The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it will provide an estimated $96.1 million to Bangladesh to help expand economic opportunities for the rural poor in that country. It is estimated that as many as 6 million people stand to benefit in Bangladesh from easier access to markets and other services.

Michael Jackson will not be using the `Two Seas` label, as it has been confirmed that he is no longer affiliated to the Persian Gulf ? based label he co-founded last April.

Motorola is stepping the uncharted territories of open source software by offering its mobile Java technology to the open source community. Motorola hopes that by releasing its Mobile Information Device Profiles 3.0 specifications many people will be encouraged to develop Java-based mobile phone software.

Milan?s famous theater, ?La Scala? has dismissed the famous opera tenor, Roberto Alagna from the cast of ?Aida? after the star apparently stormed off the stage in a huff in the middle of a show

Botswana`s Supreme Court declared Wednesday that the states` bushmen were entitled to return to their historic land, in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, in northern Botswana.

Almost everyone listens to an MP3 player on their way to work or classes. And the most popular players are the ones that really mainstreamed the scene, Apple iPods. The introduction of the iPod nano, the latest and smallest large capacity MP3 player on the market, raised the numbers of MP3 listeners significantly. However, the nano had some major flaws, getting scratched easily, making consumers question the need for a brand new toy that will not stay brand new for long.

Cincinnati`s own Mark Dantonio is close to being hired by Michigan State. One of the team`s officials told reporters that Michigan State University President recommended the hiring of Dantonio to the university`s board of trustees

Pakistan`s first official Tools, Dies and Moulds Centre will open for business on August 14th, 2006. This event will open new vistas of development for the engineering sector of Pakistan.

A study conducted in the wake of the sluggish federal response to Hurricane Katrina last year has found that the Department of Homeland Security is still woefully unprepared to deal with major events or disasters. The city of New Orleans, with only four percent of total preparedness measures meeting federal standards, was among the lowest marks found.

Credit cards forex deposits are profiled in other reports, usually by credit card companies, but dollar speculation affects such deposits too. A key survey of manufacturing, the Institute for Supply Management`s factory index, climbed to 57.3 last month from 55.2 in March, beating economists` forecast for a slight fall.

The drama on "Gilmore Girls" will be not only in Lorelai`s and Rory`s lives, but behind the scenes of this successful entertainment show as well. And this is because of a new network, new executive producer and some new writers.

The internet is a great source of information for almost anything you can imagine. Getting phone and address information is one of the things its greatest at. And now this service is about to improve drastically. Best of all this improvement will be free!

Identity theft protection can enhance existing employee benefit programs. The Federal Trade Commission estimates 27 million people have been affected by identity theft in the last five years.

The timeless R.EM band gave 1600 spectators a night to remember. On Saturday night, the four original members of the group, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry came together for a rare performance as they were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

YouTube, the popular video file sharing site owned by Google Inc. has bowed to pressure from a group of Japanese media representatives that demanded that it remove thousands of files over copyright infringement.