Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Monday. The hour-long meeting that began around 8:30pm was held at the BNP chairperson's Gulshan office. BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and BNP chairperson's advisers Reaz Rahman...
Stephen Brown of Reuters in Berlin | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
A boom in the number of older Europeans could spell big business for companies that cater to their changing needs - if they can tackle taboos and overcome outdated views of what "old age" looks like. One in three Europeans...
Speakers at a discussion Monday emphasised strong collaboration between the media and the readymade garment industry to bring the success stories of the sector in the limelight alongside letting the media find out its weaknesses. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters...
Jan Strupczewski of Reuters in Athens | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Euro zone ministers are considering extending Greece's bailout by six months to mid-2015, according to a document obtained by Reuters, but Athens said it was only willing to consider an extension of a few weeks to the unpopular programme. Extending...
Phil Stewart or Reuters in Kabul | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
The United States will keep up to 1,000 more soldiers than previously planned in Afghanistan into next year, outgoing US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said December 6, in a recognition of the still formidable challenge from Taliban insurgents. Hagel, confirming...
Aman Shah of Reuters in Mumbai | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
India's ambitious programme this fiscal year to sell off government stakes in companies got a boost on December 5, as an offer to sell 5.0 per cent in a steelmaker to raise $275 million saw investors bidding for twice the...
Ritsuko Ando of Reuters in Tokyo | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Sony Corp is likely to cut average pay next year in a rare move for a big Japanese company, and one that goes against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for higher wages to get the economy moving. For a second...
Fredrik Dahl of Reuters in Vienna | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an extended nuclear deal with world powers, making the material less suitable for building atomic bombs, a diplomatic source and a U.S. think-tank said on December. Iran...
RANGPUR Dec 7 (UNB): Cotton farming in the region holds out a shining prospect as the farmers are showing increasing trend towards it for the higher income from the crop. Interest in cultivation of the crop is growing among the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
PABNA, Dec 7: A father killed his son and later, he attempted to commit suicide over a family feud under Atghoria Upazila in Pabna Saturday evening. The victim was identified as Shohag-2, son of Mohidul Islam of village Dholeshwar in...
NARSINGDI, Dec 7 (BSS): Freedom fighter (FF) of Narsingdi district had a glorious role in the historic War of Liberation in 1971. The people of the district join the liberation war at the call of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Dec 7: Radish is being sold at Tk 1 per kg in the markets in Nilphamari district. Along with radish the price of other vegetables also has fallen drastically. The prevailing retail price of cauliflower is Tk 5 per...
BHOLA, Dec 7 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by his elder brother following a quarrel over a land-related dispute at Gutpo Munshi village in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Babul Paloan, 38,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Dec 7: A four-day long Tree and Agri-Technology fair 2014 began at Shaheed Smreety Pouro Uddyan Sunday. National Agri- Technology project (NATP) of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Tangail arranged the fair. The inaugural ceremony was held at local...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 7 (BSS): Speakers at a function here yesterday stressed the need for ensuring the rights of education and other existing facilities of the state for the children with disability to enable them to live a decent life. "Right...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-08 00:00:00
MAGURA, Dec 7: Magura-Free Day was observed on Sunday. Muktijodha Shangshad Magura district unit took different programmes to observe the day. A rally was brought in the town in morning. Katerthey arranged a discussion meeting at Ashaduzzaman auditorium. Bangladesh Red...
SYLHET, Dec 7 (UNB): A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling of her room at Alir village in Goainghat upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Arina Begum,16, daughter of Junab Ali, a resident...
BENAPOLE, Dec 7 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 12 people while they were going to India illegally through Putkhali border here on Saturday night. Samsur Rahman, camp in-charge of Putkhali BGB Battalion-23, said being tipped off that...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 7 (BSS): More than 50 poor and distressed households, who were affected by flood and river erosion, received goat, sheep and wheat seeds for improving their living and livelihood condition in Char Narayanpur area under Sadar Upazila of...
2 youths jailed in Jessore drugs case A mobile court in Jessore on Saturday night sentenced two young men to six months' imprisonment each for taking and peddling drugs. The convicts were identified as Raju,20, son of Bablur Rahman, and...
Turkish Petroleum International Company is to supply Bangladesh with 60,000 tonnes of gasoil in 2015 for the first time to meet growing demand for fuel, the chairman of the state Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) said Sunday, reports Reuters. Last month,...
FIESOLE, Italy, Dec 7 (AFP): New research from Harvard University suggests it could put years on your life. But a Mediterranean diet rich in pungent olive oil does not come cheap, and it is just about to get a lot...
NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters): Gold fell more than 1 per cent on last week, after US November non-farm payrolls data beat forecasts, fueling expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates sooner rather than later and lifting the...
LEGASPI, Dec 7 (agencies): Typhoon Hagupit is sweeping across the eastern Philippines, toppling trees and power lines and threatening coastal areas with a powerful sea-surge. More than half a million people have fled coastal villages in the area, which was...
NEW YORK, Dec 7 (AFP): Police clashed with protesters in California on the fourth night of demonstrations across the United States against recent killings of African American suspects by white police in the United States. Protesters in Berkeley, California, threw...
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