COLOMBO, Oct 22 (AFP): At least seven Sri Lankan airmen and 20 rebels were killed in an unprecedented Tamil Tiger coordinated ground and air attack, military officials said Monday. A four-member crew of a Bell-212 helicopter gunship were killed when...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22 (AFP): Pakistan's government rejected Monday former premier Benazir Bhutto's demand for international experts to help find those behind last week's devastating suicide attack. "We reject the demand for involvement of foreign experts in the probe. Our own...
BAGHDAD, Oct 22(AFP): A bomb attack on a bus and a series of roadside bomb blasts in Baghdad on Monday left at least six people dead and dozens wounded, police and medics said. The bus was carrying civilians to work...
BEIRUT, Oct 22 (AFP): A special session of the Lebanese parliament to choose a new president has been delayed from Tuesday to November 12, parliament speaker Nabih Berri announced on Monday. "The parliament speaker has decided to postpose the session...
Australia's Howard beaten in election debate: media SYDNEY, Oct 22: Australia's opposition leader beat the prime minister in an election debate marred by controversy when a national television network's coverage was deliberately cut, media said Monday. Labor Party chief Kevin...
Barisal Division earned a five-wicket win over Chittagong Division in the 1st round four-day match of the Ispahaini Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League on the final day Monday at the Shahed Chandu Stadium (SCS) in Bogra, reports UNB.In the...
Rajshahi Division made a flying start in the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League with an outright eight-wicket victory over Sylhet Division on the 4th and final day of the first four-day match at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium today...
The Orient Bread Tokai Kabaddi Competition, organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation and sponsored by Orient Bread, begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city, reports UNB.Six teams split into two groups will take part in the competition. Later,...
Tim Nielsen, Australia's new coach, believes the three replacements for the holes left by Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer have still not been decided. While Phil Jaques seems to have sealed the opening batting place, Mitchell Johnson the...
An 18-meber Bangladesh National Football team leaves here for Tajikistan tomorrow (Wednesday) to play the away-match of the 2010 World Cup Pre-Qualifiers against hosts Tajikistan, reports UNB.The match will be held in the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe on October 28.Earlier...
MUNICH, Oct 22 (AFP): Bayern Munich attacking midfielder Franck Ribery is doubtful for their UEFA Cup Group F match against Red Star Belgrade Thursday, coach of the German club Ottmar Hitzfeld said.The French international has been suffering from a thigh...
LONDON, Oct 22 (AFP): Injured Rangers players Jean-Claude Darcheville and midfielder Brahim Hemdani have pulled out of their Champions League home match against Barcelona Tuesday, the Scottish club said.Darcheville has not recovered from a hamstring problem and Hemdani still has...
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rab) at its dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) Monday pleaded for recasting the outmoded political system and amending the Constitution for a fresh start of the nation on the democratic path, reports UNB. "A Constitution Amendment...
Bikalpadhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruduzza Chowdhury said he would hold dialogue with all political parties to exchange the views on a proposed national consensus government.The BDB president said this at a press briefing at KC Memorial Hall in the...
GAZIPUR, Oct 22 (UNB): BNP chairperson's advisor ASM Hannan Shah expressed the hope that members of the caretaker government (CG) would return to their respective positions handing over power to elected representatives by holding the stalled general election."I hope the...
Under Bangladesh's leadership all least developed countries (LDCs) including Laos will work to achieve the success of the Brussels Programme of Action for LDCs and landlocked countries.Visiting Laotian Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha expressed the hope while talking to Adviser...
President Iajuddin Ahmed will leave for New York on October 30 on a week-long visit to the United States (US), with a number of functions on his agenda, reports UNB. The President will reach New York on October 31 by...
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rokanuddowla has violated the code of conduct for administrative officials by making remarks against the separation of the judiciary. Bangladesh Administrative Service Association (BASA) President Abu Md Moniruzzaman said this while talking to the bdnews24.com over phone...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 22 (UNB): Work on preparing voters' list with photographs and identity (ID) cards started in the port city Monday.Some 4,897 information collectors started working in 41 wards under 1,000 supervisors.Information collection will continue until November 4 and the...
A special court here Monday indicted detained former Awami League MP AHM Mustafa Kamal alias Lotus Kamal, his wife and two daughters for corruption and set October 28 to start trial with deposition by prosecution witnesses, reports UNB.Kamal, standing in...
Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman Monday said women's good health is essential for the well-being of each family and community as well as the country, reports BSS.ASM Matiur Rahman made the observation while speaking at the conference...
Our correspondentCHITTAGONG, Oct 22: The menace of mosquitoes has made civic life quite intolerable in the Chittagong city. But no effective step is yet in sight to rescue city residents from the agony. The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) drains are...
A lack of preparation by the government may cost the country heavily in terms of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 'Aid for Trade' (AFT) package, which assists the developing nations cope with the globalisation issues, Commerce Ministry officials said, reports...
KHULNA, Oct 22 (UNB): Five people were killed and two others injured in separate road mishaps Monday morning.In Khulna, three people, including two businessmen, were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned near the toll-plaza of Khanjahan Ali...
SATKHIRA, Oct 22 (UNB): Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were gunned down by the troops of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Ghona and Taluigachha frontier areas under Sadar Upazila Monday.Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) sources said BSF men of Joynagar camp fired...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed felicitated their Hungarian counterparts Laszio Solyom and Ferenc Gyurcsany respectively on the occasion of the Republic Day of their country that falls Tuesday, reports UNB.In separate messages to the Hungarian President and...
Finally 80-year old Amirun Bewa got the old age allowance. Amirun, a widow of Nazirdah village under Kaonia Upazila of Rangpur district, is dependent on her poor daughter, who was abandoned by her husband, reports UNB.Her awful living depicted recently...
FARIDPUR, Oct 22 (UNB): Two women were arrested along with 2,100 small packets of heroin from Alipur rail line area in the town on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, RAB-8 raided the area at 9:0 am and arrested two drug peddlers--Nachima...
Another Bangladeshi boy won the first prize in the World Hifzul Quran competition held in Egyptian capital Cairo recently, reports UNB.Hafez Abdullah Al Mahmood (Redwan), a student of Tejgaon Railway Nurani Madrasah in the city, defeated the contestants of 50...
NETRAKONA, Oct 22 (UNB): Detective Branch (DB) police, in a special drive, seized 17 sacks of current net worth Tk 0.4 million from two shops and also arrested two people at Lapsia Bazar under Khaliazuri Upazila Saturday.On secret information, police...
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