BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A spate of bomb attacks on day targeting police and military patrols and a government building in Baghdad killed at least nine Iraqis and wounded 12, security officials said. "A roadside bomb went off Sunday morning...
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (AFP): US Republican lawmaker Jo Ann Davis, who represented Virginia in the House of Representatives, died Saturday after losing a battle with breast cancer, her office announced. She was 57. Davis was first diagnosed with breast cancer...
CAIRO, Oct 7 (AFP): Egyptian independent and opposition newspapers suspended publication Sunday in protest at a government clampdown that has seen several journalists hit with lengthy jail terms. At least 15 newspapers did not publish their Sunday edition, and independent...
HAVANA, Oct 6 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years Saturday after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. "In this fatal accident, as of (2200 GMT) 28 people...
Police to question Olmert in bank privatisation case JERUSALEM, OCT 7 (AP): Police will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Tuesday in connection with the privatisation of Israel's second-largest bank - one of two cases in which the Israeli leader is...
Chief Engineer of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Nurul Haque Sunday blamed Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (DESA) for the frequent disruption in water supply in different parts of the city, reports UNB."DESA is responsible for the present water...
SHERPUR, Oct 7 (UNB) : Around 300 farmers demonstrated in front of the local Agriculture Extension Department (AED) at Khamarbari in the district town and locked its office for three hours Sunday, demanding immediate supply of fertiliser.Witnesses said, the agitated...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 7 (UNB) : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and BDR in a joint drive seized a truck loaded with Bangladeshi yarn at Atpara frontier in Panchbibi Upazila here Friday night.Acting on a tip-off a team of RAB-5...
BARISAL, Oct 7 (UNB) : A mobile court, led by a magistrate, Saturday fined two private hospitals, two clinics and six diagnostic centres Tk 0.1 million on various charges. Magistrate ATM Mahbubul Karim conducted the drive with the help of...
Detective Branch (DB) police arrested two youths along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from near Jagorani Club near Dinajpur town Friday night, reports UNB.Sources said, the DB police challenged the two youths while they were moving suspiciously in...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 7 (UNB) : Armed pirates looted cash and other valuables from the passengers of a trawler on the Jamuna in Kazipur Upazila Saturday noon injuring seven.Police said, the gang coming by a boat, stormed into the trawler in...
KUSHTIA, Oct 7 (UNB) : An alleged dacoit was killed in mass beating at Mothurapur village in Daulatpur upazila Saturday night.Police said, a gang of 25/30 dacoits stormed into the house of Amjad Hossain of the village at dead of...
BNP reformist leader ZA Khan said Sunday that the call for unity in BNP should be welcomed by all.He said this while making his observation about party's Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain's reply about Mannan Bhuiyan's call for unity in...
Naval Chief Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam made a courtesy call on President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in the city Sunday, reports UNB.During his routine visit, the Naval Chief apprised the President, also the Supreme Commander of Armed...
The two Bangladeshis, arrested by the Maldives police in connection with a bomb explosion on September 30, were released Sunday as they had no links with the blast, foreign ministry officials said. "The Bangladeshi mission in Male informed me that...
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) called Saturday for a clearer public understanding of the "ownership and profit distribution" of organisations involved in microcredit programmes. "NGOs have turned poverty into a business," said CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan and General...
The judgement in a graft case against detained former telecommunications minister Mohammad Nasim and his wife, now absconding, will be delivered by a special court in the city today (Monday), reports UNB.On March 21, Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Akhter...
BHOLA, Oct 7 (UNB): Police recovered a light machinegun (LMG), nine rounds of bullets and a sharp weapon from an embankment at Bhabani area of Doulatkhan Upazila Friday.Police said tea stall owner Latif Baksi found the arms and ammunition wrapped...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (UNB): Former director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) and former assistant-secretary of city BNP Lutfar Rahman was produced before the District and Sessions Judge Court in an extortion case today (Sunday).Nurun Nabi of Shalgharia village in...
Bangladesh takes on strong Tajikistan in the Pre World Cup qualifying round home match today (Monday), reports UNB.The match gets underway at 3:00 pm. Private satellite channel ATN Bangla will telecast live the match from Bangabandhu National Stadium.The gates No....
Rawnak AbidEVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid...
Rawnak AbidEVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid...
EVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid to...
Lawrence SummersCENTRAL to every policy discussion response to a financial crisis or the prospect of a crisis is the concept of moral hazard. Unfortunately, there is great confusion in many quarters about the circumstances when moral hazard is, and is...
Ahmed Showkat MasudBUYERS pay a certain sum of money to the sellers for the goods they purchase. The money paid to the sellers is the value for goods. A firm's value activities encompass different functional departments. It can be divided...
Ripan Kumar BiswasOver 100 fishing trawlers, with some 1200 fishermen aboard, went missing in the Bay of Bengal due to high waves triggered by a sudden storm on September 20, 2007.On its part Bangladesh frequently faces such odds of nature...
For their effective functioning anywhere in the world, the police personnel require rapport with the ones whom they serve. Policemen are found working in social settings where they are not expected to try and do their professional work with a...
Hasan MahmudAT present, there are approximately 0.3 million of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) living in the UK and 0.2 million in the US. There are some other living in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other developed countries. They are quite well-off,...
Humayun KabirA government needs resources to take up various projects and programmes in the social and developmental sectors. The resources in large measures are supposed to be mobilised as taxes given by people and organisations. But as everyone concerned probably...
Paul BettsTHE recent meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, and Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, was described as "difficult". In retrospect, that seems to have been a gross understatement. Relations between Paris and Berlin have rarely been worse, in spite...
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