The Ukraine authorities say they have seized back control of the regional administration building in the eastern city of Kharkiv from pro-Russia separatists. They say they hope buildings in Luhansk and Donetsk will be freed shortly as well. On Monday,...
Students protesting against a trade deal with China say they will end their occupation of Taiwan's parliament. The students, who have been occupying the legislature since the middle of March, say they will leave on Thursday. They oppose a trade...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC0 has interrogated the wife of Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in course of its investigation against the former minister on charges of money laundering. Investigators quizzed Bilkis Akhter Hossain, wife of the BNP leader, for about two...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has postponed its strike at Rajshahi University (RU) until April 29. BCL General Secretary Touhid Al Tuhin told a campus press briefing on Tuesdsay that they will continue with other forms of protest against the killing...
The Pay and Services Commission is weighing options to pay civil servants their dearness allowance in kind and not in cash. The commission’s chairman Mohammad Farashuddin said that he was considering providing insurance to the government employees as an alternative...
Attacks in Iraq left 12 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are encroaching on the capital weeks ahead of elections. The latest violence is part of a protracted surge in...
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Stocks edged lower Tuesday, a day after positive trend with turnover crossing Tk 6.0 billion-mark as investors booked marginal profit in later part of the trading session.The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain. At the end...
The Salone del Mobile international furniture and interior design fair opened in Milan on Tuesday, with 300,000 visitors from 160 countries expected to attend and over 1,400 items on show. Claudio Luti, the director of the Salone, said the six-day...
Iran and world powers begin a new round of nuclear talks Tuesday hoping to make enough progress to move up a gear and start drafting a historic final deal next month. This will however require Iran and the five UN...
A Dhaka court on Tuesday took into cognizance the charges against Oishi Rahman for murdering her parents. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court sent the case to the Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court after accepting the charge-sheet as it is ready for...
The head of the Bank of Japan on Tuesday cast doubt on Bitcoin's future, saying the scandal-plagued digital unit "cannot be a currency" unless it proves its reliability. The computer-generated currency has suffered a series of blows since February when...
A bomb blast on a train travelling in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, officials said, with the death toll feared to rise. The explosion, which also injured around 40 people, occurred after...
AB Bank Limited and Chandraboti Academy jointly organised a reception ceremony in honour of Dr. Anisuzzaman for being awarded “Padmabhushan” award from India. Finance Minister of Bangladesh Mr. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was present as the Chief Guest in the...
A 97-year-old man, who is reported to be India's oldest voter, says he is getting ready to cast his ballot for a record 16th time in a general election. Shyam Saran Negi is a retired teacher in northern Himachal Pradesh...
Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest maker of TVs and mobile phones, has forecast a drop in profit for the second quarter in a row. It expects to make an operating profit of 8.4 trillion won ($7.9bn) for the January-to-March quarter,...
Kuwait said Tuesday it will supply Egypt with 85,000 barrels of oil daily and 1.5 million tonnes of fuel for three years as part of a newly agreed commercial deal. The supplies would be valued at market prices and delivered...
Oil prices rose in Asian trade Tuesday on renewed fears about Ukraine after pro-Russian protesters seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk. New York's main contract West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for May delivery rose 51 cents to $100.95...
A farmer was killed and nine other people were injured in a road accident at Jabai-Fakir crossing at Sapahar upazila in Naogaon district on Monday evening. The dead is Sahir Uddin, 60, of Naupara village of the upazila. Police said...
Engr. Farasath Ali and Dr. Toufique Rahman Chowdhury have been re-elected Chairman and Vice Chairman of NRB Commercial Bank in the 18th board meeting held recently. Engr. Farasath Ali received higher education in United Kingdom in 1974. He was Asstt....
Transport workers enforced bus strike for an indefinite period on all routes of Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts from Tuesday demanding a ban on plying of illegal shallow engine-run vehicles on the highways of the districts. Nine associations, including Bus...
With legal cases against her mounting, embattled Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for fair and proper treatment from the national anti-corruption commission and Thailand's Constitutional Court. Thailand's political crisis looks set to enter a new, potentially turbulent...
BNP has urged the government to allow Khaleda Zia to operate her bank accounts. The BNP chief’s eight bank accounts were frozen by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at the end of 2007, during the last caretaker regime. “Begum...
Novo Nordisk Regional (BAOS) Vice President Camilla Sylvest is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow (9 April, 2014) for a short visit. Ms. Camilla Sylvest is responsible for Novo Nordisk operations in 21 countries including Bangladesh, ASEAN countries, Australia and...
President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Michael Sommer on Tuesday called for more rights for trade unions as a necessary precondition for establishing true social partnership among employers, workers, and the government. Sommer, also the Chairman of Confederation...
NATO warned Russia on Tuesday against making an "historic mistake" by provoking a flaring secession crisis in eastern Ukraine that Moscow itself conceded could degenerate into a civil war. Ukraine's embattled interim leaders have been waging an uphill battle to...
A Netrakona court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing a college student in 2009. The condemned convict was identified as Polash Khan, son of late Mafiz Khan of Khila village...
Suspected rebels in Indian Kashmir have shot dead a soldier and two policemen, officials said Tuesday, two days before voting begins in the region for the national election. A gunbattle late Monday in Kralpora village, 130 kilometres northwest of the...
SYLHET: Another Bangladeshi was shot to death by members of India’s Khasia community at Bagaiya in Goainghat upazila Tuesday. The victim was identified as Delwar Hossain, 16, son of Shah Alam of Bisanakandi Muslimpara in the upazila. Locals said the...
Emerging markets face increasing risks, the IMF warned on Tuesday as it trimmed its outlook for the countries which have been the main driver of global growth in recent years. Emerging and developing nations, which includes rising economic powerhouses China,...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday denied a news report that the government added Tk 32.10 billion to the revised Annual Development Programme (ADP) for current fiscal year 2013-14. He said the revised outlay in the ADP remains unchanged at...
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