Boy killed by lightning strike in Sylhet A teenage boy died after being struck by a thunderbolt at Udaypur village in Chhatak Upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Shaheen Ahmed, 18, son of Almas Ali of...
BANGKOK, May 21 (AFP): Thailand's military hosted ground-breaking talks Wednesday between warring political rivals after the army chief imposed martial law to prevent the deeply divided kingdom degenerating into another "Ukraine or Egypt". The opposing camps and other top officials...
KOLKATA, May 21 (agencies): The High Court in India's Meghalaya state has said that settlers from what is now Bangladesh who have settled before March 24, 1971 should be treated as Indians and enrolled in the voters list, says the...
Business activity in the eurozone kept up a steady pace of growth in May, a survey has indicated, despite the pace of expansion slowing slightly. The latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) from research firm Markit dipped to 53.9, down from...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 21 (agencies): Over 90 guerrillas were killed in an overnight air strike launched by the Pakistani army in the country's North Waziristan tribal area, media reports Wednesday said. The air strike operation covered several areas in...
NEW DELHI May 21 (Reuters): Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal sought fresh election in Delhi. Kejriwal said: "We have decided that we will prepare for the elections (in Delhi). We will go among the people." The announcement comes just...
Thousands rally for south Yemen independence ADEN, May 21: Thousands of separatists rallied in Yemen's main southern city Aden Wednesday demanding renewed independence for the region on the 20th anniversary of a secession bid that was crushed by northern troops....
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) and American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) will meet in the final of the Walton Refrigerator 2nd University Challenge Cup today (Thursday) as they beat their rivals in the semifinals at BKSP in Savar Wednesday,...
LONDON, May 21 (AP): Sri Lanka weathered a belligerent knock of 66 from Alex Hales to beat England by nine runs Tuesday in its first Twenty20 international since winning the world title last month. Allrounder Thisara Perera smashed 49 off...
The Cute Premier Division Handball League, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation, will begin tomorrow (Friday) at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city, reports UNB. Nine teams- Menjis KC, Narinda Pragoti Boys Club, Surjodoya KC,...
WELLINGTON, May 21 (AFP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched an urgent inquiry Wednesday into how Brendon McCullum's testimony to a match-fixing investigation was leaked, while clearing the New Zealand captain of any involvement in corruption. ICC chief executive David...
Railway Sporting Club defeated Farashganj Sporting Club by 7-1 goals in a match of the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Belal Hossain, Shahidul Islam, Taher Ali, Akib...
Farashganj Sports Club came from behind to earn an exciting 3-2 goals victory over Wari Club in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in city's Kamalapur Wednesday, reports UNB. Palash put...
ISLAMABAD, May 21 (AFP): Pakistan's Supreme Court Wednesday restored Najam Sethi as the country's cricket chief, four days after he was ousted by a lower court, the latest twist in a legal saga dogging the game. The court suspended a...
Cook under pressure as never before: Vaughan LONDON, May 21: England captain Alastair Cook will be under pressure as never before when he tries to return the team to winning ways this season, according to former skipper Michael Vaughan. Despite...
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The market turned around Wednesday after eight sessions' slump amid increased participation as continuous wane created some stimulus of undervaluation, which lured some of the witty participants to take position. The market was quite bullish from early in the morning....
Modhumoti Bank Limited signed Participation Agreement with Bangladesh Bank for "Financing Brick Kiln Efficiency Improvement Project" Wednesday at Conference Room of Green Banking and CSR Department (GBCSRD) of Bangladesh Bank. Mr. Abul Mansur Ahmed, General Manager and Project Director, Green...
Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank spoke Wednesday at Astana, Kazakhstan during the session on "Secular Stagnation in the Global Economy' of the World Anti-crisis Conference, inaugurated by Mr. Bakhyt Sultanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of the Republic...
HC extends timeframe on KPPL The High Court (HC) Wednesday extended its earlier timeframe till May 27, 2014 for Khulna Printing and Packaging Ltd (KPPL) to explain the newspaper allegations on using inflated information about the company to collect its...
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Drawing on its extensive global research into employer needs, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Wednesday launched its 2015 Professional Qualification Syllabus. In response to growing concern about rising youth unemployment around the world, CIMA has produced an innovative...
BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters): China said it will let 10 local governments sell municipal bonds in an experiment to straighten out messy state budgets, a watershed move that would start the clean-up of the country's $3 trillion public debt problem....
MUMBAI, May 21 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex snapped a four-session winning streak on Wednesday as blue chips, including Larsen & Toubro Ltd, retreated from recent strong gains a day after foreign investors turned net sellers for the first time in...
The Embassies of Denmark and Sweden hosted a Nordic trade delegation on green growth recently. A total of 22 Nordic companies participated in the delegation making it the biggest ever Nordic trade delegation to Dhaka. The delegation kicked off its...
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A top Maldivian immigration official has held out the assurance that his country will take steps to legalise thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers staying in the Indian ocean state illegally. An estimated 80,000 Bangladeshis are living in the island Republic,...
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