ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (Reuters): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign for a month during which a probe into the alleged poll rigging will be completed, even as 400 PTI protestors were booked for...
BENGHAZI, Aug 24 (AFP): Islamist militias openly challenged the legitimacy of parliament after announcing their seizure of Tripoli airport, plunging Libya's rocky political transition into a fresh crisis on Sunday. The militias, which the elected parliament branded as "terrorists", said...
TEHERAN, Aug 24 (agencies): Iran Sunday unveiled two missiles and two drones at a ceremony attended by President Hassan Rouhani. The Qadir (almighty) missile, with a range of 300 km, will be used for destroying marine targets, Xinhua reported. It...
SRINAGAR, Aug 24 (AFP): India's army clashed with suspected Pakistani militants in Indian Kashmir close to the disputed border between the two rival countries, leaving one soldier dead, a military official said Sunday. Soldiers encountered the militants-who had crossed the...
BEIRUT, Aug 24 (AFP): Islamic State jihadists advanced for the first time on Sunday into a military airport that is the last stronghold of the Syrian army in Raqa province, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
BAGHDAD, Aug 24 (Reuters): Bombings across Iraq killed at least 35 people in attacks that appeared to be revenge for an assault on a Sunni mosque that has deepened sectarian conflict. A bomb also exploded in the northern city of...
GAZA CITY, Aug 24 (agencies): Israel launched more air strikes on Gaza Sunday after taking its military campaign to a new level by flattening a 13-storey apartment tower following a warning to residents to evacuate. Palestinian militants kept up their...
Spanish police rescue helicopter crashes, three dead MADRID, Aug 24: A police helicopter carrying out a mountain rescue crashed in fog Sunday, killing all three crew members on board, regional emergency services said. The Guardia Civil helicopter went down near...
Mushfiqur Rahim, the Bangladesh captain, has said that his batsmen hardly made an effort as they went down in a humiliating 177-run loss to West Indies in the second One Day International (ODI), reports Cricinfo. He questioned the team's ability...
A 24-member Nepal Under-23 Football team will arrive in Dhaka today (Monday) to play SS Steel two international friendly matches against Bangladesh Under-23 team, reports UNB. The first match will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Bangladesh Army Stadium in...
Bangladesh will face host West Indies in the 3rd and last match of their three-match ODIs at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts today (Monday), reports UNB. The match will begin at 6:00 pm (Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh have already lost the...
Naogaon DSA finished third in the Walton Air Conditioner National Youth (U-19) Women's Handball Tournament crushing new-face Jamalpur DSA by 14-1 goal at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. Shahnaz scored six and Soma...
HARARE, Aug 24 (AFP): Australia will make a late decision on captain Michael Clarke's fitness for Monday's triangular series opener against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. Clarke tweaked his left hamstring during Australia's first training session Friday, but jogged several...
NEW HAVEN, Aug 24 (AFP): Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her second WTA Connecticut Open title in three years Saturday, defeating Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-2 in the US Open warm-up event. Fourth-ranked Kvitova, the 2012 New Haven winner...
MANCHESTER, Aug 24 (AFP): Manchester City and Liverpool will renew their rivalry beneath the Etihad Stadium floodlights Monday in the first major head-to-head encounter of the fledgling Premier League season. When the teams last met, at Anfield in April, a...
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (AFP): Roger Federer hopes to mark the 10th anniversary of his first US Open title with a sixth triumph in New York and become the oldest Grand Slam champion in more than 40 years. In an...
Pujara to join Derbyshire LONDON, Aug 24: India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is set to join Derbyshire for the final three County Championship fixtures of the season, it was announced Saturday. The 26-year-old made 81 against the Midlands county in a...
MADRID, Aug 24 (AFP) : Shoppers risk paying more for their olive oil this year as a drought in Spain and a blight in Italy wither trees in the two top producers, driving up prices. Months of dry weather have...
FE Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Country's jewellers cutback Sunday the price of different carat gold by Tk 1,225 to 1,166 on a bhori (11.664 gram) in the local market following the downtrend in global market price. The newly fixed price will come into effect from...
ISTANBUL, Aug 24 (AFP) : Fans of chocolate spread Nutella or the hazelnut-filled Ferrero Rocher could soon be facing rising bills for their nutty treats because of poor weather in Turkey. Prices of hazelnuts have surged in recent weeks after...
Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Monday said the government will go to the international arbitration if it fails to realise the fair share of water from common rivers through talks with neighbouring countries. “We want equity share...
PARIS/BERLIN, Aug 24( Reuters) : Berlin-based PR executive Herbert Franz should be a soft target for German luxury automakers - his last car was a BMW X3 - but he can't wait to leave them behind. "This car is hip,"...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Japanese experts are now concentrating on four locations to set up exclusive industrial zones in Bangladesh as part of Tokyo's planned investments in the country. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is conducting the search for new locations in a...
FE Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Environment and forest minister Anwar Hossain Manju on Sunday heaped praise on entrepreneurs for innovating environment friendly construction materials to cope up with the changing needs of the country's booming building industry. Speaking at a seminar, the minister said the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24: The Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) has inaugurated the construction work of a 176 TEUs (twenty feet equivalent unit) container vessel through a keel laying ceremony in the shipyard premises at Patiya of the district Sunday. The container...
A total of 16 commercial banks are set to join the refinancing scheme of the central bank to inject necessary credit into the jute sector, reports BSS. Bangladesh Bank (BB) is singing an agreement today (Monday) with the respective banks...
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has prepared an international standard 'Business Register' for the first time using the data of economic census with an aim to building a complete central information hub about the country's established business entities. Disclosing this...
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