WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (AP): Army snipers hunting insurgents in Iraq were under orders to "bait" their targets with suspicious materials, such as detonation cords, and then kill whoever picked up the items, according to the defence attorney for a soldier...
NEW YORK, Sept 25 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad skirted a question about the treatment of homosexuals in Iran Monday, saying in a speech at a top US university that there were no gays in Iran. "In Iran we don't...
COLOMBO, Sept 25 (AFP): Sixteen people were killed and 39 others injured as security forces clashed with Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka's embattled north and east, the two sides reported Tuesday. Four soldiers died in the northern district of...
Toll in Baquba mosque blast rises to 28 BAQUBA, Sept 25 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 34 wounded in a devastating attack by a suicide bomber inside a mosque near Iraq's restive city of Baquba, police and...
The upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS. This was decided Tuesday at an inter-ministerial meeting held in the conference room of the Ministry of Religious...
The High Court has rejected a government appeal to cancel the stay order on the export of 187 antique artefacts for exhibition in Paris, reports bdnews24.com. The High Court bench comprising of Justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and Md Farid Ahmed...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 25 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop underlined the need for taking concerted effort to protect the youths from infecting HIV/AIDS and ensuring safe motherhood.They also laid stress on the need of creating mass awareness among the target group...
Five persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies. In Comilla, a housewife and her baby girl were killed allegedly by her husband following a...
NATORE, Sept 25 (BSS): Seeds and seedlings of different vegetables were distributed among the farmers of Baraigram Upazila of the district under the government's post-flood agriculture rehabilitation programme.The seed distribution programme was organised at Baraigram Upazila parishad auditorium Monday. Deputy...
With all the rivers, including the Brahmaputra-Jamuna, Ganges-Padma, continued to fall, the country is expected to be free from floods by this week, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said in its latest observation report Tuesday, reports BSS.Most of the...
JAMALPUR, Sept 25 (BSS): With a view to creating awareness about birth registration, Shishu Academy organised a function at its auditorium Monday to mark the "Meena Dibas-2007".Additional Deputy Commi-ssioner (Rev) Amar Chan Banik was present at the function as the...
RANGAMATI, Sept 25 (UNB): The body of a member of Chakma royal family was found floating in the Kaptai Lake here Sunday night, three days after his missing.The deceased was identified as Pavel Kheesa, brother in-law (sister's husband) of Chakma...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 25 (BSS): Al-Haj Nazimuddin Mahmud, a former chairman of Narayanganj Pourasabha and an organiser of the War of Liberation, died of illness at Ayesha Memorial Hospital in Dhaka in the small hours today at the age of 60.He...
NEW YORK, Sept 25 (UNB): Bangladesh and Afghanistan have decided to set up a bilateral mechanism between the two foreign ministers to follow up bilateral cooperation with a view to expanding and deepening it.The decision came when Chief Adviser Fakhruddin...
Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) at a joint meeting in the city Tuesday decided to urge the Election Commission (EC) not to register any religion-based political party, including Jamaat, that opposed the 1971 War of Liberation, reports UNB.They...
RANGPUR, Sept 25 (BSS): The Pilot Project for preparation of fresh voters' list with photographs and national identity (ID) cards was formally launched in 11 Union Parishad (Ups) under Sadar Upazila here Monday, district election officials said.Trained technical teams of...
A religious school administrator in Chittagong sued Tuesday Shaptahik 2000 acting editor Golam Mortuza, publisher Mahfuz Anam and writer Daud Haider, reports bdnews24.com. The administrative officer of Al Jamia Al Islamia (Islamic University), Mohammad Reza, filed the case with the...
Chittagong Division drubbed Jhenidah DSA by 14-0 goals in the Araf Apparels 21st National Youth Hockey Competition at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.The winners led the first half 7-0. Mohammad Azimuddin and Nizamuddin...
Captain Mahendra Dhoni said India's World Twenty20 triumph had made amends for their 50-over World Cup nightmare, reports BBC. The Indians went out at the first stage in the Caribbean but edged out Pakistan in Johannesburg to be crowned the...
Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson defended batsman Misbah-ul-Haq after they lost the World Twenty20 final to India, reports BBC. With Pakistan needing six from four balls to win the game, an unorthodox shot saw Misbah caught at fine leg as he...
LONDON, Sept 25 (AFP): England coach Steve McClaren was Tuesday facing up to the likelihood that he will have to do without Michael Owen for next month's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia. McClaren, who is already resigned...
Notre Dame College emerged champions in the 1st College Rugby Competition, beating Imperial College by 18-3 points in the super league final match at the Outer Stadium ground in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.Chief operating officer of Bangladesh Olympic Association...
The matches of the Premier Division Relegation Cricket League 2006-2007 begin on October 4 at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in the city, reports UNB.As per the fixture, Brothers Union will take on Indira Road Krira Chakra on October...
The Under-23 national booters, practising in Cox's Bazar for the upcoming international meets, earned a solitary-goal win over a local team in practice match Tuesday, reports UNB.
BANGKOK, Sept 25 (AFP): Top seed Novak Djokovic withdrew from the Thailand Open with a back injury, handing the tournament its second blow after the withdrawal of world number two Rafael Nadal. Djokovic, the world number three, failed to arrive...
Giles Clarke has been named the new chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board after beating Mike Soper in a second ballot by 12 votes to six, reports BBC. The Somerset chairman succeeds David Morgan, who is taking over...
Siddique Islam The central bank has instructed banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to be more careful while opening and maintaining the accounts of the 'politically exposed persons' (PEPs), official sources said. 'PEP' refers to 'individuals who are or have...
Five former ministers, who were also the members of the cabinet committee on purchase, were quizzed Tuesday in the GATCO graft case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and 12 others, reports bdnews24.com. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned the five...
Shamsul Huq Zahid That the interim government in the backdrop of a sort of stagflation in the economy was making amendments to its original ways of dealing with the businesses became evident when it convened a high-profile Dialogue on September...
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge's court ordered Tuesday for issuing warrant of arrest for former commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Bashundhara Group chairman Shah Alam and 22 others for failure to appear in a corruption case, reports UNB.Former minister Mirza...
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