BRUSSELS, Aug 29 (AFP) : Eurozone inflation fell to 0.3 per cent in August, official data showed on Friday, meaning that deflation is at the door and raising pressure on the European Central Bank to open up the cash floodgates....
France's new economy minister sparks storm over '35-hour' law PARIS, Aug 29: France's new economy minister touched off a political storm Thursday, only one day into the job, with comments made before he was appointed about the controversial "35-hour" labour...
DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (AFP): The number of refugees from the conflict in Syria now tops three million, the United Nations said on Friday, as US President Barack Obama admitted he still has no strategy to tackle advancing jihadists. UN refugee...
BEIJING, Aug 29 (AFP): The death toll from a landslide that destroyed a Chinese village has risen to 15, state media reported Friday. Half of a 600-metre high knoll near Fuquan city in the southwestern province of Guizhou broke free...
Nato has accused Russia of a "blatant violation" of Ukraine's sovereignty and engaging in direct military operations to support pro-Russian rebels, reports BBC. Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that "despite hollow denials", it was now clear that Russia had illegally...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (AFP): Pakistan's interior minister said Friday the intransigence of anti-government protest movements had left no alternative but mediation by the army to end a two-week political crisis that has shaken the nuclear-armed nation. The country's powerful army...
GENEVA, Aug 29 (AFP): Migrants have been hit hard by the spiralling conflict in Libya which could lead to more of them taking to unseaworthy boats to try to reach Italy, the International Organization for Migration warned Friday. "IOM is...
China defence ministry tells US to stop 'close-in' surveillance BEIJING, Aug 29: China's military on Thursday told the United States to end air and naval surveillance near its borders, saying it was damaging relations between the Pacific powers and could...
Reiterating that the victims of enforced disappearance in Bangladesh have no option of legal remedy, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has made written submissions in the recent sessions of the UN Human Rights Council on the prevalence 'enforced disappearances'...
Namaz-e-janaza for 'Channel i' programme presenter Maulana Nurul Islam Faruqui was held at the National Eidgah in the city after juma' prayer Friday, reports UNB. Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Moulana M Salahuddin conducted the namaz-e-janaza for late Maulana...
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CHITTAGONG, August 29: Battery-run rickshaw owners and drivers in the port-city Friday protested a move of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) to ban the three-wheelers, violating a stay order of the High Court. Leaders of Chattagram Mohanagar Battery-run Rickshaw Chalak...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Aug 29: Elaborate programmes have been chalked out in Jessore marking the 16th death anniversary of Daily Runner editor RM Saiful Alam Mukul. The death anniversary will be observed in Jessore tomorrow (Saturday). RM Saiful Alam Mukul,...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Aug 29: Two persons were killed and another was injured in a road accident at Parulia under Debhata upazila of Satkhira district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Mahadeb (40), son of Ronjon of village...
FE Report Principal and Managing Director of European Standard School (ESS) Md Morshedul Islam and Principal Head of School, Cardiff International School Dhaka (CISD) GM Nizam Uddin have been elected president and secretary general respectively of Bangladesh English Medium School...
Bangladesh is ready to supply rice to food-starved northeastern Indian states and can allow all its ports to ferry goods bound for those regions, a Tripura minister says. "(Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina) has proposed to supply rice to Tripura and...
FE Report The ministry of health refuted Friday allegation of irregularities in making several hundred newly appointed doctors officers on special duty (OSDs), saying it was done following proper rules. In a statement issued by the ministry it was explained:...
SAVAR, Aug 29 (UNB): A human chain was formed in front of the ruined Rana Plaza in Savar on the outskirts of the capital Friday demanding due compensation for the victims of the incident. Garments Sramik Trade Union organised the...
Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks of the government gave a patent to scientist Nazmul Huda for the protection of an invention for "Mains Operated Competitive Super Energy Saving Lights". The main specialty of his invention is a new kind...
The 13th death anniversary of former MP Mojibur Rahman Talukder, former Awami League president of Patuakhali district, will be observed today (Saturday). On the occasion, a doa mahfil will be held at his Patuakhali residence and mosques and madrasahs of...
A press conference on 'Attacks on Adivasis, File of False Cases and Forest Destruction' organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon was held at DRU in the city Friday. Columnist Syed Abul Maksud, drama personality Mamunur Rashid, BAPA general secretary Dr Md...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions today (Saturday). Moderately heavy...
BNP Friday alleged that the regime has turned even more desperate as people have started raising their voice against its misrule, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, said, "When the country's people have...
Joint general secretary of the ruling Awami League Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif alleged Friday that BNP-Jamaat combine have been trying frantically to create anarchy in the country, reports UNB. "Those who want to create instability across the country might be responsible for...
SATKHIRA, Aug 29 (UNB): At least eight people were injured as activists of Awami League (AL) clashed with Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men over establishing supremacy at Godaipur village in Ashashuni Upazila Friday morning. Three of the injured were identified...
BNP has chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate its 36th founding anniversary that falls Monday, reports UNB. The party has centrally taken a two-day programme to mark the founding anniversary, said a party press release Friday. As per the programmes,...
PABNA, Aug 29 (UNB): A local Jubo League (JL) activist was stabbed to death by some miscreants in the Mashuriapara area in Ishwardi Upazila Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Musa Hossain, 22, son of Abdul Zalil of the...
COMILLA, Aug 29 (UNB): A Comilla court sent Thursday 14 people, including three union parishad members, to jail in UP member Nurul Alam Khandaker murder case. Senior judicial magistrate Shafiqur Rahman passed the order rejecting their bail petitions when they...
FARIDPUR, Aug 29 (BSS): Former Awami League (AL) lawmaker (reserved seat) of the 9th parliament Saleha Mosharraf died at the Faridpur Medical College Hospital last night after prolonged illness originated from cancer. She was 66. Saleha Mosharraf was also elected...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina visited the residence of late Awami League (AL) Dhaka city unit leader Fazlur Rahman Razu at Kolabagan in the capital Friday morning to pay her last respect to him, reports UNB. The PM stood beside...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Friday one person with equipment of producing fake national identity card (NID) from the city's Farmgate area, reports UNB. "We arrested one Anwar Hossain Selim (40) and seized some fake NID cards and equipment of...
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