Eighty-eight schools in a northern Mexico state will not open Monday along with the rest of the country because of the danger of water contaminated by the spill of 10 million gallons (40,000 cubic meters) of acids from a copper...
The Mosul dam is the biggest in Iraq and a strategic site that provides water and electricity to more than a million people in the north of the country. Islamic State (IS) jihadists seized the dam on August 7 but...
International donors will meet in Cairo to pledge funds for the reconstruction of Gaza as soon as a lasting ceasefire is reached between Israel and the Palestinians, Norway announced Monday. The funds raised under the aegis of Egypt and Norway...
Gunmen shot and killed an Egyptian policeman on patrol and wounded another north of Cairo on Monday, a security official said. The attack happened as the two policemen, who were on patrol, approached a suspicious-looking car parked by the side...
Britain has moved past a strictly humanitarian mission in Iraq — and the country's leader warned Monday that the effort won't be over any time soon. Prime Minister David Cameron said the British government has ‘fully worked through’ its strategy...
A Libyan militia spokesman says rockets targeting positions of an Islamist-led militia in the capital, Tripoli, have killed six people. The attack is part of weeks-long fighting between rival militias in Tripoli, which has forced thousands to flee the country,...
US stocks pushed higher in opening trade Monday despite continued tensions in Ukraine, with a new bid in the dollar store fight stirring up retailer shares. Ten minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 102.49 points (0.62...
Experts at a seminar in Dhaka on Monday observed that mistrust about India among Bangladeshis is growing as various important bilateral issues, especially the Teesta water sharing deal and ratification of Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between the two neighbouring countries,...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance is all set to stage rallies across the country, including in the city, Tuesday protesting the National Broadcast Policy, 2014 as it thinks the government will gag the media with it. As part of its countrywide...
The BNP-led 20-Party Alliance has got 'verbal approval' from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to hold its rally at the capital's Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday. Tuesday's rally, a part of their movement to press for fresh elections under a non-party...
Bangladeshi workers will henceforth be able to work in all sectors of the Malaysian economy, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain has said, according to a news agency. He made the announcement Monday at a joint press...
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the 'National Shrimp Policy 2014', aiming to boost shrimp production and thus raise export earnings since shrimp plays an important role in the country's economy. The approval came from the regular weekly...
India’s north-eastern state of Meghalaya will showcase its horticulture and handloom products Tuesday in Sylhet. About 20 producers from Meghalaya are expected to exhibit their products, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka has said, according to a news agency. High...
Editor of the daily Sangram, along with three others, appeared in person before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 Monday in an alleged contempt of court charge, according to a news agency. On August 3, the tribunal issued a suo moto rule...
BNP senior leader Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is running the government with those who were involved in Bangabandhu’s assassination. “It’s not Ziaur Rahman, but many of those with whom Sheikh Hasina has formed...
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Monday announced its ‘March to Sundarbans’ programme for September 5-7, demanding withdrawal of Rampal power plant project in Bagerhat. Committee member secretary Prof Anu Muhammad declared the...
FE Report | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Eminent business personality and politician Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain passed away on Monday evening at the age of 74. He took his last breath at about 7:00pm at the United Hospital in Dhaka seven hours after he was taken to the...
Miscreants set free BNP’s UK chapter vice-president Mujibur Rahman Mujib and his driver at Tongi, Gazipur on Monday evening, nearly three and a half months after they had gone missing. Family sources said the criminals released Mujib, also a convening...
The overall flood situation in three northern districts -- Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha and Kurigram – has worsened due to incessant rains and onrush of water from upstream. In Gaibandha, the water levels of different rivers, including the Teesta and the Brahmaputra,...
Natalia Zinets and Richard Balmforth | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Ukraine said its artillery destroyed part of a Russian armoured column that entered its territory and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia last week in what appeared to be a major military escalation between the ex-Soviet states. Russia's...
Irene Klotz | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
A European resupply line to the International Space Station closed last week with the arrival of a fifth and final freighter to the orbital outpost. Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle 5, known as ATV-5, blasted off two weeks ago with more...
Ahmed Elumami | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Libya's parliament last week voted to disband the country's militia brigades and called on the United Nations to protect civilians in an effort to end the worst fighting between armed factions since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Lawmakers appeared...
Minami Funakoshi | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week sent a ritual offering to a Tokyo shrine to war dead, triggering angry criticism from China and South Korea despite his decision not to visit the shrine in person as he seeks a...
State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Moshiur Rahman Ranga on Saturday said the discipline in the cooperatives sector is being restored by taking stern action against dishonest and mushroom cooperative societies. The government will patronise honest and dedicated cooperative members...
The four-day ‘Bangladesh Summit on Sustainable Development’ began at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday. Finance Minister AMA Muhith inaugurated the summit, organised by Global Citizens’ Forum on Sustainable Development, as the chief...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia had full knowledge of a series of grenade attacks across Bangladesh on Aug 17, 2005, Syed Ashraful Islam has claimed. "She not only knew about it but also provided assistance to the attackers," the ruling Awami...
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday said it will be possible to ensure sustainable development in Bangladesh only when qualitative standard could be ensured in its development initiative bringing ahead the marginal people in it. The Planning Minister made...
A human chain protest was held in the city on Sunday demanding that the government finds out BNP leader M Ilias Ali who went missing two years ago amidst allegation that he was abducted by government agents. Sylhet Jatiyatabadi Forum...
A human chain was formed in the capital on Sunday demanding the construction work on Khan Jahan Ali Airport in Bagerhat be resumed. The construction of the airport remained stalled since 1996. Bagerhat Development Society (BDS) organised the human chain...
Responding to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's allegation that General Ziaur Rahman was involved in the assassination of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Sunday said Hasina was 'perhaps involved' in Ziaur Rahman's assassination, according to...
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