A senior official of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that a total of 469 children were killed in Gaza, where the situation is ‘dire’ because of its debilitating effect on the one million Gaza Strip inhabitants under...
France has recognised Bangladesh’s artist Shahabuddin Ahmed’s works with its one of the highest titles in arts and literature. The foreign ministry said the freedom-fighter artist, who lives in Paris, has been awarded with the ‘Chevalier de I’Ordre des Arts...
A mobile court in Munshiganj has fined two launches (passenger ferries) for lack of fitness certificates at Mawa Launch Ghat at Lauhajang Upazila in the district. The launches – MV Saiful and MV Royal Express 2 – have been fined...
There has been a marked decline in import through Benapole Land Port in the last fiscal year (FY). Stakeholders offer many reasons for this happening – volatile political situation before the Jan 5 national elections in Bangladesh, a slowdown in...
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain has urged private recruiting agents to get out ‘a tout’s mindset’ while dealing in manpower export. Speaking at an interaction with the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) in the...
Israeli air strikes killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Friday as European governments sought UN action to end more than six weeks of bloodshed. Fighting flared anew on Tuesday as Egyptian-brokered truce efforts collapsed, with Israel insistent on its demand...
The dollar maintained its strength in Asia Friday as investors awaited a speech by the US Federal Reserve chief for any hint at when the bank will start raising interest rates. The US unit was changing hands at 103.90 yen...
Oil prices rose in Asia Friday but gains were capped by downbeat Chinese manufacturing data and the low likelihood of supply disruptions in conflict-hit Iraq, Ukraine and Libya, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery added six...
The Red Cross said Friday its representatives were not escorting a Russian aid convoy that entered war-torn eastern Ukraine as they had not received ‘sufficient security guarantees.’ ‘We are not a part of the convoy in any way,’ Victoria Zotikova,...
Authorities in Kerala have announced a ban on alcohol to tackle a growing abuse problem in the southern Indian state, a popular tourist destination. The state government warned that alcohol abuse was becoming a danger to society as it unveiled...
A 5.0-magnitude undersea tremor struck Friday off the northern Greece peninsula of Halkidiki, a major tourist destination, the national earthquake observatory said. There have been no reports of injuries or damage in the area, some 218 kilometres (135 miles) north...
The death toll from catastrophic landslides in western Japan could more than double, a police tally showed Friday, as fears of a fresh collapse temporarily halted the search for 47 people still missing. At least 40 people were killed and...
Police have arrested two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from Monsuria Madrasa in Trimohini area in Kanaighat Upazila in Sylhet. The arrestees were identified as Rashid Ahmed, 26, president of Kanaighat Upazila unit Shibir, and Jubayer...
Indian police re-arrested Friday a woman who has been on hunger strike for 14 years to protest against human rights abuses, just two days after she was freed on court orders. ‘She was arrested for attempted suicide,’ lawyer Khaidem Mani,...
Hamas said it shot dead 11 suspected informants for Israel on Friday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza Strip killed three top Hamas military commanders. The Hamas-run website Al Rai said the 11 were...
ULFA leader Anup Chetia, currently incarcerated in Bangladesh, has reportedly expressed his willingness to be repatriated to India where he is wanted for murder, abductions and extortion. Indian High Commission’s official JP Singh met Chetia on Thursday at the Kashimpur...
Bank of America shares jumped 4 per cent Thursday despite the bank being hit with a record nearly $17 billion fine for selling high-risk mortgage bonds as safe investments. The settlement with the US Justice Department and other authorities over...
Berlin is suing one of Switzerland's largest banks in its bid to recuperate hundreds of million euros that went missing during the reunification of East and West Germany, the bank said. Julius Baer told AFP it was being sued by...
Dogged by pilot shortage, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is planning to appoint fresh pilots for the smooth operation of its flights. ‘At a recent meeting, we’ve discussed the issue and asked Biman to appoint fresh pilots for its fleet,’ Civil Aviation...
US casual-wear retail giant Gap Inc says it will open 40 stores in India, calling the expansion ‘an important next step’ in its global growth strategy. The San Francisco-based company, known for its relaxed-style denim and other attire, is the...
Tokyo investors will be watching the crises in Ukraine and Iraq while focusing on key economic indicators in Japan and the United States next week. ’Japanese stocks extended their winning streak this week partially because geopolitical concerns were subdued,’ said...
Spark, New Zealand's largest telecommunications company posted a 93.3 per cent rise in annual net profit on Friday, with one-off items preventing the carrier slipping into negative territory. The company, which changed its name from Telecom Corp. earlier this month,...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal has expressed her hope that relations between Bangladesh and the United States would see a new height during the tenure of new Bangladesh ambassador. ‘Based on the...
As American TV viewers await the Emmy Awards honoring last year's programs, the new season opened this summer and it is rich in stars, horror and mystery. The glitzy names being served up include the likes of Steven Soderbergh, Clive...
The London Stock Exchange Group's net profits surged by nearly 50 per cent in the first quarter on the back of a resurgence in stock market flotations, it said on Friday. Earnings after taxation soared to £52 million ($86 million,...
More than 191,000 people have died in Syria, United Nations rights chief Navi Pillay said Friday, hitting out at ‘international paralysis’ on the nearly three-and-a-half year conflict. Between March 2011 and April this year, 191,369 people were killed in war-ravaged...
National Professor Dr MR Khan has urged the pharmaceutical companies to produce all kind of anti-cancer drugs to help cancer patients in the country. ‘The pharmaceutical companies should produce all kinds of anti cancer drugs to help the thousands of...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced plans to introduce fingerprint scanners at supermarkets in a bid to stop food smugglers he blames for the crippling shortages gripping the country. Price controls in Venezuela keep food and other basic goods up...
The German government said Friday it has given the go-ahead to power giant RWE's sale of its Dea oil and gas unit to a Russian-controlled investment fund. ‘We've examined the case intensively and have raised no objection,’ a spokeswoman for...
The body of a victim of sunken launch ‘Pinak-6’ was recovered from Sugandha River in Dakkhin Mogar village under Nalchhiti Upazila in Jhalakati district on Friday, 18 days after the launch capsized in Padma River in Munshiganj district. The deceased...
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