British director and actor Richard Attenborough has died aged 90 after a sparkling career spanning six decades, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) said on Sunday. ‘We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of esteemed...
Accusing the government of snatching people’s basic rights and annihilating democracy, BNP on Monday warned that this may invite bad consequences for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. ‘The government has infringed on people’s all rights and destroyed democracy. It won’t bring...
Gunmen in northwest Pakistan opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said. The incident happened in Jamrud area of Khyber, one of seven semi-autonomous tribal regions...
The cabinet on Monday decided to extend the ‘Power and Energy Quick Supply (special provision) Act’ for more 4 years to ensure uninterrupted power and energy supply in the country keeping pace with growing demand. The approval was given in...
Roche Holding AG has agreed to buy US biotech company InterMune Inc for $8.3 billion in cash, helping the world's leading maker of cancer drugs expand into the treatment of rare or incurable diseases. Roche's efforts to produce successful non-cancer...
New Zealand telecommunications network operator Chorus Ltd's year profit fell 13 per cent, the company said on Monday, making no dividend payout as it moved to bolster itself ahead of regulator-imposed controls on broadband prices. The company posted a net...
A suicide bomber attacked Shiite worshippers during prayers in eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing 11 people, security and medical officials said. The attack, which targeted a Shiite place of worship, or husseiniyah, also wounded 32 people, the officials said. It...
David Meale has joined the US embassy in Dhaka as its new Deputy Chief of Mission. He was the Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the US embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, the embassy has said in a media release. Meale has...
Oil prices fell in Asian trade Monday on a stronger dollar as investors digested Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's defence of the bank's monetary policy, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October eased 15 cents to $93.50 while...
The dollar surged Monday as investors bet on a US rate hike sooner, rather than later, following a speech by Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen. The greenback rose to 104.18 yen -- its highest level since January -- from 103.87...
Department of Environment (DoE) fined two dyeing factories Tk 2.1 million for polluting the environment. Onetex Ltd of Sripur Upazila of the district was fined Tk 1.1 million while Hamim Denim Ltd Tk 1 million. The DoE summoned the authorities...
Aircraft leasing firm BOC Aviation said Monday it has ordered 80 Boeing 737 planes and two B777-300ERs worth a total $8.8 billion at list prices, to meet expanding client needs as travel booms in Asia. The Singapore-based company, owned by...
Borrowing costs for France fell to a record low level early on Monday despite the resignation of the government, which plunged the country into a political crisis on top of depressed economic activity. But analysts said the main factor was...
Myanmar's navy has seized around 2.4 million ecstasy tablets hidden in a ship, a record haul of the drug in the country, police said Monday. The tablets were found on board a ship intercepted by the navy near the town...
Vietnam’s prime minister on Monday hailed progress in free trade talks with the European Union, saying a deal could be concluded as early as October. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was speaking after meeting European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso,...
Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways said Monday it had offered record compensation to the families of each passenger killed in a domestic flight even though the cause of the crash is still unclear. The offer of Tw$14.9 million ($496,667) was made to...
Pakistan Monday launched a fresh drive to vaccinate more than 700,000 children in its restive tribal belt against polio, but officials said nearly 300,000 others would miss out because of threats from militants. The World Health Organisation declared a global...
Fishermen in Norway have caught 729 whales this year, the highest number since it resumed the controversial practice in defiance of international pressure, industry sources said on Monday. ‘The season is more or less finished and it's been very good,’...
India’s top court ruled on Monday that all coal block allocations made by the government between 1993 and 2009 were illegal, throwing the already energy-starved country's power sector into turmoil. The court said there were ‘legal flaws’ in the process...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate this year’s Hajj programme for Bangladeshi pilgrims on Tuesday. The Prime Minister will open the Hajj programme-2014 at the Hajj Camp at the capital’s Ashkona at 5pm, Hajj officer Mizanur Rahman told UNB over...
Britain's deputy premier Nick Clegg held talks on Monday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in the latest effort to strengthen economic ties with the world's largest democracy. Clegg, who heads a 40-strong business delegation, also met...
The world’s first specialised Bangla child journalism site, hello.bdnews24.com, launched the programme through an event at the Ocean Paradise Hotel in Cox’s Bazar Monday. Speaking at the inauguration, Junaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, said among these children were...
Describing BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s remarks on Awami League and its chief Sheikh Hasina as devoid of political etiquette, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Monday said the people of the country will give a befitting reply...
Expanding its range in the smartphone segment and to better cater to all the smartphone lovers of the country, Samsung Electronics has launched the latest inclusion to the Galaxy series with the new Galaxy Ace NXT. The product has already...
Etihad Airways has recently signed an agreement with Beximco to facilitate the travel of all Beximco employees on Etihad network. Hanif Zakaria, general manager, Etihad Airways, and Mohammad AsadUllah, executive director, corporate affairs & group company and secretary of Beximco...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has told a parliamentary oversight committee it will be able to resume domestic flights within two months. Bangladesh Biman faced questions from the Parliamentary Standing Committee related to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism Monday, according...
A minor girl drowned in a waterlogged yard in Ahkalia area of Sylhet city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Sadia, 5, daughter of Abul Kalam of Karipara area under Notun Bazar in the city. Local people said Sadia...
A tropical depression formed over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it headed toward the Bahamas and dumped heavy rains on parts of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, according to the US Hurricane Center. It is the fourth depression...
Chinese authorities blocked an annual independent film festival from opening Saturday, seizing documents and films from organizers and hauling away two event officials in a sign that Beijing is stepping up its already tight ideological controls. Li Xianting, a film...
Two Mormon missionaries serving in Taiwan and another in Oklahoma have died. Connor Benjamin Thredgold, 19, of Springville, Utah, and Yu Peng Xiong, 24, of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, were found dead Saturday in an apartment they shared in Taiwan, the Mormon...
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