BAGHDAD, June 12 (AFP): Jihadists were pushing toward Baghdad Thursday after capturing a town just hours to the north, as the US mulled air strikes in a bid to bolster Iraq's collapsing security forces. With the militants closing in on...
KARACHI, June 12 (AFP): A court in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on Thursday ordered the government to lift a travel ban on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in 15 days' time, his lawyer said. "The court has allowed our...
MOSCOW, June 12 (AFP): Russia said Thursday that it was relatively optimistic after holding bilateral talks with Iran ahead of next week's negotiations between world powers and Tehran over its nuclear programmeme. Iran has been talking separately with most of...
MIRANSHAH, June 12 (AFP): The first two US drone strikes in Pakistan this year killed at least 16 militants Wednesday, as Washington resumed the controversial programmeme after a brazen Taliban attack on Karachi airport earlier this week. The timing of...
SEOUL, June 12 (AFP): North Korea on Thursday rejected Seoul's call for talks on the fate of a South Korean missionary sentenced to hard labour for life for allegedly spying and operating an underground church. South Korea proposed Tuesday that...
KIEV, June 12 (AFP): Nine miners were missing on Thursday after a gas explosion ripped through an underground coal mine in eastern Ukraine, authorities said. The blast happened before dawn at a depth of 300 metres (1,000 feet) in the...
TOKYO, June 12 (AFP): Japan Thursday summoned the Chinese ambassador, as the two sides traded accusations of blame for a near miss involving fighter jets over the East China Sea, the second similar incident in less than a month. In...
Hillary Clinton book tour returns to New York WASHINTON, June 12: Hillary Clinton is returning to New York for more stops on her book promotion tour. The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential contender will be making multiple...
A 15-member youthful national cricket team of World champions India, led by Suresh Raina, will arrive in the city today (Friday) morning on a weeklong tour to play a three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, reports UNB. The Indian team will...
LONDON, June 12 (AFP): Nuwan Pradeep struck twice as a revamped England struggled against Sri Lanka on the opening morning of the first Test at Lord's on Thursday. England, after losing the toss, were 98 for three at lunch in...
NZ beat West Indies by 186 runs in 1st Test KINGSTON, June 12: Debutant offspinner Mark Craig took 4-97 and legspinner Ish Sodhi added 3-42 as New Zealand completed victory against the West Indies by 186 runs late on day...
The 2014 FIFA World Cup is the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup, an international men's one-month long football tournament, has started in Brazil from June 12. Brazil is hosting the competition for the second time. The previous one...
TOKYO, June 12 (AFP): Japan captain Makoto Hasebe has declared himself "ready to go" for his team's World Cup Group C opener against Ivory Coast in Recife at the weekend, shrugging off worries over a knee injury. "There is no...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
The government is set to decide on disinvesting the state-owned Dhaka Leather Company (DLC) Ltd next month under public-private partnership (PPP) model in a bid to get rid of its huge liabilities and losses in the past 15 years, an...
FE report | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
Anti-tobacco activists have hailed the newly proposed 'health development surcharge' in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) but demanded increased taxation on all types of tobacco items including cigarettes, bidi, gul and jarda. They said while the budgetary...
TOKYO, June 12 (AFP): Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Germany's Siemens are set to bid nearly $10 billion for some of French "national jewel" Alstom's energy assets, a report said Thursday, potentially blocking a $17 billion offer from General Electric....
FE Report | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) said Thursday it was willing to cut migration, cost provided the government reduced its existing charges. They said they were ready to cut cost of migration but due to high medical test...
SYDNEY, June 12 (AFP): Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 5.8 per cent for the third straight month in May, data showed Thursday, with the total number of jobs falling in a mixed outlook for the economy. The figures from...
US business chiefs call for immigration reform WASHINGTON, June 12 : Heads of major US companies on Wednesday urged immigration reform as crucial to boosting US economic growth, amid speculation the issue was dead after a shock Republican election defeat....
Our Correspondent | 2014-06-13 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, June 12: The land developers of the country are passing tough time, as the price of land has gone up abnormally and the banks are not coming forward with funding. The land developers of the country said this while...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (AFP): India's industrial production jumped in April, beating market forecasts in another positive sign for new Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has pledged to revive the faltering economy, data showed Thursday. Output grew 3.4 per cent...
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua): Chinese experts have called on authorities to beef up support for the country's private sector amid a nationwide campaign to deepen reforms. The private sector has grown from nothing to a necessity in China since the...
YANGON, June 12 (Xinhua): Myanmar will transform the current commercial tax to value-added tax (VAT) system within two or three years as part of tax reforms, state media reported Thursday. The Large Taxpayers' Office (LTO) is also drawing the key...
BRUSSELS, June 12 (AFP): Industrial production in the eurozone rebounded by 0.8 per cent in April, official Eurostat data showed, after a 0.4 per cent drop in March, with a notable pick up for energy and non-durable consumer goods. Particularly...
WASHINGTON, June 12 (AFP): US authorities authorised BNP Paribas to operate in Iran earlier in the year, even as they considered penalties against the French bank for earlier breaking an embargo imposed on the country, a Treasury official said. The...
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