Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Tuesday said the rate of interest is gradually coming down for those entrepreneurs who pay back regularly. He said Bangladesh Bank has so far given $1.5 billon loan to different entrepreneurs at...
Schoolboy drowns in Nilphamari A schoolboy drowned in a pond at Majhpara Jamirbari village in Domar upazila in Nilphamari on Sunday afternoon. The deceased, Dipu Ray, 6, son of Nibas Chandra Ray, was a class I student of Jamirbari Government...
Security agencies have heightened security across Bangladesh ahead of the appeal verdict of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee. In the capital and elsewhere, security has been ratcheted up and surveillance increased from Tuesday around important establishments,...
BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday sent a legal notice to Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif for making ‘derogatory’ remarks against him. Barrister Kaiser Kamal, on behalf of Tarique who is now staying in London, sent...
JOYPURHAT, Sept 15 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a massive plan to cultivate vegetables in the five upazilas of the district during the current season. DAE sources said, a total of 4,540 hectares of land have...
SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (Reuters): Gold edged higher on Monday as Asian equities tumbled but the metal continued to struggle near an eight-month low due to weak physical demand and fears the Federal Reserve may signal an early interest rate increase...
SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asia Monday after a sharp slowdown in Chinese industrial production raised concerns about slackening demand in the world's top energy consumer, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery eased...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a one-month high on Monday, lifted by gains in U.S. and China soyoil markets and a surge in exports of the tropical oil in the first half of the...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has launched telemedicine service with an aim to provide medical services to its hospitals across the country using information and communication technology. BGB director general Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed formally inaugurated the service at BGB Hospital...
MALE, Sept 15 (AFP): China's President Xi Jinping said he hoped the Maldives would help build a "21st century maritime silk road" as he began a South Asian tour in the strategically located Indian Ocean island chain Monday. Xi said...
ROME, Sept 15 (AFP): As many as 500 migrants are feared to have drowned after traffickers rammed and sank their boat in what the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) described Monday as "the worst shipwreck in years". Horrific details of...
PARIS, Sept 15 (AFP): The leaders of France and Iraq Monday urged swift action against Islamic State militants, with President Francois Hollande warning there was "no time to lose" as he opened an international conference to shore up an anti-jihadist...
DONETSK, Sept 15 (AFP): Warring rivals in Ukraine traded blame Monday over the bloodiest day in the restive east since a shaky ceasefire was drawn up 10 days ago. Six civilians and an unknown number of soldiers were killed in...
CABO SAN LUCAS, Sep 15 (AFP): Thousands of tourists and locals in Mexico hunkered down in luxury hotels converted into shelters Monday after Hurricane Odile crashed into Los Cabos resorts in the northwest, taking down trees with powerful winds. The...
Mozilla, a pioneer in Web platforms, has introduced Firefox operating system for smartphones in Bangladesh with the cellular phone operator Grameenphone and local handset manufacturer Symphony. Through the launch of Firefox OS, named Symphony GoFox F15, Mozilla, Grameenphone and device...
Pakistan militants kill three in attacks targeting police ISLAMABAD, Sep 15: Militants Monday killed three people in attacks targeting police in Pakistan's restive northwest, officials said. A suicide bomber killed one policeman in Tahl, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest...
INCHEON, Sept. 15 (BSS): Bangladesh national U-23 football team got off to a auspicious start in the 17th Asian Games when they edged past SAFF champions Afghanistan by a solitary goal held on Monday at the Munhak Stadium in Incheon,...
GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia, Sept 15 (AFP): Kemar Roach was at his devastating best as Bangladesh were reduced to 104 for seven at stumps after the West Indies were dismissed for 380 in their first innings on the second day of...
MADRID, Sept 15 (AFP): Having finally ended a 12-year wait to land their 10th European Cup, few imagined Real Madrid would start their defence of the Champions League in a state of crisis. Less than four months after beating city...
Nepal wants to share experience with Bangladesh for setting up and operating a separate bank for the Nepalese people living overseas. A delegation of the neighbour Himalayan nation on Tuesday met with Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman when...
TOKYO, Sept 15 (AFP): Rising Swiss star Belinda Bencic upset two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-0 in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo Monday, maintaining recent impressive form. The wildcard broke the Russian veteran's...
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 15 (AFP): North Korea's footballers dismantled China 3-0 Monday as they got off to a rousing start at the Incheon Asian Games cheered on by fans waving the Korean Unification Flag. Goals from Sim Hyon-Jin, So...
I have the best squad in Europe, insists Ancelotti MADRID, Sept 15: Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has said he wouldn't swap his squad for any other in Europe as Los Blancos prepare to begin their defence of the Champions...
Darya Korsunskaya of Reuters in Dushanbe | 2014-09-16 00:00:00
President Vladimir Putin said last week new Western sanctions against Russia looked "a bit strange" given his backing of peace efforts in eastern Ukraine, and warned he was considering taking fresh retaliation. The European Union and the United States have...
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