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Readymade garment workers vandalised around 10 vehicles on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and blocked the busy road for around half an hour over a rumour of a co-worker's death in a road accident. Details

BCS exams end Details

A question paper in Friday's Bangladesh Civil Service's preliminary test is found to have been riddled with clumsy errors. Details

Customs officials at Shahjalal International Airport on Friday foiled a bid to smuggle a large quantity of suspected heroin out of the country. Details

Birthday boy James Anderson produced a superb bowling display to put England in control of the opening Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Friday. Details

At least 50 people were injured in a clash between local Awami league and BNP supporters at a village in Magura on Friday over supremacy, the police said. Details

Two fire incidents took place in the capital's Lalmatia and Bangshal on Friday night. Details

Holder Marion Bartoli advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former world number one Ana Ivanovic, while Maria Sharapova also advanced to the last eight. Details

The police have arrested a man on charge of felling trees to put up billboards at Labani Morh in the resort town. Details

Bangladesh Garment Workers' Federation on Friday demonstrated in Narayanganj, demanding withdrawal of the recently-declared wage structure and resetting the minimum wage at Tk 5,000. Details

The end of Maradona's tenure at the helm of Argentina's national team has dealt a hard blow to his fans, even though his performance as coach was a far cry from his genius as a player. Details

Introducing goal-line technology at football stadiums would prove a cheaper, as reliable aid to referees than UEFA's method of two additional assistants, according to manufacturers. Details

Mark Hughes, out of a job since being sacked as Manchester City's boss last December, was named as Premier League club Fulham's new manager on Thursday. Details

Germany midfielder Sami Khedira, who played a major part in Germany's progress to the World Cup semi-finals, is to join Real Madrid from VfB Stuttgart, the Bundesliga club said Friday. Details

Liverpool and Juventus, forced into the indignity of beginning their season in the Europa League qualifying rounds, both won 2-0 away on Thursday as European club football ventured into deepest Siberia. Details

At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two local groups at Mardana village under Shibganj municipality of the district. Details

Security in Ashulia industrial zone has been beefed up in the wake of readymade garment workers agitation in the capital's Mohakhali, the police said on Friday. Details

Power outages do not even spare the country's high and mighty as foreign minister Dipu Moni found out on Thursday night. Details

At least 12 leaders and activists of BNP and its associate organisations were injured in Bagerhat on Friday as the pro-government workers' front allegedly attacked a meeting of the opposition party's district committee. Details

Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan could be soon working together in training young spinners. Details

Cricket Australia will back New Zealand Cricket chairman Alan Isaac for the two countries' joint nomination for the vacant ICC vice-president position. Details

Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0 lead in the three-match series when the second Test ended in a high scoring draw on Friday. Details

Pakistan reached 16 for one at lunch after Mohammad Asif took five for 77 to help skittle England's last six wickets for 17 runs on the second morning of the first Test at Trent Bridge on Friday. Details

The current unrest in the readymade garment sector is the result of the government's wrong policy, BNP senior joint secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged. Details

Main opposition BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is scheduled to hold talks with her party's National Executive Committee on Saturday. Details

Planning minister AK Khandker has said that the nation is on the road to absolve itself of the sin of failing to try war crimes suspects after 39 years of independence war. Details

The ruling Awami League's youth front Juba League held a rally at Savar bazaar bus stand, blocking the Dhaka-Aricha highway. Details

Law minister Shafique Ahmed has said that secularism will be reinstated in the constitution in line with the Supreme Court's ruling. "The pledge of secularism has already been established in the constitution through the Supreme Court verdict," he said. Details

China has overtaken Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Details

The police have busted an extremists hideout at a residence of north Bishil in Mirpur, seized firearms, bombs and huge explosives but failed to detain anyone. Details

Traffic on Mohakhali-Airport and Mohakhali-Gulshan roads resumed on Friday as the police baton-charged readymade garment workers demanding Tk 5,000 as a minimum wage, and the scrapping of the newly established wage scales.UPDATES Details

Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has forbidden Muslims from viewing gossipy content in the country's media after a celebrity sex clip scandal dominated television news in the past month. Details

State minister for home Shamsul Hoque Tuku has said no programmes in favour of war crimes suspects will be allowed. Details

Spain has designed the world's first robot with its own "conscience" and "life", which will "entertain, teach and be a companion" to humans who purchase it, reports Times of India. Details

The Dhaka city's police chief has urged the demonstrating readymade garment workers to not fall into the 'trap' of the 'conspirators'. Details

Foreign minister Dipu Moni has said that it is pressure from within the country, not from outside, that is trying to hinder the ongoing trial of war criminals. Details

Watchdog asks govt to handle RMG workers with care Details

RMG workers' pay meagre: PM Details

The 30th BCS preliminary examinations has ended with around 150,000 applicants taking part from six divisional headquarters at a time. Details

