Dhaka, Jan 8 (bdnews24.com) –Awami League spokesperson Syed Ashraful Islam has buffed rival BNP's claims that the party had promised before the elections to make rice available at Tk 10 a kg and give farmers fertiliser free of cost.

Referring to BNP's propaganda against AL, he said, "BNP is spreading lies against Awami League. Nowhere in our manifesto has it been said that people will be given rice at Tk 10 and fertiliser for free."

NEW YORK, Thu Jan 8, (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - A vast accounting scandal at India's Satyam Computer Services may increase investor nervousness about weak corporate governance and oversight in emerging markets.

Satyam founder and chairman Ramalinga Raju admitted on Wednesday to inflating Satyam's reported cash and bank balances by over 50 billion rupees ($1 billion), but little is known about how widespread the problem is and things could get worse if other frauds are uncovered.

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - A dangerous type of snoring known as sleep apnea can cause stroke by decreasing blood flow, raising blood pressure and harming the brain's ability to modulate these changes, researchers reported on Tuesday.

The study may help explain why people with sleep apnea are more likely to have strokes and to die in their sleep, the team led by Vahid Mohsenin of Yale University in Connecticut said.