The government has taken some employment-oriented projects for distressed population aimed at making them economically self-sufficient. ‘The job-oriented projects would be at Haors, Baors and Char areas for underprivileged people to make them economically self-sufficient,’ Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal...
The government has accepted a proposal to amend the Charter that would allow the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) to impeach Supreme Court (SC) judges. A Cabinet meeting on Monday, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, approved the ‘Constitution (16th Amendment) Act,...
The committee set up by the Shipping Ministry to investigate the Pinak-6’s sinking in Padma River in Munshiganj, says more time is needed to complete the probe. The report was to have been submitted on Monday, Joint Secretary Nur-ur-Rahman, head...
The owner of Pinak-6 and his son will both be questioned for four days in police custody. The double-decked launch carrying over 300 passengers from Kewrakandi to Mawa had sunk in Padma River near Mawa Turning Point at Lauhajang Upazila...
The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip rose above 2,000 Monday, the health ministry said as more people injured in over a month of fighting with the Israelis succumbed to their wounds. According to a ministry statement, a total...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that no progress was reached on establishing a ceasefire or starting peace negotiations over Ukraine during crisis talks in Berlin with his counterpart from Kiev. ‘One place where we cannot report positive results...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday he would ‘soon’ leave Ecuador's embassy in London, where he has sought asylum for over two years. Speaking at a press conference, he said he ‘will be leaving the embassy soon’ but not for...
US energy firm Apache on Monday announced an oil discovery off northwestern Australia which it said could potentially represent a new oil province for the country. The find at the Phoenix South-1 well is the first for Apache Energy in...
A hospital at Gulshan in the city has released the remains of a patient it was holding upon conditions that the family will pay off unpaid bills in installments. The private hospital handed the mortal remains of Md Aslam of...
Thailand's economy grew 0.9 per cent in the second quarter, dodging recession after the military ended months of political deadlock with a coup and promised to unshackle spending. The junta, under coup-leading Army Chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha, has pegged its legitimacy...
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena has stressed establishing a centralised command and control centre in Bangladesh with a view to carrying out rescue operation effectively following any earthquake to minimise the disaster aftermath. ‘…a centralised command and control centre –...
The Secretary of liberation war affairs ministry, KH Masud Siddiqui, has been made an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at public administration ministry. The move comes after allegations that gold crests on Liberation War medals, which were awarded to foreigners...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China dropped by more than a sixth year-on-year to a two-year low in July, the government said Monday, but denied any link to Beijing's multiple probes into foreign companies. FDI -- which excludes investment in...
The Parliament is being given the authority to remove Supreme Court judges as part of the government’s plan to establish 1-party rule, the BNP has claimed. Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the party will organise a movement...
The Philippines said Monday it would protest to China about what it called Beijing's increasing patrols in a disputed area of the South China Sea believed to hold vast oil and gas resources. Foreign Department spokesman Charles Jose announced the...
The UN on Monday warned that widespread criminal activity in Myanmar was undermining stability and development, as it hailed a new partnership with the government to tackle ‘significant’ crime and drug problems in the impoverished country. Myanmar -- the world's...
Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said Monday it plans to raise $g$3.37 billion ($2.70 billion) in a rights issue to boost its balance sheet following its takeover of Hong Kong's Wing Hang Bank. OCBC said in a statement it has...
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Dhaka stocks closed flat on Monday amid choppy trading with turnover declining slightly as investors followed cautious stance. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), ended at 4,554.14 points, shedding a fraction of 0.36 points after witnessing...
Five people died Monday when a building under construction collapsed in a South African town south of Johannesburg, emergency workers said. ‘It's not clear what might have caused the building to collapse. Five people were killed as a result of...
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has submitted a plan to invest in a mobile telephone factory in Indonesia, a senior official at the company's Indonesian unit told Reuters on Monday. The Indonesian government is currently processing the plan, Lee Kang...
Ahead of the cricket World Cup next year, Australia is wooing Indian tourists, eyeing up to 10 per cent rise in their arrivals to 2 lakh in the current financial year to that country. Tourism Australia is promoting the country...
Growing geo-political concerns have made Indian markets more attractive, at least in short-term, among BRIC nations, say analysts. According to them, foreign flows may top $50 billion by FY15, if the government walks the talk with regards to implementation of...
Tata MotorsBSE 3.98 % is looking to launch 20-25 new platforms in the coming years, Ravi Pisharody, the company's Head-CV & ED told ET Now. ‘About 20-25 will be completely new platforms. However, including BS4 variants, CNG variants there will...
A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the province of Ilam in western Iran on Monday, injuring at least 250 people and causing extensive damage to buildings, Iranian media said. The US Geological Survey, reporting the magnitude of the quake at...
More than 160,000 mourners turned out to pay their respects to Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos here Sunday after the popular socialist politician's death in a plane crash last week. A burst of fireworks marked his burial after a packed...
Japan’s government said Monday it was investigating a video posted online that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being roughly interrogated by Syrian militants. The video, which surfaced over the weekend, shows a man who identified himself as Haruna...
Eighty-eight schools in a northern Mexico state will not open Monday along with the rest of the country because of the danger of water contaminated by the spill of 10 million gallons (40,000 cubic meters) of acids from a copper...
The Mosul dam is the biggest in Iraq and a strategic site that provides water and electricity to more than a million people in the north of the country. Islamic State (IS) jihadists seized the dam on August 7 but...
International donors will meet in Cairo to pledge funds for the reconstruction of Gaza as soon as a lasting ceasefire is reached between Israel and the Palestinians, Norway announced Monday. The funds raised under the aegis of Egypt and Norway...
Gunmen shot and killed an Egyptian policeman on patrol and wounded another north of Cairo on Monday, a security official said. The attack happened as the two policemen, who were on patrol, approached a suspicious-looking car parked by the side...
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