NEW DELHI, Dec 4 (AFP): India's new Hindu nationalist premier Narendra Modi on Thursday rejected angry calls to dismiss a government minister whose derogatory comment about religious minorities has caused uproar in parliament. India's upper house has been paralysed by...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 4 (AFP): Ten Pakistani children have been infected with HIV after receiving tainted blood transfusions, officials said Thursday, in a "shocking" case highlighting the abysmal state of blood screening in the country. The children, aged five to sixteen,...
TOKYO, Dec 4 (AFP): Japan on Wednesday successfully launched a probe destined for a distant asteroid on a six-year mission, just weeks after a European spacecraft's historic landing on a comet. The explorer, Hayabusa 2, blasted off aboard Japan's main...
BANGKOK, Dec 4 (AP): Thai prosecutors say they have indicted two Myanmar migrant workers for the murder of two British tourists on a resort island. The bodies of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, were found Sept. 15 on...
BASEL, Switzerland, Dec 4 (AFP): Washington does not want to see Russia isolate itself "through its own actions," US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday, calling on Moscow to help halt the raging Ukraine crisis. "The United States and...
US President Barack Obama nominated longtime Defence Department understudy Ashton Carter as his fourth defense secretary on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel, the lone Republican in Obama’s Cabinet, who resigned last week after disagreements with the White House. In Carter,...
One dead, eight injured in Pak blast QUETTA, Pakistan, Dec 4: A bomb in restive southwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least one person and wounded eight others, including two schoolchildren, officials said. The blast on the outskirts of Quetta,...
FE Report | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
Prices of imported garlic increased on the spike in costs of import from China in the last two weeks, traders said. "The price of imported garlic increased by around $ 50 to $ 60 per tonne in the last two...
SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia on Thursday after a dip in US crude stockpiles raised optimism about energy demand in the world's top crude consumer during the winter season, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate...
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters): Iraq's plan for higher oil exports in 2015, emerging in detail just days after OPEC shunned any output cut, will add to global over supply and is likely to entrench the reluctance of other OPEC members...
SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (Reuters): Gold edged lower on Thursday as the metal's appeal as a hedge declined with the dollar trading at a 5-1/2-year high against basket of major currencies. Spot gold fell 0.2 per cent to $1,207.40 an ounce...
Noting that Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is run by foreign financing, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday lamented the TIB has not yet spoken anything in favour of the country. He said this while talking to reporters after a meeting...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief the media on Friday on Bangladesh's achievements in the recently concluded SAARC summit and her visit to Malaysia. It will be held at her Ganabhaban residence at 4pm, said AKM Shamim Chowdhury, her press...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said Germany soon will be number one export market for Bangladesh from its (Germany) current position of number two. "Germany expressed its satisfaction over Bangladesh's recent economic development. It is keen to provide all...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim, MP, on Thursday said the driver, who is responsible for the killing of eminent journalist Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, will be brought to book. The minister made the comment while visiting the residence of...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has withdrawn restrictions on cricketer Shakib Al Hasan that prevented him from playing abroad. Thursday's announcement ended the star cricketer's 18-month ban on taking part in tournaments outside the country for breach of discipline. Board chief...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Dec 3: For the first time in Rajshahi, cotton is being commercially cultivated in water scarce, semi-rugged Barind tract of Godagari upazila of the district. Cotton is the collective name given to four species of plants in the genus...
KHULNA, Dec 3 (UNB): Construction works of thirteen school-cum-cyclone shelters in coastal Koyra upazila of the district are progressing fast with a February-deadline. Sources at the Upazila Engineer's Office said construction works of the shelter centres involving over Tk 300...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
MAGURA, Dec 3: Bangladesh NGO Foundation Day 2014 was observed in Magura Tuesday. Associate members of Bangladesh NGO foundation in Magura took different programmes in observance of the day .They brought out a rally in the town in the morning....
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
JESSORE, Dec 3: The first ever international Agricultural Technology Fair for promoting awareness and sharing knowledge among farmers and relevant stakeholders was inaugurated at Munshi Meherullah Maidan on Tuesday. Agro-Input Retailers' Network (AIRN) arranged the fair supported by the USAID...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 3 (UNB): A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her co-wife at Nodakandar village in Bagmara upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Aleya Khatun Popy, 34, wife of Mahbubur Rahman of the village. Police said...
Our Correspondent | 2014-12-04 00:00:00
PABNA, Dec 3: A primary school boy was killed in a road accident in front of his school in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Md. Emon Hossain, 10, son of Bokul Hossain of village...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 3 (BSS): Concerted efforts of both government, non-government and voluntary organizations is vital to reduce the loss of lives and assets caused by various natural disasters like flood and river erosion in the region, speakers at a participatory...
FARIDPUR, Dec 3 (BSS): International Day of People with Disabilities was observed here today with a call for removing all barriers of the disabled persons and work for their welfare. With this year's slogan "Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology"...
Bus workers on Thursday blocked Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Alekhar Char protesting the attack on their fellows by Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jubo League men over toll. Rais Abdur Rob, owner of Asia Paribahan, said a group of BCL and Jubo...
Fake doctor sentenced to 2 years’ jail A mobile court here sentenced a fake doctor two-year jail and imposed fine of Taka 5,00,000 for setting up a bogus hospital without government approval at Hili Bazar under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur...
England captain Alastair Cook received a one-match suspension for a slow over rate in his team's third one-day international against Sri Lanka. He was also fined 20 per cent of his match fee on Thursday, a day after England won...
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