NAHR AL-BARED, (Lebanon), July 13 (AFP): Lebanese army artillery Friday pounded a camp in which Islamist fighters are holed up, in renewed heavy clashes almost eight weeks into a bloody showdown in northern Lebanon. Fatah al-Islam militants fired seven Katyusha-type...
BAGHDAD, July 13 (AFP): An Iraqi journalist working with The New York Times in Baghdad was shot dead Friday, the newspaper's Baghdad bureau chief said in a statement. Khalid W. Hassan, 23, was shot dead while on his way to...
UNITED NATIONS, July 13 (AFP): The United Nations said Thursday it has imposed a moratorium on the use of rubber bullets by its peacekeepers around the world pending a review following two deaths linked to these ammunitions in Kosovo in...
NEW DELHI, July 13 (AFP): India plans a national mandatory registry of pregnancies and abortions to stem selective abortions of girl fetuses, a minister said, according to a report Friday. India has only 927 females for every 1,000 males --...
KHARTOUM, July 13 (Xinhua): The Sudanese government urged on Thursday the rebel factions in Darfur, which amount to about two dozens, to unify their positions to pave the way for the resumption of the peace negotiations. The demand was made...
Former intelligence chief calls for tougher British border controls LONDON, July 13: Britain should implement tougher border controls in the wake of failed car bombings allegedly carried out by immigrants to the country, a former head of the domestic intelligence...
It was a beating if ever there was one. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara combined for a 311-run third-wicket partnership to see Sri Lanka out of early trouble on day three at Kandy and finish off on a position from...
BANGKOK, Jul 13 (AFP): Australia were booed off the field with their Asian Cup hopes in tatters after a disastrous 3-1 defeat to Iraq Friday.The Socceroos fell behind after a 22nd-minute goalkeeping clanger by Mark Schwarzer, only to equalise through...
Bangladesh Under-19 team, now touring Sri Lanka, needed another 34 runs to avoid innings defeat against Sri Lanka Under-19 team on the third and last day of the 2nd three-day match today (Saturday) at the Police Ground in Colombo, reports...
TOYOTA (Japan), Jul 13 (AFP): Erika Takao will make her debut in the Fed Cup tennis tournament when Japan, without ace Ai Sugiyama, take on Germany in a play-off tie for the World Group.Former world doubles number one Sugiyama, who...
Bangladesh women's cricket team reached semifinal of the ACC Women's Cricket Tournament with one more match in hand as they crushed Singapore by 10 wickets to post their 2nd consecutive victory at the Johor Cricket Academy in Malaysia Friday, reports...
LAHORE, Jul 13 (AFP): Pakistan pace man Shoaib Akhtar Friday urged cricket's governing body to reconsider a new bowling rule which allows a free hit in case of a no-ball, saying it is harsh on bowlers.The International Cricket Council (ICC)...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (AFP): Asian Tour number one Jeev Milkha Singh makes his debut in the British Open next week where he hopes the Carnoustie course in Scotland will bare its fangs once more.The Indian star, who claimed four...
Tangail DSA crushed Khulna DSA by 66-25 points with five creditable lonas in an opening day match of the Spectra Group First Inter-District Women Kabaddi Competition in the city Friday, reports UNB.In the day's other matches, Rajshahi DSA overpowered Faridpur...
CAIRO, Jul 13 (Xinhua): The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has issued a life suspension of football activity to Gambian referee Pa Abdou Sarr for taking bribe, the pan-African football body said Thursday.The CAF disciplinary board, at a meeting held...
MADRID, Jul 13 (AFP): Spanish giants Real Madrid Thursday unveiled their new Brazilian defender Kleper Laveran Lima Ferreira, otherwise known as "Pepe".The arrival of 23-year-old Pepe, who cost the Spanish champions 30 million euros, has raised a few eyebrows in...
Chittagong, Jul 13 ((UNB): Rahmatganj MFS Friday registered a 2-1 win over Chittagong Abahani in the day's lone second phase match of the B League at the MA Aziz Stadium here.With this win, bottom-ranked Rahmatganj MFS improved their position securing...
Janakantha and Channel-i qualified for the final of the Pepsi-DRU Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament after overpowering their respective opponents in the semis at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.The final match will be held from...
Gideon RachmanHow very shocking! Brendan Nelson, Australia's defence minister, has caused sharp intakes of breath by saying something that is obviously true. He remarked last week that the Middle East was "an important supplier of energy, oil in particular" and...
Lucy Kellaway Business telly, so the newspapers tell us, is "the new rock and roll". This isn't saying much as in the last week alone opera, literary festivals, fatherhood, private equity and farming have all been held up in the...
Tony JacksonThere is a rather dispiriting resemblance between the latest credit crunch and the bursting of the dotcom bubble. Ahead of each, there were plain warnings not just of what would happen but how and why. All that was missing...
Neil Buckley in Moscow and Demetri Sevastopulo in WashingtonRussia could site cruise missiles in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, if the US goes ahead with plans for a missile defence shield in central Europe, Russia's first deputy...
Lina Saigol in LondonUBS has initiated an aggressive drive in the US to revive its investment banking operation, in an effort to halt its slide down the advisory league tables for mergers and acquisitions.Rick Leaman and Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, joint global...
Guy Dinmore in Washington Tony Blair engaged last Tuesday in his first diplomatic encounter as the international community's Middle East envoy, seeking a broader peacemaking role than first envisaged by the US state department.Diplomats said they understood that the former...
I am pleased of this opportunity to address for the third time the people of Bangladesh on the occasion of the National Day of France. France has gone through a long electoral process from the 22nd of April to the...
Florence RaynalIN France you speak French! An obvious fact certainly, but one which might be thought to imply that, in order to get the most out of their course, applicants for studies in France have to have previous knowledge of...
Chittagong University will file a complaint with the Anti-corruption Commission against Faisal Mahmud Faizee, the controversial High Court judge who resigned facing charges of forging his law degree certificate, the vice-chancellor said Friday. Professor M Badiul Alam told bdnews24.com that...
NCC Bank Ltd organised a day-long workshop on 'MoneyGram and Anti Money Laundering Compliance' for its executives and officers at its training institute in the city recently, said a press release. Deputy Managing Director of the bank SM Shamsul Alam...
TOKYO, July 12 (AFP): The yen barely moved in Asian trade today as the market took in its stride a widely expected decision by the Bank of Japan to leave its benchmark interest rate on hold at 0.5 per cent,...
BEIJING, July 12 (AFP): China has banned toothpaste companies from using diethylene glycol-also used in antifreeze-after a number of countries banned products, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine was quoted...
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