TEHRAN, Aug 5 (AP): Iran's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it would consider allowing the wife of an American man who vanished in Iran earlier this year to visit the Islamic country to search for him. "The request has not officially...
COLOMBO, Aug 5(AFP): A top UN official is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka this week to discuss the island's deepening Tamil separatist conflict and the plight of civilians caught in the crossfire, officials said today. John Holmes, the under-secretary-general...
MEDVEZHEGORSK, Aug 5 (AFP): Relatives of the victims of Stalin's purges held a ceremony Sunday at an execution site in a Russian forest on the 70th anniversary of the start of the mass killings. Dozens of family members were joined...
BEIJING, Aug 5 (AP): China's top family planning agency has cracked down on crude and insensitive slogans used by rural authorities to enforce the country's strict population limits, state media said Sunday. Slogans such as 'Raise fewer babies but more...
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (AFP): A US soldier was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in jail for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her family, the army said. "Private First Class Jesse Spielman was sentenced to 110 years...
SEOUL, Aug 5 (AFP): North Korea has publicly executed a trade official for chopping down and smuggling cherished "slogan trees" on which founding leader Kim Il- Sung reputedly carved anti-Japanese messages, a report said today. Senior local timber trader Oh...
TOKYO, Aug 5 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to reshuffle his cabinet on August 27 to secure an extension of the navy's support mission for Afghanistan following last month's election defeat, reports said Sunday. Abe will reshuffle the...
The five-day 'Mutual Trust Bank-The Daily Star Debate Contest 2007' ended in the port city recently with a call for students to extend their horizon beyond academic studies and make efforts to understand social issues, says a press release. The...
MOULVIBAZAR, Aug 5 (UNB): Speakers at an opinion exchange meeting here Saturday urged Imams of mosques and marriage registrars (Kazis) to come forward for preventing child marriage in the country.They called upon the Imams to deliver speeches in mosques about...
FE ReportWarid Telecom Sunday awarded schoolboy Rakibul Hasan whose bravery helped avert a possible train accident in Comilla on August 2. Rakibul was inspired by the Warid TV advertisement that showed a story of a boy who stopped a train...
FE ReportNational University (NU) authority has identified a total of 52 fake students at the degree (honours) level at different colleges across the country. Of them, there were 23 in the 2004-05 session and 29 in the 2005-06 session.The university...
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in separate incidents on Benapole and Satkhira borders Sunday, reports UNB. In Benapole, BSF troops shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Agrabhulot frontier here early in...
Caritas has planned to spend Tk 60 million in flood relief through immediate distribution of food, non-food household items and shelters for the flash floods, landslides and flood-affected families of the various districts of the country, said a press release.Caritas...
DU CorrespondentSerajul Haque Islamic Research Centre of Dhaka university published a journal on Islamic Studies both in Bangla and English languages Tuesday.DU Vice-Chancellor SMA Faiz unwrapped the covers of the two research journals as the chief guest in the ceremony.Southeast...
FE Report Soma Ray, eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer, arrived Dhaka Sunday on a three-day visit, said an Indian High Commission press release.Soma Ray, a talented young artist from Shantiniketan, India, is one of the very few artists of Rabindra Sangeet...
Defending champions Maria Sharapova stopped Anna Chakvetadze's bid for a third WTA title in as many weeks Saturday, reports BBC.Sharapova secured a 6-3 6-2 semi-final victory in the San Diego Classic, reaching her third final of the season. Top seed...
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (AP): Andy Roddick beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) Saturday to reach the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic for the third time.He will face John Isner Sunday in an unlikely all-American final....
England have named an unchanged squad for the third and final Test against India starting Thursday at The Oval, reports BBC. All-rounder Andrew Flintoff and pace bowler Matthew Hoggard are not ready to return after ankle and back problems. Leicestershire...
Bangladesh Hockey Federation has organised a preparatory tournament at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium from Monday, ahead of the Asian Cup Hockey to be held on September 1-9 in Chennai in India, reports UNB.The 28-member preliminary Bangladesh squad for...
Kent clinched a gripping four-wicket victory over Gloucestershire in the Twenty20 Cup final at Edgbaston, reports BBC. Spitfires seamer Ryan McLaren bagged a hat-trick to help limit the Gladiators to 146-8 off 20 overs before Kent edged home with three...
Saiful KaiserPeter Moores, England's coach, says that stump microphones should be turned off during Test matches so that players can carry on a sledging contest on the side without a live audience who can learn a lot of unauthorised curses.According...
Bholalal of Sonargaon Hotel and Ram Jagdish of Cadet College Club won their respective matches by straight sets in the premier division of the Federation Cup Open Squash Tournament at the Gulshan Club Squash Court in the city Sunday.Bholalal beat...
The Services Kabaddi League, organised by the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, will begin August 16 at the Mirpur Indoor Stadium in the city, reports UNB.Six teams -- Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Air Force, Bangladesh Fire Service and Directorate...
President Iajuddin Ahmed recommended vesting army leadership in competent, talented, conscious and patriotic officers clean-cut from political ambition for maintaining a strong professional military force. He said such army leadership should be "accountable to the country and nation, and above...
People of all walks of life have been urged to come forward with the spirit of humanism to face country's deteriorating flood situation and save millions of people marooned or pushed out of homes into makeshift camps.Eminent lawyer Kamal Hossain...
NAOGAON, Aug 5 (bdnews24.com): Sunday saw renewed bickering between the 'reformist' and 'traditional' factions within the BNP, with Khaleda Zia hitting back at recent comments from the party's secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan. The embattled BNP chairperson held a meeting...
Anti-corruption Commi-ssion (ACC) Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Sunday said there is nothing to be worried at the submission of a petition by Sheikh Hasina challenging the legality of a notice directing her to submit her wealth statement as the law...
Responding to the appeal of the Chief Adviser to the caretaker government and the Army Chief, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh has directed all its activists to join relief operation immediately to save the flood-affected people.In a joint statement Sunday, party Ameer Matiur...
A special court is set to hand down a verdict today (Monday) in a corruption case against Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) Collective Bargaining Agent's (CBA) president Firoz Miah and his wife Rawshan Ara, reports bdnews24.com. Judge Ashraf Hossain...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 5 (UNB): Five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) were injured in a clash with Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) campus Saturday night.Witnesses said the clash ensued between the supporters of BCL and...
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