Government employees returned to work on Monday morning as protesters' numbers dwindled. Hundreds of pro-democracy campaigners remain camped out on the streets of Hong Kong as a government deadline for them to leave passed without incident. But their numbers dwindled...
Law-enforcing agencies are on alert in bordering Jessore district to stop hides and skins of sacrificial animals getting smuggled out to India. Sharsha Police Station OC Kabir Hossain and Benapole Port Police Station OC Apurba Hasan said additional police personnel...
Brazilian incumbent Dilma Rousseff has won most votes in the country's presidential election, but has fallen short of outright victory. She received about 42 per cent of the vote and faces a run-off against centre-right rival Aecio Neves, who got...
Employment in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines hit an all-time high in August, following a decade of phenomenal growth that has seen revenues and employment expand ten-fold since 2004. The expansion of a number of companies...
A group of cattle traders leaving Dhaka city after selling their cows at Gabtoli cattle market, were mugged and injured by miscreants on Eid day. Two traders were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), one of them with serious...
President Md Abdul Hamid has attended a grand reception hosted by the Saudi Arabian King at his palace in Mina. King Abdullh bin Abdul Aziz-al-Saud held the reception on Sunday for ‘Royal Guests’ (visiting heads of state and government who...
Four civilians have been killed after Pakistani troops fired guns and shells at border posts in Indian-administered Kashmir, Indian officials say. Thirty others, including women and children, have been injured. Pakistan has not yet reacted to the reports. India and...
Australia defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international in Dubai. Off-spinner Glenn Maxwell took a career best (3-13) and debutant Cameron Boyce (2-10) as Australia condemned Pakistan to their 5th lowest Twenty20 international total of 96-9 in...
Eid-ul-Azha, the 2nd most important festival in the Islamic calendar, is being celebrated in Bangladesh by offering prayers and sacrificing animals. Muslims slaughter sacrificial animals to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim (SA)’s willingness to sacrifice his son at Almighty Allah’s command. In...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday morning hosted a reception on Holy Eid-ul-Azha at Ganobhaban in the city. People from various walks of life attended the reception at Ganobhaban to exchange Eid greetings with the Prime Minister. Sheikh Hasina, also...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday greeted the war-wounded freedom fighters (FF) and their families through sending flowers, fruits and sweets to them at Muktijoddha Tower-1, Gaznavi Road in the city’s Mohammadpur area on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Azha. PM’s...
MURSITPINAR, Oct 4 (agencies): On Friday night, IS released a video showing the execution of Alan Henning, a 47-year-old British volunteer driver who went to Syria with a Muslim charity. The footage opened with a news report about the British...
NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (AFP): Crew members discovered a defused grenade in an Air India plane designated as a back-up for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his recent US visit, reports said Saturday. The Air India Boeing 747 crew...
MINA, Oct 4 (AFP): Two million Muslims ritually stoned the devil Saturday in the last major rite of this year's hajj in Saudi Arabia, while fellow believers around the world celebrated Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice. The stoning took...
INCHEON, Oct 4 (AFP): Three top North Korean officials, including the nuclear-armed nation's de facto number two, made an extremely rare visit to South Korea on Saturday and held the highest-level talks for years, fuelling hopes of a breakthrough in...
KIEV, Oct 4 (AFP): Russia came under mounting pressure from the West on Saturday to save Ukraine's crumbling truce with pro-Kremlin insurgents who are engaged in intensifying raids on an airport vital for sustaining their independence drive. But analysts said...
STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 (AP): Sweden's new prime minister said Friday that his government will recognize a Palestinian state, a move that drew praise from Palestinian officials. In a declaration listing his government's priorities, Social Democratic leader Stefan Lofven told lawmakers...
Embattled Syrian president makes rare appearance Beirut, Oct 4: Syrian President Bashar Assad has made a rare public appearance by attending prayers at a mosque in the capital, Damascus, marking the beginning of an important Muslim holiday. Syrian state television...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-10-05 00:00:00
The government aims to near double exports to US$50 billion by 2018 as it frames new export policy, betting on the markets of three Asian economic giants, trade officials said. Commerce ministry officials said Japan, India, and China will emerge...
Grameenphone is offering free Facebook browsing to all its valued customers with a view to providing Internet for all. The offer, which is first of its kind in the country, is part of the run-up to celebrating 50 million Grameenphone...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-10-05 00:00:00
Rent-a-car owners are doing brisk business due to scarcity of other means of transports for journeys on the occasion of two major religious festivals-Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja, sources said. Trips increased by four times compared to those of Eid-ul-Fitr festival...
HABIGANJ, Oct 4 (BSS): The authorities concerned are considering the setting up of a special economic zone (SEZ) in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district. Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Fakhrul Islam on Saturday visited the proposed...
BB nominated AFI's Steering Committee member Bangladesh Bank (BB) has been nominated as the member of the Steering Committee of Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) in its Global Policy Forum (GPF) meeting on September 8 held in Trinidad and Tobago....
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (AFP) : The United States and the European Union pledged Friday not to include public services privatization in their proposed trade pact, a sensitive issue on both sides of the Atlantic. "We heard the concern that our...
OTTAWA, Oct 4 (AFP): Canada posted Friday a surprise trade deficit of Can$610 million (US$541.6 million) for the month of August due to record imports, following a significant surplus the previous month. Analysts had expected a surplus for the latest...
DETROIT, Oct 4 (AFP) : The United Auto Workers union said Friday it was creating a chapter at the only factory within auto giant Daimler's global manufacturing system where workers lack labour representation. The local chapter aims to represent the...
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (AFP): The World Bank's staff association has called for a meeting with President Jim Yong Kim citing a "climate of fear and confusion" and unhappiness over bonuses granted to select top officials. Kim has issued a public...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4 (Reuters) : Microsoft Corp is demanding $6.9 million interest from Samsung Electronics in a dispute over smartphone patent royalties, according to a lawsuit unsealed by a New York federal court on Friday. Microsoft is asking the...
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