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Rahane leads India rally against England

2014-07-19 00:00:00

LONDON, July 17 (AFP): Ajinkya Rahane led India's recovery with a superb hundred after they collapsed on the first day of the second Test against England at Lord's on Thursday. India, after losing the toss on a seaming pitch, were...

Germany\\\'s Lahm calls time on int’l career

2014-07-19 00:00:00

BERLIN, July 18 (AFP): Germany captain Philipp Lahm on Friday ended his international career just five days after leading his country to a World Cup triumph in Brazil. Tributes immediately poured in for the 30-year-old Bayern Munich full back who...

Van Gaal braced for United balancing act

2014-07-19 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, July 18 (AFP): Louis van Gaal claims balancing Manchester United's commercial ambitions with their desire for success on the field will be one of his biggest challenges at Old Trafford. Van Gaal was officially unveiled as United's...

sports digest

2014-07-19 00:00:00

Bangladesh U-23 team to take part in 17th Asian Games Bangladesh Under-23 men's football team will take part in the 17th Asian Games to be held in September-October in the South Korean city of Incheon. Executive committee of the Bangladesh...

Jet crash rekindles MH370 families\\\' grief, suspicion

2014-07-19 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (AFP): The latest Malaysia Airlines disaster has rekindled the grief of MH370 relatives who say the new crash bears out their furious criticisms of the nation's flag carrier and government. Flight MH17, a Boeing 777-200, went...

IS jihadists kill 90 in Syria gas field takeover

2014-07-19 00:00:00

BEIRUT, July 18 (AFP): Jihadists killed at least 90 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards and employees when they seized a gas field in Homs province, a monitoring group said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described Thursday's...

Abbas heads to Turkey as Gaza truce talks stall

2014-07-19 00:00:00

CAIRO, July 18 (AP): Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to head to Turkey on Friday to push a ceasefire in Gaza after Egyptian-mediated negotiations stalled and Israel launched a ground operation. Cairo has been the hub of intense negotiations to...

Yingluck vows not to flee

2014-07-19 00:00:00

BANGKOK, July 18 (AFP): Thailand's deposed former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday ruled out going into self-exile to avoid possible criminal charges, after the country's junta gave her permission to travel overseas. In her first news conference since the...

Italian court acquits Berlusconi in sex case appeal

2014-07-19 00:00:00

MILAN, July 18 (AFP):- An Italian appeal court on Friday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of charges of having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power. "The defendant is acquitted," presiding judge Enrico Tranfa said, rejecting a...

Pakistan briefly arrests US citizen at airport for ammunition

2014-07-19 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, July 18 (AFP): A United States citizen was briefly arrested at Islamabad airport on Friday for attempting to board a plane carrying ammunition, Pakistan officials said, in the second such case since May. The man, who was identified by...

Typhoon Rammasun hits southern China

2014-07-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, July 18 (AFP): The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in more than 40 years made landfall Friday, authorities said, after leaving a trail of destruction and at least 54 dead in the neighbouring Philippines. China's National Meteorological Center...

news digest

2014-07-19 00:00:00

7,000 migrants held in Calais in first half of 2014 PARIS, July 18: More than 7,000 migrants have been arrested in Calais trying to illegally cross the Channel into Britain in the first half of 2014, more than double the...

Stocks return to the fast lane

Babul Barman | 2014-07-19 00:00:00

Stocks returned to the green last week that ended Thursday after the previous week's major correction as optimistic investors took position on lucrative stocks. The investors were also stimulated with cashing out tendency throughout the week over upcoming Eid festival...

Dutch PM calls on Putin to help crash probe

2014-07-19 00:00:00

An angry Dutch prime minister says he has had an "extremely intense" telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he urged him to "show the world he intends to help" in the investigation into the Ukraine air disaster....

