NETRAKONA, July 10 (BSS): With only 19 days left for the holy Eid-ul- Fitr, the greatest Muslim religious festival, Eid shopping has started gaining momentum in Netrakona amid huge supply of consumer goods and a buying spree among the people....
Pirate leader held in Satkhira Police arrested the second-in-command of notorious forest robber gang 'Alim Bahini' from Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira early Thursday. The arrested was identified as Rafiqul Islam Rafique, 47, son of Bakkar Ali of Munshiganj village in...
An alleged mugger was killed in a gunfight with members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police in the city's Khilgaon area early Friday. The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain alias Kangali Zakir, 35, son of Abdul Aziz of...
TOKYO, July 10 (AP): A major storm dumped heavy rain on western Japan Thursday after sweeping through the southern islands of Okinawa, where it caused extensive flooding, knocked out power and injured at least 32 people. The storm also boosted...
GAZA CITY, July 10 (AFP): Five Palestinian children were among 22 people killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza early Thursday, medics said, with most of the bloodshed in the southern city of Khan Yunis. The deaths bring to 73...
MIRANSHAH, July 10 (AFP): A US drone strike killed six suspected militants Thursday in a Pakistani tribal district where Pakistan has launched a major military offensive against local and foreign fighters. Local security officials said two US drones fired four...
WASHINTON, July 10 (Reuters): President Barack Obama rejected demands from Texas Governor Rick Perry and others that he visit the border where a child migrant crisis is unfolding and said his critics should get behind his request for $3.7 billion...
YANGON, July 10 (AFP): Myanmar jailed five journalists to 10 years in prison with hard labour Thursday over a report accusing the military of producing chemical weapons, a sentence denounced by campaigners as "outrageously harsh". The reporters for the Unity...
BAGHDAD, July 10 (Reuters): Iraqi security forces found 53 corpses, blindfolded and handcuffed, in a town south of Baghdad early Wednesday, local officials said. They said the bodies had been left in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim village of Khamissiya, about...
Cook Islands PM faces losing seat AVARUA, July 10: Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna was in danger of losing his own seat after the tiny Pacific nation went to the polls on Wednesday, preliminary election results showed. Puna, who...
Sumeet Chatterjee of Reuters from Mumbai | 2014-07-11 00:00:00
Several private Indian firms want to pay off debts by raising up to $5 billion this year through share sales, emboldened by a surge in the stock market and an anticipated economic recovery after Narendra Modi was elected as prime...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-11 00:00:00
Locally made motorcycles are getting popular as they are competing with the well-known foreign automobile brands, sources said. Currently two Bangladeshi companies are manufacturing motorcycles and some are in the pipeline with the local companies' market share scaling up by...
VIENNA, July 10 (AFP): Global world oil demand is due to increase further next year thanks in part to resurgent growth in developed countries, OPEC said Thursday in its first forecast for 2015. The Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries, which...
SINGAPORE, July 10 (Reuters): Gold edged higher for a second straight session on Thursday, helped by a weaker dollar and as minutes of the Federal Reserve's recent policy meet gave no indication of an early hike in US interest rates....
JOHANNESBURG. July 10 (Bloomberg): Standard Bank Group Ltd., Africa's largest lender, started legal proceedings in China after about $170 million-worth of aluminum was held in bonded warehouses. The bank's U.K. unit, which trades commodities, is seeking to "protect its position"...
SINGAPORE, July 10 (Bloomberg): Indonesia's ban on ore exports will probably remain in place and speculation that the curb may be relaxed if Joko Widodo becomes the country's next president is misplaced, said Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd....
The government is staging a ‘drama’ over the maritime boundary victory over India, says the BNP’s acting secretary general. At a discussion Friday, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir asked: “How can it be a victory when we lost 6,000 square kilometres...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Thursday urged Gazprom, Russian state-run oil and gas exploration company, to conduct more seismic surveys in Bangladesh for exploration of more gas. Sheikh Hasina made the request when a delegation of Gazprom International, led by...
FE Report | 2014-07-11 00:00:00
Businesses have alleged unnecessary harassment by the Value Added Tax (VAT) officials in the month of Ramadan following an increase in their volume of sales. They urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to monitor the issue immediately for the...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-11 00:00:00
Online Eid shopping is getting popular day by day in the country thanks to the increasing online accessibility of people and urban busy lifestyle. Almost all leading local brands and local outlets of international brands of clothing, shoes, jewelry and...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday asked all banks of the country to speed up their transaction to ensure better services to the people especially during the holy month of Ramadan and before the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS. The central bank in a...
PARIS, July 10 (AFP): Industrial production slumped across Europe in May, sparking fears that the region's fragile economic recovery may have already peaked, analysts said Thursday. France, Italy and the Netherlands all reported a slew of poor data Thursday, joining...
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