WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund was launched in 1944 with the world's new superpower, the United States, in position as the key force and shareholder in the global crisis bank. Today, China is on the verge of...
GENEVA, Oct 12 (AFP) : Weakened by its failure in July to seal a key deal on a global customs pact amid continued wrangling with India, the World Trade Organization is at a crossroads, observers say. "We are in a...
MANILA, Oct 12 (AFP): Manila's creaking train network means a miserable three-hour work commute for salesman Gerard Galang -- just one example of major infrastructure woes that analysts say threaten to cool the Philippines' red-hot economy. Peak-hour hell comes in...
PARIS, Oct 12 (AFP) : French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron on Sunday proposed a 300-billion-euro "New Deal" in Europe to boost investment and growth, while promising to accelerate fiscal reforms at home. "Europe needs a New Deal," he said in...
SYDNEY, Oct 12 (AFP) : Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey confirmed Sunday Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 leaders' summit in November, despite concerns about Russia's actions in Ukraine in recent months. Australia's confirmation that the Russian leader would attend the...
MILAN, Oct 12 (Reuters) : Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) makes its Wall Street debut to great fanfare on Monday, shifting the carmaker's center of gravity away from Italy and capping a decade of canny dealmaking and tough restructuring by CEO...
Blasting former minister and Awami League presidium member Abdul Latif Siddique for his derogatory remarks against holy Hajj, great Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) and Islam, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday he (Siddiqui) committed an abominable act by making...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina made a courtesy call on President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban Sunday, reports UNB. "During the meeting, they exchanged greetings following the Eid and Hajj greetings," President's Press secretary Ihsanul Karim told the news agency....
The eligible voters in the city who failed to fill up voter registration forms in September last, there is still a chance for them to be voters, reports UNB. Those want to get enlisted as voters will have to turn...
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Sunday called for increasing women's representation in politics, reports UNB. "Women's representation in politics and participation in all sorts of elections will have to be increased to...
In the backdrop of the global pandemic about the Ebola virus, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim, MP, said on Sunday the country was fully prepared to cope with it. The government was intensively monitoring the country's entry points...
Nepalese Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to invite Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina to attend the 18th Saarc Summit, scheduled to be held in Kathmandu, reports UNB. He will meet the PM at her official...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 expressed Sunday its disappointment over the defence plea seeking further adjournment of the current hearing on charge framing in the Bagerhat war crimes case, reports UNB. As the tribunal began its session after 11-day break...
Giasuddin's bail plea hearing today NARAYANGANJ, Oct 12: A local court will hear on Monday the bail petition of former BNP MP Muhammad Giasuddin in the schoolboy Delwar Hossain Morsalin murder case. Chief Judicial Magistrate Jabid Hossain fixed the date...
Two more cases have been filed in Laxmipur and Narayanganj against Abdul Latif Siddique, who was just dropped from the cabinet as Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister, for hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslims, reports UNB. Advocate AKM...
The Bangladesh community in the United States (US) will soon get the second Shaheed Minar in Paterson city, New Jersey, reports UNB. The construction work on the Shaheed Minar (Martyr's Memorial) formally started at the Westside Park, 139 Preakneas Avenue...
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The government announced Sunday a Tk 239 million rehabilitation programme to help the flood-affected farmers to recoup their financial losses. Under the programme some 205,015 farmers in 25 districts will get seeds and fertilisers free of cost. Agriculture Minister Matia...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), in their separate drives, recovered 1,40,000 Yaba tablets, worth about Tk 42 million, from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district Saturday night and early Sunday. Tipped off, a BGB patrol team launched a drive near...
O level student Jubayer Ahmed was killed as he had refused to establish a homosexual relationship with an Algerian citizen, said detectives on Sunday, reports UNB. Police recovered the floating body of Jubayer Ahmed, 17, from a pond near a...
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CHITTAGONG, Oct 11: Unemployment of marine cadets and junior officers is at its peak due to widening gap between supply and demand over the last few years, competent sources said. In total, 250 junior officers with competency certificates and 226...
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British Council, Bangladesh will observe 'Customer Service Week' from today (Monday) at all of its offices in the country to recognise the importance of customer service. The purpose of the event is also to create a positive message to provide...
KHULNA, Oct 12 (BSS): Police arrested two abductors from Sathali village under Koyra upazila in the district today over a kidnapping charge. The arrested are Akbor, 40, chief of an abduction syndicate in the Sunderbans, and his accomplice Noor Muhammad,...
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A mobile court in the city fined a bottled water company Tk 30,000 Sunday for illegally manufacturing, selling and distributing the water product. The firm-- F.M. Drinking Water-- at Aga Sadek Lane of Bangshal in the city was also sealed...
First batch of BD students in Russia's Nuclear University The first batch of 10 Bangladeshi students started their academic career at the Russia's famous university of National Research Nuclear University. The students will study physics for 6 years. Earlier, the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 12: The US Embassy opened its visa issuing centre in the port city today. Vice Consul General of the Embassy in Dhaka Will Romney formally inaugurated the centre at the Saimon Overseas Ltd Chittagong office on the 5th...
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