SYLHET, Dec 31 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from a hillock at Lamashyampur in Jaintapur Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Yunus Ali,32, son of Ibrahim Ali, a resident of Haripur area...
RU Correspondent | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 31: The teachers of the Rajshahi University (RU) organised a human chain programme protesting the killing of Prof. AKM Shafiul Islam Lilon, a teacher of sociology department. On Tuesday at 11.30am teachers under the banner of RU...
CHANDPUR, Dec 31 (UNB): A girl allegedly committed suicide at Char Rampur village in Faridganj upazila on Tuesday as she could not pass this year's Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination. The deceased was identified as Nasrin Akter,13, daughter of Taslim...
Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Dec 31: Brickfields of Nilphamari district are suffering from non-availability of coal. There are as many as 43 brickfields in the district. The nearest source of purchasing coal is Boropukuria coal mine at Fulbari of Dinjpur district...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 31 (BSS): Speakers at a function here on Tuesday underscored the need for ensuring the government services to the poor to change their socioeconomic conditions to build a prosperous country. "Emphasis should be given to find out the...
JHENIDAH, Dec 31 (BSS): Two people were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Asannagar under Shailkupa upazila of the district this morning. One of the deceased was Sahajahan Ali, 48, son of Wajed Ali of Barda...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 31 (BSS): Prospects of boosting additional around 0.1 million metric tonnes of lentil output is bright in the region including the vast Barind tract. Agricultural extension officials, scientists and researchers concerned revealed the prospect referring to some on-farm...
FARIDPUR, Dec 31 (BSS): The 50th anniversary of the state owned TV channel Bangladesh Television (BTV) was observed here today in a befitting manner. In this connection BTV authority in cooperation with the local district administration chalked out a programme...
SYDNEY, Dec 31 (agencies): Revellers across the globe are gathering to welcome in the new year, with New Zealand and Australia leading the celebrations. A giant clock in Auckland's Sky Tower counted down the minutes until midnight (11:00 GMT), when...
SANAA, Dec 31 (Reuters): A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a cultural centre where students were celebrating Prophet Mohammad's birthday, medical sources and a resident said. They...
TUNIS, Dec 31 (AFP): Anti-Islamist Beji Caid Essebsi, 88, was sworn in as Tunisia's first freely elected president at a ceremony in parliament on Wednesday. The election of Essebsi, a veteran of previous regimes, is seen as a landmark for...
SURABAYA, Dec 31 (AFP): Soldiers acting as pall bearers Wednesday carried coffins containing the first two bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 into Surabaya airport from where the ill-fated plane departed, as sombre relatives gave their DNA to help identify loved...
MONTREAL, Dec 31 (AFP): Police in western Canada were investigating Wednesday the "senseless mass murder" of six adults and two children, who were apparently slain by a depressed man who later killed himself. Police Chief Rod Knecht said killings-the worst...
Ailing Saudi king, 91, admitted to hospital for checks RIYADH, Dec 31: Saudi Arabia's ailing King Abdullah, 91, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday for "medical checks," the royal court said. The king, whose age and frequent hospitalisation have raised...
Deepa Seetharaman and Bill Rigby of Reuters | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
This spring, Taser International Inc won a small but high-profile contract to supply body cameras to the London police. But the deal nearly collapsed over one issue: where the video footage would be stored. In the end, the deal survived...
Clare Baldwin, Yimou Lee and Clare Jim of Reuters in Hong Kong | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
When Xi Jinping wanted to deliver a political message to Hong Kong as protesters demanding free elections were threatening to take to the streets, he summoned the tycoons who dominate the city's economy. The words from the Chinese leader at...
Jessica Donati of Reuters in Kabul | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
No one ever claimed responsibility after a suicide bomber rammed into the vehicle of celebrated female parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai. She walked away from the wreckage after the November 16 blast that killed three civilians and wounded 20. The Taliban often...
FE Desk Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Commodity prices have moved down sharply in H2, after a mixed performance in H1. "Of a sample of 27 commodity prices that we track, only four have risen in H2, and only aluminium has risen by more than 5 per...
SINGAPORE, Dec 31 (Reuters): Formal US government approval to ease a 40-year-old ban on exports of crude oil will squeeze Asian producers already scrambling to cut costs amid diminished revenues due to a crash in energy prices and weaker currencies....
JAKARTA, Dec 31 (AFP): Indonesia's government will scrap its gasoline subsidy from January 1 to free up more funds to boost the slowing economy, a senior minister said Wednesday. The prices of gasoline and diesel in Southeast Asia's biggest economy...
FE Report Country's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to rise further to 6.3 per cent in FY 15, Standard Chartered Global Economic Research Views Thursday said. According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the GDP growth for FY 14...
FE Report | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
A two-day denim expo will begin here on March 01 with high hopes for wooing overseas buyers to boost export of the quality clothing item. Organisers said the third version of the Denimsandjeans Expo will take place at Hotel Radisson....
FE Report The 20th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2015 will begin today (Thursday). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the fair at 11:00 am at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the capital. "We are going to arrange a good fair. All...
Mosharraf Hossain Chowdhury has joined Probashi Kallyan Bank (PKB) as managing director (MD) recently. Prior to his joining the PKB, he was deputy managing director (DMD) of Janata Bank Limited and Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank, said a press release. He...
SEOUL, Dec 31 (Xinhua): South Korea's consumer price inflation (CPI) stayed at a 15-year low in 2014 on the back of low prices of crude oil and farm goods, boosting worries about deflation, a government report showed Wednesday. Consumer prices...
SHANGHAI, Dec 31 (Reuters): Activity in China's factory sector shrank for the first time in seven months in December, a private survey showed on Wednesday, highlighting the urgency behind a series of surprise easing moves by Beijing in the past...
ROME, Dec 31 (Reuters): Accommodative monetary policy will remain necessary for as long as global growth remains weak, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said in a newspaper article published on Wednesday. With the global economy in a fragile state, central...
SINGAPORE, Dec 31 (AFP): Singapore's trade-sensitive economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate of 2.8 per cent in 2014 as the city-state cut its reliance on foreign workers, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Wednesday. The slowing growth was attributed in...
HANOI, Dec 31 (AFP): Vietnam's economy grew 5.98 per cent in 2014, the highest for three years, despite a festering banking crisis and damaging anti-China riots, authorities said Wednesday. The figure-higher than last year's increase of 5.42 per cent and...
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