WASHINGTON, DEC 27 (AP): The United States scrambled Thursday with the implications of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination after having invested significant diplomatic capital in promoting reconciliation between her and President Pervez Musharraf to stabilize its key nuclear...
BAGHDAD, Dec 27 (Agencies): US military forces killed 11 members of a Mahdi Army splinter group southeast of Baghdad early Thursday, American officials said. The raids were the deadliest against breakaway members of the militia in monthst was not immediately...
BANGKOK, Dec 27 (Reuters): Ousted and exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose supporters triumphed in a weekend general election, faces arrest on corruption and fraud charges if he returns home, a senior prosecutor said Thursday"The police have to comply...
Sri Lanka says fighter jets destroy sea Tiger baseCOLOMBO, Dec 27: Sri Lankan jets bombed and destroyed a northern Tamil Tiger naval base Thursday, the military said, a day after a fierce sea battle that left up to 51 rebels...
THE annual report of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) released on Wednesday outlined the economic challenges to be faced by the economy in the current fiscal. The bank's report devoted to these aspects are mainly related to the macro economic environment...
Amirul IslamRestriction on export of Chinese apparels to the lucrative US market -- which were designed expressly to help garments exporting countries like Bangladesh -- would be withdrawn early in the new year. The European Union (EU) countries are also...
Fahmida AkhterFROM unlawful syndicated trading to adulterating of food-products, there are many things of great concern to the vast body of consumers across the country. Consumers in Bangladesh, specially the non-affluent ones who form the majority, have been passing very...
John Githongo TWO days after Christmas, Kenyans will vote in a general election that will shape more than just the future of Kenya itself. A stable Kenya helps hold together a rough neighbourhood that includes Sudan and Somalia. A prosperous,...
THE Bangladesh Bank last week revised GDP growth target from seven per cent to 6.2-6.5 per cent for the current fiscal. The central bank governor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed said the country's economy was badly affected by twin spells of flooding...
PETS are a great source of pleasure. People who live in the city may have to face problems keeping dogs or cats in their houses but the love of these animals makes them face those problems bravely.Dogs need to be...
WE work and live in this big city of Dhaka. After a busy day's work we come home and face the trials there: who needs what and what needs to be done and so on and so forth. Isn't that...
Michael R. Sesit INVESTORS in emerging Asia have various options, such as Chinese stocks or the smaller markets, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea. Unless you are the kind of individual who enjoys battling governments that...
Shigeru SatoFifty-five million years ago the world's climate was catastrophically changed when volcanoes melted natural gas frozen in the seabed. Now Japan plans to drill for the same icy crystals to end its reliance on imported energy. Billions of tons...
Joe MysakWall Street does a good job selling municipal bonds to the rich, not the middle class. That may have to change if hedge funds, which have been such a prominent feature of the market during the past decade, cut...
Vikas BajajWarren E. Buffett may be a choosy shopper, but when he sees a firm he likes, he moves fast.After just two weeks of negotiations, Mr. Buffett, who has been looking for acquisitions on which to spend his company's billions...
Richard McGregor from Beijing The surge in Chinese power demand continued unabated this year, with the country adding capacity equivalent to that of the UK's entire electricity grid.About 85 per cent of the new generating capacity of 90GW is coal-fired,...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury expressed the hope that the theft of the artifacts and consequent request for cancellation of the exhibition at Guimet Museum in Paris 'have no adverse impact on the larger bilateral relations between Bangladesh and...
JOYPURHAT, Dec 27 (UNB): Joypurhat Sugar Mill may achieve the target of sugar production this season due to sufficient supply of sugarcane.The mill, which started sugarcane crushing on November 23, had set a target to produce 12,950 tonnes of sugar...
BAGERHAT, Dec 27 (UNB): Ten villages worst hit by cyclone 'Sidr' in Southkhali Union under Shoronkhola Upazila have been selected for rebuilding with Indian help. The villages are Sonatola, Bakultola, Southkhali, Rayenda, Chaltebunia, Bogi, Khuriakhali, Uttar Tafalbari, Dakkhin Tafalbari and...
BARISAL, Dec 27 (UNB): A One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) and DNA test and screening laboratory were opened in Barisal Sher-e Bangla Medical College Hospital (BSMCH) Wednesday for providing better health care facilities.Adviser for Women and Children Affairs Geeteara Safiya Chowdhury...
JHALOKATI, Dec 27 (UNB): Farmers of the district are expecting a good harvest of mustard seeds this season even after the cyclone Sidr had extensively damaged vast croplands.Officials of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers of the district had...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Wednesday arrested eight more people in connection with the theft of the two rare terracotta artefacts of Hindu god Vishnu, reports UNB.Sources at RAB headquarters said members of the elite force arrested eight persons from...
SYLHET, Dec 27 (UNB): Ten people were killed and 44 others injured in separate road mishaps Monday and Tuesday.In Sylhet, 5 people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road mishaps in Balaganj, Dakkhin Surma and Sadar upazilas Monday...
Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Bangladesh has always appreciated "our relations with the UK and see that country as a friend and partner." Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the observation when visiting UK Minister Jim Fitzpatrick called on...
FE ReportDr Naimur Rahman, former chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA), passed away due to cardiac arrest at Square Hospitals in the city Wednesday. He was 75. He left behind his wife, three sons, one daughter and a host...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said effective civil-military cooperation, both in times of peace and in war, is a must for a functioning democracy, reports UNB."If the military can play a constructive role in times of war, they can...
Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated Thursday in Rawalpindi, was the first female prime minister of Pakistan and of any Islamic nation. She led Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996, according to internet reports.Bhutto (54) spent...
The country's left-leaning political parties Thursday demanded immediate trial of the war criminals by forming a special tribunal under International War Criminal Act, reports UNB.The left political leaders also urged people of all walks of life to be united to...
The verdict in a Tk 10 million (1 crore) extortion case against BNP leaders Salahuddin Ahmed and Quazi Salimul Haque will be delivered on Jan 10, reports bdews24.com.Judge Md Ashraf Hossain of Special Judge's Court-5 fixed the date for delivery...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed said Thursday Bangladesh is a country of religious harmony, where people of all religions have been living peacefully for ages with compassion for each other, reports UNB."People of all faiths are playing their responsibilities in maintaining...
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