JERUSALEM, Oct 21(Agencies): Palestinian gunmen planned to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when he went to the West Bank in August to meet with the Palestinian president, an Israeli security chief told the Cabinet on Sunday, a participant in...
BEIRUT, Oct 21 (AFP): A scheduled parliament session this week to elect Lebanon's president is expected to be postponed again as feuding political parties are unable to agree on a consensus candidate, analysts and politicians say. "Nothing will take place...
Bhutto must take responsibility for blast deaths: nieceKARACHI, Oct 21: Benazir Bhutto bears the responsibility for the deaths of 139 people in an attack on her homecoming parade by exposing them to danger for the sake of her own "personal...
ACCELERATION of the pace of agricultural growth is the key to sustained progress in poverty alleviation and, thus, to improved socio-economic performance for countries like Bangladesh. This is more so because the potential for agricultural growth in such countries has...
Chris Giles THREE US economists who established and developed theories governing how trade between two individuals or companies takes place and how it can be optimised have won the Nobel prize for economics.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in...
John Aglionby WORSHIPPERS leaving Jakarta's Sunda Kelapa mosque after Friday prayers recently had little choice but to snake out in single file, squeezed between beggars and street sellers competing for their attention.The beggars, mostly women, clutched suitably forlorn-looking children in...
Muzaffar HossainIF all goes well as planned, then adequate power production consistent with demand and even some surplus may be generated by the year 2015. But planning, establishment of power plants after such planning, acquiring lands for the purpose, mobilising...
BANGLADESH has very suitable weather conditions for the growing of mulberry plants and the rearing of silkworms. The two conditions are basic requirements for the production of natural silk which has big demand in the markets of the developed countries...
BANGLADESH, at present, has become very worryingly dependent on the import of essential consumer goods. This dependence has been growing relentlessly. It imports nearly all of its requirements of baby food and half of its need for milk in powdered...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 21 (UNB): Following the demand of local people and the Hindu community for developing a complex for religious tourism at Taherpur, the site of instituting Durga Puja, government officials Saturday visited the spot.There had been a demand for...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 21 (UNB): Four people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road mishaps in the district Sunday.In Sirajganj, two people were killed and eight others injured in separate road mishaps in the district.In the first accident, two...
The World University of Bangladesh (WUB) held a three-day seminar on Teaching Methodology meant specially for junior teachers of the university from October 6 to 8 and 9, 2007 being participated by the teachers and most of the administrative staff...
FE Report Joint forces Sunday recovered the stolen private car bearing the number Dhaka Gha-12-2700 owned by Sanaul Hoque, a news consultant of The Financial Express, from Nabinagar at Savar.The car was stolen at about 8 pm Saturday from the...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 21 (UNB): The members of Police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in separate drives, arrested 22 culprits from five upazilas of the district Saturday on various charges including robbery, theft and drug smuggling.RAB members arrested three people along...
Snatchers took away cash and other valuables from a journalist at Rajarbagh Police Line area in the city early Sunday, reports UNB.Witnesses said a gang of three snatchers in a private car intercepted the rickshaw of Manjarul Alam, sub-editor of...
SHARIATPUR, Oct 21 (UNB): Robbers killed a teenage boy who was sleeping in a grocery shop at Kashimpur Chourasta under Bhederganj Upazila and looted cash from the shop Friday night.Sources said shop-owner Maulana Anwar Hossain returned home at about 9:00...
SINGAPORE, Oct 21 (AFP): Three companies with strong links to Singapore are among seven firms blacklisted by the United States under fresh sanctions against Myanmar after its deadly suppression of pro-democracy protests. According to President George W. Bush's order the...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AFP): Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega slammed the International Monetary Fund yesterday for having been lax in its handling of a US housing-related credit crisis that roiled global markets. "Allow me to point out the irony of...
BEIJING, Oct 21 (AP): For the past decade, when Chinese leaders had a mission of national importance, they gave it to one woman. Wu Yi oversaw negotiations in the 1990s on China's entry to the World Trade Organization, winning a...
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 (AFP): China's push into Africa is prompting growing interest over Beijing's motives in the world's poorest continent with opinion divided over who stands to benefit most. Speaking at the launch this week of a new China research...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AFP): The head of the European Central Bank said yesterday the recent market crisis shifted turbulence away from emerging countries to rich ones, but its impact on credit would be "relatively contained." "What has been notable about...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AFP): The IMF, under pressure to move with the times, backed reforms yesterday to give low-income countries a stronger voice in its decision-making and defended its response to recent financial market upheaval. Policymakers from the International Monetary...
NANNING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua): China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have seen fast growth in bilateral trade with the volume being expected to reach 190 billion US dollars this year. "The figure is expected to top 200...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AFP): US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday the IMF and governments should draft codes of conduct for cash-rich state investment funds that have raised national interest concerns in the United States and Europe. "The increase in...
DETROIT, Oct 21 (AP): Workers at three more United Auto Workers locals have rejected a tentative contract agreement between the union and Chrysler LLC, casting doubt on whether the deal will be ratified. Members at locals in Missouri, Ohio and...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AP): Global economic leaders warned of inflation risks in advanced countries on the eve of the first World Bank meetings since Robert Zoellick took charge of an institution shaken by internal divisions and scandal. The International Monetary...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Xinhua): A senior Chinese official urged the international community here yesterday to analyse the root causes of the recent financial turmoil and to make efforts to safeguard global financial stability. "Activities in the major advanced economies slowed...
TOKYO, Oct 21 (AFP): From a nightclub on wheels to a car shaped like a hat, many of the whacky vehicles unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show over the years have been consigned to the annals of auto history. When...
SINGAPORE, Oct 21 (AFP): Countries neighbouring military- run Myanmar can exert only limited economic influence on the regime, Singapore's foreign minister has said following fresh US sanctions against companies here. Three Singapore-linked firms are among seven blacklisted by the United...
WASHINGTON , Oct 21 (AFP): WT0 head Pascal Lamy yesterday warned that international negotiators now faced their last chance to reach a global trade deal and said they had just "a few weeks" to agree on the outlines of an...
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