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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh Sun.com http://www.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ba01aa42514dc37d/ en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:26:26 -0500 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:26:26 -0500 30 Dhaka, Feb.9 : Pakistan's Naseem Akhtar has become the fastest woman in South Asia as she clocked 11.81seconds to win the 100-metre sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games here. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/599302/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:10:06 -0500 ANI http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/599302/cs/1/ Dhaka, Feb 9 (IANS) Bangladesh has unveiled plans to manufacture cell phones and laptops with the help of foreign companies after witnessing a revolution in the usage of both mobiles and portable computers. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/599132/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/599132/cs/1/ Dhaka, Feb 8 (IANS) Indian boxers, and women's soccer and men's volleyball teams won gold medals in the ongoing 11th South Asian Games here Monday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/598968/cs/1/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/598968/cs/1/ Dhaka, Feb 8 (IANS) Bangladesh has culled about 13,000 chickens after fresh outbreak of bird flu in the country last month, officials said Monday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/598941/cs/1/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:40:08 -0500 IANS http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/598941/cs/1/ Australia great Shane Warne has accused Andrew Strauss of showing a "lack of respect for Test cricket" following the England captain's decision to opt out of the tour of Bangladesh.Warne, sp... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32084637/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:18:01 -0500 NDTV http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32084637/ A teenage domestic help died after falling from the rooftop of a sixth-storied apartment at Gulshan in the city yesterday afternoon. The dead was identified as Bina Akhter, 18, who hailed from Kishorg... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068579/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:39 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068579/ Political leaders, academicians and environmentalists at a seminar yesterday said there is no alternative to political unity in order to protect the country from the adverse impacts of climate change.... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068580/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:39 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068580/ Britain's student visa system has been denounced as rife with "cheating and deception" by a teacher who has experienced the process from within.The Daily Express quoted Mohammed Aslam Farook, from Ban... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068581/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:38 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068581/ Environmentalists at a human chain yesterday demanded demolition of the BGMEA Bhaban, which was built on Hatirjheel at Karwan Bazar, saying that the demolition will pave the way for removal of 5,000 u... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068582/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:38 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068582/ Bangla language has been used in an inappropriate way in some programmes on private television channels and FM radio channels, cultural personality and lawmaker Asaduzzaman Noor said yesterday. Steps ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068583/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:38 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32068583/ Andrew Strauss of disrespecting Test cricket by resting for the tour of Bangladesh – and he has tipped Michael Carberry to take full advantage.Warne believes appointing Alastair Cook as captain for ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065354/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:35:24 -0500 The Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065354/ Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Walmart Foundation and CARE launched today a women's empowerment program that will provide 2,500 female factory workers in http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065420/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:15:37 -0500 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065420/ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited sister of Kuwait Emir, Anthal Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah, to visit Bangladesh for having a look regarding the adverse effect of climate change in the most vuln... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065422/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:15 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065422/ This building has been used as a hostel of Pabna Government Commercial College since 1984 but Pabna Zila Parishad on Sunday night asked the students to vacate the dormitory, claiming ownership of the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065436/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:15 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065436/ An alleged collaborator of Pakistani occupation forces was arrested in Chapainawabganj early yesterday while four other collaborators were sued in Bagherhat the day before on charges of killing an inn... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065437/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:15 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065437/ "I am yet to get monthly old age allowance while several men and women around 50 years of age are getting it regularly," said centenarian Barujan Bibi.Wife of late Nader Sheikh, a fisherman-cum-farmer... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065439/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:14 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065439/ Several hundred fishermen yesterday blocked Domar-Dimla Road demanding cancellation of lease of the water reservoir of Buri Teesta Irrigational Project to an outsider for fish cultivation. Movement of... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065442/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:14 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065442/ A Chittagong court yesterday placed former National Security Intelligence (NSI) director general (DG) Major General (retd) Rezzaqul Haider Chowdhury on a three-day remand in the sensational Chittagong... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065443/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:14 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065443/ The Disadvantaged Adolescents Working NGOs (DAWN) Forum held a conference of adolescent boys and girls in the city with a call to put an end to child marriage.Dr Mahbuba Nasrin presented the keynote p... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065423/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:13 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065423/ Adviser to the Prime Minister for Health and Family Welfare Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali yesterday said the government would not tolerate any anarchy in the educational institutes any more. " Violence in... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065424/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:13 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065424/ Bangladesh and the US have significant opportunities to work together to make a bridge between the Muslim world and the USA as the Obama government is taking major steps to that end.Visiting US Under ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065425/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:13 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065425/ Rab on Saturday held two alleged frauds in Goalpara area of the town. They were identified as Rafiq, 25, and Arif, 28. Members of Rab-5 in the guise of arms buyers earlier contacted the fraud gang ove... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065440/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:13 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065440/ A day-labourer was killed and another injured in a bloody clash between two groups of labourers at Bholaganj stone quarry in Companyganj upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday. Victim Rathindra Das, ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065441/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:13 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065441/ Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regula-tory Commission yesterday issued a show cause notice upon Citycell asking the mobile phone operator to explain as to why it was selling unauthorised connections.Th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065433/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:12 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065433/ Bangladesh Navy's annual sea exercise concluded with successful missile launch in the Bay of Bengal yesterday. Prime Minister's Defence Adviser Major General (Retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique observed the... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065434/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:12 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065434/ Bangladesh Army has deployed a new contingent of 175 personnel at UN Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan (UNIMIS).Members of the contingent, BANBAT-4, led by Major Jahangir Hossain of Artillery, left for Su... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065435/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:12 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065435/ Today is the 88th birth anniversary of National Professor Kabir Chowdhury, a renowned educationist and pioneer in the movement against fundamentalism and communalism, says a press release.Different so... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065429/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065429/ Bangalee Shamagra, a museum dedicated to preserving the works of best Bangalees, will celebrate its seventh anniversary tomorrow.On the occasion, the museum will hold the publication ceremony of a boo... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065430/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065430/ The Summerfield International School has celebrated its 36th anniversary recently with two-day programmes, including science fair, art competition, cultural activities and Summerfield Debating Champio... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065431/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065431/ BNP leaders yesterday demanded an impartial investigation into the death of Amirul Islam Mintu, a leader of the Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (Jasas), in police custody and trial of the pe... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065432/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:58:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32065432/ An air of predictability hung above University Oval as Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand again made short work of Bangladesh to seal the one-day cricket series on Monday. The hosts ran down Bangladesh'... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062067/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:24 -0500 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062067/ Each year, Craig and I travel with a team to Bangladesh to work at an Aloha Medical Mission clinic. The travel time is long and the work challenging, and on the way home we usually stop for a few days... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062069/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:07 -0500 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062069/ (1:56) An air of predictability hung above University Oval as Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand again made short work of Bangladesh to seal the one-day cricket series here on Monday. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062071/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:05 -0500 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062071/ Ross Taylor made a classy 78 as New Zealand coasted home to win with five wickets in hand.Bangladesh set themselves up for another defeat after posting a modest 8-183 in the second match in Dunedin. R... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062070/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:20:00 -0500 General Sources http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32062070/ . This initiative is also expected to indirectly benefit the families, and communities, of these workers, and will likely positively impact an additional 12,500 to 15,000 people. "Just last week ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32059417/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:21:17 -0500 Earth Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32059417/ Indian mobile giant Bharti Airtel, which agreed to acquire a 70% stake in Warid Telecom (Bangladesh) last month, has registered the name Airtel Bangla Ltd to operate in Bangladesh, and will be ready t... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32053477/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:19:21 -0500 TeleGeography http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/32053477/