Europe's main stock markets began the week in negative territory on Monday as cautious investors tracked geopolitical developments in Ukraine and the Middle East. In late morning deals, London's benchmark FTSE 100 fell 0.21 per cent to 6,735.29 points, Frankfurt's...
Advocate Mizanul Islam, counsel for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mawlana Abdus Subhan, on Monday concluded cross-examining 21st prosecution witness (PW) at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2. The witness, Md Shahidullah, testified against the nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami on July 16, accusing him for...
High Court has ordered that the formalin detectors which are used in Bangladesh should be properly examined. Justices Salma Masud Chowdhury and Md Habibul Gani gave the order on Monday after a writ petition was filed claiming the machine –...
Britain will push for EU sanctions targeting whole sectors of the Russian economy in the wake of the Ukraine plane disaster even if it means taking a short-term ‘hit’ to the economy, its ministers said on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has deferred yet again a hearing on two petitions filed by Khaleda Zia, questioning the legality of the appointment of a judge who indicted the BNP chief in two graft cases. A five-member...
The head of Iraq's largest church said on Sunday that Islamic State militants who drove Christians out of Mosul were worse than Mongol leader Genghis Khan and his grandson Hulagu who ransacked medieval Baghdad. Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet the head of Venezuela's National Assembly Monday and sign agreements that will tie his energy-hungry country to the South American oil-rich state. Xi's meeting with Diosdado Cabello comes on the last day...
Rajshahi University (RU) goes on a 15-day Eid vacation from tomorrow (Tuesday), an RU press release said on Monday. All the regular classes will remain closed during the period and examinations will not be held. The regular classes will resume...
Bollywood film community members pose at a charity football match organized by Ira Khan, daughter of film actor Aamir Khan in Mumbai on July 20, 2014, according to AFP.
Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus met Myanmar democratic icon and Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Yangon. During the first-ever meeting between the two Nobel laureates, Yunus briefed Suu Kyi about social business programmes in...
More than 800 migrants were rescued overnight while attempting to cross the Mediterranean, the Italian navy said on Monday, while five bodies were recovered in the operation. The latest rescue comes amid a surge in the number of migrants attempting...
Country codes for teams taking part in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow from July 23-August 3: AIA: Anguilla, ANT: Antigua and Barbuda, AUS: Australia, BAH: Bahamas, BAN: Bangladesh, BAR: Barbados, BIZ: Belize, BER: Bermuda, BOT: Botswana, IVB: British Virgin Islands,...
An 18-year-old Australian man was behind a deadly suicide bomb attack in Iraq last week, authorities said Monday, with Attorney-General George Brandis calling it a ‘disturbing development’. The blast last Thursday near a mosque in Baghdad left several dead, including...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel rescued 424 women and 150 children in the last six months while they were being illegally trafficked through different points of the border. Some 173 cases were lodged in this connection and eleven traffickers were...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said ‘all the right things’ in a call with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who Monday demanded he back his words with action over Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. The two leaders spoke overnight in their first...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect. The $175-million Philippine Arena, which can seat 55,000 people, was hailed as a showcase...
Six Nobel peace laureates have called for a military embargo on Israel in the wake of the recent Gaza strikes which claimed more than 500 lives. In an open letter, they have urged the UN and governments to impose it...
China says it has the right to send a surveillance ship to monitor a US-led naval exercise, after US media reported the vessel's presence off Hawaii over the weekend. Navy ships had the right under international law to operate in...
The Twitter accounts of the Kenyan defence forces and its spokesman have been hacked by activists protesting about corruption. ‘All of you who have stolen money #Kenya, we are coming after you,’ reads one post. The hacked posts were signed...
HIV can rapidly form invulnerable strongholds in the body, dashing hopes that early treatment might cure the virus, according to new research. A baby was thought to have been cured with treatment hours after birth, but the virus emerged years...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili fired five ministers on Monday and moved two to other ministerial positions in the first cabinet reshuffle since coming to power two years ago. None of the major positions changed hands. The coalition government, initially...
BlackBerry Limited (BB.TO) named Marty Beard as its chief operating officer on Monday, filling a position that had been vacant since November following a management reshuffle. Beard was most recently chief executive officer of LiveOps Inc, a provider of cloud...
BNP on Monday warned that the judiciary will lose its head and effectiveness if parliament’s power to impeach judges is restored. “It’ll be tantamount to beheading the judiciary if parliament’s power to impeach judges is restored. It’ll also contribute to...
Britain and the Netherlands agreed on Saturday that the European Union will have to re-evaluate its approach to Russia due to evidence that Ukrainian separatists downed a Malaysian aircraft. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte,...
Heavy fighting has erupted around Tripoli International Airport, where rival militias have been battling for a week for control of the site, local residents said on Sunday. The fighting broke out just days after one powerful militia said it was...
A week on from its World Cup soccer victory, Germany may return to center stage, though this time not with fan celebrations but concerns over the health of Europe's economic motor. Investors saw dark clouds building on Friday after a...
Bangladesh will discuss its ‘issues of interest’ over its participation in the UN peacekeeping operations during the visit of Under Secretary General for Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Hervé Ladsous to Dhaka. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said this at...
James Garner, a legendary television and movie star, has passed away at the age of 86. Garner was pronounced dead at his home at 8 PM Saturday night in Los Angeles. The Oklahoma native and US Army veteran got his...
Rapid of Action Battalion (RAB) personnel arrested three people with 597 pieces of Yaba tablets at Godagari Upazila in Rajshahi district on Saturday. The arrested are: Mojibur Rahman, 42, Ibrahim Hossain, 30, and Rakibul Islam, 27. On a tip-off, a...
France warned Russia Sunday there would be ‘consequences’ if Moscow did not put pressure on pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine to allow rescuers and investigators unfettered access to the crash site of flight MH17. ‘If Russia does not immediately take the...
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