ISLAMABAD, June 6 (agencies): Pakistan took the country's most popular television channel off air Friday, the latest twist in a bitter row between Geo News and Islamabad's top spy agency over the shooting of a leading journalist. The government's media...
NEW DELHI, June 6 (agencies): BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, an eight-time member of parliament, was Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. The name of Mahajan, MP from Indore, was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and seconded...
KABUL, June 6 (AFP): Afghan presidential front-runner Abdullah Abdullah escaped an assassination attempt Friday when two blasts hit his campaign motorcade in Kabul, killing at least six people just ahead of a hotly contested run-off election. "The first attack was...
BANGKOK, June 6 (AFP): Thailand's junta said Friday that it had captured a fugitive anti-coup leader facing possible imprisonment, as the ruling generals seek to stamp out any criticism of their seizure of power. The regime has banned public protests,...
A section of economists has suggested the use of black money in infrastructure building under ‘strict’ conditions. The Bangladesh Economics Association (BEA) has aired this view in its review of the proposed budget for 2014-15 fiscal on Saturday. The BEA’s...
AMRITSAR, June 6 (AFP): Clashes broke out between sword-wielding Sikhs on Friday at the Golden Temple in northern India on the 30th anniversary of a notorious army raid in which hundreds of people were killed. At least 10 people were...
India questioning 17 Hindus about Muslim's death NEW DELHI, June 6: Police have arrested 17 members of a hard-line Hindu group after a Muslim man was beaten to death in western India. Deputy Police Commissioner Manoj Patil said Friday the...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) authorities welcomed the proposed national budget for the financial year 2014-15 (FY15), terming it an investment-friendly budget that would help revitalise the stock market, reports BSS. Listing the budget proposals for the stock market, DSE Managing...
FE Report | 2014-06-07 00:00:00
The stock market returned to the red last week after previous week's moderate gain with significant improvement in turnover as the investors kept their attention to the national budget. The week featured all five trading sessions and four sessions suffered...
Local currency remains stable The local currency was stable against the green back during the week of June 1 to June 5 last and Bangladesh received $ 1.20 billion as inward remittances in the month of May, 2014. The market...
NEW YORK, June 6 (AFP): The Dow and the S&P 500 Thursday bolted to new records after the European Central Bank launched aggressive measures to stimulate fragile eurozone growth and avert deflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 98.58 points...
MUMBAI, June 6 (Reuters): Indian shares surged to a record high on Friday as blue-chips including oil and gas companies rose on continued optimism about policy reforms by the new government. Upstream oil and gas companies led the rally on...
TOKYO, June 6 (Reuters): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pressed the world's biggest pension fund on Friday to quicken a shift toward investing more in stocks and less in bonds amid market speculation the fund may already have started moving...
Lokkhi.io, a completely free web service, developed by Bangladeshi programmers was launched at the Mobile Innovation Exposition, Digital World 2014 recently. https://Lokkhi.io allows users to communicate using video, audio and text chatting. Multiple users are able to jointly communicate and...
JOHANNESBURG, June 6 (Reuters): Zimbabwe's stock market has fallen so far from last year's peak that some investors are stepping back in to scoop up consumer-oriented African growth plays. A rebound in the southern African country's economy between 2010 and...
Bangladesh Thursday included uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Mithun and paceman Taskin Ahmed in their 15-man squad for the one-day international series against India that begins next week, reports AFP. India will arrive Dhaka on June 13 to play the three matches...
Bangladesh Under-19 team won the series 1-0 after beating Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) of India by 134 runs on the third day of their 2nd and last four-day match at BKSP ground-3 in Savar Friday, reports UNB. Earlier, the...
PARIS, June 6 (AFP): The French Open final Saturday between Russian superstar Maria Sharapova and Romanian upstart Simona Halep sees a stark contrast in styles and status. The 27-year-old Russian is the biggest name in women's sport, a global icon,...
The ICC's cricket committee has stated that the methods currently in use to detect illegal bowling actions are imperfect, reports Cricinfo. The committee, which discussed the issue during a two-day meeting in Bangalore on June 3 and 4, said that...
LONDON, June 6 (AFP): The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Friday the schedule for England's one-day tour of Sri Lanka in November and December. England will play seven one-day internationals against Sri Lanka as both sides prepare for...
JACKSONVILLE, June 6 (AFP): Hoping to launch their journey to Brazil with maximum momentum, the United States will play host to fellow World Cup qualifiers Nigeria Saturday in a key warm-up friendly for both. The Americans beat Azerbaijan 2-0 on...
SAO PAULO, June 6 (AFP): Police clashed with striking subway workers in Sao Paulo on Friday as traffic chaos gripped the Brazilian mega-city less than a week before it hosts the World Cup's opening game. Police fired tear gas and...
Opener Imrul Kayes scored a century allowing Bangladesh-A to escape whitewash with a draw against Sagicor High Performance Centre (SHPC) of West Indies in their 2nd and last four-day match at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados Thursday, reports UNB. SHPC...
SAO PAULO, June 6 (AFP): Football supremo Sepp Blatter voiced confidence Thursday that Brazil would deliver a successful World Cup, as the city hosting the tournament's opening match grappled with transport chaos. Speaking in Sao Paulo just one week before...
Siddique Islam from Dead Sea, Jordan | 2014-06-07 00:00:00
The World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) began at King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre in the Dead Sea, Jordan Friday. It aims to promote interaction among prominent economists towards gaining a truly world perspective on issues of...
Munima Sultana from Kunming, China | 2014-06-07 00:00:00
The China-South Asia Expo kicked off in the Chinese spring city of Kunming Friday aiming to expand cooperation in diversified areas from trade-investment to silk corridor development through road and sea in the region. Some 46 countries including Bangladesh are...
FE Report | 2014-06-07 00:00:00
The Netherlands will provide Bangladesh US$ 1.9 million for expansion of IT and IT-related business in the country. In this regard an agreement on "Netherlands Trust Fund-III: Bangladesh Project Launching" was signed Friday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the...
FE Report Bangladesh raw jute exporters have expressed mixed reaction over the proposed budget for fiscal year 2014-15, saying the budget did not mention anything for protecting the interest of the country's raw jute exporters and traders. The leaders of...
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