Sharmin wins Taekwondo gold
Staff Correspondent
Hot favorite Sharmin Farjana Rumi lived up to the top billing as she grabbed gold medal of Taekwondo winning the title of the females U-46 Kg event of the SA Games at the National Sports Council gymnasium here on Saturday.
Rumi was in her best from th
Indian PM backs UN climate panel
AFP, New DelhiIndian Premier Manmohan Singh on Friday lent his support to the beleaguered UN climate change panel, saying a glaring error in the body's key 2007 report did not change the science of global warming.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been under f
Councils of BNP’s 24 dist units to begin Jan 26
The council sessions of 24 organising districts of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will begin from January 26 as the party chairperson Khaleda Zia has asked its leaders to hold the councils by January 31.The councils of these districts cannot be held due to intra-party conflicts even th
Dhaka-Delhi to form body to combat int'l terrorism
Staff CorrespondentBangladesh and India will form a Coordination Committee with the representatives of law-enforcing agencies and intelligence wings of the two countries for coordinated action in the combat against international terrorism, organised crime and cross-bord
Hasina reaches Delhi on 4-day India visit
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New DelhiThe prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, was accorded a rousing reception when she arrived at the Palam Air Force Base in New Delhi Sunday night on a four-day state visit to India to open a new chapter in Bangladesh-India bilateral relat
Nirupama sees visit as path breaking
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . New DelhiThe Indian foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao, has said the visit of Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina promises to be a path breaking one and ‘gives both countries a historic opportunity to build a new and forward looking relationsh
All issues will be discussed: PM
Staff CorrespondentPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government does not forget about what should be demanded and what should be done during a crucial visit to another country as former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party did.
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Interim govt offenders should not get off scot-free: citizens
Staff CorrespondentEminent citizens on Sunday said the main players of the military-controlled interim government should be put on trial for imposing the worst form of martial law on the nation by violating the constitution and torturing people during the emergency after January 11, 2007.
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Sanjay Dutt resigns as SP general secretary
Ani, MumbaiBollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has resigned as the general secretary of Samajwadi Party (SP).
The actor-turned-politician resigned a couple of days after Amar Singh, quit from all party posts of the SP.
The 53-year-old
Delay in aid dispensation could disrupt war on terror: Zardari
Ani, WashingtonPakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that delay in the dispensation of international aid could force Pakistan to cut development spending, which in turn could be a "setback for the war on terror."
"Given the seve
Israel trashes implicit US financial pressure
Afp, Jerusalem/ NablusIsrael yesterday dismissed an implicit threat by a top US official to apply financial pressure on its close ally in order to advance peace talks.
President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy George Mitchell said in an
Britain never held any secret talks with Taliban: Miliband
Ani, Lahore/IslamabadBritish Foreign Secretary David Miliband has rejected claims that he held secret talks with the Afghan Taliban leadership, saying that the United Kingdom has never negotiated with any militant group.
"(Taliban Suprem
Europe freeze strands travellers, cuts power
Staff CorrespondentThe Arctic freeze that has stricken Europe left hundreds of people stuck in vehicles in deep snow or stranded at airports with scores more flights cancelled and power cuts to thousands of homes yesterday.
The treacherous conditions cut off villages in northe
LOOKING BACK: 2009 No move yet to keep admin above politics
Staff CorrespondentThe Awami League-led government is yet to take initiatives to free the administration of politicisation and make the state machinery service-oriented although the ruling party so promised in its election manifesto.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, o
Australia declares disaster as fires destroy homes
Agence France-Presse . Perth, AustraliaAustralian authorities declared a natural disaster Wednesday after a raging wildfire destroyed nearly 40 homes in the country’s worst blaze since 173 died in February’s Black Saturday tragedy.
Hundreds of fire-fighters
Hasina visits Bangabandhu's grave at Tungipara: Efforts on to bring back other killers
Staff Correspondent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said her government would take all the initiatives to bring back rest of the killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and execute the court verdict.
"Our government is quite sincere about exec
Bill Clinton apologizes for slow Haiti aid effort
APFormer US president Bill Clinton pledged to try to get aid flowing as he was met by angry Haitians protesting the slow arrival of help since last month's quake.
Clinton said he was sorry that the aid efforts had been so slow, adding he also wanted to understand why more tha
Proper planning on traffic a must
Staff CorrespondentLong-term plans and proper implementation are necessary to ease the nagging traffic congestion of the capital, said speakers at a roundtable organised by the Daily Prothom Alo yesterday.
"There has always been a lack of proper planning to develop the city in
Dipu goes to Geneva today
Staff CorrespondentForeign minister Dipu Moni goes to Geneva this morning to attend the ongoing session of the Conference on Disarmament.
She will address the conference on January 26 to provide guidance to the work of the conference, which will continue throughout
Make quality films for children
Staff CorrespondentPrime minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged filmmakers to make at least one quality film for children every year, and announced cash incentives for such innocuous films that will inculcate values and vision of life into the children's mind.
She made the call whil
Myanmar raises accord hopes
Staff CorrespondentMyanmar's acceptance of the principles of both 'equity and equidistance' for demarcating sea boundary with Bangladesh, a long-standing dispute that threatened 17 of Bangladesh's gas and oil blocks in the Bay of Bengal, is expected to help resolve the dispute.
Brie
No way to detect heavy metal in Buriganga waste
Staff CorrespondentNobody knows how harmful the pieces of heavy metal mixed in the garbage that is now being lifted from the bed of the River Buriganga.
