BEIRUT, Aug 13 (AFP): Jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) group have taken control of a string of villages in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. The clashes left at least 39 fighters dead,...
Sixteen feared dead after Thai building collapse BANGKOK, Aug 13: Thai police on Wednesday said up to 16 people were believed to have died when a building caved in during construction, as they issued arrest warrants for several people behind...
Bangladesh men's and women's teams maintained their winning spree in the 41st World Chess Olympiad beating their respective counterparts in the 10th round matches in Tromso, Norway Tuesday, reports UNB. After the win, Bangladesh men's team earned 12 match points...
GALLE, Aug 13 (AFP): Sri Lanka are determined to send former captain Mahela Jayawardene into retirement with a victory in the second and final Test starting Thursday against a fragile Pakistan and a 2-0 series sweep. Captain Angelo Mathews said...
A 23-member Bangladesh contingent will leave the capital for Nanjing early tomorrow (Friday) to participate in the 2nd Summer Youth Olympics Games, reports UNB. The Chinese city hosts the competition Aug. 16-28. Bangladesh expressed the hope to do well in...
HARARE, Aug 13 (AFP): Dane Piedt recorded the best figures by a South African spinner on his debut as the tourists wrapped up a nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the one-off Test at Harare Sports Club Tuesday. Piedt's four for...
CARDIFF, United Kingdom, Aug 13 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo upstaged new team-mates Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez and homecoming hero Gareth Bale as Real Madrid beat Sevilla 2-0 in Cardiff Tuesday to win the UEFA Super Cup. World Cup stars Kroos...
Khelaghar Samaj Kalyan Sangha will lock horns with Dhaka Abahani Limited in the 2nd semifinal of the Metropolitan Women's Cricket League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Thursday, reports UNB. The match will start at 9:30 am. The...
The Independence Day of Pakistan is the most auspicious occasion in our national calendar as it not only reminds us of the great sacrifices of our forefathers that were made for securing our socio-economic, religious and cultural freedom but it...
I wish to extend my heartfelt felicitations to all Pakistanis on the auspicious occasion of the 68th independence day of Pakistan. This day is a powerful reminder of the heroic struggle undertaken by the Muslims of the subcontinent for a...
Sixty eight years ago on 14 August, Pakistan emerged as a sovereign and independent State on the world map. This day in 1947, represented the fruition of a long struggle by the Muslims of the subcontinent under the leadership of...
The Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar held his court in Lahore from 1584 to 1598 AD. He built the massive Lahore Fort in 1566 AD on the foundations of an old mud fort dating back to 1021 AD and enclosed...
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CHITTAGONG, Aug 13: BGMEA first vice president Nasiruddin Ahmed Chowdhury has urged the authorities concerned to facilitate quick approval of the bond-related files in the Chittagong Customs Bond Commissionerate (CCBC). He said this in a meeting with CCBC Commissioner Dr...
City Bank has been named the 'Best Bank in Bangladesh' at Euromoney's Awards for Excellence 2014, according to a statement. The award was announced at a ceremony in Hong Kong recently which was attended by 500 leading bankers from across...
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Renowned Japanese IT (Information Technology) company FUJISOFT plans to train up people with IT skills in Bangladesh to recruit them in their offices as an alternative to India, officials said. They said the company officials visited Bangladesh to check the...
NEW DELHI, Aug 13 (PTI): India's petrol prices will be cut by Rs 1.89-2.38 per litre from August 15, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced today. In perhaps for the first instance of a minister announcing the reduction in price of...
BRUSSELS, Aug 13 (AFP): Industrial production in the eurozone fell by 0.3 per cent in June, official data showed on Wednesday, dragged lower by a drop in the output of consumer goods and energy. The result was significantly below analyst...
Top 5 richest Indians have half of nation's billionaires' wealth NEW DELHI, Aug 13: The top five Indian billionaires led by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani collectively control $85.5 billion (about Rs 5,23,897 crore) in personal wealth, accounting for nearly...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 13 (BSS) : Speakers at a function here Tuesday urged the entrepreneurs to know ICT properly to earn money through outsourcing to change their socio-economic condition and take the nation ahead. "Thousands of youths including young girls are...
Samsung Electronics Bangladesh has yet again come up with an exclusive offer to make its innovative smartphones more affordable for the customers, reports UNB. Now with every purchase of Galaxy Grand Neo and Galaxy Grand 2, customers will be able...
BEIJING, Aug 13 (AFP) : China's bank lending plunged in July as the weakening property sector hit demand for loans, statistics showed Wednesday as other key indicators slowed, raising concerns for growth in the world's second-largest economy. Domestic banks' new...
Spain reports sharpest price drop in five years MADRID, Aug 13 : Spain reported Wednesday the steepest slide in consumer prices in nearly five years, a potentially worrying development as the eurozone fends off the threat of a deflationary spiral....
SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (AFP) : Oil prices were mixed in Asia Wednesday after the International Energy Agency slashed its demand outlook for 2014 and 2015 while reporting a glut in global supplies despite conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine. US benchmark...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (AFP) : Malaysian state energy firm Petronas said Wednesday its second quarter net profit surged 38 percent year-on-year boosted by higher oil and liquefied natural gas sales volume. Petronas, the source of about half of Malaysia's...
LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters): The world's top banks have backed the bulk of recommendations from regulators to reform the setting of the leading global currency benchmark following allegations of market rigging, making changes inevitable. The $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market...
TOKYO, Aug 13 (AFP): Japan's economy suffered its biggest quarterly contraction since the 2011 quake and tsunami as a sales tax rise slammed the brakes on growth, data showed Wednesday, throwing into question plans for another increase next year. The...
SINGAPORE, Aug 13 (Xinhua): Trade promotion agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore on Tuesday cut its growth forecast for the non-oil domestic exports of the city state to a contraction of between 1 and 2 per cent. The agency had previously...
HONG KONG, Aug 13 (Reuters): South Korea's smaller firms are struggling as credit tightens and the cost of servicing debt rises - a development that could put more strain on Asia's fourth-largest economy at a time of uneven global growth....
LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters): The Bank of England (BoE) forecast on Wednesday that wages would grow far more slowly than previously expected and linked their rate of increase closely to borrowing costs, suggesting it was in no hurry to raise...
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