News from January 2010

Health expert: Swine flu outbreak exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies for profits

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka: Wolfgang Wodarg, a European health official, has said that the severity of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic was intentionally exaggerated by pharmaceutical companies so they could receive large profits. Wodarg, who is the Council of Europe’s head of health, claimed that the manufacturers of the anti-virus drugs pressured the World Health [...]

US Secret Service discovers third uninvited guest at White House dinner

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka: The US Secret Service has revealed that a third uninvited guest gained entry to last November’s state dinner for the Indian Prime Minister. The Secret Service discovered the third interloper while investigating how Tareq and Michaele Salahi were able to breach security at the dinner. The man did not get close [...]

Giant tuna sold for $177,000 at Japanese fish market

Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka: This Tuesday, at a wholesale auction at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, a 512-pound bluefin tuna was sold for over sixteen-million yen ($177,000 USD). The great fish was bought and then shared by the owners of a local sushi restaurant and a Hong Kong-based dining establishment. This tuna is the [...]

5th amendment: SC hears pleas Jan 18

The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed January 18 for hearing two petitions, seeking stay on the High Court verdict declaring illegal the fifth amendment to the Constitution, at its full bench. Appellate Division Chamber Judge Md Mojammal Hossain fixed the date for hearing the two separate stay petitions filed by BNP secretary general and three [...]

China to surpass Japan to become second largest economy

Tarif Haque, newshoursbd, Dhaka: The Chinese economy is likely to overtop the Japanese economy and become the second largest in the world. Li Daokui, Director of the Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE) at the Tsinghua University, states that there is no doubt about what the numbers or the statistics show. China’s GDP [...]

US jobless claims fall, reach seventeen-month low

Tarif Haque, newshoursbd, Dhaka: The number of newly-laid off US residents has fallen to the lowest level in a year and a half. The Labor Department reports new unemployment claims totaled 432,000 last week, down 22,000 from the previous week. That is the lowest figure since July, 2008, and a significant reduction from the nearly [...]

US, UK embassies in Yemen close due to al-Qaeda threat

Tarif Haque, newshoursbd, Dhaka: Monday, January 4, 2010 The United States and the United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures come after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government. The American embassy’s website said the threats come from al-Qaeda in the Arabian [...]

North Korea seeks diplomatic relations with the US

Tarif Haque, newshoursbd, Dhaka: North Korea said in a statement on Friday that it wants to end its “hostile relationship” with the United States, and that it seeks to focus on six-party talks with the west. The statement released by major state run news outlets, said that the North is committed to “a lasting peace [...]

Death warrants issued for 5 killers

A Dhaka court on Sunday issued death warrants against five convicts in condemned cells in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case. Judge Md Abdul Gafur of the District and Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after he received the final verdict of the Supreme Court. The court sent the death warrants in a red envelop [...]

Femele Power

Tarif Haque, Newshoursbd,Dhaka : THE economic empowerment of women across the rich world is one of the most remarkable revolutions of the past 50 years. It is remarkable because of the extent of the change: millions of people who were once dependent on men have taken control of their own economic fates. It is remarkable [...]

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