The department of environment has no modern equipment to test the component of heavy metal mixed in the garbage.
Haitians mourn their dead; another survivor found
Port-Au-Prince.APHundreds gathered for the funeral of the archbishop of Haiti's stricken capital Saturday, a rare formal ceremony that captured the collective mourning of a shattered nation where mass graves hold many of the dead.
Meanwhile, as the U.N. said
Akheri Munajat today
Staff CorrespondentTens of thousands of Muslims braving cold and fog are on way to join the Akheri Munajat today at the Biswa Ijtema ground on the bank of river Turag that has already turned into a human sea.
The three-day Biswa Ijtema will conclude with the offering of Akheri Munaj
NSF and BWF expect better performance
Sports CorrespondentNeither the National Shooting Federation (NSF) nor Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation (BWF) have boldly given any hopes of clinching gold in the upcoming South Asian Games when both the federations declared their squads for the regional extravaganza to be held from J
Tri-nation !dea Cup 2010 , Only pride to play for
Staff CorrespondentFor a team like Bangladesh it's always important to prove themselves no matter whether the game holds any consequences or not.
India's win against Sri Lanka on Sunday means today's game against India is nothing but a dead-rubber for the Tigers.
St
Tri-nation !dea Cup 2010
Sport CorrespondentMuch of the talk since the start of the Idea Cup has surrounded the high price of tickets and the consequent low turnout in the matches. One thing that was attributed earlier was the cold, but there hasn't been any significant improvement in crowd turnout, except for t
Maldives massacre SL to reach final
Sports CorrespondentDefending champions Maldives stormed into the final of the Bangabandhu SAFF Cham-pionship blowing away Sri Lanka 5-1 in the first semi-final at the BNS on Friday.
Maldives skipper Ashfaq Ali, Ahmed Thoriq and Ibrahim Fazeel rattled their regional riv
India shatter Bangladesh dreams
Sports CorrespondentBangladesh crashed out of Bangabandhu SAFF Championship losing 1-0 to India in the second semi-final at the BNS on Friday. India will meet defending champions Maldives in the final on Sunday. In front of about 45,000 holiday crowd Bangladesh failed to raise the level
Walmart CEO for setting up special apparel zone
Sk. Mahmud A RiyatA visiting top executive of Walmart, the world's largest retail chain, has suggested setting up of a comprehensive industrial zone for the apparel sector in Bangladesh for convenience of buyers and to attract greater foreign investment.
C. Douglas McMillon,
Another child killed in city road accident
Staff Correspondent
A six-year-old girl, who was standing beside her mother, was killed in a road accident in front of the Prime Minister’s Office Friday morning, two days after Willes Little Flower School and College student Hamim Sheikh, who was also standing with his mothe
25th anniversary of DMP: Accommodation, rationing inadequate
Staff CorrespondentAt least 20,000 police officials and constables of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), the largest police force in the country, had been deprived of residential and medical facilities.
The current total strength of DMP stands at 24,408 personnel and 41 pol
Bangladesh beat India, reach soccer final
Sport Correspondent A late goal by Touhidul Alam Sabuj guided host Bangladesh to the final of the South Asian Games Men's Football eliminating their giant neighbour India by a solitary goal in the first semifinal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Friday.
With the feat, Bangladesh
Rice, sugar, garlic, soybean oil prices remain high
Sk. Mahmud A RiyatPrices of commodities have remained as same as in the previous week. Except some winter vegetables, the prices of rice, sugar, garlic, ginger and soybean oil remained high in the city's kitchen market yesterday.
The prices of garlic and ginger are yet to come dow
Tigers on the run
Staff CorrespondentThe Royal Bengal Tiger which entered Chandipur village in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district on Friday last and was beaten to death by the villagers, might have gone to the village either in search of food or a safe haven in the face of massive hunt for the big ca
A crucial meeting of the BNP's highest policymaking body, standing committee was held at the Gulshan office of the party on Sund
Staff Correspondent
A crucial meeting of the BNP's highest policymaking body, standing committee was held at the Gulshan office of the party on Sunday night with BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the chair. The m
WHO predicts 'explosion' in swine flu cases
The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response, the World Health Organisation said yesterday.
There will soon be a period of further global spread of the virus, and most countries may see
41 killed in Kuwait wedding fire
A fire at a wedding tent Saturday has killed at least 41 women and children guests and injured 76 others, authorities said.
The official Kuwait News Agency quotes the fire department chief, Brig Gen Jassem al-Mansouri, as saying 41 bodies have been recovered from the scene in Jahra, a trib
Bari deserter, faces now court-martial
The military authorities have recently declared Brig Gen Chowdhury Fazlul Bari a deserter who defied repeated government orders to return from the US where he had been posted to the Bangladesh mission.
“As he was declared a deserter last month, he can now be arrested at any time if h
Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US
Former President Bill Clinton brought two freed US journalists out of North Korea early Wednesday following rare talks with reclusive leader Kim Jong II, who pardoned the women sentenced to hard labour for entering the country illegally.
Euna Lee and Laura Ling were heading back to the US
Bomb kills 6 Afghan civilians
A roadside bomb ripped through a civilian vehicle in eastern Afghanistan and killed six men Wednesday, the provincial government said, in the latest attack in the run-up to elections.
The bomb hit the group in Nangarhar province as they were travelling to meet district government officials