As part of its commitment to address the violence against children and women the government is going to open Victim Support Centres at police stations across the country soon.Adviser for Local Gover-nment, Rural Development and Cooperatives Anwarul Iqbal said this...
BRUSSELS, Aug 9 (UNB): Local units of Awami League (AL) and BNP are preparing to stage demonstration demanding release of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and protesting government action not allowing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to visit flood-hit areas.The expatriate...
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) formed a human chain on the Curzon Hall premises of Dhaka University (DU) Thursday demanding that August 15 be observed as national mourning day. They also demanded immediate and unconditional release of Awami League President...
The Supreme Court ended Thursday the third day of hearing on a series of appeals in the Bangabandhu murder case, reports bdnews24.com. An Appellate Division Bench of Justice Tafazzal Islam, Justice Joynal Abedin and Justice Md Hasan Amin heard the...
Zofeen EbrahimWhen it comes to climate change population matters, particularly for countries in South Asia, Africa and some Arab countries, says Prof. Khalid Rashid. A mathematician and physicist in Pakistan, he has long been studying the phenomenon of global warming...
Suvendrini KakuchiA short walk through the rice and sugarcane fields that dot Yomitan village, 20 km north of Naha, capital of Okinawa prefecture, leads to dark, dank caves where hundreds of civilians took refuge as the United States troops invaded...
Lawrence SummersFOR some time now, the large flow of capital from the developing to the industrialised world has been the principal irony of the international financial system. In 2007 this flow will total well over half a trillion dollars, a...
Edward Luce IGNORED or shunned by almost every cable provider in the US, the al-Jazeera English news channel has turned to the internet in an effort to reach American viewers - with much more success.Since April, when al-Jazeera struck a...
India coasted to 117-1 at lunch on the opening day of the final Test against England at The Oval, reports BBC. Batting first on a sunny morning in south London, Wasim Jaffer gave them a flying start with six fours...
MONTREAL, Aug 9 (Reuters): Defending champion Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal eased into the third round of the Montreal Masters with straight-sets wins Wednesday. World number one Federer tamed the giant serve of Croat Ivo Karlovic to win 7-6 7-6...
The final major of 2007, the USPGA Championship, gets under way at the Southern Hills Country Club, Oklahoma Thursday, reports BBC. World number one Tiger Woods has yet to win a major this season and is favourite to defend his...
MILAN, Aug 9 (Reuters): Ronaldo will be fit to play in AC Milan's first game of the Serie A season against Genoa on August 26, coach Carlo Ancelotti has expected. The Brazil striker pulled a hamstring towards the end of...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 9 (AFP): Top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova reached the third round of the 600,000-dollar Hardcourt Tournament here Wednesday when ailing Eleni Daniilidou retired in the second set. Sharapova, who won her first title of the season in San...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Thursday announced a 15-member national cricket team for the Twenty/20 World Cup in South Africa with three new faces.The new faces are opening batsman Junaid Imroz Siddiqui, top order batsman Mohammad Nazimuddin and pacer Ziaur Rahman,...
Bangladesh Hockey Federation Thursday named an 18-member final squad for the Asia Cup Hockey to be held in Chennai in India.The 10-day meet will begin August 31 instead of September 1 as per the revised fixture. Eleven teams, split into...
WELLINGTON, Aug 9 (AFP): New Zealand Cricket Thursday named their squad for the ICC Twenty20 World Championships in South Africa in September. New Zealand's Twenty20 squad (from): Daniel Vettori (Captain), Shane Bond, Peter Fulton, Mark Gillespie, Gareth Hopkins, Chris Martin,...
Meril Media Cup Football Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Sports Journalists’ Association (BSJA), begins today (Friday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium with eight matches on the cards.National Sports Council (NSC) Secretary Aminul Islam will formally inaugurate the meet as the chief...
England spinner Ashley Giles, a member of the 2005 Ashes-winning team, has confirmed his retirement from cricket, reports BBC. Constant hip problems have forced him to give up the game at the age of 34 on the advice of his...
Saiful KaiserRamnaresh Sarwan has hinted darkly that politics was involved when they dropped him from the last tour of Pakistan. He did have the last laugh. He took over from the an he thinks was responsible for excluding him-Brian Lara-and...
Doulot Akter MalaChief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed recently sought clarification from Finance Ministry regarding imposition of 10 per cent tax at source on interest of savings instruments.The CA issued a letter on August 2 addressing the Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul...
M Azizur RahmanAn inter-ministerial meeting decided Thursday to modify the draft production-sharing contract (PSC) to entice international oil companies (IOCs) to participate in the upcoming offshore bidding."Gas pricing, categorisation of the offshore gas blocks and corporate tax rate are among...
The figure of casualties from the current flooding went up steadily with 18 more deaths taking the total toll to 210 Thursday morning when the overall flood situation improved further, reports UNB.A release from the Food and Disaster Management Ministry...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 09 (Agencies): A worker of Amin Jute Mills was killed and 72 people, including police and journalists, were injured during a clash between police and mill workers today (Thursday).The dead was identified as Bashar, 45.Witnesses said the clash...
FE ReportThe National board of Revenue (NBR) Thursday sought bank account information of 26 politicians and former member of Parliaments (MPs) and their family members, banking source said.The Central Intelligence cell (CIC) of the board issued letters asking all the...
The government Thursday filed twin appeals against the High Court (HC) bail to Sheikh Hasina and a stay order on the efficacy of the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) notice on her, report agencies. The government filed another appeal against the HC...
The government plans to demolish parts of 110 buildings in the capital that pose risks to air safety, a senior government official said Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. Four years ago, city developers Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) and Civil Aviation Authority of...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) said Thursday any kind of donation given to the Chief Adviser's Relief Fund will be considered as tax-free.Referring to a statutory regulatory order (SRO) issued on 1991, NBR chairman Badiur Rahman said: "A...
HYDERABAD, Aug 09 (NDTV/TIMES NOW.tv): An unruly crowd attacked controversial writer Taslima Nasreen at the Hyderabad Press club in India Thursday. Three MLAs of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or MIM were among those who attacked her with bouquets, flowerpots...
Shakhawat HossainCountry's lone project aimed at relocation of tanneries to Savar from the city's Hazaribagh area involving nearly Tk 10 billion (1,000 crore) is expected to get an impetus next week as a high-level government committee is set to look...
Awami League (AL) has been allowed to observe the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15 on a limited scale, reports UNB.An assistant metropolitan police commissioner in a letter to acting AL general secretary Mukul Bose gave...
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