SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Sept 24 (AP): Iran closed major border crossings with northern Iraq Monday to protest the US detention of an Iranian official the military accused of weapons smuggling, a Kurdish official said. At least four border gates have been...
KABUL, Sept 24 (AP): A NATO-led combat operation secured the release of two kidnapped Italian military personnel Monday in western Afghanistan, two days after they went missing, officials said. Initial reports indicated at least five of the kidnappers were killed....
YANGON, SEPT 24 (AP): The Myanmar junta is showing unexpected restraint in the face of the country's biggest protests in two decades because of pressure from its key trading partner China, an Southeast Asian diplomat said Monday.On Sunday, about 20,000...
NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (XINHUA): A 25-year-old woman, whose pituitary gland, which helps influence sexual development, was removed because of a tumor, has delivered a baby girl in what doctors say is an extremely rare phenomenon, the Press Trust of...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (AP): Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the UN podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change....
HYDERABAD, Sept 24 (AFP): Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, key players in the global space industry were to meet here from Monday to seek new ways to benefit humanity through space exploration. Missions to the moon...
NEW YORK, SEPT 24 (AP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York to protests and said in a television interview that Iran was neither building a nuclear bomb nor headed to war with the United States.The president's motorcade Sunday...
LONDON, Sept 24 (AFP): The international community has not faced up to the scale of the Iraqi refugee crisis, leaving Syria and Jordan to deal with the exodus, Amnesty International said in a report published Monday. The London-based human-rights group...
Four killed in Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sept 24 (AFP): Clashes between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels left four dead and five injured Monday along the northern defence lines, the defence ministry said. Security forces killed three suspected Tamil...
JHENIDAH, Sept 24 (UNB) : An amount of Tk 14 million (Tk 1.40 crore) has been allocated for rehabilitating 13,505 flood-affected farmers of six upazilas of the district.According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), the amount has been sanctioned...
Presently, there are some 4.0 million cancer patients in Bangladesh and some 0.2 million new patients are afflicted with the deadly disease every year, said the Chairman of Oncology Club, ABMF Karim. Karim, also adviser and former president of SAARC...
COMILLA, Sept 24 (UNB): A teenaged girl was rescued from the house of human traffickers at Methua village in Langalcoat upazila here Friday.The police said Nargis Begum (30), an activist of an organised traffickers' gang with the help of her...
Former Telecommunications Secretary Nazmul Ahsan Chowdhury faces further cross-examination by defence counsel for detained former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Nasim who stands in trial in the WorldTel scam case as the High Court Monday declared unlawful a special judge's court order,...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 24: The Commerce Ministry in association with the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) will organise a meeting with leading businessmen and elite of Chittagong division today (Tuesday) at 10:00 am at the CCCI auditorium.Commerce Secretary Firoz...
The Bangladeshi expatriates in Madrid donated euro 0.1 million (1.0 lakh), approximately Tk 9.4 million, to the Chief Adviser's (CA's) relief and welfare fund for the country's flood victims. It is one of the highest amounts, so far, donated by...
BAGERHAT, Sept 24 (UNB): The police in a drive arrested a drug peddler along with 4 kilogram of hemp at the Rail colony area in the town Sunday morning.Acting on a tip-off, a DB police team raided the area in...
A Jubo Dal leader was killed and his manager was injured when assailants sprayed bullets on them in Pallabi area of the city Monday morning, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as M Shahabuddin Munshi alias Barek (38), son of Shamsuddin...
MAGURA, Sept 24 (UNB): Two people were killed and 28 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Kalinagar here on the Dhaka-Khulna highway Saturday midnight.The police said the truck collided with the Khulna-bound...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 24 (UNB): A devastating fire that broke out at a market at Trishal upazila bus stand area early Sunday gutted eight shops.Local people said the fire originated in Hazi Waliullah market from an electric short circuit at about...
The Election Commission (EC) has been urged not to register any religious political party.Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President Hasanul Huq Inu made the request while speaking at a bilateral meeting between the JSD and Samyabadi Dal in the city Monday,...
Speakers at a roundtable discussion in the city Monday called for making the existing laws effective to hold the upcoming general elections in a free and fair manner. Citizens Initiatives For Good Governance (SHUJAN) organised the discussion on "Proposals for...
Worker's Party President Rashed Khan Menon came down heavily on the government and the Election Commission (EC) Sunday saying that the government was pushing a 'secret agenda' through the EC.He made the allegation while speaking at a discussion meeting on...
The government has been urged to distribute adequate fertilisers, seeds and pesticides among the flood-hit farmers so that they could overcome the losses.BNP Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain made the appeal while distributing relief goods among the flood victims at...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 24 (BSS): The government has taken steps to distribute special vulnerable group feeding (VGF) cards for the flood-affected people in the district.Under the programme the government has allotted 500 tonnes of rice for the flood-affected people of eight...
British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury has said nothing should be allowed to deflect the caretaker government from its commitment to restore democratic process and hold credible elections as per the roadmap, reports UNB."We welcome Bangladesh's commitment to the...
NATORE, Sept 24 (UNB): The district Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president was arrested from the makeshift court premises set up in the parliament building in the capital with a foreign-made revolver Sunday morning. Acting on a tip-off a team of...
A Dhaka court Monday sent Bangladesh Chhatra Union leader Manobendro Deb to jail in a case that involves an arson attack on an army vehicle in the August rioting, reports bdnews24.com. Investigating Officer (IO) Golam Rabbani Sunday asked the court...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 24 (Cricinfo): Ten days earlier, India and Pakistan couldn't be separated in Durban. In front of a frenzied crowd at the Wanderers Monday, they played out perhaps the best final ever seen in a major tournament. Once again,...
Defending champions BKSP made a flying start in the Araf Apparels 21st National Youth Hockey Competition crushing Joypurhat DSA by 16-0 goals in the opening match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.BKSP led...
The winners of the World Twenty20 final between India and Pakistan will be invited to play a match worth £2.47m ($5m) against the Stanford Super Team, reports BBC. Sir Allen Stanford has created a Twenty20 tournament in the Caribbean that...
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