NARATHIWAT, Thailand, June 24 (AFP): Two soldiers were killed and their bodies burnt beyond recognition Sunday in an attack by separatist insurgents in Thailand's strife-torn Muslim south, local police said. The men were patrolling by motorcycle in Narathiwat province when...
COLOMBO, June 24 (AFP): Elite Sri Lankan troops killed at least 13 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the country, the defence ministry said Sunday. Members of the special forces attacked the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...
LOS ANGELES, June 24 (AFP): Around 2,500 protestors demonstrated in California Saturday as Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet wound up a landmark trip to the United States, police and officials said. Demonstrators chanting "No communists, no communists, no communists" and...
Japan is willing to provide Bangladesh grant assistance for establishing a model nursing school and college in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Japanese Ambassador Masayuki Inoue conveyed this offer of his country during a meeting with Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur...
DU CorrespondentThe Dhaka University will announce a budget of Tk 2.42 billion tomorrow (Tuesday) for the fiscal 2007-08 with a deficit of Tk 20 million.DU Treasurer Syed Abul Kalam Azad will place the budget at the first day of the...
Eighteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Keraniganj, five people, including four women were killed and 12 others injured in a tragic road...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 24: Sufferings of city dwellers due to prolonged power and water shortage, have surpassed all previous magnitude. Moreover, all the dirt and garbage left over by inundation caused by the recent heavy downpour and stockpiled on the...
SHERPUR, June 24 (UNB): Joint forces seized a truck loaden with 3000 sacks of paddy seeds while they were being smuggled out to India from Tarakandi Bazar in Sadar Upazila Sunday.Acting on secret information the joint forces went to the...
JOYPURHAT, June 24 (BSS): A 16-year-old girl escaped from the curse of early marriage at Uchna village in Panchbibi Upazila of the district Wednesday with the interference of upazila administration. Day-labourer Nasir Islam arranged marriage of his daughter Nahida Banu,...
MEHERPUR, June 24(BSS): Deputy commissioner (DC) of Meherpur district Mohammad Atahar Ali released two tonnes of fries of different species into Maba river in Gangni Upazila of the district Thursday.The fries were released into the river with an aim to...
BARGUNA, June 24 (BSS): Local people handed over two fake land officials to police after catching them from Awliapur village of the district Wednesday.The arrested are Saiful Islam of Bauful Upazila and Khalilur Rahman of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila.The police also...
FE ReportAnsar-VDP Unnayan Bank General Manager Md Nurul Alam Talukder obtained PhD degree in Economics from Atlantic National University, California in USA, recently.Meritorious and experienced senior banker Talukder completed his Master's degree in Economics (with Honours) from Dhaka University and...
KERANIGANJ, June 24 (UNB): The police unearthed a counterfeit factory and seized 20 cartons of glucose, Tang and Rosona worth Tk 1.0 million in Rasulpur area here Sunday.They also seized 20 machines used for making fake food items.Acting on secret...
Shakhawat Hossain The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is facing the risk of incurring loss of more than Tk 10 billion (1,000 crore) in the current month following the government policy of introducing transparency in fiscal measures, official sources said.The...
Collapsed houses and severed electrical cables killed at least 228 people after heavy rains and thunderstorms lashed Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, an official said Sunday, report agencies.The casualty figures from Saturday's storms rose after 185 more bodies were...
Admitting informal parley politics in different places, including restaurants and drawing-rooms, Law Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein said generally politics is going on at house levels which the government does not restrict as it moves towards reform of politics."But restriction is...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country's lone coal-fired power plant at northern Barapukuria is now generating one-third of its installed capacity when the power shortage hits 2000 megawatt (MW) a day.The power plant having production capacity 250 MW has been generating only...
Law-enforcement agencies will move more cautiously than before to make an arrest under the state of emergency, a senior official said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com."From now on, an accused person won't be arrested as soon as a case is filed against...
Shahiduzzaman Khan THE caretaker government is set to complete the process of turning Bangladesh Biman into a public limited company (PLC) by June 30 and appoint an operator for managing the airline. Biman Bangladesh Airline will be renamed Bangladesh Airlines...
Selig Harrison This should start with the complete cessation of CIA and Pentagon covert operations designed to promote "regime change". "The United States is like a fox caught in a trap" in Iraq, said Amir Mahebian, editor of the conservative...
Ahmed Showkat MosudGLOBAL economy in the year 2006 has grown at the rate 5.4%. This has reflected an impressive increase of gross output of the world. Increase of gross output means that there has been an increase of the demand...
SUCCESSIVE governments in Bangladesh claimed that they followed a path of using education as the means to attaining economic progress. But the claims have proved to be not tenable in the backdrop of the prevailing education systems in the country...
Only decades ago, Dhaka was a naturally protected city from flooding, waterlogging and related problems. This was because the city at that time had a far smaller population and, more significantly, unplanned urbanisation and unconscionable activities had not taken their...
SINCE the sudden start of heavy downpour we have seen that the met office has been giving different types of predictions about weather. They said there is no possibility of floods. But already many parts of the country are experiencing...
Qazi Azad A GOOD society is one where the middle class outnumbers everyone else. Like Aristotle, foreign investors also believe so, although for a different reason. Usually, they choose to investment more in a country where the middle class is...
Syed Jamaluddin At the time of every budget, proposals are floated for addressing the problems of the jute sector. Many arguments are advanced in justifying assistance to the sector. The main thrust is on providing it financial support. It is...
Khan Ferdousour Rahman BANGLADESH and Australia agreed on June 13, 2007 to further expand bilateral co-operation in promising areas as Canberra decided to increase its annual aid for Dhaka. The broad-based agreement came during official talks between Foreign Affairs Adviser...
BUENOS AIRES, June 23 (Xinhua): The Argentine government said yesterday that the "intransigence" of the United States and the European Union led to the failure of the recent Group of Four (G4) trade negotiations. The United States and the EU...
NEW DELHI, June 23 (PTI): Inflation fell to a one year-low of 4.28 per cent for the week ended June 9 on cheaper food and some manufactured goods as well as a higher base, easing pressure on Reserve Bank of...
BEIJING, June 23 (PTI): China's information technology (IT) services outsourcing industry is poised to boom and enjoys distinct advantages over that of India due to huge domestic market and its close interaction with local clients in service and manufacturing industry,...
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