Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated he would bring a new Iran sanctions bill for a vote.
Month: December 2013
Global arms smuggler used fast, furious strategy against US
An international arms dealer is set to serve a 15-year sentence in federal prison for illegally obtaining and selling military hardware in a conspiracy that violated the Arms Export Control Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as well…
Australia sends plane to monitor Japanese whaling
Australia says it will send a surveillance plane to the Southern Ocean to monitor Japanese whaling ships.
Afghan general warns over delay in signing US pact
A top Afghan general has told BBC News his country may be dangerously exposed if a security pact with the US on its military withdrawal is not signed soon.
Bangladesh Tazreen factory fire: Police charge owners
Thirteen people, including the two owners, have been charged over a factory fire in Bangladesh in November 2012 that killed more than 100 people.
Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi PAs cleared of fraud
Nigella Lawson has said she is “disappointed but unsurprised” that two sisters who worked as her personal assistants have been cleared of fraud.
Alarm in India at rise of ‘BNP-Jamaat’ alliance in B’desh: BBC
India’s two influential former diplomats have said that the return of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami to power in Bangladesh would be tantamount to a disaster for India, the BBC Bangla service reported Saturday.
New laws in force to protect Scottish shellfish waters
Dozens of Scottish shellfish nurseries will be protected under new legislation that has come into force.
Graeme Swann one of England’s greats – Michael Vaughan
England will find it very difficult to fill the void left by spinner Graeme Swann’s retirement, says his former Test captain Michael Vaughan.
AL office damaged in Joypurhat
Opposition supporters have damaged and set fire to the Panchbibi Upazila Awami League office in Joypurhat. This followed a clash between BNP and Awami league supporters at the Upazila Sadar on Sunday.
Zohra Tajuddin laid to eternal rest
Dhaka – Awami League Presidium member Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, who died on Friday, was laid to eternal rest on Sunday evening. Zohra, also the wife of country’s first Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad, was buried at Banani Graveyard in the capital…
Huge VoIP tools seized
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 37 foreigners and two Bangladeshis with a huge cache of illegal VoIP instruments from a house in the capital’s Uttara.
400 opposition men sued in Dinajpur
Dinajpur – A case has been filed against some 400 opposition leaders and activists in connection with Saturday’s violence in Kaharole upazila. Shafiquzzaman, sub-inspector of Kaharole Police Station, filed the case against 48 identified and 350 unidentified opposition men under…
JCD acting president on police remand
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Acting President Bazlul Karim Chowdhury Abed on a five-day remand in a case filed in connection with vandalism and arson attack of a vehicle at Malibagh Chowdhutypara on November 11.
Plenty of time for participatory polls: BNP
Dhaka – Claiming that there is still a plenty of time for holding the election with the participation of all, opposition BNP Sunday urged the government to take an initiative for reaching a compromise in the greater interest of the…
Two charged for forgery by ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved a charge sheet against two people on charge of laundering Tk about 38 lakh through forgery of a land acquisition (LA) cheque from Dhaka District Administration office, ACC officials say.
Foreign diplomats meet BNP
Several foreign diplomats have had a meeting with Opposition BNP now agitating for cancellation of Jan 5 polls in Bangladesh.
AL election manifesto not yet ready
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League is likely to announce its election manifesto within a couple of days. According to party insiders, senior AL leaders are working on the election manifesto and would place it to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
Khaleda’s press conference Tuesday as govt charts its own plan
Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia will speak at a news conference at 5:45pm on Tuesday.
Countrywide rallies if Dhaka meet obstructed: Hefazat
Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on Sunday threatened to hold countrywide rallies on December 24 if the government creates obstruction on the way of holding its planned grand rally at Shapla Square in the city on the day.
Chinese foreign vice minister likely to arrive Thursday
Dhaka – Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, china Liu Zhenmin is likely to arrive here on Thursday on a two-day tour of Bangladesh to discuss various bilateral and political issues.
Hefazat rally will not be allowed: Qamrul
State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam has insisted that the Hifazat-e Islam will not be allowed to rally in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Chittagong-based group has announced the public meeting at Motijheel, the site of its May 5 programme that…
Detectives investigating Gopibagh murders
Police have made no arrests over Saturday’s murders of six people in a house in the capital’s Gopibagh.
Ershad fears deportation
Jatiya Party chief Hussein Muhammad Ershad has said he is being ‘detained’ in the name of ‘treatment’ and fears he might be ‘forced’ to leave Bangladesh.
22.60 lakh babies given polio vaccine in Rangpur division
Over 22.60 lakh under five (0-59 month) babies were administered with oral polio vaccine while observing first round of the 21st December 21, official sources said.
National Immunization Programme (NID) was observed in the district
NID observed in Faridpur despite blockade. According to Civil Surgeon (CS) of the district, yesterday’s NID achieved the target of 97 per cent when two drops oral polio vaccine(OPV) was administered to 2,48,381 children out of set target of 2,56,432…
5 Jubo League men held with arms in Bogra
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested five activists of Jubo League, youth wing of Awami League, along with arms and weapons in Circuit House area of district town on Saturday.
Unidentified body recovered in Jessore
The body of an unidentified young woman was recovered from Shankarpur area of the district town last night.
Balanced use of fertiliser, pesticide increases crop production
Balanced use of compost fertilisers with chemical fertilisers and optimum application of pesticides could increase crop production to ensure food security in the natural disaster-prone areas, speakers said on Saturday.
Missing youth found dead in Madaripur
Police recovered the body of a run-on-hire motorcycle driver from Madra area of Madaripur Sadar upazila on Thursday evening seven days after he went missing.