VILLAHERMOSA, (Mexico), Nov 8 (Reuters): Tens of thousands of Mexicans forced into makeshift shelters by massive flooding are threatened by ailments ranging from colds to cholera, health officials said on Wednesday. About 80,000 people from the flooded city of Villahermosa...
SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters): Australian scientists studying humpback whales sounds say they have begun to decode the whale's mysterious communication system, identifying male pick-up lines and motherly warnings. Wops, thwops, grumbles and squeaks are part of the extensive whale repertoire...
Mongolia parliament accepts resignation of PMULAN BATOR, Nov 8: Mongolia's parliament Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Miyeegombiin Enkhbold, who handed in his notice after losing the post of ruling party chairman last month. Current party chief Sanj Bayar...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is going to start its fifth round of emergency food distribution in 26 flood-affected districts of the country targeting more than 1.4 million people, reports UNB.This follows four earlier distributions to more than...
The ninth meeting of the council of Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) was held at Mirpur Cantonment in the city Thursday, report agencies.Education Adviser Ayub Quadri chaired the meeting while Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan...
Dr Zohra Begum Kazi, the first female doctor of the subcontinent, died from old-age complications at Gulshan in the city Wednesday. She was 97, reports bdnews24.com.Zohra obtained her medical degree from Lady Harding Medical College in Delhi in 1935 and...
COMILLA, Nov 8 (UNB): A case was filed against a Sub-Inspector (SI) of police and his associate Tuesday on charge of taking Tk 20,000 as bribe from a businessman.Sultan Ahmed, owner of Ruma Furniture Mart of Chandla Uttar Sarak under...
BENAPOLE, Nov 8 (UNB): A terrorist was arrested along with a firearm and a bullet at Baropota village here Thursday.On secret information, the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) raided the house of local terrorist Khokan and arrested him along...
Awami League's (AL) Liberation War Affairs secretary AB Tajul Islam Thursday urged the present caretaker government (CG) to take necessary initiatives to try the war criminals, saying it is high time to try the criminals who were against the War...
The discordant elements in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) harassed its standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman Wednesday. BNP acting secretary general M Hafizuddin Ahmed made the allegation while talking to journalists at his Banani residence in the city Thursday, reports...
Writers, poets, translators, editors and publishers from India and Bangladesh have agreed to form a platform to work towards achieving a 'balanced exchange' of books and publications between the two countries.The decision was taken at the concluding day of the...
MADARIPUR, Nov 08 (bdnews24.com): A Madaripur lawyer Thursday filed a case against Jamaat-e-Islam assistant secretary general Abdul Quadir Mollah for his defamatory comment against the War of Liberation. Lawyer M Obaidur Rahman Khan filed the case with the Chief Judicial...
Bangladesh Thursday condemned bomb attack in the Afghan province of Baglan Tuesday in which a large number of people were killed along with six Members of Parliament, reports BSS."We condemn such despicable acts of mindless violence through which innocent lives...
Anti-crime taskforce members Thursday visited the residence of detained former minister for Housing and Public Works Mirza Abbas at Rajarbagh in the city, reports UNB.The police said a two-member team of the taskforce, including a CID inspector, went to Abbas'...
Sachin Tendulkar missed his hundred by a run for the third time in the last five months, but his electrifying 91-ball 99 set the platform for India to score 321 for 9 in the second ODI in Mohali. With Gautam...
South Africa had to fight and scrape for every run as they reached 161 for 5 at tea on the first day of the first Test at The Wanderers. It was in the main attritional, fascinating cricket, the only shame...
After ten months of speculation over who would fill Australia's three vacant Test positions, Phil Jaques hinted that at least one of those spots is in safe hands. Jaques celebrated his first match as a full-time member of the side...
Bangladesh Army almost ensured reaching the semi-final of the Office Hockey League as they came from behind to beat Firoz Land Properties by 4-1 goals at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium here Thursday, reports UNB.National player Mamunur Rahman Chayan...
FE ReportThe draft consumers' protection ordinance is expected to be approved by the Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday next, official sources said.The much-awaited ordinance will be effective only after its promulgation by the President.Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP): Pakistan's parliamentary elections will he held by mid-February, a month later than planned, the country's military ruler said Thursday, a day after President Bush had urged him to hold the vote on time. Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto...
FE Report A new electronic 'delivery versus payment' (DVP) system has been proposed aiming to avoid settlement risks of the government-approved securities in the secondary bond market. Under the proposed settlement system, the government securities will be transferred electronically through...
S M JahangirThe country has sustained losses to the tune of around Tk 120 billion in terms of business and revenue due to a series of disruptions in the Dhaka-Chittagong optical fibre network by vested groups, sources said.The Dhaka-Chittagong optical...
A Dhaka court Thursday remanded ASM Hannan Shah, adviser to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, for three days after he was arrested on charges of violating emergency rules, reports bdnews24.com.Magistrate Habibur Rahman Siddiqui of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for Dhaka...
FE ReportShare prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to rally for the second consecutive trading day Thursday as the stocks of the banking and power sectors and Lafarge Surma Cement gained.Trading of shares on the DSE resumed Thursday...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been intensifying its efforts to boost tax revenue collection through initiating proper action plan and giving specific guidelines to the tax officials.NBR Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid will sit with taxmen on...
Michiyo Nakamoto, FT Syndication ServiceTOKYO: On any given weekend, the shops in Tokyo's newest retail complexes are bursting with young men and women searching for the latest trendy accessory or queuing for a taste of gourmet chocolates flown in from...
Acting Awami League (AL) President Zillur Rahman Thursday demanded to the Caretaker Government (CG) to lift the ban on indoor politics across the country and withdraw the state of emergency now, as he said, presently peace prevails on the political...
FE Report Abdul Awal Mintoo, former President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Com merce and Industry (FBCCI), was freed on bail Thursday. The FBCCI hailed the release of its former president and said that it would help restore confidence...
President Dr Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday returned home after a weeklong official visit to the US. He arrived at Zia International Airport by a flight of the Emirates airlines at about 8:35pm. The President left the city for New York on...
Indian High Commission (IHC) in Dhaka Thursday said, export restriction by India on non-basmati rice is 'not country specific', as some press reports suggested that the restriction is applicable to Bangladesh only. In a press release it said, the export...
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