NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Agencies): India told Pakistan Thursday to stop its shelling in disputed Kashmir, warning it will make such attacks "unaffordable", as the death toll from this week's cross-border violence-the worst in years-rose to 17. Defence Minister Arun...
SANAA, Oct 9 (Reuters): A suicide bomber killed at least 42 people Thursday when the detonated an explosives-laden belt in a district of the Yemeni capital where the powerful Shia Muslim Houthi movement had planned to hold a rally, medics...
KOBANI, Oct 9 (Reuters): The Islamic State (IS) fighters have seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani despite US-led air strikes targeting them in and around the mainly Kurdish community, a monitoring group said Thursday....
RIYADH, Oct 9 (AFP): Activists in Saudi Arabia said Thursday they are revving up a right-to-drive campaign using social media in the world's only country that bans women from getting behind the wheel. An online petition asking the Saudi government...
Strong earthquake jolts southeastern Pacific WASHINGTON, Oct 9: A strong earthquake shook the southeastern Pacific on Wednesday, about 570 kilometers (354 miles) south of Chile's Easter Island, the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii,...
President Abdul Hamid returned home from Saudi Arabia Friday night after performing hajj. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd carrying the President landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9:15pm. On board the aircraft, the President exchanged pleasantries...
BIRMINGHAM: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan Friday invited the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers to the prize-giving ceremony which she will share with fellow winner Kailash Satyarthi of India. "I myself requested that honourable prime minister Narendra...
Number of people killed in Ebola outbreak rises above 4,000, World Health Organization says, according to a news agency.
The UN special envoy to Syria has warned that up to 700 people, mainly elderly, are still trapped in the Syrian border town of Kobane. Staffan de Mistura also urged Turkey to allow in volunteers to Syria to defend the...
PARIS, Oct 9 (AFP): Bumper harvests and big stockpiles of food are helping to drive world food prices down to the lowest levels for about 15 years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Thursday. The commodities showing the...
SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters): Gold climbed to its highest in nearly two weeks on Thursday as expectations of an early hike in U.S. interest rates eased and the dollar lost traction after the release of minutes of the last Federal...
LONDON, Oct 9 (AFP): Oil prices drifted lower on Thursday, but held off recent lows as traders eyed the weaker dollar and awaited the latest economic data from top crude consumer the United States. Brent North Sea crude for delivery...
MAPUTO, Oct 9 (AFP): Gas-rich Mozambique will sell off a new batch of energy concessions later this month, with market watchers predicting the government will demand a greater share of the profits than ever before. With some of the world's...
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Yunnan province of China expressed its strong eagerness Thursday to invest in different potential sectors of Bangladesh especially hydro-power, energy and mining. A 13-member high-powered delegation of the Department of Commerce of Yunnan Province expressed the keenness at a China-Bangladesh...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 9: In a bid to expand bilateral trade, business and economic relationship between Bangladesh and the USA, the presidents of the FBCCI and CCCI exchanged views with Greater New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Marc Jeffy...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
The government has wrapped up wheat procurement drive for the current calendar year with almost cent per cent fulfillment of the target, officials said. Earlier, the government had targetted procurement of 0.15 million tonnes of wheat for the year 2014....
FE Report | 2014-10-10 00:00:00
Prices of all sorts of vegetables are showing an upward trend following the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja, traders said. They said the supply of vegetables is slow due to transportation disruption during the days of festivity while the...
ICAB team off to India A five-member team of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh led by its president Showkat Hossain FCA left Dhaka Thursday for India to attend events of South Asian Federation of Accountants, organised by the...
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said Bangladesh urgently needs to take steps for expanding its labour market abroad to help address the 'appalling' unemployment problem in the country, reports UNB. "The JP government had showed the path...
NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (Xinhua): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that US$100 billion worth of foreign investment are knocking at the door of India, asking the states to grab them. He said this is the result of his...
TOKYO, Oct 9 (AFP): The dollar struggled in Asia on Thursday following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's September meeting that dampened expectations for an early interest rate hike. The greenback bought 107.83 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade,...
BERLIN, Oct 9 (AFP): Germany's leading economic institutes on Thursday slashed their forecasts for growth this year and next year and said the government needed to increase spending in order to boost growth. The German economy, Europe's biggest, would grow...
LONDON, Oct 9 (AFP): The Bank of England (BoE) voted on Thursday to keep its main interest rate at a record-low level of 0.50 per cent, with Britain experiencing low inflation and steady economic recovery. The central bank's nine-strong monetary...
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