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One chopped to death in Pabna

2014-07-17 00:00:00

PABNA, July 16 (BSS): A businessman was chopped to death by some miscreants in Poilanpur area under Chatmohar upazila of the district last night. The deceased was identified as Pronab Shaha, 45, son of late Boddhanath Shaha of Mirzapur village...

Man gets 10 yrs\\\' RI for killing cousin in Sylhet

2014-07-17 00:00:00

SYLHET, July 16 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing his cousin in Sadar upazila in 2012. The court also fined the convict, M Ramzan Ali, 30, son of late...

News in brief

2014-07-17 00:00:00

Body of a driver recovered in Jamalpur Police recovered the body of a driver from river Jhenai in Rashidpur area under sadar upazila of Jamalpur Wednesday. He went missing on Monday night. The victim was identified as Babar Ali, 35,...

Forge national consensus for fresh polls: Khaleda

2014-07-17 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday stressed the need for forging a national consensus to take the country forward through holding a fresh election under a non-party caretaker government. “We want to work together and restore peace. We all must...

Putin\\\'s goal is to showcase Russia at 2018 World Cup

Timothy Heritage and Dmitriy Rogovitskiy of Reuters from Moscow | 2014-07-17 00:00:00

A giant crane towers over the Moscow stadium where Russia will stage the 2018 World Cup final and mounds of earth, pipes and cables are piled up where the soccer pitch should be. Little is left of the Luzhniki Stadium...

India disallows Reliance from cost recovery of $2.4b

Nidhi Virma of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-07-17 00:00:00

India has disallowed Reliance Industries Ltd from recovering $2.376 billion invested to develop offshore gas fields in the D6 block on the country's east coast as output has fallen drastically and is way below the promised volumes, the oil minister...

Japan economics minister warns of premature QE exit, sees room for more easing

Leika Kihara and Yuko Yoshikawa of Reuters from Tokyo | 2014-07-17 00:00:00

Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari warned that it would be premature for the Bank of Japan to consider an exit strategy from its massive stimulus programme, voicing hope instead for further monetary easing if achievement of its inflation goal falls...

Fear grips Israel-hit Gaza hospital

2014-07-17 00:00:00

SHEJAIYA July 16 (agencies): At Al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital near Gaza City, a handful of doctors and nurses hover over paralysed patients, wondering how to protect them from more air strikes as threatened by Israel. The patients lie mostly inert in...

President Assad sworn in for new seven-year term

2014-07-17 00:00:00

DAMASCUS, July 16 (AFP): Syria's President Bashar al-Assad was sworn in Wednesday for a new seven-year term in a red carpet ceremony in Damascus, after an election his opponents had slammed as a "farce". Assad swore by the Koran before...

Top Boko Haram commander arrested

2014-07-17 00:00:00

NIGERIA, July 16 (Reuters):  Police in Nigeria have arrested Mohammed Zakari, a senior commander of the Boko Haram sect, blamed for killing hundreds of people since 2009, a police officer said Tuesday. Zakari, 30, was linked to the recent killing...

BD-Australia trade stands at A$1b

2014-07-17 00:00:00

Trade between Bangladesh and Australia has witnessed a significant growth in recent years that has stood at over A$1 billion. A decade ago, trade between the two countries had been at around A$160 million, with the balance of trade heavily...

20 killed in US drone attack in Pakistan

2014-07-17 00:00:00

BANNU, July 16 (Reuters): At least 20 militants were killed Wednesday in a US drone attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. F our missile strikes, coming from an unknown number of US unmanned aircraft, pounded a compound of suspected militants...

India blames Pakistan for soldier killed on border

2014-07-17 00:00:00

SRINAGAR, July 16 (AFP): Indian police on Wednesday accused the Pakistani army of killing a soldier and injuring seven other people during firing along their international border. Police said the "unprovoked" firing lasted for several hours at an Indian post...

