Our Correspondent | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
JESSORE, Jul 1: A research book on the life and livelihood of fishermen who live on Beel Bakr in Jessore was unveiled at a prorgamme at CCTS auditorium in the town Monday noon. The book featured stories on the life...
HABIGANJ, Jul 1 (BSS): At least 50 persons were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Charinau village under Bahubal upazila of the district today. The clash ensued between the groups of chairman of Lamatasi union parishad under...
Youth killed by miscreants in Jhenidah A young man was chopped to death by unknown miscreants at Dora-Paschimpara village under Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenidah Monday night. The deceased was Litan Hossain, 27, son of Anwar Hossain of the same area....
BAGHDAD, July 1 (agencies): Iraq's new parliament, charged with approving a new government and facing a blistering offensive by Sunni militants, descended into chaos Tuesday, with some lawmakers threatening each other and others walking out. Despite calls from world leaders...
PHNOM PENH, July 1 (agencies): Nearly 10,000 Cambodians have returned to jobs in Thailand after fleeing en masse last month, officials said Tuesday, as the two countries agreed to make it easier for migrants to obtain work permits. The exodus...
BRUSSELS, July 1 (AFP): The European Union is preparing new sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine but no decision has been taken yet, EU diplomats told AFP on Tuesday. Ambassadors from the 28-nation bloc met in Brussels and...
MAIDUGURI, July 1 (AFP): A truck exploded in a huge fireball killing at least 15 people on Tuesday in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the latest attack in a city repeatedly hit by Boko Haram Islamists. The bomb rocked...
KABUL, July 1 (AFP): Afghanistan's presidential election result has been delayed for several days, officials said Tuesday, as a dispute over alleged fraud threatens to derail the country's first democratic transfer of power. The preliminary result of the June 14...
JERUSALEM, July 1 (AFP): Israel vowed Tuesday to hunt down the Hamas militants it holds responsible for kidnapping and killing three teenagers, but was likely to carefully weigh its response to avoid triggering a regional flareup. As further details emerged...
Support for Scottish independence drops : poll LONDON, July 1: Support for Scottish independence is falling ahead of a referendum in September, with voters increasingly fearing economic fallout from a split with Britain, a poll showed Tuesday. A YouGov poll...
Les Bleus had been kept at bay by the African side for much of the match, and given a few scares of their own, before a spell of intense pressure led to Pogba's winner, with Joseph Yobo's late own goal...
Algeria goalkeeper Rais M'Bolhi insists his side's 2-1 extra-time defeat to Germany was not down to his teammates' observance of Ramadan as the Desert Foxes bowed out of the World Cup. M'Bolhi's man-of-the-match display between the sticks repeatedly thwarted the...
BAGHDAD, July 1 (AFP): Raad Abdulhussein sits glued to a television in a Baghdad cafe, anxious over the dual concerns of his team trailing in a World Cup match, and the danger of bombings. He puffs continually on a waterpipe...
SINGAPORE, July 1 (AFP) : Oil prices rose in Asia on Tuesday as dealers made the most of a weakening dollar while keeping an eye on continuing fighting in Iraq, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for August delivery...
The National Birth Registration Day will be observed in the country Thursday. The theme of this year’s day is ‘Once born, once registered’. The government has taken various programmes to mark the day. A discussion will be held at BIAM...
LAUNCESTON, Australia, July 1 (Reuters): Australia still has the Union Jack on its flag and the British queen on its coins, and was once described as the US "deputy sheriff" in Asia, but the real dependency relationship is with China....
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (AFP): Russia urged UN Security Council members Monday to back a draft statement to bar crude oil sales by "terrorist groups" in Syria, including as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The text voices...
SYDNEY/PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) : US grain futures extended losses on Tuesday, with corn hitting a near six-month low, after the US Department of Agriculture surpassed market expectations with projections for ample supplies. Chicago Board of Trade front-month corn futures...
TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters) : Japanese aluminium buyers will mostly pay record high premiums of $400-$408 per tonne over London Metal Exchange prices for July-September shipments, up 8-12 per cent from the previous quarter, four sources involved in the negotiations...
FE Report | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The government's highest economic policy making body ECNEC on Tuesday approved five development projects at a combined cost of Tk 34.45 billion. Presided over by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) endorsed...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The initiative of the BGMEA, the apex body of the apparel sector, to create a central workers' database is yet to get any headway in absence of positive responses from many of its member factories, according to industry insiders. Only...
NEW DELHI, July 1 (PTI): Price of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) was on Tuesday hiked by Rs 16.50 per cylinder and that of jet fuel by over half-a-per cent after international oil prices surged due to the ongoing Iraq crisis....
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