Yingluck faces charges over rice scheme
BBC Online :Thailand’s embattled prime minister has sent her lawyers to an anti-corruption panel to hear charges of negligence over a government rice subsidy scheme.PM...
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Armed men seized in Ukraine’s Crimea govt building
AP, Ukraine :Dozens of heavily armed pro-Russia gunmen seized control of local government buildings in Ukraine’s Crimea region early Thursday, escalating tensions in a peninsula...
Asia Cup Cricket: Pak post 248/8 against Afghan, Akmal hits ton
An unconquered century by Umar Akmal guided the defending champion Pakistan to post 248 runs against newcomer Afghanistan in the match of the five-nation Asia...
BGB-voters clash at Bagerhat
Locals clashed with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel at Bagerhat’s Fakirhat Upazila on Thursday during an attack on a polling centre. Two ballot boxes were...
Barisal Sadar Upazila : BNP-backed candidate boycotts polls
BNP-backed candidate of Barisal sadar upazila has boycotted the polls alleging that the supporters of Awami League candidate have captured forcibly most of the polling...
Polls `festival of take-overs`: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the Upazila polls have been reduced to a ‘festival’ of taking over poll centres’ by supporters of...
BNP backed candidates attacked by AL supporters
Some supporters of BNP backed candidate of Munshiganj Sadar Upazila election were injured in an attack by supporters of ruling party backed candidate at Mahakhali...
US may pull out all troops from Afghanistan
Al-Jazeera.com :The US president, Barack Obama, has told his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that he is preparing a contingency plan to withdraw all US troops,...
$ 265m WB loan for education project
UNB, Dhaka :International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s concessional arm, will provide additional $ 265 million for the ongoing Secondary Education Quality and Access...
Illegal structures on roads, highways to be dismantled
UNB, Dhaka :The government has decided to demolish all illegal structures, including bazaars, on both sides of roads and highways across the country to improve...