KATHMANDU, Sept 9 (AFP): Centuries ago, an angry Hindu god prophesied that the dynasty established by the founder of modern Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah, would last fewer than a dozen generations, according to legend. Eleven generations later, King Gyanendra looks...
DETROIT, (Michigan), Sept 9 (AFP): As Ramadan approaches, many US Muslims are worried about how they will manage to fulfill their charitable obligations without raising the ire or attention of federal authorities. The start of Ramadan sometime next week coincides...
FARO, (Portugal), Sept 9 (agencies): A British couple named as suspects in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter left Portugal on Sunday, days after being grilled by Portuguese police about new forensic evidence authorities believe ties them to the case...
MANILA, Sept 9 (XINHUA): There are over 150,000 abandoned Filipino-Japanese children the Philippines, as the fathers of these children refuse to recognise them, reported local Japanese newspaper The Daily Manila Shimbun Sunday. The daily quoted Kenshi Nishida, legal counsel for...
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (XINHUA): The surgery US First Lady Laura Bush underwent to treat pinched nerves on her neck was successfully, the White House said Saturday. Mrs. Bush returned home in the afternoon after a two-hour procedure in the George...
Al-Qaeda claims Algeria attacks: report DUBAI, Sept 9: The north African branch of Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks in Algeria which killed over 50 people, Al-Jazeera television reported Sunday citing an Internet statement from the group. Al-Jazeera...
Dhaka, Sep 10 (UNB)-Despite lifting ban on indoor politics, new BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain and his colleagues were shut out from their party central office today (Monday). BNP Assistant Office Secretary Rizvee Ahmed went to the Police Commissioner’s...
More areas in northern parts of the country went underwater after heavy late monsoon rains fed rivers to deluge lowlands Sunday, sparking fears of a more prolonged and devastating flooding. The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said 14 rivers...
The caretaker government amended the emergency powers rules Monday, introducing bail provisions for family members of persons charged with corruption, an adviser said. The amended rules will come out in a gazetted notice, law and information adviser Mainul Hosein told...
Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in a televised address to the nation Sunday announced an end to a long-running ban on indoor politics from Monday. He said no more cases would be filed and nobody would be harassed in connection with...
Ruth Rosen Disgraceful, shameful, illegal, and yes, dangerous. These are words that come to mind every time the Bush administration makes yet another attempt to consolidate executive power, while wrapping itself in secrecy and deception. And its officials never stop....
Ruth Rosen Disgraceful, shameful, illegal, and yes, dangerous. These are words that come to mind every time the Bush administration makes yet another attempt to consolidate executive power, while wrapping itself in secrecy and deception. And its officials never stop....
THE local dairy industry can provide multiple benefits. Development of the dairy sector on proper lines can lead to large saving of resources which presently get drained away from the country from the need to import powered milk. The figures...
Shamsul Huq ZahidLATE last week the Chief Adviser of the caretaker administration and the Chief of Army Staff while addressing a function held in the capital tried to ally fear of the businesses about the ongoing anti-corruption and other administrative...
Richard McGregorA few weeks before the five-yearly Communist party congress, Beijing is awash with speculation on the new leadership group that will emerge from the meeting in mid-October to take charge of the country until 2012.The nine-member leadership inner circle...
Matthew Green and Dino MahtaniNIGERIA has announced plans to transform its near-bankrupt state-owned oil company into a global player.The aim is to break a legacy of corruption and mismanagement and thrust the business into the ranks of increasingly influential national...
NO university of this country has any place among the top 500 universities of the world, according to this year's academic ranking of world universities. Shame to the tall talkers of the Dhaka University, who boastfully claim that theirs is...
THE sales of apartments have markedly dropped in recent months, throwing the real estate sector in a real crisis. One major reason for the drop in sales thereof can be ascribed to the changed fiscal and other related factors, making...
IT is a welcome development that the concerned authorities have taken steps to re-open the educational institutions -- colleges and universities -- in major cities of the country. The re-opening will facilitate the pursuit of normal academic life in higher...
Ruth Rosen Disgraceful, shameful, illegal, and yes, dangerous. These are words that come to mind every time the Bush administration makes yet another attempt to consolidate executive power, while wrapping itself in secrecy and deception. And its officials never stop....
Maya JaggiWHEN Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, launched the city's three-month India Now festival by sailing a replica Taj Mahal down the Thames in July, his aim was not simply to look back on 60 years since independence but to...
Simeon Kerr from DubaiTHE head of a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund recently admitted to the ambivalence that oil-rich Gulf Arabs feel when considering China: "I know we have to invest, but is anyone really making money there?"The Middle East...
Joe Leahy from Hong KongSRI Lanka is expected to put on hold its first foreign sovereign debt offering following the turbulence in global credit markets.The $500m offering, which Colombo was expected to launch at the end of the summer, has...
SAVAR, Sept 9 (UNB): Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed has asked the young government officials to always remember they are servants of the Republic and functionaries of a democracy where people are passionate about their rights.The CA said this while...
Russia is willing to extend cooperation to Bangladesh in setting up a nuclear power plant for production of nuclear energy to meet an insatiable demand for power.Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this while talking to the press...
The police will act on "lawful order" under a new law in the making to replace the outmoded one, as massive changes are now taking place in the country, reports UNB."When the Police Act was introduced in 1861, the rule...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 09: The District Task Force Committee (DTFC) met Sunday at Chittagong Circuit House to discuss measures to keep the price of different essential items tolerable in the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.Deputy Commissioner Ashraf Shamim presided over...
The caretaker government is going to procure 0.10 million (1 lakh) metric tonnes of imported wheat from local suppliers to replenish the food stock, reports UNB.The Advisers Committee on Public Purchase Sunday approved a proposal of the Food Ministry for...
Despite receiving the inquiry report on his wealth statement about 45 days back, the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) is yet to file any case against detained BNP senior joint secretary general Tarique Rahman as it is conducting further inquiry into his...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed announced Sunday lifting of ban on indoor politics today (Monday) to facilitate political parties' dialogue with the Election Commission ahead of the next polls, reports UNB.The prohibition on political activities was imposed on March 8 last...
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