ISLAMABAD, Dec 26 (AFP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai was due in Pakistan for talks with his counterpart Pervez Musharraf, as the two countries struggle to keep a lid on Islamist insurgents along their border. The rugged tribal region has been...
NEW DELHI, Dec 26 (Agencies): Hindu extremists attacked Christians celebrating Christmas in eastern India, ransacking and burning at least six village churches, officials said Wednesday. One person was killed in the violence. Authorities in the remote district where the churches,...
MOGADISHU, Dec 26 (Agencies): Gunmen in northern Somalia kidnapped two foreign women working for the aid group Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday, officials and a witness said".Two foreign aid workers were kidnapped," said Abdirahman Mohamed Bangah, the information minister in...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 26 (Agencies): Investigators trying to determine how a tiger escaped its zoo enclosure on Christmas Day - killing one man and mauling two others - plan a thorough sweep of the zoo grounds Wednesday to look for...
KOLKATA, Dec 26 (AFP): Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, in hiding since Indian Islamists protested against her writing last month, said Wednesday she was hopeful of returning soon to her preferred home in exile. Nasreen said she was cheered after veteran...
Nepal resumes search for missing in bridge collapseKATHMANDU, Dec 26: Rescuers searched today for scores of people missing after a suspension bridge collapsed into a river in west Nepal, killing at least 15 people, mostly women and children, police said....
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA M Humayan Kabir urged Bangladeshi expatriates in the USA to energize themselves in the spirit of the Liberation War to stand by their cyclone-stricken brothers and sisters, reports UNB.Humayan made the call while speaking at...
BANDARBAN, Dec 26 (bdnews24.com): Security forces are restricting tourists' entry into remote areas of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) lately on security grounds. After a weeklong sojourn into the remote hills and forests of the CHT, a huge number of...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against convicted former state minister and Awami League (AL) presidium member Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir's wife Sitara Alamgir for concealing information and amassing wealth beyond her known sources of income.ACC Assistant Director Rahila...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 26 (bdnews24.com): Voter registration and preparation of national identity cards took off in Cox's Bazar Wednesday. Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila election officer Shahadat Hossain said photographs were being taken in about 13 centres of Cox's Bazar municipality...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 26 (UNB): Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was produced before the Chittagong Divisional Special Judge’s Court today (Wednesday) in Bijoy TV corruption case.Mayor Mohiuddin, who was brought to the Chittagong Central Jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh...
M Shahidul Islam, currently serving as the director-general in the Foreign Ministry, has been appointed the next ambassador to the Republic of Korea, reports UNB.
Auckland, Dec 26 (Cricinfo): A patient 88 by opener Jamie How helped New Zealand ease to a comfortable six-wicket win against Bangladesh at Eden Park to take a 1-0 lead in the series. After an express 97-run partnership between Mohammad...
Anil Kumble's five wickets gave India an encouraging start to the first Test in Melbourne as Australia stumbled from a powerful 135-0 to 337-9 on day one, reports BBC. Winning the toss on a good wicket, the Aussies prospered initially...
After a nine-day recess for Eid-ul-Azha festival, the 9th round four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore 9th National Cricket League begins today (Thursday) at three venues across the country, reports UNB.League leaders Khulna Division (92 points), the lone unbeaten team...
Some city roads have been made off-limit to traffic for 10 hours from 8:00 pm on December 31, reports UNB. In a press release Wednesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) said the areas of Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and Dhaka University would...
Fifty-three more individuals, and organisations donated over Tk 3.78 million, $2,000 and 5,600 Saudi Riyal to the Chief Adviser's (CA) Relief and Welfare Fund for the cyclone-affected people Monday and Wednesday, reports UNB.Those donated to the fund included Bangladeshi expatriate...
FE ReportA condolence meeting was held in the city Wednesday on the occasion of sad demise of poet, language movement veteran and Bangladesh General Insurance Company (BGIC) Limited director late Mahbub-ul-Alam Chowdhury.BGIC Managing Director AK Azizul Huq Chaudhuri, Principal Adviser...
Robbers looted cash, medicines and surgical instruments worth over Tk 1.1 million from a drug store at Topkhana road in the city early Wednesday, reports UNB.Police said robbers stormed into Tuntun Medicine Mart and Surgical on the ground floor of...
BRAHMANBARIA, Dec 26 (UNB): A young housewife was burnt to death for dowry at Telikandi village under Sarail Upazila Monday night. The deceased was identified as Nurjahan (27), wife of Yasid Mia of the village. Victim's family sources said Yasid...
FE ReportReuters TV has selected three video footages taken by photojournalist Rafiqur Rahman for Royal Television Society Award.Rafiqur Rahman has been working with the Reuters TV's Dhaka office. The footages illustrated the violent clashes on the streets of Dhaka in...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 26 (UNB): Joint forces arrested a coordinator of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) at Khander village under Gouripur Upazila Tuesday on charge of selling fake certificates. Acting on a tip-off, joint forces raided the house of the BOU coordinator...
Freedom fighter and journalist Imamul Islam Latifi died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital at 5:00 am Tuesday. He was 68, said a press release. He was the son of Muslim saint Moulana Enamul Haque Latifi. He was suffering from liver...
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...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has identified the inflationary flare-up as one of critical downside risks facing the economy in the near future and warned that the Cyclone Sidr could dampen economic prospects.However, the central bank maintains that economic...
Shahiduzzaman KhanControversy over the number of sacrificial animals this year drags on after the print and the electronic media gave contrasting views on the issue. Some said the number of sacrificial animals was large in the city market, but their...
M Azizur RahmanThe Power Division has backtracked from its decision to run the 250 megawatt (MW) Barapukuria coal-fired power plant with imported coal due to inadequate port infrastructure and higher import cost of the mineral.On the contrary, the division has...
The interim cabinet made no decision Wednesday on bringing the artefacts back from France, an adviser said, reports bdnews24.com. "No decision has so far been made on bringing back the relics already sent to France for display at the Guimet...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's importers will now pay duties and other levies directly to the government exchequer, official sources said.The decision on the step was taken at a meeting between National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials and representatives of...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) Wednesday asked commercial banks to freeze and search bank accounts of Awami League leader Abdul Jalil and other members of his family.Abdul Jalil, the jailed AL-general secretary, was arrested on May 28...
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