Thailand's junta-picked national assembly on Thursday chose coup leader General Prayut Chan-O-Cha as prime minister in a one-horse race that entrenched the military's hold on power. Nobody in the rubber-stamp legislature opposed the selection of the 60-year-old army chief, who...
Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannon Thursday to break up a rally by supporters of the ex-general who lost last month's presidential election, as a court was set to uphold his opponent's victory. As judges at the Constitutional...
Focusing on the major issues on enhancing bilateral trade and commerce between India and Bangladesh, India-Bangladesh Business Conclave will be held on August 24 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city. Organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC),...
Japan is considering building its own fighter jets after years of playing second fiddle in a US construction partnership, a report said Thursday, in a move likely to stoke fears of its military resurgence among Asian neighbours. Japan’s attempt in...
Thousands of rescuers combed through the wreckage of homes engulfed by landslides in western Japan on Thursday in the slim hope of finding survivors, a day after a wall of mud claimed at least 39 lives. Police officers, firefighters and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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'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...
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 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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
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...
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