BEIJING, Mar 5 (Reuters) : China sent its strongest signal yet that its days of chasing breakneck economic growth were over, promising to wage a "war" on pollution and reduce the pace of investment to a decade-low as it pursues...
SINGAPORE, Mar 5 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asia Wednesday as fears of an immediate armed conflict in Ukraine receded, but analysts said the presence of Russian-backed troops in the Crimean peninsula continue to support prices. New York's main...
SYDNEY, Mar 5 (AFP): Australia's economy expanded a better-than-expected 0.8 per cent in the last three months of 2013 as the commodity-powered nation's transition away from its reliance on the mining sector picked up speed, data showed Wednesday. The Australian...
NEW DELHI, Mar 5 (PTI): India and Pakistan yesterday held a meeting on cross-Line of Control trade and travel during which ways and mechanisms for increasing people-to-people contact, increasing the trade volume and improving infrastructure at trading points were discussed....
MOSCOW, Russia, Mar 5 (AFP): Russia on Wednesday revealed it sold a record $11.3 billion in foreign currency to support the ruble on Sunday, during a "Black Monday" of panic selling over the crisis in Ukraine which analysts say rattled...
BRUSSELS, Mar 5 (AFP): Eurozone growth accelerated to 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013, enough of an improvement on 0.1 per cent in the previous quarter to suggest that modest recovery remains on track, the EU's data...
US stocks fell on Wednesday in early trade after a report showed only modest private-sector jobs growth in February. About 30 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 29.73 points (0.18 percent) to 16,366.15. The broad-based S&P 500...
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Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading Thursday, the last session of the week amid volatility. DSEX – the prime index of the DSE –...
Two persons, among them a policeman, have been injured in a bomb explosion in Lalbagh area in old part of Dhaka city. The incident took place in front of Hossain Market around 5am on Thursday, said Inspector (Investigation) SM Shahjahan...
A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a running train in Kalihati upazila in Tangail district on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Ankhi Akter, 14, student of class IX and daughter of Abdul Latif,...
The High Court has ordered maintaining the status quo on the construction of the fuel oil-based power plant of Orion Group on the bank of Buriganga River as well as on its infrastructural works. The court on Wednesday also summoned...
A motorcyclist was killed and his co-rider injured in a road accident at Savar in the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Savar Police Station, said...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that the allies of militants will not be spared. “An initiative has been taken to form police bureau of counter terrorism unit to curb militancy and terrorism. Those who join hands with the militants...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug trader and recovered 300 bottles of Phensidyl from him in Chaklapara in Jhenidah town on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Rabiul Islam, 40, son of Lutfor Rahman, a resident...
A couple was killed as the wife along with a cornice of the rooftop of a newly-built building fell down upon the husband in Akbar Shah Police Station area in Chittagong city on Thursday. The deceased were identified as schoolteacher...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 40 Bangladeshi nationals while entering the country illegally from India on Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Wednesday midnight. The detainees hail from different parts of neighbouring Bagerhat and Gopalganj districts...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected smuggler in possession of 15 gold bars weighing 1.5 kilograms at Benapole union under Sarsa upazila in Jessore district on Wednesday night. The arrestee was identified as Tuhin Rahman, 25, son...
The general point-to-point inflation rate declined to 7.44 percent in February from 7.50 percent in January 2014 compared to 7.84 percent in February 2013. However, point-to-point food inflation rate increased slightly in February to 8.84 percent from 8.81 percent in...
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in their last encounter at the Asia Cup-2014 at Sher-e-Bangladesh National Stadium at Mirpur in the city on Thursday, according to a news agency.
At least five soldiers from the Afghan army have been killed in a Nato air strike in eastern Afghanistan. They were killed in the early hours of Thursday in the Charkh district of Logar province. Nato confirmed the "unfortunate incident"...
The Libyan government says former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saadi, has been extradited from Niger and is now in custody in Tripoli. Pictures posted on the internet showed him having his head and beard shaved. Saadi Gaddafi, the former...
A new dinosaur species discovered in Portugal dominated the food chain 150 million years ago -- the Tyrannosaurus Rex of its time, researchers said Wednesday. The new species is the largest land predator discovered in Europe and one of the...
US researchers have revealed another baby carrying the HIV virus, which leads to Aids, may have been cured through early treatment. Antiretrovial drugs were reportedly administered to the baby in California just four hours after birth. The unidentified nine-month-old child...
The world's financial markets could be creating a "carbon bubble" by over valuing the fossil fuel assets of large companies say MPs. Much of this coal and oil may have to be left in the ground to combat climate change,...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will slash corporate tax in the next fiscal year. Tax in corporate sector will be reduced in 2014-2015 fiscal year, NBR Chairman Golam Hossain said at his office in the city on Thursday. The...
Shares in the first Chinese auction house to be listed in Hong Kong closed up 29 per cent on their debut Thursday, following the firm's $331 million initial public offering. Poly Culture Group, the world's third largest auction house by...
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