British premier Gordon Brown signaled Thursday he would support ending a six-decade-long gentlemen’s agreement under which leadership of the World Bank and IMF has been divided up between Americans and Europeans. [Read more]
British premier Gordon Brown signaled Thursday he would support ending a six-decade-long gentlemen’s agreement under which leadership of the World Bank and IMF has been divided up between Americans and Europeans. [Read more]
DU Correspondent
Police recovered lethal weapons from Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall of Dhaka University on Friday night.Recovered arms include 31 rods and iron pipes, 4 chapattis and 5 big knives.Five outsiders were held from different rooms of the hall who had been released later. Sources said, on receipt of information of tense situation following rivalry between [...]
Russian ambassador in Dhaka Gennady P Trotsenko informed the journalists about a probable Russian assistance on building up a nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. [Read more]
Myanmar’s opposition party urged the US to open talks with the country’s junta, a spokesman said Wednesday, the last day of an American diplomat’s visit amid signs of a shifting US approach to the military rulers. [Read more]
BSS, Dhaka
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni yesterday said, militancy or terrorism was not a critical challenge for Bangladesh’s image abroad yet as she called it an issue of worldwide concern. “I don’t think it is a critical challenge for Bangladesh’s image yet,” she told newsmen in her first formal press conference after the installation of [...]
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In this exclusive interview with VOA Bangla Service Hasan Naim Miraz talks about his advent to the world of film making and talks about his upcoming plans. [Read more]
A Lockheed Martin test pilot was killed Wednesday after his US military F-22 aircraft, the world’s most advanced fighter jet, crashed in the southern California desert, the aerospace giant said. [Read more]
Staff Reporter
The government will start the second phase of Test Relief (TR) Programme next month, a senior officer of the Food Ministry said yesterday.A total of 70,67,500 extreme poor will be benefited under the programme. He said that the ministry has allocated 70,000 tonnes of foodgrains for second phase TR [...]