SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Xinhua): China, South Korea and Japan will hold the sixth round of talks for a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) next week, after Beijing and Seoul concluded the substantive negotiations for a bilateral FTA, the trade ministry...
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 23 (AFP): When a Muslim cleric told Ahmad Salim that sharia law forbids paying interest, he returned his days-old loan to the bank and turned to the fast-growing industry of Islamic finance. It is a market that...
NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (AFP): India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised today to unveil a whole series of "second-generation" reforms to try to kickstart the stuttering economy. In an interview with the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency, Jaitley...
YANGON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua): Myanmar will get a 50-million-U.S. dollar loan from Singapore and Vietnam for the development of its small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Myanmar authorities said today. The loan, to be obtained in the next fiscal year starting...
BERLIN, Nov 23 (AFP): German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Sunday the European economic and monetary affairs commissioner should have veto powers over national budgets that breach eurozone criteria. Such a reform would send "a strong signal that we truly...
PIROJPUR, Nov 22 (UNB): Uncertainty looms over successful implementation of the government's multimedia classroom project in Pirojpur for various reasons, including shortage of skilled teachers and frequent load shedding. A strong initiative towards digitalisation of the education sector in the...
Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin arrives in Dhaka on Monday on a three-day visit, aiming to deepen bilateral ties, according to a news agency.
RANGPUR, Nov 22 (BSS): Bangladesh has been achieving continuous success in increasing power generation capacity to achieve completely self-reliance on electricity soon, speakers at a launching ceremony said on Friday. Member of the Parliament from Panchagarh-2 seat and President of...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 22 (BSS): Huge sale of the locally produced goods was witnessed on the third day on Friday as hundreds of people thronging the SME fair being arranged here for both men and women small and medium enterprise(SME). SME...
HABIGANJ, Nov 22 (UNB): A pregnant housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over a family feud at Khagaura village in Nabiganj Upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Refat Begum,25, wife of Raihan Uddin of the village....
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NILPHAMARI, Nov 22: Initiative to rehabilitate beggars in Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari district has been acclaimed by the local people, divisional administration as well as the foreign donors. In the meantime the upazila administration declared itself beggar-free and the afford...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 22 (BSS): The government has taken a programme to distribute agriculture assistance cards among the marginal farmers for boosting production. As part of the programme, the government will help the farmers providing fertilizers, seeds, money and other inputs....
FARIDPUR, Nov 22 (UNB): At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over previous enmity at Kamdia village in Saltha upazila on Friday. Witnesses said there had been a long-running enmity between Nurul Islam...
SIRAJGANJ, Nov 22 (UNB): A septuagenarian man was killed as a bus hit him while crossing a road at Srishakol bus stand in Shahjadpur Upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Abul Hossain,70, a resident of Nabbila village...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 22 (BSS): A seminar on 'Health Initiative for Preventing Heart Disease' followed by a daylong free heart camp was held at Mokbular Rahman Diabetic Hospital hall room here in the district town on Friday. Panchagarh Diabetic Samity with...
RANGPUR, Nov 22 (BSS): The fifteenth conference of district unit of Udichhi Shilpi Gosthi was held in the city on Friday with a call for building a non-communal Bangladesh and speedy trial of the war criminals. The district unit of...
Housewife commits suicide in Jessore A housewife committed suicide by taking pesticide at Ghughurail village in Manirampur upazila in Jessore on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Roksana Begum 35, wife of Hazrat Ali of the village. Quoting family...
LAS VEGAS, Nov 22 (AFP): Obama urged Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform as he used his weekly address Saturday to again defend his unilateral action shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. "I still believe that the best way...
COLOMBO, Nov 22 (AFP): Sri Lanka's ruling party was set for a purge Saturday after a senior minister declared he was challenging President Mahinda Rajapakse in snap elections called for January. Rajapakse's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) suspended members who...
MANAMA, Nov 22 (AFP): Bahrain went to the polls Saturday for its first legislative elections since a failed pro-democracy uprising in 2011, with the opposition boycotting the vote in the tiny Gulf monarchy. The key US ally remains divided nearly...
VIENNA, Nov 22 (AFP): Iran and world powers appeared set Saturday for a fresh round of cliffhanger nuclear talks in a bid to break the deadlock two days ahead of a deadline. In a sign of the high stakes involved,...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22 (AFP): US President Barack Obama telephoned Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss the "evolving situation" in the region, the Pakistani foreign ministry said. "Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed satisfaction at the direction of Pakistan-US relations which...
Plague outbreak kills 40 in Madagascar: WHO GENEVA, Nov 22: An outbreak of plague has killed 40 people in Madagascar, the World Health Organization said, warning that the disease could spread rapidly in the country's densely populated capital Antananarivo. The...
With an advantage of 1-0 lead, Bangladesh will face Zimbabwe in their second match of the five-match Bashundhara Cement One Day International (ODI) series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today (Sunday), reports UNB. The day-night match will...
Bangladesh players Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim have notched up the country's records in cricket in the first One-Day International against Zimbabwe, reports bdnews24.com. Shakib scored a century and bagged four wickets to help his side seize victory at...
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