Israel has called off the planned release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, placing already embattled peace talks in further jeopardy after both sides took steps Washington called "unhelpful". Israel's chief negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, told her Palestinian counterparts on Thursday...
Votes have started coming in from across the world for The Bobs, German media organisation Deutsche Welle’s annual competition on online activism. The international jury has short-listed 154 nominees in 14 language divisions – six for Bengali – for The...
Search teams have begun using a towed pinger locator to hunt for the black box of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Two ships with locator capabilities are searching a 240km (150 mile) underwater path, in the hope of recovering the...
England Women captain Charlotte Edwards won the toss and chose to bowl in the second semi-final against South Africa in Dhaka on Friday. She contended that the pitch wouldn't change too much over the 40 overs of the semifinal. Mignon...
After producing biogas from animal wastes and of late electricity, Bangladesh has now embarked on a plan to generate power through effective management of human waste, making a significant milestone in sanitation in South Asia. Development partners came up with...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has said Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen and other economists have identified Bangladesh as a rising economic power in South-and South East Asia. The Minister said Bangladesh has become a ‘role model’ for other nations...
A leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Rajshahi University unit was shot dead by some miscreants in his room at Suhrawardy Hall of the university on Friday noon. The deceased was identified as Rustam Ali Akand, 24, former joint secretary...
New car sales in Britain rallied in March to the highest total for a decade, industry data showed on Friday. Sales jumped 17.7 percent last month to 464,824 vehicles compared with data for March 2013, the Society of Motor Manufacturers...
Nigeria could leap-frog South Africa to become Africa's biggest economy this weekend, when the results of a new way of calculating national output are announced. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said it will unveil the new figures on Sunday,...
A farmer was killed when a thunderbolt struck him at Binodpur Moulvikandi village at Shariatpur Sadar upazila on Friday. The dead is Abul Kalam Sheikh, 45, son of late Abdul Kader Sheikh of the village. Police said lightning struck Abul...
McDonald's has suspended work at its three Crimean restaurants following ongoing diplomatic tensions in the region. The company said that it would try to support staff, and hopes to re-open its restaurants as soon as possible. The firm is the...
Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been hospitalized in Mexico City with lung and urinary tract infections that are responding to treatment, federal health officials and the author’s son said Thursday. The 87-year-old Nobel laureate entered the hospital Monday suffering...
With a flurry of punches and kicks, hundreds of Thai "Red Shirts" undergo self-defence drills as they mobilise to protect the embattled government, stoking fears of a dangerous new phase of civil conflict. While far from a battle-ready militia, the...
India could advance into the final of the ICC World Twenty20 without a ball being in the second semifinal against South Africa at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Friday with the weather forecast predicting heavy rain. Sri Lanka sailed into the...
Two female journalists working for the Associated Press news agency have been shot by a police officer in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. One of the women, Anja Niedringhaus, died in the attack. Her colleague, Kathy Gannon, is reported to be...
The White House has criticised Samsung for promoting a "selfie" photo taken by Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz with President Barack Obama. The picture was taken by Ortiz on his Samsung phone this week and was re-tweeted by Samsung...
India's main opposition BJP has complained to the election authorities about a report by an investigative website on the tearing down of a mosque in the holy town of Ayodhya in 1992. The report claims the demolition of the mosque...
A man has punched the chief of India’s anti-corruption party twice in the face during a campaign stop in the capital, three days before the start of national elections in the world’s biggest democracy. The motive for the attack Friday...
The Sri Lankan team will be handed a million dollar bonus if they can shake off their reputation as chokers in the final of the World Twenty20 this weekend, the country's cricket board announced Friday. The day after the players...
An Indian court on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to be handed down for multiple sex attacks since the law was toughened last year. The three - Kasim...
Police have baton-charged activists of the Ganajagaran Mancha and another group when both tried holding rallies at Dhaka's Shahbagh. Seven persons, including five Mancha activists, were detained from there on Friday afternoon. A key Mancha organiser, Lucky Akter, and another...
England Women put in an excellent all-round performance to beat South Africa Women by nine wickets with 19 balls remaining and qualify for the Sunday’s final of the ICC Women's World Twenty20. Charlotte Edwards' side will battle it out for...
Police did a baton charge on activists of the Ganajagaran Mancha and another group as they assembled to hold parallel rallies at Shahbagh Friday afternoon. Police detained seven, including five Mancha activists, from the spot, according to a news agency.
Bangladesh and Qatar have initiated a move to sign an agreement on Economic, Commercial and Technical Cooperation with a view to further promote and encourage bilateral economic, commercial and technical cooperation. The first round negotiation on the draft agreement between...
Noted thinker and intellectual Badruddin Umar on Friday called for a fresh constitution to meet the demand of the people and help resolve the current political crisis in the country. “The country can not run under the present constitution…reality is...
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday alleged that the government has extended the tenure of the Speedy Trial Act by five years ‘to keep their party and others out of elections and send party men to jail’....
South Africa were 13 for one wicket in 2 overs against India in the second semifinal at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Earlier, South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first. Team India: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya...
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