Ashraful readies MPs for possible worker disorder Details

A 47-year-old French woman confessed to suffocating eight new-born children and hiding her babies' bodies, a prosecutor said on Thursday, in what experts declared as the country's worst recorded case of infanticide. Details

Grammy-award winning singer Wyclef Jean said on Thursday that he has taken legal steps toward running for president in quake-devastated Haiti, but has not made a definite decision to run. Details

The 30th BCS preliminary examinations have ended with around 150,000 applicants from 110 centres in six divisional headquarters having taken part. Details

Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw airplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society. Details

More than 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged. Details

India's Reliance ADA Group is in talks with Universal Studios to build a $1.5 billion, 400 acre theme park and resort in India, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday citing a person familiar with the matter. Details

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh tipped Graeme Swann, Ajantha Mendis and Harbhajan Singh to fill the void left by the retirement of spin bowling's golden generation. Details

Eoin Morgan made a superb maiden Test century as England reached an imposing 331-4 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Details

A woman was injured when she tried to escape from the Dhaka Central Jail on Thursday. Details

The government will give jobs to 5,000 unemployed youth in Gopalganj under a national scheme created to ease the country's chronic unemployment situation. Details

The government will give jobs to 5,000 unemployed youth in Gopalganj under a national scheme created to ease the country's chronic unemployment situation. Details

A leader of an organisation representing martyrs in the 1971 war has filed a law suit against three senior BNP leaders, accusing them of threatening prime minister Sheikh Hasina with dire consequences. Details

Students of Chittagong University continued their demonstration for a third day on Thursday protesting an increase in tuition fees. Details

The cabinet has approved transformation of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund (BIFF) to a company to increase private investment in the county's large infrastructure sectors. Details

The cabinet has approved transformation of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund (BIFF) to a company to increase private investment in the county's large infrastructure sectors. Details

Dhaka University has been ranked at 5531st in the world according to an online publication, failing to gain a place even within the top 100 of Asia. Solaiman Niloy writes Details

Police on Thursday arrested secretary general of Chandpur Jamaat-e-Islami and two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir on charges of creating unrest. Details

A Comilla court has sentenced nine members of Jama'at ul-Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned Islamist outfit, to life imprisonment on charges of conducting a series bomb explosion in the district. They were also fined Tk 20,000 for their crime. Details

Mayor M Mazur Alam has unveiled a Tk 7.42 billion budget for 2010-2011 fiscal year without tax increase. Details

The United States won election to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the first time on Tuesday, joining 17 other nations picked for the body, after the Obama administration ended a U.S. policy of boycotting it. Details

Mayor M Mazur Alam has unveiled a Tk 7.42 billion budget for 2010-2011 fiscal year without tax increase. Details

Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw airplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an expo in Tokyo as Japan adapts to changes in society. Details

British Prime minister David Cameron on Thursday showed his skills with the cricket bat as he played out a few deliveries bowled to him by the legendary Kapil Dev. Details

England fought back from the loss of two quick wickets after lunch to reach 190 for four against Pakistan at tea on Day One of the first Test on Thursday. Details

Ward councillors of Chittagong City Corporation have elected in secret voting three panel mayors, who will stand in for the mayor in his absence,. Details

Garment workers organisations have rejected the new minimum wage, calling it insufficient and far less than their demand of Tk. 5,000. Details

-BKMEA president Selim Osman has said they have accepted the new wage structure with some unspecified conditions. Details

The 30th BCS preliminary examinations are set to be held on Friday. Details

The investigator in the sensational Chittagong 10-truck arms haul case will quiz former chief of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Sadek Hassan Rumi and ex-industries secretary Shoeb Ahmed Chowdhury. Details

The United States and the United Kingdom have no right to raise questions about "the violation of human rights" over the trial of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence, the law minister has said. UPDATES Details

Departmental action will be taken against the five officials of the Mongla port in connection with the misappropriation of 400 tonnes of rice in 2003, shipping minister Shajan Khan said Thursday. Details

Italian champions Inter Milan will visit last season's runners-up AS Roma and host traditional rivals Juventus in their fifth and sixth Serie A matches next season the draw was made on Wednesday. Details

David Beckham has 'no interest' in leaving American team Los Angeles Galaxy and has had no contact with West Ham, according to his spokesman. Details

Three deputy commissioner-level officers in the public administration have been transferred. Details

Manchester United's status as a global brand has long been recognised but on Wednesday it was demonstrated in vivid fashion when more than 70,000 turned out to watch them play a pre-season friendly in Texas. Details

Spain's La Liga will change kick-off times and play a pre-season tournament in Asia in a bid to muscle in on the success of the Premier League in the region. Details

Diego Maradona accused Argentine soccer chiefs of betraying him on Wednesday, a day after they voted unanimously to end his tenure as national team coach. Details

