LONDON, Aug 31 (Agencies): Princess Diana's family gathered Friday to solemnly mark the 10th anniversary of her death, while admirers tied scores of bouquets, poems and pictures to the gates of her former home. It was a day for broadcasting...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (Agencies): Exiled former leader Benazir Bhutto is gambling her future on a power-sharing deal with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, hoping to revive a political dynasty. Bhutto is urging Musharraf to step down as military chief and drop...
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says. The impact of human-induced global warming on Earth's ice and oceans is...
BAGHDAD, Aug 31 (Agencies): The Iraqi government called on armed groups to follow the lead of the biggest Shiite militia and freeze their operations, while the US military Friday reported the deaths of two more American service members in fighting...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (AFP): Potentially hazardous chemicals mistakenly shipped from an Iraqi chemical weapons plant have been found in a UN building but experts insisted Thursday that they posed no immediate risk. UN deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said that...
KABUL, Aug 31 (Agencies): A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up near the gates of the Afghan capital's airport Friday, killing one Afghan soldier and wounding six other people, officials and witnesses said. The blast, apparently aimed at...
Bush says he can settle North Korea nuclear issue WASHINGTON, Aug 31: (AFP): US President George W. Bush said he is optimistic that he will be able to settle the North Korean nuclear issue before he leaves the White House...
MANCHESTER, Aug 31 (AFP): Stuart Broad returned career best figures with both bat and ball as England beat India by three wickets in the fourth one-day international at Old Trafford here Thursday. When Broad, who'd earlier taken four for 51...
Australian cricket coach John Harmer Friday made his presentation before the BCB interview board as a candidate for Bangladesh cricket coach at the Board's Navana Tower Office in Gulshan, reports UNB.The 65-year-old Harmer, who coached the Australian women's team before...
After conceding two consecutive defeats, touring BCB National Cricket Academy team returned to the winning ways as they beat Australian Capital Territory by 77 runs in the 4th one-day match of the Institute Challenge Cup Friday, reports UNB.Coin-favoured, Academy team...
Blackburn's David Bentley and Aston Villa winger Ashley Young are in England's squad to face Israel and Russia in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, reports BBC. Bentley and Young, both 22, have been drafted in by coach Steve McClaren after David...
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (AFP): India's Sania Mirza advanced to the third round of the US Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory Thursday over US veteran Laura Granville, booking a revenge match against Russian nemesis Anna Chakvetadze. Mirza, seeded 26th,...
MONACO, Aug 31 (AFP): France coach Raymond Domenech's appeal against a one-match ban will be heard on September 4, four days before Les Bleus face World Cup final rivals Italy in a Euro 2008 qualifying clash. Domenech Thursday appealed against...
Bangladesh made a flying start in the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey with a record 13-0 goals win over Thailand in their first group match on the opening day in Chennai, India Friday, reports UNB.This is the biggest margin victory...
CHENNAI, Aug 31 (AFP): Malaysia celebrated the anniversary of the country's independence with an emphatic 8-0 victory over Singapore in their opening match of the Asia Cup field hockey tournament here Friday. "Today is our 50th National Day and we'd...
COLOMBO, Aug 31 (AFP): Sri Lanka's star spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan believes he will need just rest not surgery for his nagging shoulder injury, his manager said Friday. "He needs rest for about four weeks and physiotherapy," manager Kushil Gunasekera...
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group president Ahmad Mohamed Ali said Friday Bangladesh would receive US$ 2.0 billion from the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) to implement poverty alleviation schemes, report UNB/ bdnews24.com.The IDB in the process of building up...
Naim-Ul-Karim back from Northwest regionFarmers in the flood-hit districts, especially those in the country's northwest region, are facing an acute shortage of seedlings at the fag end of aman cultivation season.The sufferings of the farmers aggravated as about 6,58,078 hectares...
Javier Blas, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Wheat prices Friday surged more than 6.0 per cent to a fresh all-time high as food-importing countries renewed stockpiling amid extremely tight global supplies.In Chicago, wheat topped the $8.00-a-bushel level for the first time as...
S M JahangirThe NGO Affairs Bureau is considering a fresh move to ensure transparency and accountability in the use of foreign funds received by the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to serve the desired purpose. The NGO Affairs Bureau recently issued a...
FE ReportA team of experts from the Global Steel Holding Ltd (GSHL), a subsidiary of the UK-based Mittal Group, will arrive soon in the city for carrying out a feasibility study on its investment worth $2.9 billion in Bangladesh."The team,...
BNP and its fringe organisations will observe the party's 29th founding anniversary today (Saturday) on a limited scale amid a ban on political activities, reports bdnews24.com.BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan in separate messages have urged...
The steadily growing death toll from flood-related incidents like drowning and snakebites rose to 769 with 15 fresh deaths were reported in 24 hours until 8:00 am Friday. Health Directorate sources said of the total deaths, 676 were from drowning,...
Doulot Akter MalaThe Ministry of Finance recently turned down a proposal of the energy ministry to allocate Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) a portion of national airlines' share against its outstanding fuel bills. The fund-starved energy ministry recently sought the stake...
FE Report Bangladesh will receive technical assistance (TA) worth US$575,000 from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to prepare a development programme for the gas sector. "The purpose of the TA is to help the Bangladesh government prepare a new gas...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Planning Commission (PC) has begun assessment of the damage caused by the recent flood that inundated more than half the country.According to official sources, the Commission in the middle of the last month issued a set of...
FE ReportThe country's former finance and planning chiefs will share their experiences in policymaking and how they used to work under various pressures, including political, in a roundtable discussion next Thursday (September 6). At least seven former finance and planning...
David Turner , FT Syndication ServiceTOKYO: Japan remained mired in deflation for the sixth straight month in July, according to official figures published on Friday that showed a 0.1 per cent fall in core consumer prices.The news will make it...
FE Report SAARC member nations will explore the possibility of setting up a rail corridor between Chennai and Colombo, besides connecting Nepal, Bangladesh and northeastern states of India, according to a report received in Dhaka Friday. These suggestions were mooted...
A group of robbers looted cash, gold and valuables worth about Tk 60,000 from a gold trader's house at Tanti Bazaar in old Dhaka early Friday, reports UNB.The police arrested four robbers and recovered some of the booty soon after...
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