COLOMBO, Nov 19 (AFP): Sri Lanka's president cleared a final hurdle to seeking re-election on Wednesday when he completed the mandatory four years of his second term, opening the way for snap polls expected in January. Mahinda Rajapakse is widely...
JERUSALEM, Nov 19 (AFP): Israel began a crackdown in east Jerusalem Wednesday, a day after an assault by Palestinians on a synagogue killed five people, razing the home of a resident behind an earlier deadly attack. The demolition, which took...
YANGON, Nov 19 (AFP): Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party admitted Wednesday it cannot win its fight to change a constitution that bars her from Myanmar's presidency, after authorities ruled out charter amendments before 2015 elections. Nyan Win, spokesman for...
A female pilot officer flew a flight solo for the fist time in Bangladesh history on Thursday. Tamanna-E-Lutfy, pilot officer of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), completed her first solo flight by Bell-206 helicopter in BAF Base Bir Srestho Matiur Rahman,...
BARWALA, Nov 19 (AFP): Police discovered five bodies Wednesday after storming the ashram of a wanted guru in northern India where thousands of followers have been holed up for days, as a sixth supporter died in hospital. The authorities made...
HONG KONG, Nov 19 (AFP): Hong Kong police clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators Wednesday after a small group attempted to break into the city's legislature, as splits emerged within the movement ahead of the expected clearance of protest camps. Around 100...
PARIS, Nov 19 (AP): A second Frenchman was identified Wednesday after appearing unmasked in a grisly execution video among Islamic State jihadists, many of whom are believed to be Western fighters. Several European countries are probing the possible involvement of...
Jordan urges 'restraint' after Jerusalem synagogue killings AMMAN, Nov 19: Jordan called Wednesday for "restraint and calm" after two Palestinians killed five Israelis at a Jerusalem synagogue in the city's bloodiest attack in six years. As custodian of the holy...
Bangladesh will take on Zimbabwe in the first match of the 5-match Bashundhara Cement ODI Series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday. The match will begin at 1:30 pm (Bangladesh time) Earlier, Bangladesh whitewashed visiting Zimbabwe to...
Deputy Minister for Environment and Forests Abdullah Al Islam Jakob has been elected Vice President of the Committees of the Parties (COP) and Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the 26th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol and...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Nov 19: The winter vegetable growers of Rangpur division are overjoyed as they are getting an excellent yield of the produce during the current season. Harvesting of winter vegetable is going on in full swing across the region and...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday claimed that the government is implicating their senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in ‘false’ cases to keep him away from politics. “We consider Tarique Rahman as a future leader. The government is...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 19 (BSS): A bumper production of sugarcane is expected at the eight sub-zones of Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) as the sugarcane saplings have grown well in the fields. Around 5,000 farmers of the sub-zones have cultivated sugarcane...
A local Awami League (AL) activist was killed and 15 others were injured in a fierce clash between two groups of the party in Nandail upazila on Thursday night. The victim was identified as Abul Mansur, 55, according to a...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 19 (BSS): Comprehensive GO-NGO efforts could ensure proper selection of beneficiaries to make the social safety-net programmes more effective and successful, speakers at the concluding ceremony of a two-day training course said Tuesday. The government's comprehensive social safety-net...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with top leaders of her party-led 20-party alliance on Saturday night to work out their next course of action and finalise their decisive movement strategy. The meeting is scheduled to be held at the...
JHALAKATHI, Nov 19 (BSS): A young man, suspected to be a thief, was killed in lynch-mob attack while fleeing with stolen goods from a house at Chhoto Koibarto Khali village under Rajapur upazila early this morning. The deceased was identified...
GOPALGANJ, Nov 19 (UNB): A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a bus on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Mista Shikdar, 11, a class three student of Chandra Dighalaya Government...
NARSINGDI, Nov 19 (BSS): Harvesting of early variety transplanted (T) Aman has been progressing fast in all the six upazilas of the district during the current season amid much enthusiasm of the farmers. Officials of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 19 (BSS): Wide-ranging promotion and expansion of biogas plants has become an urgent need to reduce the use of chemical fertilizer in the farming fields. "We have enormous prospects of large-scale expansion of biogas plants as most of...
FARIDPUR, Nov 19 (BSS): An elaborate programme has been chalked out in connection with the observance of the ensuing victory day across the district on December 16. In a meeting held here today in the conference room of the Deputy...
CHUADANGA, Nov 19 (BSS): District Committee of Jatiya Mahila Sangstha distributed Taka 14,80,000 as loan to 101 poor women of four upazilas of the district including Chuadanga Sadar, Damurhuda and Jibannagar under its self employment programme on Tuesday. Administrator of...
3 held with firearms in Bogra Police arrested three alleged terrorists in possession of one foreign-made pistol, two magazines and two rounds of bullet from in front of Karonation Government Primary School in Bogra Tuesday night. The arrestees were identified...
Victoria Bryan of Reuters in Berlin | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
European comet lander Philae 'sniffed' organic molecules containing the carbon element that is the basis of life on Earth before its primary battery ran out and it shut down, German scientists said. They said it was not yet clear whether...
Dmitry Zhdannikov and Alex Lawler of Reuters in London | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
If Saudi Oil Minister Ali al Naimi wants to stop conspiracy theories spreading before a crucial OPEC meeting next week, it's too late. Naimi's intervention last week after a two-month silence failed to address a question energy markets want answered:...
Manoj Kumar of Reuters in New Delhi | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
India is likely to announce new measures to curb gold imports, a senior finance ministry source said, and they could include restrictions on a group of private trading firms that have been allowed to bring in the precious metal. Shipments...
FE Report | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The prices of ginger have declined in the kitchen market thanks to a satisfactory supply, industry people said. "The wholesale price of different types of ginger reduced by Tk 5 to Tk 10 per kilogram compared to the previous week,"...
SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asia today as dealers predicted that leading producer Saudi Arabia will resist pressure from other OPEC members to cut output in order to prop up falling prices. US benchmark West Texas...
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