The retail prices of most of the essentials remained almost stable in the city markets, while the price of some items such as onion, cucumber and hilsha increased a little bit, a market report of Bangladesh Riffles (BDR) said in...
SYLHET, Oct 6 (UNB): A mobile court unearthed a fake vermicelli factory in a house in Sobhanighat area of the city and seized a huge quantity of vermicelli and other products Thursday.The mobile court, comprising the members of RAB-9 and...
FE ReportGrameenphone Limited has recently signed an agreement with Sun Pharmaceutical (Bangladesh) Limited to provide complete communication facilities under its Business Solutions package.Sun Pharmaceutical (Bangladesh) Limited Manager (Finance and Operations) Prashant Savla and Grameenphone Manager (Direct Sales) Rahat Khan signed...
SINGAPORE, Oct 6 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks gained for a third week and reached a record after former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Citigroup Inc. suggested that losses in credit markets will abate. Mizuho Financial Group Inc. and National...
FE ReportConcord Entertainment Company Ltd made some special arrangements for holiday makers on the occasion of the holy Eid ul-Fitr.Fantasy Kingdom, one of the amusement parks of Concord Entertainment, has international standard rides. There are two types of paddle-boats and...
LONDON, Oct 6 (Bloomberg): European stocks climbed for a fourth week as investors speculated that contagion from the worst US housing slump in 16 years is receding. Fortis, part of a group seeking to acquire ABN Amro Holding NV, and...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6 (AP): Unofficial results showed Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf sweeping Saturday's presidential election, but the Supreme Court could still disqualify the military leader. The election by federal and provincial lawmakers was a one-sided affair. Opposition parties abstained or...
BAGHDAD, Oct 6 (AFP): Three US soldiers were killed Friday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in Iraq that wounded another five troops, the US military said. Two were killed and two others wounded when a device detonated during operations...
KABUL, Oct 6 (AP): A suicide car bomber attacked an American military convoy on the road to Kabul's airport Saturday, killing a US soldier and a four Afghan civilians, officials said. The bombing - on the sixth anniversary of the...
BAGHDAD, Oct 6 (AP): US airstrikes killed at least 25 people Friday after troops met a fierce barrage while hunting suspected arms smuggling links between Iran and Shiite militiamen. The military described the dead as fighters, but village leaders said...
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct 6 (AFP): A US judge Friday stayed prosecutors from taking a second shot at the court martial of a soldier refusing to fight in Iraq because he believes the war is illegal. District Court Judge Benjamin Settle...
SRINAGAR, Oct 6 (AFP): Two soldiers and four militants died in separate gun battles in Indian Kashmir Saturday as the nation's new army chief visited the revolt-hit state. In one incident, "alert army soldiers shot dead three militants after they...
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (AFP): A top Iraqi government adviser admitted Friday that Iran was meddling in his country's affairs but warned that it would be a "fatal mistake" to launch military action against Iran. "Iran is meddling into our internal...
MIRAN SHAH, Oct 6 (AP): Militants detonated a bomb near a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, triggering a clash that left at one soldier dead and 19 wounded, officials said. The attack happened in Ahmad Khel, a village 15...
NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (AP): New Delhi's High Court justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school.In an order issued late Friday, Judge R. K. Tiwari was...
COLOMBO, Oct 6 (AP): Five ethnic Tamil separatist rebels including a regional leader were killed in clashes with government troops across Sri Lanka's volatile north, the military said Saturday.Clashes occurred Friday across the de facto border that separates government-controlled areas...
Britain will offer asylum to Iraqi interpretersLONDON, Oct 6 (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to announce that Iraqi interpreters working for the British army will be given the opportunity of asylum here, newspapers reported Saturday. The offer...
David Pogue When geeks sit down to tell their children about nature's great cycles, they don't talk about birth and death. They talk about the way bulky gadgets get smaller over time, expensive ones become commodities - and how recording...
Arik Hesseldahl Dell is embarking on a broad environmental initiative under which it plans to consume less energy and use more power from renewable sources in a bid to make its operations carbon neutral by the end of 2008. The...
David Wright and Laura Grego THE 50th Anniversary this week of Sputnik I, the first satellite in space, provides an opportunity to look back at the stunning achievements of the space age, and speculate about the future.To most Americans, the...
Steve Lohr Microsoft is moving to deliver more software technology over the Internet as a service, forced to follow an industry trend led by Google, its newest archrival.But its strategy is a careful balancing act, adding Internet services without offering...
M A IslamEXAMINATIONS are often termed as 'battle-field' for the students. The performance in the exam is an indication how much serious a student has been for the whole semester/year. Doing well in the exam largely depends on how much...
Md. HabibullahEVERY year the rise in the percentage of GPA-5s in the Secondary and Higher Secondary Certificate Examinations is breaking the record of the previous year. The students having GPA-5 are considered the real gems in Bangladesh. I shall not,...
William McKenzie THERE is a stark contrast between the beginning and end of an MBA student's first year. The casual observer would immediately notice that the latter period is not nearly as festive. There are few celebratory parties or outings...
What just happened here?A military cargo plane, flying over a populated area, suddenly loses power and starts to nose down. The pilot tries to pull up, but with all their cargo, the plane is too heavy. So he yells to...
DU CorrespondentThe students of the country's medical colleges have demanded at least two chances to sit for the supplementary examination, if they fail in any subject of their professional examination."We make an earnest request to the authorities concerned to restore...
Bangladesh Crime Reporters Association (CRAB) Saturday denounced the assault on Radio Today journalist Anwarul Haque at Kamlapur railway station by a section of employees Saturday, reports UNB. In a statement, CRAB leaders also demanded arrest and exemplary punishment of those...
MYMENSINGH, Oct 6 (BSS): The government has taken steps to repair the houses those were affected by the recent raging flood across the country. Under the programme the government has sanctioned Taka 2.4 million as grant money from the relief...
Dhaka roads virtually ground to a standstill Saturday as the annual Ramadan traffic jams were compounded by an overturned goods truck at Jahangir Gate, reports bdnews24.com. Hundreds of vehicles idled in the baking heat with some taking up to an...
Twelve persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Khulna, three members of a family were killed when a train rammed into their motorcycle at...
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