PESHAWAR, Sept 7 (Reuters): Islamic State pamphlets and flags have appeared in parts of Pakistan and India, alongside signs that the ultra-radical group is inspiring militants even in the strongholds of the Taliban and al Qaeda. A splinter group of...
COLOMBO, Sept 7 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he hoped Sri Lanka's war crimes probe would silence its critics ahead of his arrival Sunday on the island to push for stronger trade ties. Abe told the local Sunday...
YANGON, Sept 7 (agencies): Myanmar's election commission Sunday scrapped November by-elections in 35 parliamentary seats, citing the pressure of hosting an upcoming regional summit and extra costs ahead of a nationwide poll in 2015. The Union Election Commission made the...
BAGHDAD, Sept 7 (Reuters): The US has carried out a series of air strikes on Islamic State militants close to the vital Haditha dam in western Iraq, US officials say. The US strikes, the first in the area, were to...
MARIUPOL, Sept 7 (AFP): Heavy fighting around flashpoint cities in eastern Ukraine on Sunday threatened the collapse of a tenuous truce between government forces and pro-Russian rebels less than 48 hours after it came into force. Insurgent militias bombarded a...
Mortar round seriously wounds governor of Iraq's Anbar BARWANA, Sept 7: A mortar round seriously wounded Ahmed al-Dulaimi, the governor of Iraq's Anbar province, in the town of Barwana shortly after it was retaken from militants on Sunday, an AFP...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
The government plans to import or buy locally 0.1 million tonnes of essential items to face any crisis or price spiral in future, officials said. A buffer stock of essentials will be built for checking any future shortage of the...
MANILA, Sept 7 (Reuters): High rice prices in the Philippines, one of the world's biggest buyers of the grain, should start easing in the last quarter of the year as local harvests and additional imports boost domestic supply, the country's...
NETRAKONA, Sept 7 (BSS): Bumper jute production has brought smile on the faces of farmers of all the ten upazilas in the district as they got fair price for the crop in the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 7 (BSS): District Administration has launched a drive against selling of adulterated food items in the district town and different upazilas. As part of the programme, a mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Depayon Das Shova conducted a...
MUMBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters): Indian soybean futures fell on Friday to their lowest level in more than a year due to a drop in soymeal exports, while soyoil eased following losses in rival Malaysian palm oil. Indian soymeal exports plummeted...
TAIPEI, Sept 7 (AFP): Taiwan and China will this week resume talks on a goods free trade agreement after negotiations were delayed due to vocal opposition by locals suspicious of closer ties with Beijing, officials said Sunday. The three-day talks...
A 24-member Bangladesh Under-23 Football team, comprising 20 booters and four officials was scheduled to leave Dhaka for South Korean city of Incheon Sunday night to participate in this month's 17th Asian Games, where it has been placed in a...
Walton Smart TV 12th National Summer Athletics competition (boys' and girls') began Sunday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder formally inaugurated the two-day meet as the chief guest....
St Gregory's High School and Dhanmondi Tutorial advanced to boys group final of the Polar Ice Cream 22nd School Handball Tournament eliminating their rivals in the semifinals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city...
Bangladesh emerged as group champion and moved to the second round of the World Hockey League (WHL) round-1 with a 3-1 goal victory over Hong Kong at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports BSS. In...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 7 (AFP): Defending champions Nigeria suffered a stunning 3-2 home loss to Congo Brazzaville Saturday on matchday 1 of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition. It was the first defeat in 47 home matches for the Super...
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (AFP): Japan's Kei Nishikori became the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam final when he swept past seven-time major winner Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals Saturday. The 10th seed braved on-court temperatures...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 7 (AFP): With Neymar back in their ranks and scoring the only goal, Brazil gave Dunga a winning start in his second spell in charge-although a 1-0 friendly success over Colombia left media unimpressed. Fielding seven...
SYDNEY, Sept 7 (AFP): George Bailey has given up the captaincy of Australia's Twenty20 team to focus on playing in next year's World Cup, Cricket Australia said Sunday. Bailey, 32, has indicated that he wants to prepare for the one-day...
CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, United States, Sept 7 (AFP): Billy Horschel, who is determined to put Monday's tough finish fast behind him, fired a third-round 63 to vault three shots clear of the field at the BMW Championship. Horschel capped his...
HARARE, Sept 7 (AFP): Dale Steyn ripped the heart out of Australia's batting and Faf du Plessis came within a whisker of yet another century as South Africa cruised to a six-wicket victory to clinch the triangular series cricket trophy...
Makarova, Vesnina dash Hingis's US Open title dream NEW YORK, Sept 7: Martina Hingis's hopes of winning her first Grand Slam doubles title since 2002 were shattered Saturday when the Russian pairing of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina took the...
FE Report | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
Innovation and access to information and communication technology will top the agenda as the 54th council meeting of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) kicks off in the city today, officials said. The council meeting is also being viewed as crucial...
FE Report | 2014-09-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh should develop infrastructure and participate in tourism fairs abroad to give boost to the country's tourism sector, Malaysian High Commissioner in Dhaka Norlin Othman said Sunday. "Foreign tourists aren't aware about the beauty of Bangladesh. Only tourism fairs abroad...
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