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 Dhaka city, a young woman was found dead at Tejgaon Adarsha Mahila College, Friday.The deceased...
BAGERHAT, Aug 17 (BSS): A fisherman was killed by a tiger in the Sundarbans in the district Tuesday.The fisherman was identified as Shahidul Islam of Chileta Bunia village under Sharankhula Upazila in the district.The mangled body of the ill-fated fisherman...
DU CorrespondentA five-day training workshop on 'cultural and education news reporting' will begin at the city's British Council (BC) auditorium August 19.BC has designed the course for the young journalists of electronic media to make them efficient to explore the...
DU CorrespondentA resource centre with a study corner has been set up at the central library of Dhaka University Thursday for the visually impaired (VI) students of the university.Such students of different departments and institutes of the university will be...
AHM Zehadul Karim of Anthropology Department of Rajshahi University joined the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh as its member Wednesday, reports BSS.Karim obtained MA and PhD in Anthropology from Syracuse University, USA in 1983 and 1987 respectively.Karim has five...
Bangladesh will face Syria in their opening group match of the Nehru Cup Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi today (Saturday), reports UNB.The match will kick off at 7:30 pm (BST). Indian satellite channel ZEE Sports will...
CINCINNATI, Aug 17 (AFP): Roger Federer struggled but survived Thursday, beating Marcos Baghdatis for a fifth time to reach the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters. The world number one was pleased to get his teeth into the US Open warm-...
BEIJING, Aug 17 (AFP): Beijing banned more than 1.0 million cars from its roads Friday in a test run to improve air quality for the Olympics, easing notorious gridlock although a thick smog still hung over the city. More than...
GLASGOW, Aug 17 (AFP): Gautam Gambhir steered India to a seven-wicket win in their first one-day international against Scotland here Thursday with an unbeaten 85. Chasing a revised target of 209 in 46 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis method, India finished...
Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Rifles and Bangladesh Air Force won their respective matches in the Services Kabaddi League at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at Mirpur in the city Friday, reports UNB.Bangladesh Air Force outplayed Prisons Directorate by 56-14 points with...
MADRID, Aug 17 (AFP): Real Madrid ended their three-game pre- season losing streak with a 3-1 win over Cadiz in a Carranza Cup semi-final Thursday. Real Madrid's Roberto Soldado opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 12th minute...
Saiful KaiserBishan Bedi says he does not blame Muralitharan for being a "shotputter". So who does he blame? The International Cricket Council, of course. "It's not poor Murali's fault," the old fool says. He says it is the ICC who...
FE Report Lack of quality employment, coupled with stagnancy in real income growth, has rendered half the country's populace marginalised, leaving open the question about how meaningful is the development, economists told a seminar Thursday.They said poverty reduction, mostly attained...
Expressing concern over the rise of global terrorism, Quarter Master General of Bangladesh Army Lt General Jahangir Alam Choudhury Thursday said the trend of emergence of terrorism and militancy is least in Bangladesh compared to other countries, reports UNB.Concluding a...
FE ReportThe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has sought information from the Securities and Exchange Commission about the investments made by detained former minister Nazmul Huda, ward commissioner Mirza Ekramul Hossain alias Mirza Khokon and their family members in the country's two...
FE ReportThe US dollar dropped against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Thursday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with steady demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The exchange rate of the dollar against the BDT moved between the range of Tk...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday gave an assurance to the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) for establishing a separate company on Central Depository System (CDS).The assurance came from the SEC Chairman Faruk Ahmed Siddiqi in a meeting with...
BISHKEK, Aug 16 (AFP): The leaders of China, Russia and four Central Asian states met Thursday in Kyrgyzstan to build on growing military and political ties seen as countering US influence in the strategic region. Chinese President Hu Jintao and...
BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (AFP): Rescuers searching for the victims of four truck bombings in Iraq were facing hurdles Thursday as officials feared the death toll from the bloodiest attack since the war was set to climb. Tuesday's suicide attacks targeting...
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters): The United States is quietly pushing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to share power with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, The New York Times reported in Thursday editions, citing US and Pakistani officials. Musharraf, who is preparing...
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Reuters): Opponents of a historic nuclear energy deal between India and the United States disrupted the Indian parliament Thursday, saying the government had misled the chambers on the details of the agreement. Unruly MPs shouted slogans...
TEHRAN, Aug 16 (Reuters): Iran's Revolutionary Guards will grow in strength despite US efforts to isolate the force, a Guards official said in remarks published Thursday after Washington's threat to brand it a "terrorist" group. US officials said Wednesday the...
SEOUL, Aug 16 (AFP): Almost 300 people are dead or missing in floods in North Korea, an aid agency said Thursday, as the communist state painted a grim picture of inundated crops and homes, flooded mines and washed-out roads. The...
GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug 16 (AP): The Taliban will hold a new round of face-to-face talks Thursday with South Korean officials over 19 church volunteers still held hostage, a spokesman for the militant group said. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to...
BISSAU, Aug 16 (AFP): A bronze statue of Ulysses Grant has gone missing in the west African nation of Guinea Bissau with police on the lookout for the likeness of 18th US president and Civil War hero. "I don't know...
BANGKOK, Aug 16 (AFP): Thai authorities Thursday placed ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife on an immigration blacklist, ordering their immediate arrest if they try to enter the country, police said. The order came two days after the Supreme...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Aug 16 (AFP): At least two soldiers were killed and four injured Thursday when a bomb hit a Pakistani army convoy in a troubled tribal district near the Afghan border, the military said. The explosion occured at Spinwam,...
NUKU'ALOFA, Aug 16 (AFP): A contingent of troops from the tiny Pacific kingdom of Tonga will leave Saturday for a six-month deployment in Iraq. Captain Toni Fonokalafi, who will lead the 55 soldiers, said Wednesday that the Tongan troops will...
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Xinhua): The US army's suicide rate is at the highest level in 26 years, a latest military report has found. The report, obtained by US media Wednesday, said 99 active-duty army soldiers killed themselves in 2006, the...
FE ReportThe surveyors and officers-in-charge of the land survey and settlement under the Management and Settlement Division of the Land Ministry have demanded that the government step back from the move to allow appointment of Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree...
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