Iran, which is helping Iraq in its fight against jihadist-led militants, sent its foreign minister to Baghdad Sunday, as gunmen made a renewed push for the country's main oil refinery. The United States, whose warplanes have launched more than 90...
The German government remains optimistic in its outlook for Europe's biggest economy, despite negative growth in the second quarter, the weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday. For the whole of 2014, the German economy could even notch up faster growth than...
Tax evasion is eating away at the heart of Romania and holding back the country, among the poorest in the European Union, in its efforts to catch up, analysts warn. The estimates for the costs of the so-called black or...
President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan has based his political success on a strong Turkish economy, but a tricky external environment and concerns about the wisdom of some policies means he may have a bumpier ride ahead. The domination of Erdogan's Justice...
State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) on Sunday signed a contract with an Indian company, Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), for the construction of the 225 MW combined cycle (dual fuel) power plant at Shikalbaha in Chittagong. Larsen & Toubro...
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 cold late winter weather and...
Chinese oil giant Sinopec said Friday its net profit for the first half of 2014 was up 7.5 per cent year-on-year, despite weakened domestic demand for oil products. Asia's largest refiner by capacity said its net profit for the six...
Bangladesh has called for joint efforts among the D8 countries to find solutions to the problems relating to civil aviation to ensure globally-harmonised and safe aviation activities. “Not only the civil organisations, but also all the stakeholders in the D8...
EU candidate Serbia on Friday said it would honour a call from Brussels not to profit from Russia's ban on Western food -- but stopped short of saying it would curb its own exports. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said his...
Eighteen bodies were found Sunday aboard an inflatable dinghy adrift off Italy, media reported, amid a new surge of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. The dinghy, which was reportedly carrying 99 people, began to sink just as...
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted northern California early Sunday, knocking out power and causing some damage to roads in Napa and Sonoma counties, officials said. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or major damage from the quake, which...
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said it has brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the centre of the country. ‘A spy drone of the Zionist regime (Israel) was brought down by a missile... This...
A Spanish police helicopter flying to rescue a mountain climber with a broken ankle crashed on Sunday, killing all three crew members on board, emergency services said. The helicopter's blades struck the side of a mountain close to the Picos...
Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has dismissed media reports that Bangladesh may extradite jailed Indian rebel leader Anup Chetia in exchange of Nur Hossain, the prime accused in Narayanganj seven-murder case detained in India. “I want to...
The board of directors of GPH Ispat Ltd on Sunday recommended 15 per cent cash and 5 per cent stock dividends for the year ended on April 30, 2014. The annual general meeting of the company will be held on...
Trashing BNP’s allegation that Awami League (AL) is a killer party, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday said the ruling party is a democratic party as it always promotes democracy. “Awami League doesn’t believe in the politics of killing…Awami League...
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said Bangladesh is heading fast to achieve a rapid progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “The present government is sincerely working to ensure development in all the...
Speakers at a roundtable on the National Broadcast Policy have demanded one set of guidelines and rules for all types of media in Bangladesh. Separate policies will cause conflicts among them, said a participant of the discussion – National Broadcast...
Bangladesh Jewellers Association cut down the gold prices to adjust with the international market with effect from Monday, according to a news agency. Price of per bhori of 22-karat gold has now been fixed at Tk 47,181 against the previous...
Tuba Group Managing Director Delwar Hossain has sought a loan of Tk 3.0 billion to reopen his closed factories. He is currently out on bail granted on the condition that he would clear his workers’ dues. Delwar had been arrested...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-24 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 23: Traders of hide in Rangpur district are apprehensive about running their business as they are facing severe financial crisis. According to sources the hide traders of the district are yet to recover a large amount of dues...
A BSS report says: The process of digitisation has been progressing irreversibly creating a social renaissance and new epoch in the national life for building a medium income Bangladesh effectively in near future. The progress of development activities has been...
A Correspondent | 2014-08-24 00:00:00
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 23: The construction work of water treatment plant was inaugurated in Chapainawabganj on Friday. Lawmaker of Chapainawabganj sadar constituency Md. Abdul Wadud laid the foundation stone of the plant as chief guest at Hujrapur in Chapainawabganj town. The...
A milad and doa mahfil was held at the residence of late Ivy Rahman, former women affairs secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, at Gulshan in the capital after Asr prayers Sunday on the occasion of her 10th martyrdom anniversary, according...
Another report adds: An advocacy workshop on 'Hepatitis C among PWID' was held at the conference room of the Chapainawabganj civil surgeon's office in association with National AIDS/STD programme and Save the Children on Thursday. Chapainawabganj civil surgeon's office and...
Bangladesh on Sunday made it clear that until and unless the border killing touches zero level, it will keep raising the issue strongly with India. “Until and unless the incidents of border killing come to an end, we will keep...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 23 (BSS): The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been implementing different need-based projects to improve the socio-economic conditions by increasing crop production side by side protecting the environment in the country's northwest region including its vast Barind...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-24 00:00:00
PABNA, Aug 23: A minor boy was killed in Shara Gopalpur village in Ishwardi Upazila of the district Friday morning. Police caught a woman in connection of killing the kid. The victim was identified as Md. Mehedi Hassan, 3, son...
Another message from Our Correspondent adds: The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three armed robbers from Hudairpara village under Sujanagar Upazila of the district Friday. RAB seized three sharp weapons from their possession. The arrestees are Md. Rafikul...
PANCHAGARH, Aug 23 (BSS): Consecutive rain for the last few days created favourable condition for boosting the transplanted Aman production here. Drought like situation that continued for more than a month caused drying up of the T-Aman plants particularly in...
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