Canada renewed its criticisms of an EU ban on seal products upheld by the WTO Thursday, saying it is ‘unfair’ and that its adoption was a purely ‘political decision.’ The World Trade Organisation earlier upheld the European Union ban on...
Italy's statistics agency on Thursday said estimated revenues from drug trafficking and the sex trade will be used to calculate gross domestic product (GDP) starting next year in a move expected to boost its economic results. The Istat agency said...
Mukidunnesa, mother of Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf, died of old age complications at her house in Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur district on Thursday night. She was 99. She breathed her last around 11:00 pm at her Arpara village home. Mukidunnesa...
Mukidunnesa, mother of Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf, died of old age complications at her house in Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur district on Thursday night. She was 99. She breathed her last around 11:00 pm at her Arpara village home. Mukidunnesa...
The United States has said it is ready for high-level interactions with India’s Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi, but it will wait to hear from his government on the logistics. The US does not want to ‘impose an architecture or a...
Four heavily armed insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in Herat, western Afghanistan’s main city near the border with Iran, on Friday, wounding at least two policemen, officials said. The attack underscored a worrying security picture as Afghanistan prepares to take...
BNP will stage demonstrations across the country on Sunday in protest against police action that barred it from holding its scheduled rally at the Engineers’ Institute in the city on Thursday. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the...
Thai army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha summoned ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to a meeting on Friday, a day after he seized power in a bloodless coup and said he wanted to restore order following months of turmoil. General Prayuth launched...
US Embassy in Dhaka, including its Consular Section, will remain closed on Sunday on the occasion of Memorial Day, an American national holiday. The American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising...
The depression over East central Bay and adjoining area moved slightly Northwards over the same area on Friday. It was centered at 6 am about 565 kms South of Chttagong Port, 470 kms South of Cox’s Bazar port, 610 kms...
Liu Han, a Chinese tycoon believed to have links to China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang, has been sentenced to death. A Hubei court has found Liu Han and his brother Liu Wei guilty of "organising and leading mafia-style crime...
A new horizon is going to open up in Dhaka and Tokyo bilateral relations as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina starts her four-day official visit to Japan on May 25. "Through the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka-Tokyo bilateral ties...
Mortar fire has hit an election rally in support of President Bashar al-Assad in southern Syria, killing at least 20 people, state media and activists say. The attack happened as Assad supporters gathered in a tent in the city of...
Niscreants hacked to death a fish enclosure owner in Fultola upazila in Khulna district on Friday. The dead is Hasan Biswas, 60, a resident of Daoana village. Family sources said Hasan did not return home since he went out of...
Heavily-armed gunmen launched a pre-dawn attack on the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Heart. At least three attackers stormed nearby houses to fire on the compound with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, police said. The gunmen were killed...
Turkey said Friday it has begun exporting oil supplies from Iraqi Kurdistan to international markets, a move that could exacerbate strained tensions between Baghdad and Kurds. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told reporters that shipments of Iraqi oil from Turkey's Mediterranean...
Amid the allegation that the fabrics imported for the cent per cent export-oriented garment industries under the bonded warehouse system are often smuggled out, the government is planning to slash the supplementary duty (SD) on import of fabrics in a...
A 30-kilometre tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway following a road accident in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla district on Friday morning, inflicting sufferings on thousands of passengers. Highway police sources said vehicular movement was disrupted on the highway following a...
With 19 months to go until the deadline for a new, global pact on climate change, the United States' top negotiator cautioned Thursday against unrealistic expectations, saying the deal "won't be perfect". "It is important that our expectations be ambitious,...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday morning installed retractable spike on Hair Road besides the state guest house Shugandha in the city in a bid to prevent vehicles from going in the wrong way. Inaugurating the installation ceremony, Inspector...
Italian energy major ENI on Friday said it had signed a deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom that will cut gas import prices as part of a revision of its contract. "The agreement involves a reduction in supply prices and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the crisis in Ukraine had evolved into a full-scale civil war, blaming Washington for backing the overthrow of former president Viktor Yanukovych. "The Ukrainian crisis arose because Yanukovych postponed the association agreement with...
Egyptians vote next week in an election expected to make former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi president, marking a revival of strongman rule three years after the downfall of Hosni Mubarak. Widely regarded as Egypt's de facto leader since removing...
Asian markets rose for a second straight day on Friday following a positive lead from Wall Street, but Bangkok retreated after the army announced a coup following months of deadly protests. The greenback made further inroads against the yen as...
Indian officials held a meeting in Dhaka on Friday to evolve the strategy to supply 100 MW of power from Tripura to Bangladesh. PK Sinha, India’s power ministry secretary, and Monowar Islam, Bangladesh’s power ministry secretary, led their teams in...
Taiwan on Friday raised its full-year economic growth forecast for 2014 to a three-year-high of 2.98 percent, citing rising private investment and consumer spending. The government revised the gross domestic product figure upward from an estimate of 2.82 percent made...
An unidentified youth fell to his death from rooftop of a train near the Narsinghdi Railway Station on Friday morning, police said. Narsinghdi railway police’s Assistant Sub-Inspector Adam Ali said the youth was standing on the roof of the Dhaka-bound...
Students sitting for the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations will have to answer 60 per cent creative questions in mathematics from this year. The Education Ministry issued an order on Friday redistributing numbers for JSC math. Last year, JSC examinees...
A man was shot dead as the ctivists of Awami League and BNP clashed with firearms in Noakhali on Friday. At least 10 other people were injured in the several-hour-long clashes. The victim, 42-year-old ‘Zaber’, was not affiliated with either...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday returned a Bangladeshi national, who was picked up from Bagli border point in Sunamganj district on Wednesday. Havildar Khairul Islam of Charagaon BOP of Border Guard Bangladesh said the BSF personnel handed over...
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