Merlin Olsen Died At 69:Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL’s greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer.
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A three-day agriculture symposium concluded Thursday with calls for comprehensive agrarian reforms, to protect farmers' interests and ensure self-reliance in food production.
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Rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums.
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The US State Department's 2009 Human Rights Report on Bangladesh, released Thursday, raised concerns over unlawful killings by security forces and reports of rising political violence.
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The government could start paying compensation from as early as July to locals of the Barapukuria coal mine area in Dinajpur, who however entered the second day of a hunger strike on Thursday demanding immediate pay.
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A Bangladesh born computer software developer for British Airways appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of "planning suicide bombings and his own martyrdom".
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The government is intending to ban Shibir, the student body affiliated with the religion-based politics of Jamaat-e-Islami, from campuses countrywide.
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The government is intending to ban Shibir, the student body affiliated with the religion-based politics of Jamaat-e-Islami, from campuses countrywide.
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A Dhaka court on Thursday extended a special release order for Arafat Rahman Coco, son of former premier and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, which allowed him to go abroad too seek medical treatment while facing graft charges.
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A Dhaka court on Thursday extended a special release order for Arafat Rahman Coco, son of former premier and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, which allowed him to go abroad too seek medical treatment while facing graft charges.
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