RIYADH, Dec 25 (AFP): Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude exporter, on Thursday announced a 2015 budget with a huge $38.6 billion deficit due to the sharp decline in oil prices but still raised spending. A statement read on state-run...
GUWAHATI, India, Dec 25 (Reuters): India deployed military helicopters to hunt down tribal militants in the northeastern state of Assam on Thursday after rebels killed 75 people this week, the deadliest in the remote area in years. Assam has a...
DONETSK, Ukraine, Dec 25 (AFP): The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund on Thursday after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet again to try ending the eight-month pro-Russian revolt. Negotiations mediated by European...
HONG KONG, Dec 25 (AFP): Hong Kong police said Thursday they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable rally since the last protest camp was cleared last week. Police used pepper spray...
SEOUL, Dec 25 (AFP): South Korea on Thursday ruled out the possibility that a recent string of cyber-attacks on its nuclear power operator could cause a malfunction at any of the country's 23 atomic reactors. The designs and manuals for...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec 25 (AFP): The leader of a banned Pakistani sectarian militant group who was set to walk free from jail is being held for two more weeks in a murder case, officials said Thursday. Malik Ishaq, the head...
Obama, Malaysian PM hit the links in Hawaii WASHINGTON, Dec 25: US President Barack Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, tends to golf with buddies and aides, but on Wednesday mixed things up, hitting the links with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
Ross Turner, the former ICC global development manager, will be the BCB's consultant to formulate its long-term strategic plan from 2015, reports Cricinfo. He is expected to arrive in Bangladesh next month to complete formalities for a role that will...
MELBOURNE, Dec 25 (AFP): Debutant Joe Burns will bat at number six and paceman Ryan Harris returns for Australia in the third Boxing Day Test against India, skipper Steve Smith said Thursday. Smith, who won his first Test as captain...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Dec 25 (AFP): New Zealand and Sri Lanka are expecting a paceman's paradise when their two-Test series starts in Christchurch Friday. Aside from the prestige of a Test match, the first in eight years in the earthquake-ravaged...
MELBOURNE, Dec 25 (AFP): Captain M.S. Dhoni said Thursday sledging had nothing to do with India's losing performance in the series against Australia and he encouraged more of it in this week's third Test in Melbourne. Dhoni said he saw...
A 23-member contingent of Busan I'Park, a top-tier South Korean football club, arrived in the city Thursday to play a FIFA friendly against Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday, reports UNB. The friendly...
The Trust Bank 13th National Senior and Junior Taekwondo competition will begin today (Friday) at the National Sports Council (NSC) Gymnasium with the participation of 24 districts, associations, clubs and universities across the country, reports BSS. Major General M Mahfuzur...
Port Elizabeth, Dec 25 (AP): Temba Bavuma is set to become the first black African batsman to play for South Africa when the second cricket test against the West Indies gets underway at St. George's Park on Boxing Day. With...
LONDON, Dec 25 (AFP): While professional footballers in the rest of Europe sleep off their Christmas hangovers, the Premier League ploughs on regardless Friday with a bumper schedule of traditional Boxing Day fixtures. For the first time in the 2014-15...
Classical Chess Zia loses to Pourkashiyan Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd lost to WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa of Iran in the 7th round match of the Al Ain Classical Chess Tournament held in Al Ain in UAE...
The country's overall gas production over the last one year has increased by about 154 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to 2486 mmcfd in December last week from 2332 mmcfd in the first week of January 2014, reports UNB....
Southeast Bank Limited Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) at Head Office of the bank in the city. Shahid Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank Limited and the President of HAAB Md....
The 27th edition of Industrial Trade Fair-2014 begins in Kolkata today (Friday) showcasing products of various countries, reports UNB. Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) is hosting the fair with some 90 companies participating in it from Bangladesh...
Sonia H Moni The country's salt production is yet to gain momentum as all the producers are not engaged in the process until now, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) officials said. "Farmers usually start producing salt in mid-November....
FE Report The initial public offering (IPO) subscription of Zaheen Spinning Limited (ZSL) will begin from Sunday (December 28) to raise a fund worth Tk 120 million from the public, officials said. The IPO subscription will remain open till January...
Chairman of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Abdul Matlub Ahmad on Thursday said country's all small and cottage industries have to be under the umbrella of National Association of Small and Cottage Industries Bangladesh (NASCIB). He also urged specific...
In his constituency of Varanasi Thursday, Prime Minister of India Norendra Modi said there is no question about the railways being privatised. "Those who are spreading lies that railways is being privatised...this is not our thought or intention," he said....
NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (PTI): India's foreign trade rose over 18 times since the launch of economic liberalisation programme in 1991 while the trade deficit widened by more than 22 times. The country's foreign trade (export and import) has increased...
BEIJING Thu Dec 25 (Reuters): China's economy is creating more than 13 million new jobs this year, the Xinhua news agency cited the labor ministry as saying on Thursday, outstripping the official target despite slower economic growth. China added 10.82...
TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters): The Japanese yen rose on Thursday in extremely thin trade because of the Christmas holiday, but the dollar remained not far from the week's highs hit on diverging monetary policy outlooks. Tokyo markets were open for...
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