PESHAWAR, Oct 2 (AFP): A bomb blast on a passenger coach in northwest Pakistan Thursday killed at least seven people and wounded another six, police said. The bomb was planted beneath a passenger seat and exploded in the outskirts of...
MECCA, Oct 2 (AFP): Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began a mass movement out of the holy city of Mecca towards the nearby Mina Valley in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, beginning the hajj. One of the world's largest annual...
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (AP): The director of Secret Service abruptly resigned Wednesday in the face of multiple revelations of security breaches, bumbling in her agency and rapidly eroding confidence that President Barack Obama and his family were being kept safe....
BAGDAD, Oct 2 (Reuters): Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Iraq have carried out mass executions, abducted women and girls as sex slaves, and used children as fighters in systematic violations that may amount to war crimes, the United Nations said...
7 Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi bombs BENGHAZI, Oct 2: Seven Libyan soldiers were killed and 50 wounded in a double suicide bombing and clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday, an army commander said. Libya is being...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-03 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 2: Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd (CDDL), the only state-owned seagoing ship repair industry, enters ship building arena Wednesday through keel laying of two container vessels for BIWTC (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation). The CDDL is building the 158-TEUs...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 2 (BSS): Cattle markets in the city and nine upazilas of the district have gained momentum with numerous buyers and hundreds of sacrificial animals. A large number of sacrificial animals are being brought for sale at different cattle...
LOS BANOS, Philippines, Oct 2 (BSS): The Cyber Village Project has created revolution by increasing rice output using information and communications technology (ICT)-based web tools and technologies in the Philippines. The information was disclosed at the "Farmers' technology forum for...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-03 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Oct 2: A total of 18 cattle traders have fallen sick on Wednesday night allegedly getting into the grips of the Oggyan Party in the city's Patenga area. Patenga police said the cattle traders went to sell sacrificial animals...
When we celebrate our National Day this year, a quarter of a century after the peaceful revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall, we recall that German unity was not simply a stroke of...
Today, on the 3rd of October 2014, we commemorate the anniversary of Germany's reunification. In 1989 hundred-thousands of peaceful protestors demonstrated for freedom and democracy in East Germany. They demanded free and fair elections, asked for a more liberal government...
Global trade and international investment are among the most important prerequisites for growth, employment and prosperity in Germany. More than in any other economy of comparable size, German companies are strongly interlinked with the international division of labour. Foreign trade...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will organise a mega event in December this year aiming at preparing a roadmap to fetch $50 billion by 2021 from apparel export, reports BSS. The event styled "Bangladesh RMG 2021" will be...
A delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) headed by its President Mohammed Salim called on Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed at the latter's office in the city Thursday, said a statement. The ICMAB president updated...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-10-03 00:00:00
Microcredit organisations stressed the need for taking up rehabilitation programme in collaboration with the microfinance institutes (MFIs) for the borrowers of the flood-hit districts saying it is more necessary than rescheduling of the loans. They also demanded funds from the...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-10-03 00:00:00
The government has initiated a move to assess the outcome and impact of its cash incentive against some export items, officials said. Under the move, the ministry of finance (MoF) has decided to prepare a study paper on the effectiveness...
Dewan Nurul Islam acting chairman of BDBL Dewan Nurul Islam has recently been appointed acting chairman of the board of directors of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL). Prior to the position, he was the chairman of the Audit Committee of...
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (PTI): Seeking to end the impasse in the World Trade Organisation, India and the US have directed their officials to "urgently" start consultations with other WTO members to work out the next step. India's tough stand led...
TOKYO, Oct 02 (AFP): The dollar lost more ground in Asia on Thursday after tumbling in New York following weak US and European data that led to renewed concerns about the global economy. In Tokyo the greenback slipped to 108.70...
KIEV, Oct 2 (Reuters): Ukraine's economy is likely to shrink by 8 per cent this year and contract again next year because of the effect of the separatist war in the industrialised east, the World Bank said on Thursday. The...
NAPLES, Italy, Oct 02 (AFP): The European Central Bank held its record-low interest rates unchanged at its regular monthly policy meeting on Thursday, amid fierce street clashes between anti-austerity demonstrators and police outside the Italian venue. As widely expected, the...
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 02 (AFP): Argentina's central bank governor resigned Wednesday, the president's office said, as the country grapples with an economic slowdown, a debt default and a damaging row with the United States. Juan Carlos Fabrega's decision to quit...
Myanmar grants 9 foreign banks permission to operate amid financial reform efforts YANGON, Oct. 2: Myanmar has made a new move in its financial reform efforts, granting preliminarily yesterday a total of nine foreign banks permission to open branches for...
WASHINGTON, Oct 02 (AFP): The United States and Brazil closed a 12-year-old fight over US cotton subsidies yesterday, with the US paying $300 million to the Brazilian Cotton Institute to settle the trade battle. US Trade Representative Michael Froman said...
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