Japanese holidaymakers were gearing up Friday for a jumble of public holidays when an estimated 22.4 million travellers are expected to collectively spend $8.5 billion. Appetite for travel during the so-called "Golden Week" holidays appears undiminished, a study by JTB...
US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has raised its takeover offer for Britain's AstraZeneca to about $106 billion (76 billion euros), it announced on Friday. The Viagra maker said in a statement that it has lifted its informal offer to £50 per...
The biennial German-Bangladesh consultation, 2014, will be held in Dhaka on May 7-8 to review the implementation of the existing German-funded projects in Bangladesh as well as their possible future funding. The two-day consultation will focus on review of the...
Tribal separatists killed at least 11 Muslims when they raided villages in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, opening fire on victims as they slept in their homes, police said Friday. Eight people, including four women and three children, were...
Indonesia has posted a robust monthly trade surplus while inflation eased in April, data showed Friday, in a sign Southeast Asia's top economy is on the road to recovery. The country was hit hard in 2013 as trade plunged to...
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday firmly rejected as "inadequate" an improved takeover offer from US rival Pfizer worth $106 billion (76 billion euros). "The financial and other terms described in the proposal are inadequate, substantially undervalue AstraZeneca and are...
Taiwan has moved to levy a so-called "rich man's tax" on nearly 10,000 of the island's wealthiest people in a bid to narrow the income gap, officials said Friday. Under the proposal, those with annual net income of over Tw$10...
The work order for construction of Padma bridge will be issued before due date, the communications minister has said. Obaidul Quader told reporters at Munishiganj on Friday that the work order could be issued in the first week of June....
A man was killed and his wife injured during a storm in Dhaka city early Friday. The wall of an under-construction building collapsed at Sutrapur in Old Dhaka, killing Monoranjan Saha, 45. His wife Mitu Saha, 35, was critically injured,...
Green activists on Friday demanded immediate steps to recover Pushpa Saha Pond in old part of the city from illegal occupation and protect it from pollution. The demand came from a human chain programme organised jointly by Poribesh Bachao Andolon...
Web users in Saudi Arabia can now petition their king directly through a website, it seems. The site, called Tawasol (Communication), was launched on the orders of King Abdullah, who is keen to hear his citizens' complaints, ideas and suggestions....
The Election Commission has been considering to start providing the smart national identity (NID) cards to the country’s citizens by the end of this year. The Commission thinks it will be able to provide the high security featured smart NID...
Two people were killed and another person was injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Bijoynagar upazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Badal, 30, and Al Amin, 26. They hail from Ashulia of Dhaka district. Locals...
At least six people, including four policemen, were injured in a gunfight with police and a gang of terrorists at Chaillatali in Maheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Friday. Officer-in-charge of Maheshkhali Police Station Alamgir Hossain said police in a...
Pro-Moscow rebels shot down two helicopter gunships Friday during an assault on the flashpoint Ukrainian town of Slavyansk, prompting a furious Russia to warn that the raid had destroyed a peace deal to defuse the crisis. Two Ukrainian servicemen were...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to carry hajj pilgrims this year with its own aircraft without taking any wide-bodied aircraft on lease as in previous years. “Yes, we’ve decided to carry hajj pilgrims by our own aircraft,” acting Director (Planning)...
News Corp., the media empire controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said on Friday it is buying leading romantic novel publisher Harlequin Enterprises for 455 million Canadian dollars (300 million euros) in cash. Harlequin, which publishes the work of more than 1,300...
The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to remain close to 6 percent at the end of the current fiscal year though the country witnessed 6.33 percent growth in the last four fiscal years (2010-2013) on average, says...
The BNP has lent moral support to a general strike called by Narayanganj lawyers for Sunday to protest against the abduction and murder of a colleague and six others. The party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters...
Leaders of the Hindu community on Friday demanded that 60 seats be kept aside in parliament for all the minority groups to ensure their empowerment in society and prevent communal attacks. Addressing a human chain in front of the Jatiya...
Gono Forum chairman Dr Kamal Hossain has called for forming citizens committees in all thanas of the country to organise citizens for a nationwide movement against the ‘sick politics’ practised by the two main parties. “People want to see a...
Bangladesh has adopted a master plan in the power sector giving coal a dominant source as primary fuel for the country’s 50 percent power generation by 2030. The new strategy for the country’s latest “Power System Master Plan 2010” has...
Suspected Jewish extremists vandalised a Muslim grave near the northern Israeli coastal city of Haifa, police said Friday, in the latest in a string of racist and religious attacks. "Graffiti was found sprawled on and around a grave in the...
Nor’wester lashed Pabna, Bhola, Kushtia and Natore districts Thursday night, leaving an unspecified number of people injured and dwelling houses and standing crops damaged. In Pabna, the storm swept over Sadar and Ishwardi upazilas injuring 30 people and damaging over...
Awami League senior leader Suranjit Sengupta said Friday the government needs to take a strong stance against the growing incidents of killings and disappearances as these are not good for a democratic system in any way. “The government must show...
Students of Dhaka University’s AF Rahman Hall have attacked and vandalised the New Market Police Station and injured at least four policemen and an Ansar member. Hundreds of students attacked the nearby station around 3pm Friday after four hall-mates were...
MUNSHIGANJ: The work order for the main Padma Bridge construction will be issued in the first week of June, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said Friday. Talking to reporters during his visit to the bridge site in Lohajong upazila, Quader said...
LONDON: European stock markets ended mixed Friday, with London lifted by strong earnings while other leading European indices shrugged off upbeat economic data to move lower, amid rising Ukraine tensions. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.20 percent to stand...
Bangladesh Navy has launched a fresh search operation for the missing Malaysian passenger aircraft, MH Flight 370, in the Bay of Bengal, following the suggestion by an Australian survey company that the wreckage of a plane might be found in...
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