WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (AFP): Washington said Monday it would continue its close links with Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf's administration despite a call by a leading US newspaper to distance itself from the embattled general. The US State Department said...
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (AFP): President George W Bush will make a new push Tuesday for a bill offering 12 million illegal immigrants a chance at US citizenship with an unusual visit to the Senate to prod his own party's legislators...
DOHA, Jun 12 (AFP): A conference on migration has called for Middle East countries to adopt measures to protect migrant workers from modern-day slavery, especially Asians on whom many states are reliant. Delegates at the two-day forum held in Qatar's...
YENAGOA, Nigeria, Jun 12 (AP): Hostage takers in Nigeria's restive oil heartland released 13 captives Monday, including three Americans, officials said. The militants said earlier they were releasing the hostages on "humanitarian grounds," while indicating they would continue attacks despite...
Japan-Bangladesh Group will set up a GSM Mobile handset plant, a computer hardware plant and a new generation technology printer in Bangladesh at an investment of US $225 million, reports BSS.In line with the plan, the company signed three separate...
FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar on Child Labour in Agriculture have underscored the need for developing an accurate system of data and information with a view to eliminating hazardous form of child labour from the agriculture sector.The system will help...
The Chinese government is committed to making all efforts and contribution to address the global issue of climate change, reports UNB.A press release of the Chinese Embassy in city Tuesday said the UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol are the core...
The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed for 45 days the High Court order asking authorities concerned to remove all the establishments of Wonderland Amusement Park in the city's Gulshan area, reports UNB. On May 24, the High Court, upon a public...
A condolence meeting on noted journalist, former secretary general of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and president of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) Zahirul Huq will be held at the auditorium of Jatiya Press Club in the...
Severe gas crisis has gripped the port city of Chittagong, with industrial, commercial and domestic consumers hit hard, reports UNB.According to sources, state-owned Petrobangla can supply only 171 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas a day against the demand for...
DU CorrespondentThe three-day 'Thailand Exhibition 2007' begins at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel today (Wednesday).Finance and Commerce Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam will inaugurate the expo as the chief guest at Bakul and Chameli at the hotel at 10 am, said a...
COMILLA, June 12 (UNB): Twenty-five goats were burnt to death as fire caught a goat farm at Pir Kashimpur village in Muradnagar Upazila Monday after thunderbolt struck it.
The 31st death anniversary of LA Chowdhury, a renowned social worker and politician, will be observed today (Wednesday), said a press release.Chowdhury was a close associate of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haq. He was general secretary of the then Jukta Front...
The Election Commission (EC) is going to submit a draft proposal-suggesting ban on front organisations of the political parties to the government soon.Commissioner Sohul Hussain said this while talking to reporters at his office in the city Tuesday, adding that...
FE Report India is planning to construct a two-lane bridge over River Umngot at Dawki-the last Indian post in Meghalaya, which falls on the border, according to an Indian newspaper report. The bridge would be built, according to the reports,...
A Dhaka court Tuesday halted the long-pending verdict on a gold smuggling case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, reports bdnews24.com. The suspension came after First Additional Sessions Judge Md Abul Basar, who has recently been assigned to handle the...
RAJSHAHI, June 12 (UNB): Former deputy minister for land Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu was produced before a court here Tuesday on charge of patronising militancy.After hearing the case, Additional District and Sessions Court Judge M Jahirul Haque fixed June 17...
NATORE, June 12 (UNB): A cheating case was filed against three people, including Nadim Mostafa, a former BNP lawmaker from Puthia-Durgapur constituency in Rajshahi, and his wife Nurunnahar Parul.Ali Hossain, a brickfield owner of Borogachha in the town, filed the...
Bangladesh will participate in the first-ever Qualifying Round of Olympic Hockey to be held in Japan in April next, reports UNB.Joint Secretary of Hockey Federation Khwaja Rahmat Ullah told UNB today that International Hockey Fede-ration (FIH) has given Bangladesh the...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AFP): Red-faced Indian cricket officials resumed a desperate hunt for a national coach Tuesday after first-choice South African Graham Ford turned down the high- profile job. With Rahul Dravid's men due to embark on a four-month...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AP): Former captain Chandu Borde was chosen Tuesday as manager of the Indian cricket team for its upcoming tour of Ireland and England, the CNN-IBN television news channel said.Borde's unexpected appointment came during a meeting of...
CALIFORNIA AND MIAMI, Jun 12 (AP): The US soccer team keeps on winning, even though the Americans are not impressing. Despite a depleted defence and a tepid attack, the US advanced to the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AFP): India has always been considered cricket's land of slow bowlers, men with supple wrists dedicated to the beguiling and mysterious art of spin. But there's a change in the air and it's coming at express...
After a five-day recess, the 14th round of the professional football league (B League) resumes Friday with Arambagh KS taking on Farashganj SC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) at 4:30 pm, reports UNB.The B League matches, originally scheduled to...
MEXICO, June 12 (AFP): France's World Cup winning goalkeeper Fabien Barthez signed for Mexican club Nexca Aguascalientes Mon-day according to the team president. The 35-year-old 87-times capped goalkeeper had already announced his retirement from football after a stormy term with...
LONDON, Jun 12 (Reuters): Walt Disney Co's sports network ESPN is buying cricinfo, the world's largest specialist cricket Web site, as it expands beyond its traditional strengths of American football, basketball, baseball and Nascar.The purchase from UK-based Wisden Group, best...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will distribute the National Sports Award-2006 among 10 sports personalities and organisers at a function at the Osmani Memorial Audito-rium here on June 21, reports UNB.The nominees are Moham-mad Hasanuzzaman Bablu and Khandaker Wasim Iqbal (football),...
East End Club emerged champions in the National Bank Metropolis First Division Volleyball League beating Shabolombi Club by 25-13, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19 points at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium today (Tuesday), reports UNB.With the day's feat, East End Club earned the...
JOHANNESBURG, Jun12 (Reuters): Low ticket prices at this year's inaugural ICC World Twenty20 tournament are seen as key to bringing crowds back to International Cricket Council events, according to Cricket South Africa chief Gerald Majola."We've looked at the two previous...
MANCHESTER, June 12 (AFP): Monty Panesar has said keeping his emotions under control is proving one of the biggest challenges of his soaring Test career. The 25-year-old left-arm spinner enhanced his growing reputation with 10 for 187 in England's 60-run...
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