The central executive council of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student front of ruling Awami League, has announced partial committees of its Dhaka metropolitan north and south units two days into their conference. Details

Building of Padma bridge 'to start in 2011' Details

The High Court has rejected an earlier verdict of a lower court, sentencing former home minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim to 13 years in prison in a corruption case. Details

The majority of people do not support the government's proposal to amend the Anticorruption Commission law, a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report claims. Details

Suresh Raina stroked a memorable debut century and Sachin Tendulkar coasted to his fifth double hundred to lift India to a massive total of 669 for nine in the second Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Details

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer dismissed openers Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss as England made it to 103 for two at lunch on Day One of the first Test at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Details

A parliamentary watchdog has recommended naming the proposed Padma bridge after prime minister Sheikh Hasina's mother Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib. Details

The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh declared cash dividends for eight mutual funds on Thursday for 2009-10. Details

The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh declared cash dividends for eight mutual funds on Thursday for 2009-10. Details

15-strong constitution committee formed Details

Tk 5000 sought as minimum wage Details

Tribunal issues arrest warrants Details

The High Court has asked the chairman and director of the Bangladesh Inland Waterway Transport Authority to dismantle and relocate within 30 days its recreation centre, which is being constructed on the river Buriganga at the city's Kamrangirchar. Details

The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued an order to the police to produce the four top detained Jamaat-e-Islami leaders before it on August 2 in a case filed for conducting crimes against humanity in 1971. Details

From Aug 1, mobile-phone subscribers will have to dial 00, instead of 012, before the country code to make cheap international calls. Details

The government has spelled out new minimum wage for the readymade garment workers at Tk 3,000 and Tk 2,500 for those apprentice. UPDATES Details

The labour minister announced that the minimum wage for readymade garment workers will be Tk 3,000. Details

Nine additional secretaries were on Thursday promoted to the position of full secretaries. Details

An optician has confessed to journalists that he strangled his wife to death during a domestic quarrel after he was detained by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Details

The government office hours have been revised from 9am to 3:30pm during the month of Ramadan. Details

Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam urged parliament members representing Dhaka, Naryanganj and Gazipur constituencies to be ready to face any disorder after the minimum wage limit of readymade garments workers was declared on Thursday. Details

The special parliamentary committee looking into the amending the constitution has decided to chart out the "consistencies and inconsistencies" of the court's verdict on the Fifth Amendment, ratified under the regime of military ruler Gen Ziaur Rahman 31 years ago. Details

Your correspondent was on leave on July 22nd, when Human Rights Watch released its report on the abuses that Chinese security forces are alleged to have committed in Tibet since the massive eruption of anti-Chinese unrest there in 2008. Details

From Aug 1, mobile-phone subscribers will have to dial 00, instead of 012, before the country code to make cheap international calls. Details

Normal service resumed on the fourth day with bat dominating ball on a placid pitch after Sri Lanka's spinners had injected some life into the Test on the third, reports cricinfo. Details

A Dhaka magistrate has remanded detained Jamaat-e-Islami executive committee member Delwar Hossain Sayedee in police custody for three days in writer Humayun Azad attempted murder case. Details

A Dhaka court has granted the police another day to question Jamaat-e-Islami executive committee member Delwar Hossain Sayedee in relation to his alleged role in the attempt to murder Humayun Azad. Details

The workers of two readymade garment factories in Savar's Ashulia area on went on strike on Thursday demanding a minimum wage of Tk 5000. Details

The government has appointed Imtiaz Ahmed, now serving as Bangladesh envoy to Sweden, as the next ambassador to Bhutan, a foreign ministry statement has said. Details

Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Shafique Ahmed has said that the current government has made the eradication of all forms of extremism and terrorism from the country its top priority. Details

BP Plc may permanently shut the well that caused the worst off-shore oil spill in U.S. history as early as Monday, the company said as speculation grew over assets it might sell to cover mounting costs. Details

Pakistan would favour England as the team's official second home while they are unable to play in their own country because of security concerns, captain Salman Butt said on Wednesday. Details

Bangladesh, along with other countries in the world, is commemorating the 'World Tiger Day' with the slogan "Save endangered tigers, save the Sundarbans". Details

India moved a step closer towards saving the second Test on the fourth morning, avoiding the follow-on with the fifth-wicket pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina continuing their resistance on a placid pitch. In a Test of many milestones, Raina reached one of his own, becoming only the second Indian batsman this decade to score a century on debut, reports cricinfo. Details

Banks should avoid short term investments in an effort to make higher profits as the risk associated with it is too high, said the central bank governor. Details

Banks should avoid short term investments in an effort to make higher profits as the risk associated with it is too high, the central bank governor has said. Details

On the occasion of World Tiger Day, Moinul Hoque Chowdhury considers the threats to tigers and what steps are being taken to increase their numbers in the Sundarbans and around the world. Details
 
 
 
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