PATUAKHALI, Aug 30 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in three separate drives, seized 76 maunds of hilsha fry "Jatka" from separate places in the town and arrested three people Tuesday.RAB sources said they seized 50 maunds of...
Communications Adviser MA Matin Wednesday left here for New Delhi to attend the first meeting of the SAARC Communications Ministers, reports UNB.The three-day meeting began Wednesday in the Indian capital. Communications secretary Mahbubur Rahman also accompanied him to attend the...
BAGERHAT, Aug 30 (UNB): Three trawlers loaded with timber and current net were seized in the Pashur River under Mongla Upazila early Wednesday.Navy sources said they challenged the three trawlers and recovered 10,000 metres of current net and various types...
COMILLA, Aug 30 (UNB): Abdul Mazid (65), a sexagenarian man, was beaten to death at Baro Alampur village under Debidwar Upazila Wednesday.Witnesses said Abdul Mazid and Khorshed Alam had an altercation over cutting a branch of a mango tree at...
Maple Leaf International School distributed relief goods among the 1,500 flood-affected families at Babu Bazar under Keraniganj thana and Gorpara under Manikganj thana Monday, said a press release.Senior teacher of Maple Leaf International School Shaheen Khan distributed relief goods among...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 30 (UNB): Nur Uddin alias Nuru Munsi (76), a prisoner and alleged protector of JMB militants, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital Wednesday.Jail sources said Nur Uddin fell sick and became unconscious with chest pain in the district...
FE ReportThe sixth death anniversary of former member of parliament (MP) and ex-chairman of Land Ministry Standing Committee of the seventh Jatiya Sangsad Majibor Rahman Talukder was observed Thursday.Talukder died of heart attack at an electioneering meeting at his constituency...
Valiant freedom fighter Mohammad Abdus Sattar died Monday (August 27) at his own residence at East Shewrapara of Mirpur in the city. He was 60.He left behind his wife, one son, a daughter and other relatives to mourn his death,...
President Pervez Musharraf is trying to reconcile with all political forces ahead of elections as stability is key to economic progress in Pakistan. Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan told journalists Thursday when asked to comment on Musharraf's understanding with...
BNP Vice President MK Anwar Thursday said the party forum would decide whether to join the dialogue on electoral reforms with the Election Commission (EC), reports bdnews24.com."But no party meetings are now possible due to the prevalent ban on political...
The government is pondering about forming campus police for maintaining internal security of the country's higher education institutions, as the recent violence at Dhaka University (DU) and backlash on other campuses worried the authorities, reports UNB.The plan was discussed at...
Bangladesh expressed deep concern at the continued killing, arrest and detention of defenseless Palestinian civilians by the Israeli forces, reports UNB. Dhaka reaffirmed its full support for the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to a sovereign and...
The United Kingdom (UK) has contributed US$ 20 million (Tk 140 crore) towards Bangladesh's 'Preparation of Electoral Roll with Photographs (PERP)' project to support the government of Bangladesh's effort to hold a credible, safe and fair election, reports UNB. UK's...
A Dhaka court Thursday placed two Dhaka University professors Anwar Hossain and Harun-or-Rashid on another spell of four-day remand in a separate case. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for Dhaka issued the remand order, when the DU teachers were taken...
Detained former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's eyes glinted Wednesday when she saw her relatives, only to tear when she saw the picture of her 1 ½-month old grand son. She cried holding the photo of the newborn son of her...
THE fast-changing developments in today's globalised economy that are largely technology-driven heighten the need for expanding the base of technical education in the country. This base has to be strengthened not only in number of related educational institutions but also...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe newspapers are about everyday carrying reports with screaming headlines on the soaring prices of essentials. What worries or even strikes fear in the heart of the lowest income group is the price of the staples, especially rice...
Cheryl PellerinAS the human toll from avian influenza rises to 321 cases, with 194 deaths worldwide, leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico have released a plan that outlines how the three countries will work together if the highly...
Alec Russell WHEN dictators finally lose their aura of power, their ejection from their presidential palace can be wonderfully swift. How many times in the past decade or so has the world agonised over how a people can be liberated...
THE caretaker government has reiterated that all arrangements will be completed for holding the general election by the end of 2008. An electoral road-map was earlier announced by the reconstituted Election Commission (EC). That road-map clearly spells out the measures...
Successive governments in Bangladesh have tended to set up special commissions and committees to indicate that special issues and needs from the perspective of the public or national interest would be explored by these bodies and the recommendations made by...
Regrettably, the issue of having a strong and self reliant local government to promote uniform development throughout the country, continues to be rather callously addressed . There are interest groups who have a stake in keeping the uncertainties alive about...
Tom Engelhardt Someday, we will undoubtedly discover that, in the term "surge" -- as in the President's "surge" plan (or "new way forward") announced to the nation in January -- was the urge to avoid the language (and experience) of...
Natalia Antelava The presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan have inaugurated a new bridge linking the two countries across the River Panj. The $37m (£18.4m) project is the United States' gift to the region, and Washington hopes that it will restore...
HANOI, Aug 28 (Agencies): Countries in the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) should upgrade infrastructure, preserve cultural value, improve business environment, and develop manpower to foster the EWEC's development, said a Vietnamese deputy prime minister. The countries in the 1,450-km corridor,...
DAMASCUS, Aug 28 (CEIS): Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah al-Dardari, said yesterday that his country welcomed more Chinese companies specialised in the telecommunication sector for investment and cooperation. Dardari made the remarks in a speech at the...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 28 (Xinhua): The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is negotiating economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU), local Business Day reported here yesterday. The report said the EPAs are crucial for future trade with the EU...
BEIJING, Aug 28 (AFP): A Chinese-Singaporean private equity fund that would provide easy financing for hi-tech companies is close to winning approval from China's top economic planner, state media reported today. The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) China Council, chaired...
YANGON, Aug 28 (Xinhua): Tourist arrivals in Myanmar through Yangon entry checkpoint alone hit over 47,000 in the first four months (April-July) of the fiscal year 2007-08, up 20 per cent from 2006-07 correspondingly, the local Weekly Eleven News reported...
KATHMANDU, Aug 28 (Xinhua): As many as 18,169 Nepali workers have left the country in the first month of the new fiscal year starting from mid-July, The Himalayan Times reported today. According to the daily, due to lack of enough...
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