Libya's official news agency says the country's elected parliament has tasked the recently resigned prime minister with forming a new government. LANA says the parliament convening in Tobruk voted Monday to name Abdullah al-Thinni as the new head of an...
The three-day Bangladesh-India home secretary-level meeting will begin in Dhaka on Tuesday. The two neighbouring countries are likely to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to stop human trafficking during the September 2-4 meeting. Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said...
The Turkish foreign ministry has summoned the most senior US diplomat in the country for clarification of a report about American and British spying in Turkey. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent said the US charge d'affaires and Turkish officials had discussed...
Stefan Andrei, a foreign minister under communism who decreased Romania's dependency on the Soviet Union, has died. He was 83. Andrei died Sunday at home, according to a foreign ministry official who declined to be named because she was not...
Iraq's government asked the UN's top human rights body Monday to investigate alleged crimes against civilians committed by the Islamic State group in its rampage across northeastern Syria and northern and western Iraq. Diplomats were weighing the request at a...
Japan is urging local authorities to be on the lookout for further outbreaks of dengue fever, after confirming another 19 cases that were contracted at a popular local park in downtown Tokyo. The cases announced Monday raise to 22 the...
Japan is urging local authorities to be on the lookout for further outbreaks of dengue fever, after confirming another 19 cases that were contracted at a popular local park in downtown Tokyo. The cases announced Monday raise to 22 the...
Aid began to flow to a small northern Shiite town in Iraq on Monday, a day after security forces backed by Iran-allied Shiite militias and US airstrikes broke a two-month siege by Sunni militants. Ali al-Bayati, who heads local NGO...
A 40-year-old man stabbed students and teachers with a fruit knife at an elementary school in central China on Monday, killing three children and injuring six other people before jumping to his death, officials said. The attack on the first...
Asia shares were mostly higher Monday, as investors brushed off weak Chinese manufacturing data and bought up technology stocks in Japan. Hong Kong's Hang Seng 0011.HK -0.31% Index was up 0.04% at 24752.09, despite signs that economic growth in Asia's...
Brent crude oil prices slipped on Monday as manufacturing growth faltered in Europe and China at a time of ample supplies, although the risk of production setbacks remained high in Libya where the government has lost control of most of...
After a 14-year gap of such top-level visit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Dhaka on September 6 on a two-day official visit to expand and deepen ‘Comprehensive Partnership’ between the two countries. “This is going to take place...
The euro slipped to a fresh one-year low early on Monday as the situation in Ukraine worsened, although a holiday in the United States and major central bank events later in the week will probably keep investors sidelined. The common...
Syrian rebels clashed with government troops on Monday in the Golan Heights, where al-Qaida-linked insurgents abducted UN peacekeepers last week, activists said. The fighting was focused around the town of Hamidiyeh in Quneitra province near the disputed frontier with Israel,...
The ro-ro ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route remained suspended from Monday afternoon after the newly-established ro-ro terminal at Mawa was devoured by the Padma River. BIWTA marine officer at Mawa M Shajahan said the mighty river gobbled up the terminal...
A senior Lebanese security official says that the military has received the remains of a soldier who was held by Islamic militants and believed decapitated. The official said they received the remains of Sgt. Ali Sayid on Monday. It came...
Sony is trying to woo Japanese game fans to the PlayStation 4 home console that went on sale in November in the US and Europe, but didn't arrive at stores here until February. Atsushi Morita, appointed head of Sony Computer...
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Monday said a national-level dialogue is needed to amend the constitution to restore parliament’s authority to impeach Supreme Court judges. “A national-level dialogue is essential to amend the constitution to give back parliament its...
Foreigners who want to buy Alibaba Group shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant's US public offering will need to get comfortable with an unusual business structure. Alibaba's online and mobile commerce businesses will be controlled by a ‘variable interest entity,’...
The bumbling young militant first drops the rocket launcher on the toes of his boss before taking aim and firing toward a military checkpoint outside of an Iraqi town — not realizing he's fired it backward at his leader. The...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday celebrated its 36th founding anniversary with a fresh vow to restore people’s voting rights through a spontaneous movement. The celebration of the founding anniversary began with hoisting party flag atop all the offices...
Tarique Rahman's wife Zubaida Rahman has been dismissed from work by the health ministry for six years of absence. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim told Parliament Monday that the "law is the same for everyone" and Zubaida had been fired, in...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged Monday that the government has failed to take any effective measure to assuage the sufferings of the flood-hit people in the northern and central regions. In a statement, Khaleda expressed grave concern over the mounting...
E-file management system instead of traditional filing system has been launched at the Communications Ministry, aiming to improve efficiency and bring in dynamism and transparency in the administrative process. Communications Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the e-filing programme at the Roads...
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) Bill, 2014 was placed in Parliament Monday with a proposal to set up a corporation to be named as ICB. Finance Minister AMA Muhith introduced the bill in the House. According o the bill,...
A businessman and his wife have been found shot dead at their Banani DOHS home in yet unclear circumstances, police say. Police identified the businessman as Abdur Rab, owner of Afsar Group, and his wife 'Rokhsana'. Dhaka City police's Deputy...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is moving to restructure the small and medium enterprise (SME) credit policy to shift the focus on the manufacturing sector. According to sources at the central bank, the existing SME credit policy focuses on promotion of...
Home Secretaries of Bangladesh and India will begin a three-day talks in Dhaka on Wednesday. Sources at the Home Ministry said the talks will cover steps to stop cross-border smuggling, illegal trespassing, reduction of frontier tension, problem of some frontier...
JAMALPUR, Aug 31 (BSS): Flood situation in the district remained unchanged through the water level in the river Jamuna receded during the last 24 hours. Bangladesh Water Development Board sources said, during the period river Jamuna dropped 6 inches of...
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