The American Embassy, including the Consular Section and the American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising Center, will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 29, 30) to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. Emergency...
Emphasising home-grown solution, UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Neal Walker on Sunday said only leaders of the two major political parties of Bangladesh, not the outsiders including the United Nations (UN), can play any role in creating conducive environment for...
India and Nepal are finalising an agreement to provide the energy-starved Himalayan nation with electricity, India's foreign minister said at the end of a three-day official visit on Sunday. Nepal's communist insurgency, which lasted until 2006, and ensuing political instability...
As BNP keeps on threatening to wage a movement after Eid-ul-Fitr demanding a fresh election under a neutral administration, the country’s business community hopes that Khaleda Zia’s alliance this time will choose a non-violent programme to keep the economy unhurt....
The US government is planning to use sound blasting to conduct research on the ocean floor along most of the East Coast, using technology similar to that which led to a court battle by environmentalists in New Jersey. The US...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) rescued two kidnapped people, including a teenage girl, and arrested three alleged kidnappers from Tongi in Gazipur in separate incidents early Sunday. The victims were identified as Md Andul Quader alias Liton,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange Eid greetings with a cross-section of people on Eid day. According to the official schedule, the Prime Minister will first exchange greetings with a cross-section of people at the main entrance of Ganobhaban at...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will exchange Eid greetings with a cross-section of people on Eid day. According to the official schedule, the Prime Minister will first exchange greetings with a cross-section of people at the main entrance of Ganobhaban at...
A senior Awami League (AL) leader has said that his party is “ready to counter” the BNP’s movement after Eid. Speaking at an event at the National Press Club on Sunday, Awami League advisory committee member Mohammad Nasim said, “There...
Eight policemen of Kotwali Police Station, including its two officers-in-charge, have been suspended on charge of torturing the brother of Chhatak municipality mayor Kalam Chowdhury in police custody. The action was taken against the policemen in compliance with a High...
Hamas Islamist militants have agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce in their conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the group said on Sunday, hours after fighting between the sides resumed, according to a news agency. "It...
The ringleader of the ‘Rocky Bahini’, Mejbahuddin Rocky alias Minjanjul Abedin Rocky, 24, surrendered to a local court on Sunday fearing that he might be killed in cross-fire. Rocky who is accused in 20 cases surrendered to the Chief Judicial...
Philippine officials welcomed the birth on Sunday of their country's 100 millionth citizen with a cake, hope and concerns about how their poor Southeast Asian nation can help ensure a decent life for its swelling population. A baby girl named...
Mobile phone operator Robi has completed distribution of clothes as Eid gifts among underprivileged children across the country. A total of 25,000 underprivileged children in all 64 districts received new clothes from Robi which commenced the countrywide campaign in early...
In the first Eid following the 10th Jatiya Sangsad election, most central committee leaders and cabinet members of Awami League (AL) will observe Eid in the city. Many of them had already visited their constituencies. Monday afternoon's scheduled meeting of...
Like so much in the investment world of late, it's what financial markets are not doing right now that is most intriguing. Over the course of the past month, conflicts, superpower standoffs and economic sanctions have flared in Iraq and...
Eliana Raszewski and Richard Lough of Reuters from Buenos Aires | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's unflinching poker face in the battle against "holdout" investors suing the country is increasing the odds that her government will default for a second time in 12 years at the end of this month. She has...
David Stanway of Reuters from Tianjin (China) | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
China is readying an assault on the "fortress economies" of local governments by creating a super region around Beijing, with proposals that sources suggest will be more aggressive than so far has been publicly revealed. The plans, expected to be...
Anshuman Daga and Siva Govindasamy of Reuters from Singapore/Kuala Lumpur | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
Singapore's civil aviation authority has asked airlines based in the city-state to review their risk assessment of conflict zones following the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine last week. The deaths of nearly 300 passengers and crew...
Yoko Kubota and Maki Shiraki of Reuters from Tokyo | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
Japan is readying subsidies to help Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and key suppliers take the lead in hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles that could top $400 million over the next several years if the most bullish projections for the technology play...
Nita Bhalla of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
Almost 570 people in India have died after contracting encephalitis, commonly known as "brain fever", health authorities said last week, warning the death toll may rise with more people still at risk. Outbreaks of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis...
Khondkar Abdus Saleque | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
The Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources and other concerned agencies did a praiseworthy job by ensuring almost uninterrupted power supply during the Ramadan and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. There was hardly any complaint...
The Chinese Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday hosted a grand reception at a city hotel on the occasion of the 87th founding anniversary of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). About 300 guests, including high-ranked officers and officials, diplomats and...
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
The end of days is near, the signs are clear. If we look at the earth at this moment, it has a 'sickness' called Global Warming. History says that the destruction of the earth has been going on since the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent Eid greetings card to opposition leader Jatiya Party presidium member Raushon Ershad. Prime minister’s press secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury told the media on Sunday that prime minister’s Protocol Officer Sheikh Akhtar Hossain handed over...
The world of Bangladesh stock market has never been perfect and it is unlikely to be so within the foreseeable future. Two scams of gigantic proportion jolting the market with an interlude of 14 years, have not apparently been enough...
Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday picked up 25 players to form the Under-23 national football team for the 17th Asian Games 2014 to be held in Incheon city, South Korea, according to a news agency. U-23 Preliminary Squad: Shahidul Alam,...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
The government's market intervention that began just before the advent of the Ramadan has failed to contain the price spiral of the essential commodities. The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) was unable to arrest upward trend of prices. With...
Ridwan Quaium | 2014-07-27 00:00:00
A mass transit mode of transportation is essential to serve growing travel demand and to reduce traffic congestion in Dhaka. It is apparent that a mass transit is not going to be a reality any time in the near future....
Victims of road accidents in Bangladesh are left to die unless some miracle happens. The offender usually drives away hiding his identity. The injured victims are left with massive physical disability and pain without any immediate medical help. The offender,...
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