Bangladesh sacks official after remarks against country's founder

Bangladesh on Monday sacked its top information official for penning a poem comparing the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to a "dried plum". A government order has been issued this afternoon asking Information Secretary A T M Fazlul Karim to go on retirement. Prime...

Bus crash kills 12 college teachers, students in Bangladesh

Latest reports coming from Bangladesh says that at least 12 college students and teachers returning from a picnic were killed as a bus carrying them fell into a 300-feet gorge in southeastern Bangladesh. " At least nine people were killed and over 35 were injured when a...

Asif seeks change of date for hearing

"Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif on Thursday sought postponement of the date (August 30) for him to appear before the drugs tribunal of the Indian Premier League for a preliminary hearing on his dope flunk."

Asif coming to India for dope hearing

Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif and his lawyer Hamid Karim are coming to India next week to appear before the Drugs Inquiry Tribunal of the Indian Premier League.Read full story

Euro 2008: Romania 0-0 France

A bad start for France, in a difficult group with Holland and Italy up next."Romania 0-0 France Zurich, 9 June 2008 606 debate |Blog ReportHighlightsPlayer RaterPhotosMatch statswhichTab(); ...

Teen Machines: Targeted Laptop Design

Hewlett-Packard, that stalwart of laptops, is turning directly to its target audience- teenagers- for design cues for its upcoming products: designed by teenagers for teenagers. ""We've used this teen council to...

Iraq Launches Hunt for Kidnapped CBS Journalists

An update to our earlier story on the disappearance of two CBS journalists working in Iraq."Security forces have launched a search for a British journalist and his Iraqi translator working for US television network CBS who were kidnapped in the port city of Basra, an official...

The getaway car that couldn't get away

"The getaway car that couldn’t get away Everything was going according to the plan. Karim “Katta” and Chakram “Chakku” held up the staff of the bank and cleaned the safe in 90 seconds flat. Outside the...

PERSON PLACE THING

" DOMINI CLARK Karim Rashid In this age of talentless superstars, it seems wrong to pick on someone with actual skill. But whether it's warranted or not, overexposure is a crime that cannot go unpunished. And so is the case of Karim Rashid, the Egyptian-born, Canadian-raised...

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