Maswood Alam KhanTRUTH always triumphs when both truth and falsity are allowed to freewheel in an open society. But the reverse is true when truth has to play under duress. Throughout history, ironically, truth had to ride uphill under coercion...
Maswood Alam KhanTRUTH always triumphs when both truth and falsity are allowed to freewheel in an open society. But the reverse is true when truth has to play under duress. Throughout history, ironically, truth had to ride uphill under coercion...
Maswood Alam KhanTRUTH always triumphs when both truth and falsity are allowed to freewheel in an open society. But the reverse is true when truth has to play under duress. Throughout history, ironically, truth had to ride uphill under coercion...
Dr K. M. Nabiul IslamThe country has been hit by flood for the second time this year largely due to heavy downpour both within and outside the country. A few lakh people were newly marooned while some took shelter on...
Kim Kyoungwha and William SinFormer Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan doesn't expect a rapid decline in the dollar should nations sell more of their holdings of U.S. Treasuries, according to people attending a forum in Seoul today. ``When asked whether...
Chief Election Commi-ssioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda Friday denied some newspaper reports that the Commission has decided to invite BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain for dialogue on electoral reforms, reports UNB."I flatly deny the reports… We've not taken any...
Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami has urged all concerned to play their due role from their respective position so that the government could hand over power to an elected government after holding a corruption-free meaningful election, reports UNB."The Election...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 19 (BSS): The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested 12 alleged criminals, including six drug peddlers, and seized a firearm, nine cocktails and 211 bottles and 10 kilogrammes of loose Phensidyl from different areas in the region in the...
Expelled BNP joint secretary-general Ashraf Hossain again claimed themselves as mainstream BNP, saying that in accordance with BNP constitution, the Election Commission (EC) must sit with them for dialogue on electoral reforms, reports UNB.He made the remark to journalists at...
Jamaat-e-Islami Friday decided to sit in talks on electoral reforms with the Election Commission (EC) on Oct 25, reports bdnews24.com. The party's policymaking Majlish-e-Shura also decided to table proposals before the EC on reforms to the election laws and has...
KARACHI, Oct 19 (AFP): A suicide bombing targeting former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 125 people, turning her emotional homecoming parade after eight years in exile into a scene of carnage Friday. Bhutto was unhurt, escaping with...
LISBON, Oct 19 (AFP): EU leaders approved a new treaty early Friday to replace the aborted constitution, after overcoming last-ditch obstacles, the bloc's Portuguese presidency said. "It's done, there's an agreement," a spokesman for the presidency said after late-night summit...
WASHINGTON, OCT 19 (AP): The White House says President George W. Bush was simply making "a rhetorical point" when he suggested that if Iran could make nuclear weapons, it could lead to World War III. "The president was not making...
WASHINGTON, OCT 19 (AP): Scientists think they may have found out how reef-building corals manage to coordinate their sex lives in moonlight.In late spring it is reef madness as corals release sperm and eggs into the water for a few...
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (AFP): More than 70 inmates in US prisons were 13 or 14 years old when they committed their crimes-too young to drive or watch a scary movie but old enough to spend the rest of their lives...
NEW YORK, OCT 19 (AP): James Watson, the 79-year-old scientific icon made famous by his work in DNA, has set off an international furor with comments to a London newspaper about intelligence levels among blacks.The renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,...
ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 19 (AFP): Iraq's autonomous Kurds vowed Friday to fight off any attack on their region, as Turkey mulled a military incursion to crack down on Kurdish rebels. "We frankly say to all parties if they attacked the...
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (AFP): India and Pakistan opened talks Friday aimed at cutting the risk of accidents with nuclear weapons and developing further cooperation in the arms arena, officials said. The one-day meeting is part of a peace process...
29 dead as Indonesian ship sinks JAKARTA, Oct 19 (AFP): At least 29 people were killed and 125 rescued after an Indonesian ship sank in high seas off the island of Sulawesi, officials said Friday. Residents near the town of...
TOKYO, Oct 19 (AFP): Japanese police are investigating four US soldiers on allegations of gang-raping a woman in Hiroshima, officials said Friday. The TBS television network said the four US Marines met the 20-year-old woman, whom they did not know,...
TOKYO, Oct 19 (AFP): The head of the UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week said Thursday there was still time for the world to turn around the global warming trend as he visited Japan for...
Khulna Division made a solid start in the opening four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League Friday as they declared their 1st innings at 303 for 9 in 82 overs on the first day against holders...
James Hopes has become the fourth Australian to suffer a hamstring injury during the tours of South Africa and India and will miss the Twenty20 match in Mumbai today (Saturday). Hopes, the allrounder, was hurt during the final game of...
Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, has urged its member countries to follow a zero-tolerance policy towards racism and adhere to the anti-racism code. In the wake of Andrew Symonds being subjected to monkey chants during the tour of India,...
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced that the tour of Pakistan will continue in spite of the bomb blasts which killed approximately 130 people and injured over 500 in Karachi Thursday (October 18), reports Cricinfo. "Even though the team is...
Several attempts were made to save Bob Woolmer's life by the team's registered nurse, Novelette Robinson, a coroner's inquest heard Thursday, reports Cricinfo. Woolmer, the former Pakistan cricket coach, was found unconscious in his room at the Pegasus Hotel a...
Andy Murray put in a game performance against world number two Rafael Nadal but fell to a 7-6 6-4 defeat in the third round of the Madrid Masters.Murray had the better of the opening exchanges but missed five early break-point...
Andrew Strauss has been left out of England's forthcoming three-Test tour of Sri Lanka. Strauss, who has been struggling with his form for 18 months but who was expected to retain his place, has been dropped while a quartet of...
The residential training camp of the Under-19 booters ahead of the 2nd Indo-Bangla Games begins today (Saturday) at BKSP in Savar. The selected players have been asked to report to team coach Hasanuzzaman Bablu at the BKSP at 5pm today...
David Beckham returned from injury for Los Angeles Galaxy as the side extended their unbeaten run to seven games.Beckham, who has been out with a knee injury since 29 August, came on after 68 minutes in the 1-1 draw with...
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