JERUSALEM, Oct 13 (agencies): Israeli police clashed with young Palestinian protesters Monday demonstrating against Jews visiting the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, a spokeswoman said. The clash after morning prayers came as demonstrators protested over Orthodox Jews...
HONG KONG, Oct 13 (Reuters): Hundreds of people, some wearing surgical masks and armed with crowbars and cutting tools, tore down protest barriers in the heart of Hong Kong's business district Monday, scuffling with protesters who have occupied the streets...
SARAJEVO, Oct 13 (AFP): Nationalist candidates appeared headed for victory Monday in Bosnia's three-way presidency, threatening new political instability in a country that still bears the scars of inter-ethnic war. Partial results showed the head of the Muslim SDA party,...
HYDERABAD, Oct 13 (AP): A powerful cyclone that slammed into India's eastern seaboard weakened as it moved inland Monday, leaving at least eight dead in its wake. Rescue workers readied helicopters, aircraft and ships to carry out relief operations once...
KARACHI, Oct 13 (AFP): Pakistani officials said Monday they had thwarted an Islamist group's bid to tunnel into Karachi's main prison and stage a jailbreak that could have freed 100 dangerous militants. The government paramilitary Rangers raided a house where...
MURSITPINAR, Oct 13 (AFP): Kurdish fighters engaged in fierce clashes with jihadists on the Turkish border near Kobane on Monday, as Ankara denied allowing Washington to use its bases against the Islamic State group. US officials had earlier said Turkey...
30 killed in road accident in southern Egypt CAIRO, Oct 13: A senior Egyptian security official says 30 people were killed and 15 injured when three minibuses collided on a road in the southern province of Aswan. Aswan's provincial police...
All the four foreign teams-Jordan, India, IR Iran and UAE are already in the capital to take part in the five-team Group B matches of the AFC Under-16 Women's Championship '2015 that will begin tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Bangabandhu National...
ABU DHABI, Oct 13 (AFP): Pakistan continued to lose key players through injury in their series against Australia with paceman Wahab Riaz Monday ruled out of the two Test series. The 29-year-old left-arm paceman hurt his knee during the second...
KOLKATA, Oct 13 (AFP): India's richest man Mukesh Ambani has hailed the start of a glamorous new football league that organisers hope will trigger an explosion of interest in the game, long sidelined in favour of cricket. Ambani, who is...
KOLKATA, Oct 13 (AFP): India's new football league kicked off Sunday with a spirited clash and a glitzy pyrotechnic opening ceremony that organisers hope will ignite the country's passion for the "beautiful game". Atletico de Kolkata trounced Mumbai City 3-0...
The Metropolis 2nd Division Chess League-2014, organised by the Bangladesh Chess Federation, will begin today (Tuesday) at the hall room of Bangladesh Chess Federation, reports UNB. This is an open team chess meet for all. Interested teams can enroll their...
Syed Mohammad Mamun of the BSS earned the double crown in the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) Table Tennis Competition winning both the singles and doubles crown held at the club's sports room in the city Monday, reports UNB. Mamun clinched...
HONG KONG, Oct 13 (AFP): Hong Kong's goalkeeper threw down the gauntlet to four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi Monday, declaring he was "very confident" he could stop any penalties by the Barcelona icon at a friendly in...
PARIS, Oct 13 (AFP): Serena Williams continued to dominate the WTA rankings despite being sidelined with an injury to her left knee. The 33-year-old American was forced to abandon her defence of the China Open earlier this month due to...
MILAN, Oct 13 (AFP): The world volleyball championships in 2018 may be split between countries in a move that would stop Russia or Qatar being outright hosts, the international federation president said Monday. Sports officials deny however that dividing the...
SINGAPORE, Oct 13 (AFP): Brazil coach Dunga denied on Monday insinuating drug use in the Argentina camp after he was filmed pinching his nose and pointing at the rival bench during the weekend win in Beijing. Dunga, questioned over the...
PRAGUE, Oct 13 (AFP): World number four Petra Kvitova will lead the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup final against Germany in Prague on November 8-9, team captain Petr Pala said on Monday. Pala also named 17th-ranked Lucie Safarova, 27th-ranked...
Afridi fears for Pakistan's World Cup chances ABU DHABI, Oct 13: Stand-in captain Shahid Afridi believes Pakistan's abysmal performance in their 3-0 rout by Australia will hurt the team's chances at next year's World Cup (WC). Pakistan spurned a good...
Jan Strupczewski of Reuters in Washington | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
The chairman of euro zone finance ministers proposed on Friday a new growth deal for Europe which would reward governments reforming their economies with cheap European funds for investment and leeway on budget deficit targets. Europe is on the brink...
Rupam Jain Nair and Mehreen Zahra-Malik of Reuters in New Delhi/Islamabad | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
To judge from the shrill outrage of India's TV news channels, the past week's bloody clashes along the border dividing Kashmir are all Pakistan's fault: one network has been plugging the Twitter hashtag #PakBorderDare. However, military officers in both countries...
Joyce Lee of Reuters in Seoul | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
Already the world's biggest duty-free market, South Korea said last week it will issue more licenses for downtown duty-free shops, doubling down on a strategy that has helped it outstrip regional rivals seeking to reel in shopaholic Chinese tourists. Seoul-based...
Matt Spetalnick and Stephen Kalin of Reuters in Cairo | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
US Secretary of State John Kerry called last week for a renewed commitment to achieving Middle East peace, saying a lasting deal between Israel, the Palestinians and all their neighbours was possible. But prospects for a renewed peace process appeared...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
The environment of the present world faces after-shocks from climate changes, global warming, unplanned deforestation, impetuous urbanisation and industrialisation. The accounting credenda has been oscillating from the traditional accounting to modern accounting that includes management accounting, financial accounting, cost accounting,...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
We are in the bad habit of pontificating to the Afghans. We have incessantly lectured them on the need for peace and stability in their country and proffered the unsolicited advice of establishing a broad-based government in accordance with the...
At last a recipe has been found to plug the porous social safety net programmes meant only for the country's poor population. It is none other than a database on poor and by extension non-poor households. The approach smacks of...
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