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Facebook awards \\\'Internet Defense Prize\\\'

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Facebook on Wednesday awarded a $50,000 Internet Defense Prize to a pair of German researchers with a seemingly viable approach to detecting vulnerabilities in Web applications. Johannes Dahse and Thorsten Holz from Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany won the new cash...

Comilla varsity admission tests Dec 12-13

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The admission tests for the 1st year honours courses of Comilla University for the 2014-2015 academic session will be held from December 12 to Dec 13. Comilla University sources said the students interested in getting admission to the university can...

US reveals failed hostage rescue operation in Syria

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The United States said Wednesday that its special forces tried this summer to rescue American hostages held by Islamist militants in Syria. News reports quoting government officials said Wednesday the captives included James Foley, the American journalist whose graphic execution...

US reveals failed hostage rescue operation in Syria

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The United States said Wednesday that its special forces tried this summer to rescue American hostages held by Islamist militants in Syria. News reports quoting government officials said Wednesday the captives included James Foley, the American journalist whose graphic execution...

Tk 25m narcotic items bulldozed

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel destroyed seized narcotic substances worth Tk 25 million (2.5 crore) by crushing them under bulldozer in a limestone field in Joypurhat town on Wednesday afternoon. The border force destroyed the narcotics, including heroin, Phensidyl, toxic...

Stocks edge flat in red

FE Online Report | 2014-08-21 00:00:00

Stocks slipped in the red on Thursday with turnover dropped slightly as investors followed cautious stance amid profit taking mood. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended at 4,547.05 points, shedding 6.81 points or 0.14 per...

One dead in attack on NATO supply tankers in Pakistan

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Gunmen in northwest Pakistan on Thursday opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said. The attack occurred in Sor Kamar village of Khyber tribal district, some 25 kilometres...

US offers $30 mln in search for Haqqani leaders

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The United States offered a total $30 million Wednesday in return for information on key leaders of the feared Haqqani militant network, blamed for numerous bloody attacks in Afghanistan. ‘The Department has authorized rewards of up to $5 million each...

Pakistan begins talks to end protest crisis

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Pakistani ministers and opposition politicians met anti-government protesters on Wednesday, but talks ended for the day with the sides appearing no closer to resolving a week-long political crisis that has rattled the restive, nuclear-armed nation. Thousands of followers of cricketer-turned-politician...

Mainstreaming deemed a must for welfare of plain ethnic people

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Ensuring social justice and development of living and livelihood conditions of ethnically minority communities in the country’s northwest region has become indispensable for their peaceful existence. Speakers have made this observation at a discussion meeting in Rajshahi city. They viewed...

Gold worth Tk 22m seized at Shahjalal: 1 held

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Customs Intelligence officials seized 4.2 kilogram (kg) gold worth Tk 22 million and arrested a person in this connection at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport on Thursday. The arrestee was identified as Khurshid Alam, a resident of Sitakunda Upazila of...

Indian police arrest alleged kingpin of human trafficking

2014-08-21 00:00:00

India police have arrested the alleged kingpin of a trafficking racket who sold hundreds of poor tribal girls for domestic slavery in the country's capital, an officer said Thursday. Police accused Baba Bamdev of posing as a spiritual guru and...

Calls to ban new Indira Gandhi assassination film

2014-08-21 00:00:00

A controversial film on the assassination of former Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi was scheduled for release on Friday amid calls for it to be banned for glorifying her killers. ‘Kaum De Heere,’ or ‘Diamonds of the community’ tells the...

Liberia\\\'s Ebola clampdown turns violent as official evacuated

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Violence erupted in an Ebola quarantine zone in Liberia's capital Wednesday when soldiers opened fire and used tear gas on crowds as they evacuated a state official and her family. Four residents were injured in the clashes that flared in...

Turkey ruling party set to agree Davutoglu as PM

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Turkey's ruling party is due to meet on Thursday to agree on a new leader and prime minister to replace incoming president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu the frontrunner for the job. Erdogan, who has dominated Turkey's...

Dollar edges higher in Asia

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The dollar edged up against the euro and the yen in Asian trade Thursday, building on the 11-month high it reached against the European currency overnight as the market eyed US rate hikes. In afternoon Tokyo trade, the euro was...

Oil prices down as supply fears fade

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Oil prices edged lower in Asia Thursday on fading fears that conflicts in crude producers Libya and Iraq could result in a major supply disruption, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery was down 27 cents at...

Dutch retailer Ahold reports profit drop

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Dutch retail giant Ahold on Thursday posted second-quarter profits down almost 29 per cent at 147 million euros ($195 million), hit by unfavourable exchange rates and despite a jump in online sales. Profits for the same period last year were...

ACC to prosecute Mannan, Mahbub, Badi

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The Anti Corruption Commission has decided to prosecute a former state minister and two sitting Members of Parliament of the ruling Awami League. They are former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan, Patuakhali-4 MP Mahbubur Rahman,...

Hannan, 13 others indicted for bomb attack on CPB rally

2014-08-21 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against 13 operatives of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji), including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, for bomb attack on a CPB rally in the city on January 20, 2001, that killed eight...

Hannan, 13 others indicted for bomb attack on CPB rally

2014-08-21 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against 13 operatives of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji), including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, for bomb attack on a CPB rally in the city on January 20, 2001, that killed eight...

ACC to prosecute Mannan, Mahbub, Badi

2014-08-21 00:00:00

The Anti Corruption Commission has decided to prosecute a former state minister and two sitting Members of Parliament of the ruling Awami League. They are former state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan, Patuakhali-4 MP Mahbubur Rahman,...

Air Berlin reports return to profit, plans restructuring

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Air Berlin, Germany's second-biggest airline, said on Thursday it flew back into profit in the second quarter and promised a massive restructuring programme later this year. Presenting the company's second-quarter results, chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said: ‘We were able to...

HP revenue inches up after years of decline

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday reported that its quarterly revenue rose for the first time in three years, nudged by improved computer sales everywhere except Russia and China. Net revenue for the quarter that ended July 31 was $27.6 billion, a one...

Sanctions snap at profits of Russian state bank VTB

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Russia's state-owned VTB bank said Thursday it was ready to resist Western sanctions imposed on it over Ukraine after its second-quarter profits took a knock. The number two Russian bank said its net profit plunged by over four-fifths from the...

British state borrowing halves in July

2014-08-21 00:00:00

British state borrowing fell sharply last month on rising tax receipts, official data showed on Thursday. Public sector net borrowing, the government's preferred measure of the deficit, stood at £800 million ($1.33 billion, 1.0 billion euros) in July. The figure,...

Eurozone economy still in timid recovery

2014-08-21 00:00:00

A timid economic recovery in the eurozone is still holding, a closely-watched survey showed on Thursday, but at a pace that promises only negligible growth for the year. This latest data is likely to strengthen the views of those who...

Sri Lanka exports jump on EU, US demand for garments

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Sri Lanka's trade deficit narrowed substantially this year thanks to increased demand for clothing exports to the United States and Europe, the island's central bank said Thursday. Exports jumped 16.8 per cent to $5.44 billion in the first six months...

India troops patrol Assam state as violence flares

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Army troops patrolled border districts of India's northeastern Assam state Thursday following sporadic violence that has left more than a dozen dead and over 10,000 displaced. Shops and businesses were closed in Golaghat town, where three people were killed after...

Police: Room disagreement preceded Bali killing

2014-08-21 00:00:00

Police investigating an American couple suspected of killing the woman's mother at a resort hotel on Indonesia's Bali island said Thursday the three had a disagreement over who was paying for the rooms, but that a motive for the crime...