LONDON, Oct 9 (XINHUA): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that his country would reduce its troops in Iraq to 2,500 by spring 2008. "We plan for next spring to reduce force numbers in southern Iraq to a figure...
BAGHDAD, Oct 9 (AFP): Leading Iraqi Sunni cleric Harith al-Dhari has urged Iraqis not to join US forces in fighting Al-Qaeda, arguing that by doing so they are siding with the occupier. "A decision to stand beside the occupying enemy...
BEIJING, Oct 9 (AFP): China said Tuesday it opposed any strong world pressure against close ally Myanmar over the bloody repression of democracy demonstrations, warning that it could exacerbate tensions there. "Sanctions or pressure will not help to resolve the...
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Oct 9 (AFP): Leftist leaders and sympathisers marked the 40th anniversary of the death of revolutionary icon Ernesto 'Che' Guevara Monday in Cuba, where he is buried, and Bolivia, where he was killed in 1967. Acting president...
MUMBAI, Oct 9(BSS/AFP) - UN atomic energy chief Mohammed ElBaradei began a three-day visit to India Tuesday as the country's ruling coalition appeared headed for a break-up over a civil nuclear energy pact with the United States. The International Atomic...
TIKRIT, Iraq, Oct 9 (AFP) : Two suicide truck bombs separately targeting a police chief and a tribal leader involved in the fight against Al-Qaeda killed 12 people Tuesday in Baiji north of Baghdad, police said. At least 50 people...
CARACAS, OCT 9 (AP): President Hugo Chavez is on a moral crusade in Venezuela, preaching against vices from alcohol to cholesterol, vowing to curb whisky imports and ordering beer trucks off the street.His government announced increased taxes on alcohol and...
SEOUL, Oct 9 (BSS/AFP) - The United States is considering providing significant food aid to North Korea in another sign of warming ties between the two Cold War foes, a South Korean official said Tuesday. Relations improved after the North...
COLOMBO, OCT 9 (AP): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour arrived in Sri Lanka Tuesday for a five-day visit to investigate human rights amid rising international concerns. Arbour will meet government officials and representatives of civil society during...
Space fever grips Malaysia as launch nears KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (AFP): Space fever has gripped Malaysia as the nation prepares to watch its first astronaut blast off into space from a launch site in Kazakhstan Wednesday. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor,...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday appreciated lawyers for their role in establishing rule of law and expressed the hope that they would continue to make their contribution.The Chief Adviser said this when a delegation of the Bangladesh Bar...
A Special Court in Dhaka sentenced detained former BNP lawmaker Manjurul Ahsan Munshi to 13 years in jail Tuesday and acquitted his wife and two sons in a graft case, reports UNB.The court also fined Munshi Tk 6.50 million, in...
Expelled BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan welcomed former President and Bikalpadhara chief Professor Badruddoza Chowdhury's call for a government of national consensus, saying that this transitional arrangement would help resolve many problems facing the nation, reports UNB.Talking to reporters...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 9 (UNB): The Divisional Special Judge Court here today (Tuesday) issued arrest warrants against former Jamaat lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury and former foreign minister Morshed Khan's son Faisal Morshed Khan for not appearing before it in a corruption case....
President Iajuddin Ahmed urged the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh to take steps for making government's audit management more transparent and accountable, reports UNB. The President said this when Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh Asif Ali met him...
The British High Commi-ssion in the city Tuesday warned people against being duped by Internet scams, which claim to offer large financial rewards in return for an initial payment, reports UNB.Head of Trade and Investment at the British High Commission...
Fifteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Comilla, six people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus rammed into a microbus...
GAIBANDHA, Oct 09 (BSS): The harvesting of short duration aman paddy, BRRI Dhan-33 has been started in Sadar Upazila in the district Sunday amid much enthusiasm among the farmers.A function was also arranged at Khamar Pirgachha village of Sahapara union...
The problematic trio -- power load-shedding, water scarcity and gas supply disruption -- does often make the life of the residents of Dhaka city difficult. For more than a decade, the problems that have become almost a part of the...
Syed Fattahul AlimWhat is the real unemployment figure in this land of about 140 million people? The official statistics used in research, reference and other purposes depend on the data supplied by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Apart from...
Nurul HudaMICRO credit was identified long ago as a powerful tool for the purpose of poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. This realisation also led to a major expansion of micro credit operations in the country during the last two decades. A...
Neil Buckley from MoscowVLADIMIR Putin has finally solved the intrigue of who will be Russia's most powerful man should he obey the constitution and stand down as president next year. He will.The president's address on October 01 to the congress...
THERE is hardly any abatement of the activities of the rackets which have been taking large sums of money from gullible people with promises of sending them abroad with jobs. They provide forged visas to such job seekers which are...
If not anyone else, the bus drivers in Dhaka city have been enjoying full-freedom on the streets. They are free to pick or leave a passenger anywhere anytime. Everyplace is a stoppage for them. They give a damn to what...
Tom Engelhardt in the concluding part his articlePREPARE not to be surprised: In Iraq, the military counted bodies from the beginning -- counted, in fact, everything. They just weren't releasing the figures back in the days when the Bush administration...
Zofeen Ebrahim from KarachiAt a pay-and-use toilet at Karachi's Civil Hospital, Rustom Ali asserts: "I'm an employee here so why should I pay?" Hari Ram, the 60-year-old caretaker is too meek to argue and lets Ali in. "Very few people...
Francesco Guerrera and Michael Mackenzie from New York Multinationals have emerged as the main drivers of the current US stock market rally as investors move to capitalise on the weak dollar by buying into companies with large overseas earnings.The strong...
Matthew BrownSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, envisions his country as a world-class financial hub run by Emiratis. Government financial support is undermining that goal. All 800,000 Emirati citizens get free education and health...
MADURAI, Oct 8 (PTI): Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday said the nationalised banks have played a key role in helping the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government achieve 9 per cent growth in the last fiscal. Those blaming the nationalised banks...
LONDON, Oct 8 (AFP): The global credit squeeze is a "serious crisis" that is not over yet and will have an impact on governments' budgets, the IMF's outgoing head Rodrigo Rato said in an interview published today. Speaking to the...
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