SC lifts lid on extortion case against Hasina
Bdnews24.com
The Appellate Division on Thursday cleared the way for the trial court to continue the proceedings of an extortion case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, filed by businessman Azam J Chowdhury.
In a verdict, the appeals court overturned an order by the High Court that had scrapped the case. The government had appealed the HC verdict.
Grim fight for survival after Myanmar cyclone
Death toll may hit 100,000
Myanmar's military government came under pressure on Wednesday to open its borders to more international help after a devastating cyclone that a U.S. diplomat said may have killed more than 100,000 people, reports Reuters.
Microsoft: No plans for another bid for Yahoo
REUTERS, JAKARTA -- Microsoft has no plans to make another approach for Yahoo Inc after it pulled its $47.5 billion bid earlier this month, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie said on Thursday.
"The market may wish that the Yahoo deal may come back together, but Microsoft at least at this point assumes it's over," Mundie told Reuters in an interview in the Indonesian capital.
"We know what we thought it's economic limits were and that didn't come together, so we've moved on and we will go back and implement plan B that we've been on in any case," he added, referring to the company's online strategy.
Gavaskar resigns as ICC cricket committee head
Former India batsman cites professional commitments
Cricinfo.com
Sunil Gavaskar, who was asked to choose between his ICC role and his media commitments due to a potential conflict of interest, has decided to end his eight-year stint as chairman of its cricket committee.REUTERS, Beijing - A prominent Chinese doctor said China's deadly hand, foot and mouth outbreak will not become another epidemic on the scale of the SARS virus, even as the numbers of reported cases mounted on Wednesday.
Hand, foot and mouth is a common childhood illness, but the current outbreak has led to some 27 fatalities, mostly when linked with enterovirus 71 (EV71), which can cause a severe form of the disease, characterized by high fever, paralysis and meningitis.
Rabindranath a source of inspiration: CA
Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has said that the works of Rabindranath Tagore are a source of inspiration to build a society full of enlightenment and free of prejudices, reports bdnews24.com.
"Rabindranath is significant in the determination and expectations of our national life," the CA said Thursday in his speech to a programme marking the 147th birth anniversary of world poet Rabindranath Tagore at Osmani Memorial Auditorium.
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