up in the settlement. The intermittent fighting came a...
KABUL, Jun 10 (AP): Taliban militants fired up to six rockets near a gathering where President Hamid Karzai was giving a speech Sunday in central Afghanistan, but no one was hurt, officials said. The attack happened as clashes and airstrikes...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 10 (AFP): Diamonds sparkled and cannons boomed Sunday when a daughter of one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs wed a civil servant in a ceremony whose origins date back generations. Thousands of people, baking under the...
SEOUL, Jun 10 (AP): Russia has accepted a US request that a Russian bank help end a stalemate over frozen North Korean funds that has halted progress in the North's nuclear disarmament, a news report said Sunday. Moscow agreed to...
PARIS, Jun 10 (AFP): The French are heading back to the polls for parliamentary elections Sunday, less than a month after electing a new president. Voting stations opened across France at 8:00 am (0600 GMT) for the first round of...
NAIROBI, Jun 10 (AFP): At least ten people were killed when a wall collapsed in a slum in the Kenyan capital's industrial belt, police said Saturday, as rescue workers rushed to the scene. Five others were injured when the concrete...
WASHINGTON, Jun 10 (AFP): The US shuttle Atlantis closed in on the International Space Station Sunday as its crew prepared for a new phase of its mission aimed at boosting the station's power-generating capacity. The shuttle, on its first mission...
HYDERABAD, Jun 10 (BSS/PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy Saturday said his government would bring an ordinance within 30 days to provide reservation to Muslims in educational institutions and government jobs in the state. "The government would soon...
BEIJING, Jun 10 (AFP): At least 47 people are dead or missing and more than 260,000 have been left homeless by floods and landslides set off by torrential rain in southern China, officials and press reports said Sunday. Four days...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 10 (AFP): Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is enjoying a wave of popularity after re-marrying, with analysts Sunday predicting the move will boost his leadership. Abdullah, 67, exchanged rings with 53-year-old Jeanne Abdullah, his petite former...
RANGPUR, June 10 (UNB): Speakers at a training programme Saturday stressed the need for cultivating new hybrid variety of aman paddy, developed by local scientists, to face 'Monga' in the region. The daylong training programme on 'Advance aman production, crops...
COX'S BAZAR, June 10 (BSS): A special week-long mass campaign against HIV/AIDS organised by the district information office and upazila administration got underway at Ramu Upazila of the district today.The campaign organised under a UNFPA assisted project 'advocacy on reproductive...
Sixteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Kushtia, two suspected activists of an outlawed party were slaughtered by a rival group at Mathpara...
Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) has decided to reward M Habibur Rahman, Director, Education Sector, Save the Children USA, by Chand Sultana Literacy prize 2006, for his contribution to developing non-formal education in Bangladesh, reports BSS. He will be formally rewarded...
FE ReportThe World University of Bangladesh (WUB) arranged a ceremonial freshers' reception for the Summer 2007 students at the LGED Bhaban Auditorium Saturday evening presided at by Vice Chancellor of the university Abdul Mannan Choudhury.The Hunger Project, Bangladesh Country Director...
Adviser for Women and Children Affairs and Industries Geeteara Safiya Choudhruy left city for Kampala, capital of Uganda, Saturday night to attend the 8th Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (8WAMM) beginning (today) Monday, reports UNB.The theme for the four-day 8WAMM...
The fourth death anniversary of Delwar Hossain, a former Special Corespondent of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), will be observed in the city and at his village home today (Monday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS. The programmes undertaken on the...
A promising start by the African XI in the final match of the Afro-Asia Cup swiftly dissipated into another run-fest as Mahela Jayawardene and Mahendra Singh Dhoni provided direction and then aggression during a record-breaking sixth-wicket stand at the MA...
Steve Harmison produced his best spell of the series and Monty Panesar struck shortly before lunch as England chipped away and West Indies' resistance on the fourth morning at Old Trafford. Chris Gayle was the victim of some welcome venom...
A total of 25 coaches have been selected for the six-day BCB/CA Level-2 Coach Education Course to be held from June 11 to 16 at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS).Apart from the 25 selected ones, three coaches have...
Heavy rains washed away the B League football match between Arambagh KC and Farashganj SC scheduled for Sunday at the Bangbandhu National Stadium in the city, reports UNB.The League committee also decided to postpone today's (Monday's) high voltage match between...
The Keya Cosmetics 9th National Long Distance Swimming Competition, organised by Bangladesh Swimming Federation, will be held in the Sitalakkha river in Narayanganj on June 16.The competition will begin from the Narayanganj BIWTA VIP Terminal and end at the Dhaleswari...
RAJSHAHI, June 10 (BSS): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Noor Muhammad has said that the police forces should earn confidence and trust of the general masses as well as the state."Police must be accountable and transparent to the state and...
The newly appointed Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh, Zheng Qing Bian, made a courtesy call on Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad at his Baridhara residence Sunday, reports UNB.During the meeting, they discussed national and international issues relating to bilateral interest...
Bangladesh mooted a proposal for a global collective effort to set minimum wages for migrant workers for different levels of skill and experience, as labour movements alongside free flow of foreign currency became important part of the new world order....
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus vented his disappointments over the failure of the Group-8 (G8) rich nations to reach a firm decision on climate change, which affects Bangladesh directly, and to effectively deal with trade issues.He expressed his lukewarm views during...
The Awami League (AL) is watching the demonstration of an electoral roll preparation with photographs that began in Sreepur of Gazipur district, the party chief Sheikh Hasina said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. She told reporters that her party was monitoring the...
A Dhaka court Sunday deferred the date for charge framing in a duty-dodging case against former law minister Moudud Ahmed, reports bdnews24.com. The court had earlier fixed Sunday to hear the charge framing, but Moudud's lawyers appealed for more time...
The charge hearing on a graft case against former telecommunication minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim was further held back Sunday for non-appearance of his counsel, who has apparently crossed the floor, reports UNB.Anisul Huq, Nasim's counsel in the...
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