SIRAJGANJ, Aug 25 (UNB): A housewife was chopped to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Utra Hajipur village in Raiganj upazila early Sunday. The deceased was identified as Munni Khatun,25, mother of one child and wife of Shariful...
A proposal for setting up an exclusive tourist zone (ETZ) in Cox’s Bazar is going to be considered by the Cabinet Economic Affairs Committee at its Wednesday’s meeting. The proposed ETZ will be implemented under public-private partnership. According to official...
MADARIPUR, Aug 25 (BSS): A businessman was electrocuted at Khagdi village under Sadar upazila of Madaripur Monday noon. The victim was Moazzem Mridha, 56, of Purba Ghatmajhi village of the upazila. Police said Moazzem died on the spot as he...
KUSHTIA, Aug 25 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an alleged robber with the throat slashed from a field at Shehala in Daulatpur upazila on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Fida,40, son of Pocha, a resident...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 25: To provide uninterrupted electricity supply to agriculture and industries a 100mw electricity generating plant is to be build very shortly in Syedpur. Sources said in this regard all preparations have been completed in last December. At present...
RAB nabs one with counterfeit currency notes Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man in possession of fake currency notes amounting to Tk72,000 and 2,000 forged notes of Indian rupees from Paradise Para in Tangail Sunday afternoon. The...
Accusing BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia of making comments on the National Broadcasting Policy without going through it, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday advised her to speak against yellow journalism instead of opposing the policy. “She (Khaleda) didn’t even...
TEHRAN, Aug 25 (AFP): Tehran will "accelerate" arming Palestinians in retaliation for Israel deploying a spy drone over Iran, which was shot down, a military commander said on Monday. Iran, which does not recognise the existence of Israel, has confirmed...
BANGKOK, Aug 25 (agencies): Thailand's coup leader was formally endorsed as prime minister by the nation's revered king Monday, in a step towards forming a government to oversee sweeping reforms in the politically turbulent kingdom. Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha,...
SYRIA, Aug 25 (Reuters): Islamic State militants stormed an air base in northeast Syria on Sunday, capturing it from government forces after days of fighting that cost more than 500 lives, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human...
GAZA CITY, Aug 25 (AFP): Violence reverberated across Gaza on Monday with four Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes as Egypt proposed a new ceasefire that would open key crossings into the blockaded territory. Since an earlier ceasefire arrangement collapsed...
PARIS, Aug 25 (agencies): France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls presented the resignation of his government to the president Monday, Francois Hollande's office said in a statement. The statement said a new government would be formed Tuesday in line with the...
China's Xi hails Mugabe as renowned leader, old friend BEIJING, Aug 25: China's President Xi Jinping on Monday hailed Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe-a pariah in the West-as a renowned African liberation leader and an "old friend" of the Chinese people. The...
David Dolan and Tiisetso Motsoeneng of Reuters from Johannesburg | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
Ben Hirschler and Caroline Copley of Reuters from London/Zurich | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
Roche Holding AG has agreed to buy US biotech company InterMune Inc for $8.3 billion in cash, marking the latest multibillion-dollar deal in a consolidating pharmaceutical sector. The Swiss drugmaker said last week it would pay $74.00 a share through...
Richard Balmforth and Thomas Grove of Reuters from Kiev/Donetsk (Ukraine) | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
Kiev/Donetsk (Ukraine): Ukraine marked its independence day last week with a military march-past in Kiev intended to send a message of defiance to Russia, but pro-Moscow rebels countered by parading captured Ukrainian troops through the streets of their main stronghold....
Babak Dehghanpisheh of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi said last week during talks with Iran's foreign minister that international efforts would be necessary to destroy Islamic State Sunni militants who have seized swathes of his country and of Syria. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...
The 15th Textech Bangladesh-2014, an international exposition , will be held from September 3 to 6 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka. The exposition will showcase garments, textile apparel, technology and machinery of Bangladesh, said a press release...
Adam Jourdan of Reuters from Shanghai | 2014-08-26 00:00:00
China could have a new homegrown operating system by October to take on imported rivals such as Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Apple Inc, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. Computer technology became an area of tension between China and...
BANGKOK, Aug 25 (Reuters): The Thai military government has approved a plan to sell its 200,000 tonnes rubber stockpile, a senior government official said on Monday, aiming to cut storage costs and ending a stock overhang that has weighed on...
LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters): Gold held close to its lowest in two months on Monday, as the dollar marched higher after central bank heads signalled that interest rates were set on a diverging course in the United States, Europe and...
SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asian trade Monday on a stronger dollar as investors digested Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's defence of the bank's monetary policy, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October eased 15...
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