News from January 2010

US economy grows at fastest pace in six years

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBD, Dhaka:
According to official data, the US economy grew by an annualised rate of 5.7% in the last quarter of last year.
The figure is still an initial estimate, but was higher than the 2.2% annualised growth recorded in the third quarter of the year. Economic analysts polled by the Reuters news agency had [...]

Toyota recalls up to 1.8 million automobiles

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBD, Dhaka:
The automobile manufacturer Toyota has said that it will recall up to 1.8 million cars across Europe, after a problem with the accelerator pedal was discovered.
According to the firm, eight models were affected by the problem — AYGO, iQ, Yaris, Auris, Corolla, Verso, Avensis, and RAV4 — after it was discovered that [...]

US government stops Haiti evacuations

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka
The US military has halted the evacuation of victims of the Haiti earthquake for medical care, reportedly due to uncertainty about who will pay for the costs.
A military official told the New York Times that flights to the US were stopped on Wednesday, as some hospitals didn’t want to receive the refugees.
“Apparently, [...]

SA Games kicks off

The 11th South Asian Games got underway with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday with thousand of athletes and performers taking part in the three-and-a-half hour programme.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the 12-day regional sports extravaganza open. Bangladesh had hosted the event in 1985 and 1993.
The colourful opening ceremony started with [...]

Bangladesh won’t give corridor to India: Dipu Moni

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Thursday turned down the allegation of offering corridor to India, in turn accusing opposition BNP of making false and motivated allegations.
Bangladesh has not allowed corridor to India and will not do so in future, the minister said at a roundtable on “Bangladesh-India Summit” at the Jatiya Press Club.
Referring to BNP’s [...]

India 1-0 ahead in Idea Test series

Despite Mushfiqur Rahim’s crowd-pleasing maiden test century, Tigers could not escape defeat against the number one ranked Test team in the ICC ranking, as India won the first Test of the Idea Cup series by 113 runs on Thursday.
India picked wickets at regular intervals on the final day and eventually sealed a 113-run victory over [...]

Biswa Ijtema begins today

The three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the hajj, begins on the bank of river Turag at Tongi on Friday.
Thousands of pilgrims from home and abroad thronged the bank of river Turag to join the Biswa Ijtema, also called the World Congregation of Muslims.
Around two million devotees including one lakh women are [...]

Hasina pays tributes to Jyoti Basu

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid the last respect to veteran Marxist politician Jyoti Basu, who died in Kolkata on Sunday, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Hasina placed a wreath of white flowers at Basu’s coffin draped in Indian national flag on a makeshift dais at the lobby of West Bengal state assembly building around [...]

Civil service law on cards

The government has initiated a move to enact a law in order to regulate appointment, promotion, posting and transfer of the civil servants, LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told the parliament on Monday.
“It’s expected that drafting of the law will be completed in May this year,” said Ashraful, who is also in charge of the [...]

Massive power failure hits Brazil

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka:
A massive power blackout in southern Brazil left tens of millions of people without power, with residents in major cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo affected. Police called in extra officers and asked people to stay off the street when the Itaipu hydroelectric plant failed at 10:15 pm local time [...]

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