WASHINGTON, June 14 (Agencies): Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he'd covered...
KABUL, June 14 (AFP): More than 1,100 inmates of a prison in southern Afghanistan, including militants, escaped after a Taliban suicide attack on the building, the NATO force in Afghanistan said Saturday."More than 1,100 prisoners were able to escape," General...
Infozee is a leading global international student recruitment company registered in the UK promoting foreign education. The company was founded by a Harvard graduate and more recently taken over by UK University Professor Anoop Patel who has worked as an...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-06-15 00:00:00
The government expects a revenue of Tk 3.0 billion from its offer made in the budget for the fiscal 2008-09, on formalising undisclosed yet legal income with a payment of 7.0 per cent penal tax.The opportunity will remain valid for...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkArab nations are awash with petrodollar. Already rich Arab nations have further been benefited due to the current oil boom. The United States in particular and other western nations allege that a part of the wealth...
Neil McAllister | 2008-06-15 00:00:00
Imagine how different the computing world would be if IBM had used proprietary chips in the original PC, rather than off-the-shelf components. The PC clone market would never have happened, and IBM, rather than Microsoft, might have emerged as the...
NEW YORK, June 14 (AFP): The dollar gained against the euro and other currencies yesterday as a government report showed a surge in US inflation and as the euro was dented by Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty.The euro fell...
Amirul Islam | 2008-06-15 00:00:00
GOVERNMENT after government has been stalling the adoption of a comprehensive consumer protection law. A law was drafted long ago. But it was not introduced in parliament possibly due to behind- the- scene lobbying by the vested interest groups. The...
SYLHET, Jun 14 (UNB) : Robbers looted Tk 0.179 million (Tk 1.79 lakh) in cash from a rice mill after killing its night guard at Technical road in Dakkhin Surma upazila Thursday midnight.On information, the police recovered the body of...
Christopher Caldwell | 2008-06-15 00:00:00
Setting up cameras and monitoring employees' toilet breaks, as the supermarket chain Lidl did; keeping a "black money" fund for kickbacks to officials in developing countries, as Siemens allegedly did; diverting money to pay for call girls for refractory board...
Landslides kill 11 in Myanmar's'valley of rubies': state mediaYANGON, June 14: Eleven people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains that pounded Myanmar's famed "valley of rubies," source of some of the world's finest gems, state media said...
Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Saturday said the government has reached the final phase of its move on the probable release of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her sons Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Coco, reports bdnews24.com from Chittagong.Asked...
US Ambassador in Dhaka James F Moriarty Saturday described the release of former premier Sheikh Hasina as a positive step ahead of the national election and said the participation of all parties in the polls is a must to ensure...
ISLAMABAD, June 14 (Reuters): Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif stepped up his attack on President Pervez Musharraf Saturday, suggesting he could be hanged while addressing thousands of protesters outside the presidency. We asked you to quit with honour after...
FE Report | 2008-06-15 00:00:00
Small and medium enterprises in the fasion sector would grow substantially in future if the communication gap between the government and the fashion designers is filled up.Internationally renowned fashion designer Bibi Russell said this whiel she was speaking as the...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2008-06-15 00:00:00
FINANCE Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam, in his budget speech, did not bring any magic wand for the country's beleaguered energy sector. What was expected from him that he would draw a battle line in order to boost the country's...
A faction of the Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) criticised Friday the government on its moves to release "those arrested on charges of corruption", at an extended meeting of the party, reports bdnews24.com.The faction's general secretary Saiful Haq criticised the...
Awami League (AL) leaders will sit in a working committee meeting today (Saturday) to take decisions on some crucial matters, including selection of a party delegation to join the dialogue with the government, reports UNB.The meeting will be held at...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-06-14 00:00:00
The central bank is likely to set its foreign exchange reserve requirement at US$6.0 billion against existing $5.0 billion for the new fiscal to meet higher import payment, said a senior central bank official.The country's average monthly import payment, currently...
DINAJPUR, June 13 (UNB): Police recovered some 310 bottles of Phensidyl syrup and seized a truck in two separate drives in Ghoraghat Upazila early Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, police halted the maize-laden truck inKhetabmore area of the upazila on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj...
ACCORDING to a newspaper report, possibly the remains of a 1500-year-old university is there beneath the Vasu Bihar, in Bogra. The national archaeological excavation team believes that the site might have links with the Pala dynasty, during the reign of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-06-14 00:00:00
US Senator Barack Obama's rise as the most potential candidate in the November presidential polls of that country has drawn widespread attention from the rest of the world. The attention is due mainly to Obama's African-American background. Will America become...
KARACHI, June 13 (AFP): A top Dubai legal officer will begin an inquiry in the Gulf state next week into the drug case against Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif, an official said Friday.The attorney general of the emirate, where the 25-year-old...
THE estimation of the official rate of inflation has been criticized by private think tanks and economists. In his budget speech, the Finance Adviser has stated that inflation has, lately, dipped below the double digits. Economists and researchers have, on...
Martin Wolf | 2008-06-14 00:00:00
Is it possible for the vast mass of humanity to enjoy the living standards of today's high-income countries? This is, arguably, the biggest question confronting humanity in the 21st century. It is today's version of the doubts expressed by Thomas...
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain Friday demanded publication of a white paper on corruption-suspects and mischief, reports UNB."We want a white paper on suspected corrupt. All the charge sheets submitted so far before the court must be made public...
UNITED NATIONS, June 13 (Agencies): The United Nations chief said he plans to give more authority to the European Union over police, courts and other official duties in Kosovo. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision, detailed in a report Thursday to the...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-06-14 00:00:00
US Senator Barack Obama's rise as the most potential candidate in the November presidential polls of that country has drawn widespread attention from the rest of the world. The attention is due mainly to Obama's African-American background. Will America become...
FT Reporters Carola Hoyos in Tripoli, George Parker and Javier Blas in London and Andrew England in Riyadh, FT Syndication ServiceThe US warned last Thursday that a hastily called weekend oil summit needed to produce concrete results as the world...
Some 25,000 people, including political activists, have been arrested across the country on charges of various criminal activities since the special drive was launched on May 29 aiming to create a peaceful atmosphere for the upcoming general election, reports UNB.The...
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