Afghan future hangs on fragile vote deal

2014-07-17 00:00:00

KABUL, July 16 (agencies): Every single vote cast in Afghanistan's run-off presidential election will be checked for signs of fraud in a painstaking process set to begin this week-and the stakes could not be higher. Transported to Kabul under armed...

Typhoon shuts down Philippine capital, kills 13

2014-07-17 00:00:00

MANILA, July 16 (AFP): The first typhoon of the Philippines' brutal rainy season shut down the nation's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people across the country and cutting power for millions. Ferocious winds from Typhoon Rammasun tore roofs...

news digest

2014-07-17 00:00:00

West, Arabs to 'pay high price for supporting terror' DAMASCUS, July 16: President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday warned Western and Arab countries which his regime has blamed for violence in Syria that they will "pay a high price for supporting...

Photo: RUSSIAN FEDERATION : Women lay flowers at the entrance to Park Pobedy

2014-07-17 00:00:00

Photo: GREECE : Police officers stand next to handcuffed and seriously injured

2014-07-17 00:00:00

Oil market enjoys China-inspired gains

2014-07-17 00:00:00

LONDON, July 16 (AFP) : Global oil prices rebounded Wednesday as traders seized on news of stronger-than-expected economic growth in top energy consumer China. Brent North Sea for delivery in August rose 33 cents to $106.35 a barrel in London...

Samsung battles on two fronts as Apple readies iPhone 6

2014-07-17 00:00:00

SEOUL, July 16 (Reuters) : Samsung Electronics Co Ltd  is losing smartphone ground not only to cheaper Chinese rivals but also at the high end to Apple Inc, a survey showed, in an ominous sign for the South Korean giant...

Japan receives no offers in feed wheat, barley tender

2014-07-17 00:00:00

TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) :  Japan's Ministry of Agriculture said it received no offers of feed-quality wheat or barley in a simultaneous buy and sell (SBS) auction that closed late on Wednesday. The ministry had sought 120,000 tonnes of feed...

Gold drops below 1,300 US dollars

2014-07-17 00:00:00

CHICAGO, July 16 (Xinhua) : Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell yesterday as US Fed Chair Janet Yellen started to testify before the Senate Banking Committee. The most active gold contract for August...

Yahoo\\\'s long goodbye with Alibaba takes heat off Mayer

2014-07-17 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 (Reuters) : Yahoo Inc cannot seem to part ways with Alibaba. And with Yahoo's business continuing to deteriorate, some Wall Street analysts say it is hard to blame the company. Yahoo said on Tuesday that it...

Global Commodity Prices

2014-07-17 00:00:00

Detailed DSE Trading

2014-07-17 00:00:00

Ceramic export booms defying US trade benefit suspension

Yasir Wardad | 2014-07-17 00:00:00

Ceramic exports moved up by 26 per cent in 2014 financial year as it showed resilience even after the suspension of Generalised System of Preferences by the US government, industry executives said. The sector brought in US$47.5 million in FY'14,...

Rate hike sooner if jobs recovery holds : Yellen

2014-07-17 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 16 (AFP): The Federal Reserve could raise its key interest rate sooner than expected if the job market continues to make solid improvement, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday. "Although the economy continues to improve, the recovery is...

Eurozone trade surplus higher in May

2014-07-17 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, July 16 (AFP): Countries in the eurozone posted a 15.4-billion-euro (US$20.9-billion) trade surplus in May, official data showed on Wednesday, with export powerhouse Germany again leading the way. Exports in May across the 18-nation single currency zone rose by...

Etihad pushes to agree Alitalia deal this month: CEO

2014-07-17 00:00:00

ROME, July 16 (AFP): Etihad Airways chief James Hogan said on Wednesday he aimed to complete negotiations on buying 49 percent of Alitalia by the end of the month but stressed the company had to be "right-sized" first. "We're all...

S Korea unemployment rate edges down in June

2014-07-17 00:00:00

SEOUL, July 16 (AFP) : South Korea's unemployment rate inched down in June from a month earlier, although young people faced an increasingly tough job market, government statistics showed Wednesday.  The seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 3.6 percent from...