NEW YORK, Sept 6 (APP): Crediting President Pervez Musharraf with Pakistan's economic boom, a leading US financial newspaper yesterday said that despite current political difficulties, the emerging economic force of entrepreneurs are demonstrating confidence in the country's future. Since President...
BAGHDAD, Sept 6 (AFP): Improved security is boosting Iraq's war-ravaged economy which is heading for growth of more than six per cent this year, a senior US official said yesterday, supporting IMF projections. "The improvement on the security side is...
]SYDNEY, Sept 6 (AFP): Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at a near 33-year low of 4.3 per cent in August, official data released today showed. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data was unchanged from July and close to a...
SINGAPORE, Sept 6 (AFP): India has the largest number of profitable companies with revenues or market capitalisation above 5.0 billion US dollars in the Asia Pacific region, Forbes business magazine said today. The US business publication said 12 Indian companies,...
DALIAN, Sept 6 (PTI): Top CEOs of India Inc along with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and a couple of members of parliament will be leading the large Indian contingent at the World Economic Forum's (WEF) inaugural annual meeting of...
OTTAWA, Sept 6 (AFP): The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its key lending rate at 4.50 per cent yesterday, noting economic growth outside North America seemed "slightly stronger than anticipated," despite a US housing crunch. "Near-term economic prospects for the...
SINGAPORE, Sept 6 (AFP): Crude oil prices were higher in Asian trade today on expectations that OPEC will maintain its existing production quota at a meeting next week, dealers said. Prices were also kept firmer by the ongoing Atlantic hurricane...
NEW DELHI, Sep 6 (PTI): Indian immigrants in the United States are making a strong mark for themselves with an ever increasing number turning into inventors in the country, a recent study says. According to a report prepared by a...
MUMBAI, Sept 6 (AFP): Europe's lasrgest car maker Volkswagen yesterday announced the launch of its first locally assembled premium car, the Passat Sedan, in India. Volkswagen said India's fast-growing car market was an important area for expansion by the company....
TOKYO, Sept 6 (AFP): The dollar steadied in Asian trade today, recovering some of the previous day's losses against the yen on hopes that global share prices will rebound despite the US housing woes, dealers said. They said that a...
JAKARTA, Sept 6 (AFP): Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina and state nickel miner Antam are to sign joint projects with Russia's Lukoil Overseas and Rusal worth 5.5 billion dollars today, a minister said. Energy and mineral resources minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro...
The best one-day matches are decided in tight finishes and, when the life of a series hangs in that balance, it makes the tension that much more real, reports Cricinfo. Led by a magnificent 94 from Sachin Tendulkar and an...
Bangladesh completed their Pool B engagements with a humiliating 0-8 goals defeat against South Korea in the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Championship in Chennai, India Thursday, reports UNB.Bangladesh trailed by 0-5 goals in the first half.The day's defeat was...
The visiting GP-BCB Academy team takes on Northern Territory (NT) Strike in a one-day match of the Crocodile Cup at the Marrara Cricket Ground today (Friday), reports UNB.They will then conclude their Australia tour with a four-day match against the...
The month-long residential training camp for the Under-23 booters will begin in Cox's Bazar Saturday ahead of the two international football meets, reports UNB. Local coach Hasanuzzaman Bablu and assistant coach Syed Jilani will impart training to the booters in...
SYDNEY, Sept 6 (AFP): Australian paceman Brett Lee, who missed the one-day World Cup with an ankle injury, is ready to make up for lost time at the World Twenty20 championship in South Africa. "We aren't the most experienced team...
The month-long residential training camp for the ensuing second Indo-Bangla Games will begin on September 10 (Monday) starting with some selected participants from eight disciplines, reports UNB.The disciplines are football, kabaddi, volleyball, swimming, athletics, shooting, basketball and kho kho. Bangladesh...
Riding on a hattrick by Mohammad Shafiullah, Gulistan Sporting Club registered a 3-2 victory over Rainbow Sporting Club in a match of the Metropolis Third Division Football League at the Outer Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB.Shafiullah scored three...
BEIJING, Sept 6 (AFP): World number one Justine Henin will be the top seed in a strong women's line-up at the upcoming China Open, while fourth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko of Russia will lead the men's draw. Other top 10 players in...
The Sam Open Table Tennis (TT) Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, began at the NSC Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city Thursday with 12 matches decided on the day, reports UNB.In the women's singles, Tamanna (Lalbag), Rumi, Jayati...
A 14-day training programme for the national women's cricket team will begin tomorrow (Saturday) at the Ansar and VDP Academy at Shafipur, reports UNB.Women's wing of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has arranged the training programme.Eighteen selected women cricketers have...
LONDON, Sept 6 (AFP): Arsene Wenger has agreed a new contract with Arsenal that will keep him in charge of the English club until 2011, British media reported Thursday. Arsenal would not confirm or deny the reports that the Frenchman...
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman SiddiqueTHE historic " Paltan Maidan" had been and is being used historically as the platform by our political parties. This chunk of land had been in regular use as a Play Ground also. It's third use is...
Mario OsavaThe sugarcane workers in this small Brazilian town ate at least 200 of the little roasted wild birds. But they had not hunted them. They merely collected the roasted bodies of the birds that died in the controlled fire...
Nora Barrows-FriedmanIsraeli police and security forces invaded the small Bedouin village of Taweel abu Jabral in the Negev desert last week, backed by bulldozers and dump trucks. Residents and human rights organisations reported that several homes were demolished as Israeli...
Acting Awami League (AL) president Zillur Rahman Thursday demanded lifting of ban on indoor politics and also withdrawal of the state of emergency, reports UNB."Because no circumstances exist in the country now to continue the state of emergency," he said...
GAZIPUR, Sept 6 (UNB): Nobody is above law. Accused will undergo trial in accordance with the investigation report and they should accept the verdict of the court.This was stated by eminent jurist Kamal Hossain here Thursday in an oblique reference...
SYLHET, Sept 6 (UNB): Preparation of voter identity (ID) cards with photographs is a historic step and people of all strata would have to cooperate in implementing such a work to establish a democratic state and a government system.Election Commissioner...
The United Kingdom (UK) has reiterated its continued support to the caretaker government (CG) of Bangladesh, reports UNB.The assurance came when Adviser for Foreign Affais Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had a meeting with Lord Marc Malloch-Brown, the UK Minister for Asia,...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 6 (UNB): A court here today (Thursday) framed charge against 42 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir including former MP Shahjahan Chowdhury for killing UP chairman Nurul Kabir in 1998.Additional District and Sessions...
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