KHARTOUM, Aug 1 (AFP): After months of stonewalling, Sudan Wednesday welcomed a UN resolution approving a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force for strife-torn Darfur, a belated international response to a four-year-long humanitarian disaster that has left 200,000 people dead.Tuesday's resolution...
MOSCOW, Aug 1 (AP): An ambitious expedition to bolster Russia's claims to much of the oil and gas wealth of the Arctic Ocean headed to the North Pole Wednesday, plowing its way through unbroken Arctic ice behind a sturdy Russian...
BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters): China called its growing military strength a force for peace and Communist Party rule on the 80th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Wednesday, even as a senior commander warned Taiwan against risking war.President Hu Jintao,...
TOKYO, Aug 1 (AFP): Japan's farm minister resigned Wednesday, the first casualty in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's scandal-plagued cabinet after a major election defeat that has raised calls for a change in government.Abe has defied opinion polls that say many...
KATHMANDU, Aug 1 (Reuters): Hundreds of former Nepali Maoist guerrillas have left a camp they were living in under a landmark peace deal, saying their managers were not paying them their monthly allowances, newspaper reports said Wednesday.At least 1,000 former...
COLOMBO, Aug 1 (AFP): The Indian Ocean tourist paradise of the Maldives will hold a referendum to decide the future role of its powerful presidency held by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom for the past 29 years, officials said.The main opposition party...
LUCKNOW (India), Aug 1 (AP): An overcrowded boat evacuating people from a flooded village capsized in a rain-swollen river in northern India Wednesday, killing at least 28 people, officials said.Some 80 people panicked and got on the boat that had...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its economic update of the Bangladesh economy, released last Tuesday, has not been pessimistic about its growth prospects in the current year. A number of developments are frequently cited by local economists as having...
Enayet RasulTHE price of ata (wheat flour) consumed by the common man has shot up by some Tk 8 to 10 per kg in the markets of Dhaka within the last couple of days. The rise in the price of...
Humayun KabirTHE government has announced a nine-year long roadmap for attaining a proper match between power production and its demand. If all goes well as planned, then adequate power, and even some surplus, may be generated by the year 2015....
Sundeep TuckerFEW Asian economies offer corporate financiers as big an opportunity as China. In the past five years, it has become a key arena for investment banks, super-keen to advise dynamic companies looking to expand at home and, possibly, abroad.Johan...
THE role of the neglected mufassil journalists is most noble in their respective places and also in our country. But they are facing much difficulties in discharging their performances greatly towards their respective newspapers.Most of the authorities of the national...
WE are most likely to be a part of trans-border road communication network with a good number of Asian countries. With the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and Myanmar in connection with direct road link with Teknaf...
The world breast-feeding week began Wednesday to create mass awareness to prevent mortality and morbidity of the children up to five years of age, reports BSS.Bangladesh Breast-feeding Foundation (BBF) has taken an elaborate programme to observe the week, including media...
GAZIPUR, Aug 1 (BSS): A Sunrise Programme of Bangladesh Scouts was held at the National Scout Training Centre, Mouchak here today marking the centenary of the Scout movement that began on August 1, 1907 in England.Muhammad Abu Hena, former International...
The British Council's Young Learners' Centre, popularly known as YLC, is going to organise a day-long cultural extravaganza for children on August 4 from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm, reports BSS.The purpose of the programme is to showcase the inherent...
FE ReportSQUARE Hospitals Ltd recently donated 50 bags of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) to the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said a press release.Dr. Md. Faisal Zaman, Dr. Manjuma Rahman, Dr. Shoma Rani Saha and...
Six persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Savar, a worker of a garment factory here allegedly committed suicide at the factory Tuesday.The police...
Contacts International organised a seminar in the city Wednesday on studying abroad, especially in Cyprus within a low budget, said a press release. The Director of Americanos College in Cyprus, Tasos Anastasiou, was the main speaker of the seminar. The...
A seminar on `Different dimensions of gender relationship', organised by the department of sociology of Dhaka University (DU) was held on the campus in the city Wednesday, said a DU press release, reports BSS.Executive director of UBINIG Farida Akter presented...
FE ReportNorthern University Bangla-desh (NUB) organised a 20-day 'Advance Computer Programme Training' in association with Korea Internet Volunteers sponsored by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity, said a press release. The main objectives of the programme is to enhance IT...
A mason was stabbed to death by terrors in Tejgaon area of the capital city in the early hours of Wednesday, reports UNB.The victim was identified as Abul Kalam Shikder son of Abdul Momin of Alenbari in the area. Police...
Advanced Development Technologies Ltd General Manager (Sales & Marketing) Md Taslim Bhuiyan passed away in the city Wednesday, said a press release. He was 47. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
BEIJING, Aug 1 (Agencies): US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday hailed US-China strategic economic dialogue (SED) as helpful for bilateral economic relationship to survive the hard times. "The SED allowed us to build a strong relationship, which has been useful...
FE ReportGlobal Insurance Limited approved 5.0 per cent dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006 at the 7th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.Chairman of the company Mahabub Morshed Talukder presided over the AGM in the city recently.The...
BRUSSELS, Aug 1 (AFP): Higher Eurozone interest rates might be in order to curb inflation and member governments should resist the temptation to ease budget targets when the economy is strong, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. In an...
BEIJING, Aug 1 (CEIS): China's short-term foreign borrowing as a proportion of its total outstanding foreign debt has hit a record 57.5 per cent by the end of March. At the same time, the country's total outstanding foreign debt increased...
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (PTI): The nine per cent GDP growth may not mean much for the masses, going by an ADB study which says India is ranked 17 among 23 when economies are compared based on a measure of...
MANILA, Aug 1 (AFP): The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana today welcomed Southeast Asia's plans to create a single market by 2015. Speaking at an Asian security summit in the Philippines, Solana said Europe was following "with the...
TOKYO, Aug 1 (AFP): Japanese land prices surged 8.6 per cent over the year to January as the economic recovery fuels a boom in real estate construction, a government survey showed today. The rise was much bigger than the 0.9...
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