JOHANNESBURG, Aug 07 (AFP): South African business confidence has fallen to its lowest level since 1999, amid protracted labour disputes, a leading survey showed on Thursday. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Business Confidence Index fell to the...
BANGKOK, Aug 7 (Reuters): A university's index of Thai consumer confidence rose for the third month in July, suggesting domestic demand might be improving after the army seized power and pledged to fix an economy battered by prolonged political tensions....
BERLIN, Aug 7 (Reuters): German industrial output rose just 0.3 per cent on the month in June, missing a forecast rise of 1.3 per cent, as fears over the crisis in Ukraine weighed, adding to signals that Europe's largest economy...
ZURICH, Aug 07 (AFP): The world's leading food industry group Nestle on Thursday posted slumping earnings and sales for the first half of the year, blaming the effect of a strong Swiss franc. During the first six months of the...
SYDNEY, Aug 07 (AFP): Australia's unemployment rate spiked to a 12-year high of 6.4 per cent in July, data showed Thursday, lowering expectations of a near-term hike in interest rates as the economy shows signs of weakness. The surprise jump...
BNP termed Thursday 'heinous and inhuman' the police attacks on the workers of Tuba Group who were on a movement demanding their dues and festival bonus, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also...
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandaker Mahbub Hossain alleged Thursday that the new broadcasting policy is an 'evil attempt' by the government to muzzle the mass media, reports UNB. "We think the government has framed the new...
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The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) approved Thursday a proposal for submitting chargesheet against former health and family welfare minister and senior BNP leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case. ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya told...
Visiting Iranian parliamentary delegation chief Fatemah Rahbar urged the Islamic countries Thursday to unite on the Palestine issue, reports BSS. She made the call at a press conference at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) media centre at the end of a...
The 84th birth anniversary of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be observed today (Friday), reports UNB. Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies have chalked out a daylong programme to observe...
A suspected criminal was killed in a 'gunfight' with the Detective Branch (DB) of police at Hatirjheel near the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society headquarters at Moghbazar in the city Thursday, reports UNB. The identity of the deceased could not be...
The government removed Thursday Omar Khaiyam M Saiful Islam, a prosecutor at the International Crimes Tribunals, on charge of misconduct, said prosecutor Hrishikesh Saha, referring to a letter issued by the Solicitor's office under the Law Ministry, reports UNB. Sources...
Bangladesh-Myanmar Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) will be held in the city on August 31 with a focus on a number of issues, including Rohingyas, security, connectivity and building trust between the two countries, reports UNB. A delegation, led by Deputy...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 7 (UNB): Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mobarak said Thursday the election to Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is likely to be arranged in April-May next. "There's a possibility that the CCC polls will be held before the completion of...
Sixteen coastal and rights-based organisations called Thursday for instituting legal proceedings against all officials and agencies concerned who neglected their duties in keeping waterways free from risks, reports UNB. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club, representatives of...
Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju urged Thursday all donor agencies and countries to come forward to preserve wild animals in Bangladesh, reports UNB. "It is a big challenge to improve life standard of the people in the populous...
Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Dr AK Abdul Momen said the criminals involved in mass killings and crimes against humanity committed in Palestine by Israelis should be brought to justice through the UN, reports UNB. Dr Momen...
KHULNA, Aug 7 (BSS): Chairman of the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission Prof Dr Md Mizanur Rahman underscored Thursday the need for revising child act saying that some discrepancies still exist in the act. We will recommend to the government to...
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A small investment has brought million dollar smile to children who are suffering from cancer as it enables them to play in a room set up inside the cancer department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). With only Tk...
Another case has been filed with a Dhaka court against sub-inspector (SI) Jahidur Rahman Khan, the prime accused in the trader Sujan killing case, for torturing a young man to death in police custody, reports UNB. Imtiaz Hossain Rocky, cousin...
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Bangladeshi workers who were killed in missile attack in Libya would be buried there, said Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Khandker Mosharraf Hossain Thursday. The minister said they decided to arrange burial of the bodies in Libya as...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to launch a probe into the allegation of swindling investors' money by Dhaka Urban Cooperative Bank (DUCB), reports UNB. The commission at its recent meeting decided to conduct a probe into the graft allegation...
Plain-clothes police recovered a large quantity of fake currencies, including Indian rupee, and arrested seven people from Kamrangirchar in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. They currencies included Bangladeshi Tk 2.0 million and Indian rupees 1.0 million. The arrested persons are...
A memorial meeting on AN Mahfuza Khatun Baby Moudud, former lawmaker, journalist and litterateur, will be held at the National Press Club at 4:00 pm tomorrow (Saturday), reports BSS. Bangladesh Gyan and Srijanshil Prokashok Samity (Academic and Creative Publishers Association...
The 13th death anniversary of eminent sports journalist Ataul Haque Mollik will be observed today (Friday), reports BSS. Mr Mollik, who was an international football referee, commentator and cricket umpire, died on August 8, 2001, in a tragic road accident....
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Friday), reports UNB. Moderately heavy to...
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Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said Thursday that the effect of climate change costing Bangladesh a large amount of money and is taking away almost one per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). "Climate change is a burning...
SILIGURI: Power demand of Bangladesh can be a better bargaining point for India to get few important and old cross border issues resolved out. BJP, the first constituent of ruling NDA Government in India is keen on getting the issues...
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