LONDON, July 22 (AFP): Ishant Sharma took seven wickets as India ended a run of 15 Tests without an away victory in an emphatic 95-run win over England at Lord's on Monday. This victory, only India's second in 17 Tests...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home Thursday morning after winding up her three-day official visit to the United Kingdom to attend the first-ever Girl Summit. The Bangladesh Premier is visiting the UK at the invitation of her British counterpart David...
MADRID, July 22 (AFP): Real Madrid on Tuesday signed Colombian striker James Rodriguez, the top scorer at the World Cup, from Monaco on a six season contract. Spanish media said Real paid about EUR80 million ($108m) for Rodriguez, making him...
COLOMBO, July 22 (AFP): An upbeat South Africa will look to carry their winning momentum in the second Test against Sri Lanka beginning on Thursday, and break a 21-year-old jinx on the island. The Proteas, the current world number two,...
The Logo along with the trophies of upcoming Bangladesh-West Indies series was unveiled in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. Founder and Director of Dhaka Bank Limited Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed formally unveiled the logo and the trophies at a press...
Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman finished 9th in Group A of the XVI Obert International Sant Marti Chess beating GM Perez Mitjans of Orelvis of Spain in the last and 9th round matches held on Monday in Barcelona, Spain, reports UNB....
ABIDJAN, July 22 (AFP) : Herve Renard, who led Zambia to an African Cup of Nations triumph, and former French international Luis Fernandez are among five candidates to become the new Ivory Coast coach, the country's federation said Tuesday.
Loew made honorary citizen of his hometown BERLIN, July 22: Germany's World Cup-winning coach Joachim Loew is to be made an honorary citizen of his hometown of Schoenau im Schwarzwald, the town mayor said on Tuesday. "We are proud of...
Philip Blenkinsop of Reuters from Brussels | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
More than a week on from its World Cup soccer victory, Germany may return to centre stage, though this time not with fan celebrations but concerns over the health of Europe's economic motor. Investors saw dark clouds building last week...
Matt Siegel and Manoj Kumar of Reuters from Sydney/New Delhi | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
India will firm up its position regarding a landmark global trade pact shortly before a Thursday deadline, a senior official said on Monday, setting up a nail-biting showdown over a deal it says should safeguard a $12 billion anti-poverty food...
Dominic Evans and Maggie Fick of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The United Nations accused Islamic State fighters in Iraq of executions, rape and forced recruitment of children during a campaign to seize much of northern Iraq, part of a conflict it said has killed almost 5,600 civilians this year. In...
Ronald Grover of Reuters | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
Rupert Murdoch's plan to buy Time Warner would help the Twenty-First Century Fox chairman make larger inroads in China, a fast-growing market that media moguls are finding hard to crack. Time Warner's board rejected Murdoch's $80 billion offer, but the...
Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam Tuesday said the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has adopted a zero tolerance policy with regard to use of formalin in foods, reports BSS. "The present government has been working relentlessly under the capable...
CHICAGO, July 22 (Xinhua) : Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rallied yesterday due to geopolitical tension. The most active gold contract for August delivery rose 4.5 US dollars, or 0.34 per cent, to...
SINGAPORE, July 22 (AFP) : Oil prices rose in Asia Tuesday against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions fuelled by a warning of tougher sanctions against Russia over the downing of a Malaysian airliner and fierce fighting in Gaza. US benchmark...
CHICAGO, July 22 (Xinhua) : Chicago agricultural commodities closed down Monday as forecasts of ideal weather continued triggering selling. December corn fell 6.5 cents, or 1.72 per cent, to 3.72 US dollars per bushel. November soybeans dropped 13.75 cents, or...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
Tour operators expect a business boom during the Eid vacation after two years of slump worsened by political unrest. Industry executives said political stability will help boost the flow of local and foreign tourists this year. "We are expecting good...
Terming Bangladesh's policy stance for inward foreign investment as very liberal, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman has urged Sri Lankan investors to invest in Bangladesh for mutual economic benefits of the two countries, reports BSS. "Bangladesh's growing pool of...
FE Report | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The country's foreign investment proposals have fallen 56.48 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) of this calendar year than that of the previous quarter (Q1). According to a Board of Investment (BoI) press statement, some 10 fully foreign and...
Syful Islam | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
Even after eight months of formal opening the country's third seaport - Payra - is yet to start handling of goods due to lack of proper planning, officials have said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the seaport at Kalapara...
UK factory orders 'slow down in July' Manufacturing orders for the UK slowed down in July, but still remain robust, a survey by the CBI has suggested. In total, 2.0 per cent of UK manufacturers reported an increase in orders,...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The licences of nearly 50 microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been cancelled by the regulator for breach of the set rules and regulations guiding micro-credit operations, officials said. Director of the Micro Credit Regulatory Authority (MRA) Md. Shazzad Hossain told the...
FE Report | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Tuesday issued guidelines on house-rent collection that relieved householders of the compulsion for having separate bank accounts and tenant registers for paying the rents from the current fiscal year. In the original provision, it...
TOKYO, July 22 (AFP): Japan on Tuesday cut its fiscal year growth forecast for the world's number three economy, blaming weak exports and rising imports as well as the impact of April's sales tax hike on consumer spending and business...
CAPE TOWN, July 22 (Xinhua): The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will sign a new and improved economic partnership agreement with the European Union (EU), it was announced on Monday. Under the agreement, SADC countries will be given greater access...
BRUSSELS, July 22 (AFP): Eurozean public debt -- the accumulated total of government budget deficits and borrowing -- rose sharply earlier this year, reversing a downtrend when the economic crisis eased, official figures showed on Tuesday. The 28 European Union...
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