Will Dunham and Andrew Osborn of Reuters in Washington/London | 2014-09-16 00:00:00
Washington said countries in the Middle East had offered to join air strikes against Islamic State militants and Australia said it would send troops, but Britain held back even after the group beheaded a British hostage and threatened to kill...
James Pearson of Reuters in Seoul | 2014-09-16 00:00:00
North Korea sentenced US citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labour for committing "hostile acts" as a tourist to the country, a statement carried by state media said last week, as the United States requested his immediate pardon...
Krista Mahr and Fayaz Bukhari of Reuters | 2014-09-16 00:00:00
About 150,000 people were still stranded in their homes a week after Jammu and Kashmir's worst flood in over a century and fears grew last week of an outbreak of diseases from vast fields of stagnant brown water. Indian army...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-09-16 00:00:00
Large quantity of gold is now being smuggled into Bangladesh through sea route as the smugglers have changed their strategy to avert tight security arrangements at the country's airports, intelligence officials said. The security officials came to know about the...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-16 00:00:00
The government plans to put on the offer a bundle of incentives to lure foreign investors into the economic zones (EZs), officials said. Both the developers to be engaged in developing the special economic zones and the investors would be...
Banglalink, the country’s 2nd largest mobile telecom operator, has achieved the milestone of 30 million subscribers. Since its inception, Banglalink’s impact in the market was felt immediately. Banglalink has been at the fore front of making telephony affordable in Bangladesh....
Gold and silver prices have dropped in Bangladesh for the second time in three weeks, in line with the international market rates. According to a press release issued Monday, Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BJA) cut down price of per bhori (11.664...
Robin Emmott and Jan Strupczewski of Reuters in Milan (Italy) | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
The European Union sought ways on Saturday to marshal billions of euros into its sluggish economy without getting deeper into debt, considering options from a pan-European capital market to a huge investment fund. With Europe's economy struggling to recover from...
Arshad Mohammed and Bill Trott of Reuters in Washington | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
The United States hit Russia's largest bank, a major arms maker and arctic, deepwater and shale exploration by its biggest oil companies with new sanctions last week to punish Moscow for intervening in Ukraine. The sanctions target companies including Sberbank,...
Guy Faulconbridge and Alistair Smout of Reuters in Edinburgh | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
The battle over Scottish independence took a bitter turn on Saturday when a senior nationalist warned businesses such as BP that they could face punishment for voicing concern over the impact of secession. With the fate of the United Kingdom...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday urged all concerned to refrain from trading of ‘Bitcoin’ or any sort of artificial currency. Bitcoin is a virtual currency traded through a software-based online payment system. Payments of such currency work peer-to-peer without a...
Kate Kelland of Reuters in London | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
British and Japanese scientists have managed to "reset" human stem cells to their earliest state, opening up a new realm of research into the start of human development and potentially life-saving regenerative medicines. In work described by one independent expert...
Norihiko Shirouzu and Kazunori Takada of Reuters from Danyang, China | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
Amid a revival in sales of Japanese goods in China and talk of renewed investment from some big firms such as Toyota, a dusty industrial park near Nanjing offers a cold reality check on the health of ties between Asia's...
Rajendra Jadhav and Indulal PM of Reuters in Vangal | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
Kiran Laxman Salunkhe used to buy jewellery during religious festivals, but sliding gold prices have led the young farmer to break with his family's traditional investment. This year Salunkhe has deposited his hard-earned savings at the bank for the first...
The High Court Monday asked the authorities concerned to stop within 72 hours plying of illegal vehicles like ‘Nasimon’, ‘Karimon’, ‘Bhutbhuti’, ‘Mahindra’ and ‘Easybike’ on roads in Barisal, Khulna, Madaripur, Faridpur and Rajbari districts. The deputy commissioners (DCs) and the...
Syed Raza Hassan and Maria Golovnina of Reuters in Islamabad | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
Pakistan's opposition leaders ordered thousands of their supporters last week to resist any government attempt to quash their protests against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, deepening a political crisis in the coup-prone nation. A court in the capital earlier ordered that...
Special purpose-financing company Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) earned Tk 1.28 billion in 2013. This was disclosed and approved at the 3rd annual general meeting (AGM) of the BIFFL held at its corporate office in the city on Sunday,...
Oliver Holmes and Jason Szep of Reuters in Baghdad/Cairo | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said last week that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, following attacks by both Iraqi and U.S. jets in large areas of the country held by Islamic State...
RANGPUR, Sept 14 (BSS): High officials and agriculture experts have said the government has taken steps for providing assistance to the flood-hit small and marginal farmers in recouping crop losses incurred by them during the recent floods. They were addressing...
MUNSHIGANJ, Sept 14 (BSS): Some miscreants stabbed to death a battery-run auto-rickshaw driver and snatched his vehicle in Makhati area under Sadar upazila of the district Saturday night. The deceased was Masud Bepary, 35, of Dhalagaon village of the upazila....
JAMALPUR, Sept 14 (BSS): With the water level in the river Jamuna dropping continuously the overall flood situation further improved in the district. District Administration sources said although flood water receded from houses and other institutions, it left in its...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 14: A day-long workshop on "Hall Automation Software" was held at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology Saturday, arranged by Hall Coordination Committee. Vice-Chancellor of KUET Professor Dr. Muhammad Alamgir formally inaugurated the workshop as chief guest. The...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 14 (BSS): A section of unscrupulous cattle farmers and traders are allegedly feeding and injecting their cattle Indian made steroid hormones to fatten up the sacrificial animals ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha in Rajshahi region. These farmers and...
NAOGAON, Sept 14 (UNB): Police on Sunday morning recovered the body of a young man from the bank of the Jamuna river near the deputy commissioner's residence in the town. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Zakirul...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Sept 14: Three persons were electrocuted in Tungipara, Muksudpur and Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday (Saturday). The deceased were identified as Qutub Mollah (15), son of Chand Mollah of village Sarderpara under Tungipara Upazila, Siru Mollah (55),...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will give $19.23 million loan to help improve further the nation-wide internet network. The fund is being provided to a leading internet network provider Fiber@Home Ltd under the BB's Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF) project, supported...
MANIKGANJ, Sept 14 (UNB): A young man was killed and four others were injured in a road accident in Tepra bus stand area in Shibalaya upazila on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 25, a rickshaw- puller...
NETRAKONA, Sept 14 (BSS): About 121 families of Shibnagar village under Sadar upazila in the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Netrakona Palli Bidyut Samity (NPBS) on Saturday. A simple function was also held at the village...
A Correspondent | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
KUSHTIA, Sept 14: Khodeza Khatun, 85, wife of martyred freedom fighter Abdur Raich, made frantic search for her husband before her death. Her husband remained missing since Pakistani troops caught him. The woman waited for her husband hoping that he...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-15 00:00:00
KHULNA, Sept 14: A two-day long training programme on "Sensitisation workshop for media people to combat gender based violence" started here at a local hotel Sunday. The programme was formally inaugurated by the newly-joined Divisional Commissioner Abdus Samad as chief...
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