BAGHDAD, Aug 13 (AP): Iraq's most senior Sunni politician issued a desperate appeal Sunday for Arab nations to help stop what he called an "unprecedented genocide campaign" by Shiite militias armed, trained and controlled by Iran. The US military reported...
SRINAGAR, Aug 13 (AFP): Mughlia Begum was just 18 when partition shook the sub-continent on August 14, 1947. In the bloody turmoil, she lost her father Abdul Aziz, who worked in Peshawar as a cook. Unable to reach the Indian...
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (AFP): Top White House political adviser Karl Rove, who has often been called George W. Bush's "brain" and linked to the most controversial decisions of his presidency, said in an interview published Monday that he will resign...
NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (AFP): Villagers returned home to ruins as flood waters continued to recede Monday but the toll from the annual monsoon flooding across South Asia rose to 2,300, officials said. Tens of thousands are still housed in...
TEHRAN, Aug 13 (AFP): President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday embarks on a three-nation tour of Central Asia to attend a major regional summit meeting and bolster Iran's links with neighbouring states. The president will hold talks with his Afghan counterpart Hamid...
BEIJING, Aug 13 (AFP): US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill headed to Beijing Monday as an important week got underway in international efforts to ensure North Korea scraps its atomic weapons programmes. Hill was due to land in the Chinese capital...
JOLO, Philippines, Aug 13 (AFP): The Philippine military launched a new offensive against Muslim militants in the restive south of the country Monday, President Gloria Arroyo announced. Arroyo insisted the offensive was aimed only at militants and that her government...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (AP): At least 20 people died when an express bus overturned on Malaysia's main highway Monday, tearing off the vehicle's roof and flinging seats into the air in what officials said was the country's worst traffic...
FREETOWN, Aug 13 (AFP): Sierra Leone's watershed presidential and legislative elections were free and fair, international observers said Sunday as ballot counting progressed across the west African country. A day after the first post-war Sierra Leonean-driven elections, seen as a...
PORT MORESBY, Aug 13 (AFP): Papua New Guinea's veteran leader Michael Somare was re-elected prime minister Monday after securing a huge majority in parliament. Somare, 71, gained the support of 86 out of 109 members of parliament elected by a...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe country's apparel exporters have again brought allegations of charging additional fees and resorting to unethical practices against freight forwarders in absence of proper government monitoring, sources said. According to the sources, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), in...
FE Report A meeting of the SWIFT Users Group of Bangladesh was held at the Bank Asia's Corporate Office in the city recently. Chaired by SWIFT Users Group of Bangladesh Chairperson K Mahmood Sattar, the meeting was attended, among others,...
FE ReportGrameenphone Ltd, BKMEA, Sonali Bank and ASA have taken a number of initiatives to help the flood-hit people across the country.Grameenphone:Grameenphone Ltd (GP) initiated an effort to provide primary healthcare support to the flood-affected people, as a part of...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Aug 13: Hilsa fishes are still beyond the buying capacity of most of the buyers due to their yet-exorbitant prices in the local markets.Hilsa fishes are now being abundantly caught in the Bay of Bengal for the last...
Landports on Bangladesh-India border will resolve export, import problems on their own from now, reports bdnews24.com. A bilateral meeting of the customs officials held in New Delhi on July 25-26 took the decision. No high-level meetings will be required to...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Aug 13: The handloom industries in Sirajganj and Pabna districts are now in dire straits, sources said.Handloom production has gained popularity in the two northern districts. But the industry is facing threat of extinction due to lack of...
FE Report The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Director, Safina Rahman, urged participants at a training course to address Human Resource Development (HRD) issues to achieve long-term business success. The DCCI director said this at the certificate awarding...
FE ReportThe Dhanmondi branch of Dhaka Bank Limited (DBL) has been shifted from Dhanmondi Road 4 to Dhanmondi Road 7.DBL Chairman Khondokar Monir Uddin formally inaugurated the branch as the chief guest recently.Ex-chairman ATM Hayatuzzaman Khan, ex-director Reshadur Rahman, Managing...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, August 13 : The local farmers have lost interest in jute cultivation, as they are forced to sell it in the market below the production cost.The minimum production cost of one maund of 'Tosha' variety of jute is...
HONG KONG, Aug 13 (Agencies): Asian stocks closed mostly higher Monday in a cautious consolidation after central banks moved to bolster confidence in the financial markets following last week's rout. Central banks from Japan to Australia and Europe to the...
THAKURGAON, Aug 13 (BSS): A month-long trade fair organised by the district chamber began on Zila School premises of the district Sunday.Deputy Commissioner of the district Shafayet Hossain inaugurated the fair with SM Osman in the chair.District army camp chief...
LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters): Investors jumped back into riskier assets Monday, reassured by central bank moves to inject money into the banking system, driving stocks higher and raising demand for emerging market debt.The Bank of Japan, front left, in Tokyo...
Change of AGM venueIFIC Bank: The 27th, the 28th, the 29th and the 30th annual general meetings (AGMs) of IFIC Bank Limited will be held on October 25, 2007 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city instead of BDR...
As the national task of voter listing formally begins today (Tuesday), the Election Commission (EC) proceeds with high conviction that there would be photographs on the voters' list whatever the circumstances may be, reports UNB.However, the EC is yet to...
Gonoforum President Kamal Hossain has put forward eight recommendations to tackle the ongoing flooding in the country. "There must be increased coordination in the flood relief efforts. Politics must be kept at bay," Kamal told reporters in the city Monday,...
The nation pays homage to country's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow (Wed-nesday) on the occasion of 32nd anniversary of his assassination on August 15, amid calls for recognising it as national mourning day, reports UNB. President Iajuddin Ahmed...
Former communications minister Nazmul Huda Monday said the state of emergency was no more in force since the constitutionally-mandated 120 days had gone by after emergency rules were clamped, reports bdnews24.com. He said the constitution stipulated that the emergency powers...
Two engineers and an employee of Education Engineering Directorate (EED) amassed millions of taka in cash and assets during the last ten years through corrupt practices.Investigating sources told BSS Monday that they made their fortunes by awarding tenders through corrupt...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 13 (bdnews24.com): Awami League (AL) presidium member Tofail Ahmed has urged all to stop politics and focus on helping out the flood victims. "We have not come here to deliver political lectures, we'll devote all our efforts to...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Monday called upon various organisations and well-off sections of people to help foster talents and genius for building a knowledge based society, reports UNB. "Education, both general and technical, is the main tool to elevate the intrinsic...
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