NETRAKONA, Aug 10 (UNB): A college student was hacked to death allegedly by his friends over a trifling matter at Netrakona University College campus in the district Saturday. The deceased was identified as Ifti, 16, an HSC student and son...
MEHERPUR, Aug 10 (UNB): A man was beaten to death allegedly by his younger brother at Bagoan village in Mujibnagar Upazila of the district Saturday. The deceased was identified as Baki Miah, 26, son of Ali Sheikh of the village....
KISHOREGANJ, Aug 10 (UNB): Two children drowned in a pond at Pudurghat in Hossainpur upazila of the district Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jannat, 3, daughter of late Manik Miah and Saiba, 3, daughter of Khuki Mia. Police and...
BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 10 (UNB): A youth was allegedly beaten to death at a drug rehabilitation centre in Brahmanbaria town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Atikul Islam Shafique, 30, son of M Bahar Mian of Kandipara in the town....
BRUR reopens after Eid-ul-Fitr vacation Academic activities resumed at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) from Sunday after expiry of the 12-day vacation on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr festivity, university officials said. The academic activities remained closed from July 27...
ISTANBUL, Aug 10 (agencies): Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is Sunday expected to vanquish his two rivals in elections to become the next Turkish president, promising to expand the post with new powers as opponents worry Turkey is creeping towards...
NAYPYIDAW, Aug 10 (agencies): US Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday said Myanmar faced "significant challenges" in its democratic transition but pledged Washington's support as the former pariah moves towards "benchmark" elections. Washington's top diplomat said he held "frank" discussions...
ARBIL, Aug 10 (agencies): At least 20,000 civilians who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said Sunday. An official from...
TOKYO, Aug 10, (AFP): Typhoon Halong slammed into western Japan on Sunday, leaving dozens of people injured while the coastguard searched for a man who went missing apparently while surfing when the storm hit. Halong was over the Sea of...
FREETOWN, Aug 10 (AFP): West African countries Sunday lamented the knock-on effects of their fight against the Ebola epidemic as restrictions snarled transport, causing food shortages and price hikes. "We are trying to cope," said Joseph Kelfalah, the mayor of...
'Weak' chance of Gaza truce talks succeeding: Palestinians CAIRO, Aug 10: A senior Hamas official said Sunday there was a "weak" possibility that Gaza truce talks would succeed and that Palestinian negotiators could leave Cairo after a meeting with Egyptian...
Kevin Yao and Xiaoyi Shao of Reuters from Beijing | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
China's buoyant exports pushed its trade surplus to a record in July, fuelling optimism global demand will help counter pressure on the domestic economy from a weakening property sector. While manufacturing appears to have picked up in the world's second-largest...
Mayank Bhardwaj of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
The United States urged India last year to bolster its role as a global power and force for regional stability, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Washington since his election in May. In a speech wrapping up...
Gopal Sharma of Reuters from Kathmandu | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
Foreign mountaineers will have to spend more for the insurance cover of their Sherpa guides to climb any Himalayan peak in Nepal including Mount Everest, the government said. Wedged between India and China, Nepal is home to more than 1,300...
Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez of Reuters from Colombo | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
Authorities in Sri Lanka are clamping down on the activities of civil society groups, who accuse the government of trying to discourage survivors of the country's civil war from giving evidence to a U.N. war crimes investigation. Accusations of atrocities...
Laura Noonan of Reuters from London | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
Royal Bank of Scotland is shutting its controversial turnaround division and the two most senior executives who ran it are to leave the bank, a person familiar with the situation said last week. Tasked with recovering loans from customers struggling...
The public hearing on consumers’ complaints will be held at the National Consumer Rights Protection Directorate in Dhaka every Monday. The Director General of the department will hear the complaints from 10am to 11am every Monday, said a handout. Consumers...
Gavin Jones of Reuters from Rome | 2014-08-11 00:00:00
Italy has pushed through a package of support measures for the economy that offers some help to businesses, but pressure is rising on Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to take more significant steps to pull the country out of recession. Among...
RANGPUR, Aug 10 (BSS): Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has called for supplying natural gas through pipelines to Rangpur region for accelerating industrialisation and uplift. "The demand of gas supply to...
BOACO, Nicaragua, Aug 10 (AFP): The last raindrop fell three months ago, forcing Carlos Roman to take his cattle further and further away to find water and keep them alive in Nicaragua's northeastern farmlands. Nicaragua and the rest of Central...
CHICAGO Aug 10 (Reuters): US wheat futures fell for a second session on Friday on profit-taking after running up nearly 4 per cent this week partly on fears of disrupted grain flows from the Black Sea region. New-crop corn and...
VANCOUVER, Aug 10 (Reuters): A massive waste spill at a gold and copper mine in British Columbia could delay, or even derail, other energy and mining projects planned in the famously "green" West Coast Canadian province. The breach of a...
LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters): Copper prices steadied on Friday, but remained near a five-week low due to increased supply and lacklustre demand from top consumer China. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed at $6,995 a tonne, compared...
EU chief Jose Manuel Barroso has told Russia's Vladimir Putin not to carry out unilateral military action in eastern Ukraine under any pretext. The two leaders spoke over the phone as the Kremlin announced it was working with the Red...
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