ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (AFP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Saturday dismissed a political crisis triggered by protests aimed at unseating his government as "a tiny storm" that would be ended soon. Thousands of supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan and populist cleric...
BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (AP): Two bombings targeting the Iraqi military killed 13 people, including six soldiers, south of Baghdad on Saturday, officials said. Police officials said a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into an army checkpoint in the town...
TEHRAN, Aug 30, (AFP): Iran accused the United States of duplicity Saturday for imposing new sanctions on organisations linked to Tehran's nuclear programme, despite long-running but active negotiations to end the standoff. Washington's actions are an act of bad faith,...
TOKYO, Aug 30 (AFP): India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Japan Saturday on a five-day official visit as their governments seek to boost security ties and counter a increasingly assertive China. Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 30, (AFP): Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane confirmed Saturday that the military had seized power in a coup in the tiny kingdom and that he had fled to neighbouring South Africa in fear of his life. "I have...
MILAN, Aug 30 (AFP): EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said a decision on further sanctions against Russia over what she described as its "aggression" in Ukraine would be made by EU leaders on Saturday evening. The unfolding crisis dominated...
SRINAGAR, Aug 30 (AP): Suspected rebels killed one Indian soldier and wounded another Saturday near the highly militarized cease-fire line dividing disputed Kashmir between India and Pakistan, an Indian army officer said. Indian troops were searching for holed-up militants who...
Liberia's airport battles to contain Ebola LIBERIA, Aug 30: With the last rays of sunlight speckling the departures area at Liberia's international airport, passengers queue patiently to go through medical screening designed to show up the Ebola virus. Roberts International...
The four-day Walton Refrigerator 13th National Men's Intermediate and First Women's Boxing Championship will conclude today (Sunday) at the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Youth and Sports Ministry Zahid...
A brilliant century by Rumana Ahmed helped Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club to clinch the Metropolitan Women's Cricket League title beating their arch rival Dhaka Abahani by 77 runs in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Saturday,...
NOTTINGHAM, Aug 30 (AFP): England, after losing the toss, were bowled out for 227 by India in the third one-day international at Trent Bridge Saturday. Spin again proved England's undoing, with India's slow bowlers taking five wickets between them and...
The Cotton Group 30th National Age Group Swimming competition will begin tomorrow (Monday) at the Shaheed Nazrul Islam Swimming Complex at Mirpur in the city, reports BSS. Bangladesh Navy chief and Swimming Federation (BSF)President Vice Admiral Muhammad M Farid Habib...
Bangladesh Navy and Dhaka All Star won titles of the Citycell Open 3-on-3 Basketball Championship beating their respective rivals in the finals on Saturday at the Wooden Floor Basketball Gymnasium at Dhanmondi, reports BSS. In the men's final, Bangladesh Navy...
LISBON, Aug 30 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo will not be fit in time for Portugal's opening Euro 2016 qualifier against Albania on September 7, national coach Paulo Bento said Friday. Bento said that their medical team decided that the 29-year-old Real...
HARARE, Aug 30 (AFP): Prosper Utseya became just the second Zimbabwean to take a hat-trick in a one-day international but South Africa still pulled off a 61-run victory in Friday's triangular series clash. Utseya sparked a remarkable collapse as he...
NEW YORK, Aug 30 (AFP): World number two Simona Halep and two-time champion Venus Williams tumbled out of the US Open Friday, but Maria Sharapova bucked the upset trend that rocked the women's draw. Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, a former phenom...
The flood situation in Bogra, Sirajganj, Faridpur has remained unchanged Sunday with two the major rivers -- Padma and Jamuna –- still flowing above the danger mark. In Bogra, the Jamuna was flowing 82cm above the danger level Sunday although...
HARARE, Aug 30 (AFP): Michael Clarke is hoping to recover from a hamstring injury in time to lead Australia against Zimbabwe in Sunday's triangular series clash in Harare. Clarke missed Australia's first two games of the competition, in which they...
Gas production at well No-3 of Bhola Shahbazpur Gas field began on Sunday on experimental basis. Officials hope that it would be possible to extract 20-25 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) from the new well of the...
PORTLAND, Aug 30 (AFP): South Korea's Kim In-Kyung fired a five-under 67 to stretch her lead to three shots after the second round of the LPGA Tour's Portland Classic Friday. Kim, whose only top 25 finish this year came at...
Ruposhi Bangla Hotel will remain closed for sixteen months from Monday due to its renovation works and it will be rebranded as 'InterContinental Dhaka' once the renovation is done. “The hotel will be closed Monday as its main renovation work...
DAMBULLA, Aug 30 (AFP): Seamer Thisara Perera claimed 4-34 and Tillakartane Dilshan hit an unbeaten 50 as Sri Lanka trounced Pakistan by seven wickets in the final one-dayer Saturday to clinch the series 2-1. Dhammika Prasad chipped in with two...
The Jatiya Party (JP) will oppose the bill on constitutional amendment handing back Parliament the powers to impeach Supreme Court judges. The JP parliamentary party made the decision at a meeting on Sunday at Parliament building. The meeting also decided...
Venus finds positives in defeat NEW YORK, Aug 30: Venus Williams again finds herself on the sidelines in the first week of the US Open, but the two-time champion didn't go down without a fight. The 34-year-old American came up...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Three foreign development partners and a UN agency have begun assisting country's customs department in implementing its modernisation plan for removing hurdles that delay external trade clearance and thereby increase the cost of commodities. Officials expressed the hope with the...
FE Desk Report | 2014-08-31 00:00:00
Managing Director of Southeast Bank Limited (SEBL) Shahid Hossain laid emphasis on maintaining good quality of banking assets, close monitoring of different loan accounts and delivery of high quality customer services. He was addressing the half-yearly managers' conference-2014 of the...
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