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2014-07-19 00:00:00

MH17 crash: Ukraine accuses rebels of destroying evidence

2014-07-19 00:00:00

Ukraine has accused pro-Russian militiamen at the site of the Malaysia Airlines crash of trying to destroy evidence of an "international crime". For a second day, OSCE monitors at the scene have had their movements restricted by militiamen. Reports that...

China\\\'s Alibaba plans US IPO after Sept 1: Xinhua

2014-07-19 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, July 18 (AFP): The highly-anticipated US stock offer by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will take place after September 1, the official Xinhua news agency on Friday quoted an anonymous source as saying. The source said the roadshow for the...

Citycell can now pay its dues to BTRC by Sept

2014-07-19 00:00:00

FE Report The country's oldest mobile phone operator -- Citycell -- has got three more months for payment of its Tk 2.29 billion dues to the telecom regulator. In response to the Citycell appeal, the regulator extended the time of...

Malaysian plane crash hits global stocks

2014-07-19 00:00:00

LONDON, July 18 (AFP): Global stock markets slid on Friday after the crash of a Malaysian Airlines jet which killed nearly 300 people over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, amid signs it was hit by a missile. Russian shares and the ruble...

Local currency remains stable

2014-07-19 00:00:00

The local currency maintained a stable tone during the week of July 13 to July 17 last and was traded around 77.60 levels. Bangladesh will receive more inward remittances ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The market will see the same tone next...

CCIL seeks to launch trading platform for Indian rate swaps in September

2014-07-19 00:00:00

MUMBAI, July 18 (Reuters): Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. is seeking to launch a new trading platform for overnight indexed swaps (OIS) in September, three sources aware of the plans told Reuters, potentially helping spur more trading in the nearly...

Tokyo investors eye geopolitical tensions next week

2014-07-19 00:00:00

TOKYO, July 18 (AFP): Tokyo investors will be keeping an eye on simmering geopolitical tensions next week in the aftermath of a Malaysia Airlines jet crash in violence-wracked Ukraine. Fresh economic data, including Japanese trade figures for June, will also...

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2014-07-19 00:00:00

Cucumber prices up, fish down

2014-07-19 00:00:00

FE Report Prices of a few fish species went down while vegetable prices showed a mixed trend in last seven days, according to traders of the city's kitchen markets.   Brinjal prices reduced slightly maintaining the higher range. Fish prices, specially...

Low inflation can hit European growth : IMF chief

2014-07-19 00:00:00

PARIS, July 18 (AFP): IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned on Friday that low inflation could damage growth in Europe and urged the European Central Bank to maintain a flexible policy. "Obstinately low inflation can seriously undermine growth," said Lagarde, who...

Produce, use organic fertilisers to improve productivity : Experts

2014-07-19 00:00:00

RANGPUR, July 18 (BSS): Experts at a filed day programme have asked the farmers for expanded production and use of organic fertilisers to improve soil health for sustainable crop productivity reducing use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The Department of...

Oil prices jump after Malaysian jet crash in Ukraine

2014-07-19 00:00:00

NEW YORK, July 18 (AFP): Global oil prices pushed higher Thursday after a Malaysian jetliner crashed in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, sparking concerns of an escalation in the crisis in the former Soviet state. The US benchmark futures contract, West Texas...

Scientists unveil genetic blueprint of bread wheat

2014-07-19 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua): An international team of scientists yesterday unveiled a draft genome sequence of bread wheat, also known as common wheat, a scientific advancement that could help develop more productive or resistant wheat varieties. Rich in protein, carbohydrates...

Gold spikes following Malaysian Airlines flight crash

2014-07-19 00:00:00

CHICAGO, July 18 (Xinhua): Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange surged yesterday after a Malaysian Airlines flight crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border. The most active gold contract for August delivery went up...

Export of pharmaceutical products up by 20 per cent

Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-19 00:00:00

The export of pharmaceutical products over the last three fiscal years (FYs) increased on an average by 20 per cent every fiscal. The products are now being exported to more than ninety countries across the world. The exports stood at...