YANGON, Nov 18 (AFP): Myanmar's powerful army has told parliament it opposes changing a junta-drafted constitution that bars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president, days after US President Barack Obama called for it to be amended. Military...
BANGKOK, Nov 18 (AFP): The Thai cabinet Tuesday endorsed a bill to regulate protests, including banning the occupation of state buildings, after years of political turmoil marked by repeated rounds of demonstrations. Colourful mass rallies, marches and occupations-including of Government...
NEW DELHI, Nov 18 (AFP): Hundreds of armed supporters of a controversial guru clashed Tuesday with baton-wielding police who tried to storm his fortified ashram and arrest him in northern India, officers said. Police fired tear gas and water cannon...
TUNIS, Nov 18, (AFP): Tunisia holds its first multi-candidate presidential election on Sunday in the final stage of a post-revolution transition that has set it apart from the turmoil of other Arab Spring states. Twenty-seven candidates are in the running,...
Blast kills senior Islamist politician in Yemen SANAA, Nov 18: A car bombing on Tuesday killed a leading member of Yemen's powerful Sunni Al-Islah party whose supporters have been battling Shiite militias, a security official said. Al-Islah assistant secretary general...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Dhaka's residents can taste fresh vegetable as much as over 10 per cent of the demand through rooftop gardening. Experts and officials said more than 10,000 hectares of space can be brought under rooftop gardening. From such gardening, the city...
SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (AFP): Oil prices extended their losses in Asia Tuesday after Japan's economy slumped into recession, while prospects for an OPEC output cut dimmed, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for December delivery fell 37 cents to...
LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters): Gold jumped 1.5 per cent to a 2-1/2 week high above $1,200 an ounce on Tuesday as the dollar softened against the euro, due partly to better-than-expected German economic data. Spot gold was up 1.4 per...
JAKARTA, Nov 18 (Reuters): Indonesia will increase imports of higher quality unsubsidised fuel by 600,000 barrels in December to help meet an expected quadrupling of demand after the government hiked prices for subsidised fuel, an energy official said on Tuesday....
Rupam Jain Nair, Praveen Menon and Marwa Rashad of Reuters in New Delhi/ Dubai/ Riyadh | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
India is pressing rich countries in the Gulf to raise the wages of millions of Indians working there, in a drive that could secure it billions of dollars in fresh income but risks pricing some of its citizens out of...
Raheem Salman of Reuters | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Islamic State's systematic massacre of hundreds of Iraq's Albu Nimr tribe should have been an unmistakable wake up call for a country that may not be able to stabilise without long-term support from Sunni tribesmen. But nearly a month after...
Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) beat Brothers Union Club by 44 runs in a match of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) at the BKSP ground-3 in Savar Tuesday, reports UNB. Batting first after winning the toss, Mohammedan SC scored 259 runs...
Bangladesh Navy Chess Team secured the top slot in the Walton Home Appliance Premier Division Chess League-2014 beating defending champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd in the 7th round matches at the Bangladesh Olympic Association media centre in the city...
TOKYO, Nov 18 (AFP): Japan striker Shinji Okazaki scored with a swashbuckling backheel as the Asian champions beat fierce rivals Australia 2-1 in a friendly Tuesday. Okazaki's right-foot flick in the 68th minute made it 2-0 to the home side...
Bangladesh volleyball team registered the second successive win in the 4th Asian Beach Games beating Afghanistan by 21-5, 21-10 points at Karon Beach in Phuket, Thailand Tuesday, reports UNB. Earlier, in the first match Monday, Bangladesh won against Kazakhstan by...
DUBAI, Nov 18 (AFP): Pakistan were under pressure after losing both their openers for 34 in reply to New Zealand's big total of 403 in the second Test in Dubai Tuesday. Azhar Ali (four) and Younis Khan (one) were unbeaten...
Zimbabwe will get some preparations ahead of the One Day International (ODI) series when they face Bangladesh Cricket Board XI play a warm-up match scheduled to be held today (Wednesday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, reports UNB....
Youngmen's Club Fakirerpool defeated Basabo Tarun Sangha 1-0 in a match of the Bengal Group Senior Division Football League at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.
Thakurgaon Town Club beat Sarkarpara Azid Club by a solitary goal in the only match of the Sheikh Kamal Nitol Tata Thakurgaon Premier Division Football match at Thakurgaon District Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB.
A case was filed with a court in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday against 28 people, including the deputy commissioner (DC), in connection with embezzlement of Tk 230 million from Matarbari Coal Power Project. AKM Kaisarul Alam, a shrimp firm owner...
Eriksson takes over at cash-rich Shanghai BEIJING, Nov 18: Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson was unveiled by cash-rich Shanghai East Asia as their new coach Tuesday, on a contract that reportedly puts him among the top earners in football management....
FE Report | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
The telecom regulator has sought public opinion to introduce the mobile number portability (MNP) system for cell phone customers, what it claims the initiative as customers friendly. Issuing a statement recently the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) asked the customers...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-11-19 00:00:00
Wärtsilä, a global leading power plant and shipping equipments manufacturer, looks at growing double in Bangladesh by the next 15 years, as it sees the market very potential thanks to the country's rising economic growth that requires more power generation,...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all banks and financial institutions (FIs) to update clients' accounts with 12 digit TIN (tax identification number), reports UNB. As per a directive of the central bank, the account holders have to submit their 12...
CSR of Malaysian High Commission Malaysian High Commission in Dhaka in collaboration with the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) Alumni in Bangladesh under a Corporate Social Responsibility programme has distributed blankets, food items and cash to around 150 orphans from...
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