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Iran stops OIL to France and England
bdnews.com Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state’s lifeblood, oil. Iran’s Oil Ministry announces it has cut oil exports to British and French firms in line with the decision to end crude exports to six [...]
India’s Kingfisher Airlines cutting flights
bdnews.com Via BSS: India’s loss-making Kingfisher Airlines has cancelled as many as 32 flights a day, it said at the weekend, also admitting a glitch over tax payments in the latest signs of trouble for the carrier. The company, which showed a third quarter loss of $88 million last week, has been beset with difficulties [...]
Scores kills in Honduras Prison fire
bdnews.com Hundreds killed in Honduras prison fire A wounded man is carried on a stretcher at Escuela hospital in the capital Tegucigalpa, after a blaze that began late on Tuesday night at a prison in Comayagua, about 75 kilometers north of the capital, February 15, 2012. Photo: Reuters AP, Honduras Trapped inmates screamed from their [...]
Israeli officials ‘target of attacks’ in India, Georgia
BBC Online Israeli officials say their diplomats in India and Georgia have been targeted in apparent bomb attacks. An explosion hit an embassy car in Delhi, injuring one diplomat. Police said there had been an “incident” but could not confirm an attack. Israeli and Georgian officials said a bomb had been found beneath a diplomat’s [...]
Gilani charged with comtempt
Tuesday, February 14, 2012Front Page Pakistan PM charged with contempt Afp, Islamabad Pakistan’s prime minister was charged with contempt by the country’s highest court yesterday, pleading not guilty to charges that could see him jailed for six months and disqualified from office. Summoned over the government’s two-year refusal to write to authorities in Switzerland asking [...]
Internet group Anonymous Spies on Secret FBI Conference Call, Posts Audio Clip
bdnews.com Photo: Zdnet.com Anonymous group reveals secret FBI conference call on the internet. According to Huffington Post, the agents were supposed to use a secure line, however, Anonymous group still got through to the secure call and extracted the details of the conversation. In the conference call, the FBI agents were discussing about arresting certain [...]
Anti Muslim Graffiti in NY: Spotted by Bangladeshi
bdnews.com According to NY Daily News, “Bangladeshis in Kensington said they are living in fear after Muslim hate graffiti was found on a storefront in the neighborhood’s bustling shopping strip.” The manager of TDS Insurance on Beverly Road near McDonald Avenue, came to work Monday and spotted a nauseating sight: “It was written on the [...]
Karnataka State Ministers watched PORN in the parliament…(Video)
bdnews.com 3 State Ministers quit over watching PORN in the general assembly who eventually resigned just a few hours ago. This is a terrible blow to BJP who has to deal with the consequences of dealing with the loss of these ministers.
International Mother’s Language Day as celebrated in DC, USA
bdnews.com Last year 21st February, also known as Ekushey February was not only celebrated in Bangladesh, but a Local group of Bangladeshis in Washington DC, known as Drishtipath, celebrated Ekushey February as International Mother Language Day with deep appreciation of Bangla language and its grandeur. Here is a video clip from last year’s program.
Maldives Police Mutiny : State TV Under Control
Mutinying police on the holiday islands of the Maldives took over the state broadcaster on Tuesday and broadcast an opposition-linked station’s calls for people to come on the streets to overthrow President Mohamed Nasheed, witnesses said. Nasheed was safely inside the headquarters of the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and in control of the military, [...]
Should Repair ties with Dhaka, Indian daily tells Mamata
bdnews.com Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee still has a chance to “repair West Bengal’s relations with Bangladesh and boost India’s”, a top Indian daily said Monday. Mamata’s refusal to clear the Teesta water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh “did kill a splendid opportunity for India to bring bilateral ties to the next logical level”, The Indian Express said [...]
US and Israel united on Iran
The US is working closely with Israel to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama has said. He told NBC he believed Israel had not yet decided how to deal with the issue, amid reports that Israel may strike Iran as early as spring. Obama said the aim was to resolve the [...]