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2014-04-17 00:00:00

Kenny Rogers launches Spicy Chicken Kenny Rogers Roasters International has launched its latest product Spicy  Chicken at MCC Building in Gulshan-1 in the city. The advisor of Capita Food and Beverage Mr Mukarram Husain Khan, managing director Zeeba Ameena Khan,...

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edotco to invest $ 50m within next one year

Mohammad Ali | 2014-04-17 00:00:00

edotco Bangladesh Company Ltd which recently launched telecom tower operating firm in the country, looks to grow aggressively expanding the 'sharing of telecom infrastructure', reducing the cost of its operation. "We are looking to grow aggressively," Andy Rolt, Managing Director...

Sensex slumps 207 points

2014-04-17 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Apr 16 (Reuters/Business Standard): The markets lost their way in the post-noon session due to caution surrounding foreign institutional investors (FIIs) outflows and higher-than-expected inflation data released on Tuesday. Muted Q4 growth expectations from TCS, which will announce its...

Nikkei stock index closes 3.01pc higher

2014-04-17 00:00:00

TOKYO, Apr 16 (AFP): Tokyo's Nikkei stock index jumped 3.01 per cent Wednesday as bargain-buying and a weaker yen lifted the Japanese market, following a rise on Wall Street bolstered by strong US corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei 225, which...

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2014-04-17 00:00:00

2 held with 9 kg gold at Ctg airport

2014-04-16 00:00:00

Customs officials in separate incidents arrested two persons along with 84 gold bars, weighing 9.079 kg, at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on Wednesday. The arrested were identified as Mohammad Ismail and Mohammad Sohel, both residents of Rauzan upazila...

European stocks rebound to end higher

AFP | 2014-04-16 00:00:00

LONDON: European stock markets rallied Wednesday despite high tension over the Ukraine crisis, heartened by strong company earnings, Chinese growth data and a positive start on Wall Street. Shares had ended sharply lower on Tuesday as the escalating military crisis...

Pro-Russian militants seize six Ukrainian armoured vehicles

2014-04-16 00:00:00

Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine have seized six Ukrainian armoured vehicles, the defence ministry in Kiev says. Reports say the occupants were disarmed after the vehicles were blockaded by locals in the city of Kramatorsk. The incident comes a day...

GSK discloses new bribery inquiries

2014-04-16 00:00:00

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is looking into allegations of bribery within its operations in Jordan and Lebanon. The company said on Wednesday that it started looking into the conduct of "a small number of individuals" in December. It says the investigation...

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2014-04-16 00:00:00

Reunion turns Amarkhana border an emotional human sea of love

2014-04-16 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Apr 15 (BSS): The Amarkhana border in Panchagarh turned into an emotional human sea of love and affection yesterday following reunion of nearly one lakh Bangalee blood-bonded relatives living in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The five-kilometre long border between...

Pahela Boishakh celebrated in dists

Our Correspondent | 2014-04-16 00:00:00

JESSORE, Apr 15:  The Jessore town as well as different upazila headquarters wore a festive look to welcome the first day of Bangla New Year. District, police administration, Jessore Press Club and many other socio-cultural organisations chalked out elaborate programmes...

Aus seeds distributed in Mymensingh

2014-04-16 00:00:00

MYMENSINGH, Apr 15 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension has started distribution of quality Aus seeds of Nerica (African variety) and high yielding variety free of cost under Aus incentive programme in the district. The objectives of the programme are to...

2 crushed under train in dists

Our Correspondent | 2014-04-16 00:00:00

PABNA, Apr 15: A schoolboy was crushed under the wheels of a speeding coach at Joynagar on the Kushtia- Ishwardi highway Sunday. The deceased was identified as Nayeem Hossain (14), a class nine student of Bharaimary high school and son...

20 injured in Magura clash

Our Correspondent | 2014-04-16 00:00:00

MAGURA, Apr 15: At least 20 people including 3 women were injured in a clash in village Boraldia under Sreepur Upazila of Magura Tuesday morning. Akhteruzzman, officer-in-charge of Sreepur police station said, around 11 in the morning an altercation took...

Youth stabbed to death by brother-in-law

2014-04-16 00:00:00

NARAYANGANJ, Apr 15 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his brother-in-law at Nabiganj Kushiara in Bandar upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Rakib Hossain, 20, a boatman and son of Jakir Hossain of the...

Concern of Khaleda over abduction of businessman

2014-04-16 00:00:00

Expressing deep concern over the abduction of Syeda Rizwana Hasan’s husband, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday night demanded the government take immediate steps to rescue him for his safe return to his family. In a statement, Khaleda also demanded...

One killed in road accident

2014-04-16 00:00:00

FARIDPUR, Apr 15 (BSS): One motor bike rider was killed and another co-rider received injuries when the Magura bound motor bike was knocked from rear by a Jessore bound truck Monday afternoon near Bagat under Madhukhali upazilla on Dhaka-Khulna highway....

News in brief

2014-04-16 00:00:00

Youth's body found in Faridpur A young man was found dead in a Beel (water body) in Dhaona Dowal of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Hobi Sheikh, 30. Officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station M...

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2014-04-16 00:00:00

Modi to win overall majority : Poll

2014-04-16 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 15 (agencies): Hardline nationalist opposition leader Narendra Modi and his allies were forecast to win an overall majority in India's elections in a poll Tuesday, dealing another blow to the beleaguered ruling Congress party. Eight days on...

Ukraine crackdown on pro-Moscow separatists begins

2014-04-16 00:00:00

KIEV, Apr 15 (Reuters): Russia declared Ukraine on the brink of civil war on Tuesday as Kiev said an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Moscow separatists was underway, though the crackdown appeared to get off to a slow start, if at all....

One dead in shooting at Thai protest site

2014-04-16 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Apr 15 (AFP): One person was shot dead on Tuesday at the site of an anti-government rally in the Thai capital Bangkok, emergency services said, in the latest in a string of violent attacks. The 40-year-old man was killed...

Mini-sub to dive again after aborting first MH370 search

2014-04-16 00:00:00

PERTH, Apr 15 (AFP): A mini-sub hunting missing Flight MH370 was set to sweep the Indian Ocean seabed again Tuesday after cutting short its first mission, as Malaysia vowed to reveal any 'black box' data found. The unmanned submarine equipped...

Saudi soldier killed in attack near Yemen border

2014-04-16 00:00:00

JEDDAH, April 15 (AFP): Suspected Yemeni smugglers shot dead a Saudi soldier near the kingdom's border with Yemen in the second such attack in less than a week, local media reported Tuesday. The Al-Watan daily reported that the Monday clash...

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2014-04-16 00:00:00

Mortars kill 1 child, wound dozens in Damascus DAMASCUS,Apr 15: Syrian state media say rebels have fired mortars rounds into predominantly Christian districts of the capital that exploded near schools, killing one child and injuring 41 others. The official news...