Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sien at Presidential Palace at Naypyitaw on Monday. During the meeting, they discussed issues related to bilateral interests. Later, she met Myanmar Opposition Leader and Chairperson of the...
Suspected militants killed two police outside a court in Indian Kashmir on Monday, hours after another officer was stabbed in a separate incident in the restive region, police said. "Two policemen died in the shooting by militants on a truck...
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Monday expelled four of its Jahangirnagar University unit leaders for their alleged involvement in Sunday’s violence on the university campus. They are Rajib Ahmed, general secretary of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit Chhatra League, organising secretary...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) sent notices to three ruling party MPs and their four family members seeking wealth statements following the allegations of illegal wealth accumulation. The Commission on Monday served seven separate notices asking them to submit their...
Etihad Airways posted a 48 per cent leap in 2013 profit on Monday and predicted more growth this year, as the fast-expanding Abu Dhabi airline aims to develop its alliance network with a potential investment in Alitalia. Etihad, which has...
The Board of Directors of Uttara Finance on Monday recommended 30 percent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The Annual General Meeting of the company will be held on April 30, 2014 at Spectra Convention Centre...
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Monday alleged that some civil society members through television talk-show programmes are instigating the BNP to wage movement. The ruling party leader made the remarks while addressing a meeting in the memory...
Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA) on Monday demanded the government reinstate 20 percent supplementary duty, imposed earlier on imported tea, to safeguard the local tea producers and protect them from uneven competition. BTA leaders, led by its chairman M Safwan Chowdhury,...
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained 10 people on charge of entering Bangladesh illegally at Kulia road in Debhata upazila in Satkhira on Monday. The arrested are Nityananda Roy, 25, Sarjit Kabiraj, 18, Sanjit Mallick, 29, Pradip Roy, 30,...
KURIGRAM: The body of a Bangladeshi national, who was killed in firing by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Phulbari upazila early Saturday, was handed over to BGB Monday, according to a news agency. BSF returned the body...
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi embraced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when they met for the first time Monday. The warm embrace perhaps indicated they had something in common--both lost their illustrious fathers to assassins’ bullets. Suu Kyi, the...
Bangladesh needs to focus on high-quality learning, and strong foundational cognitive and behavioral skills from early childhood, says a new World Bank report. The findings and recommendations of the report, titled ‘Seeding Fertile Ground: Education That Works for Bangladesh’ were...
Russia has vowed its troops will remain in Ukraine to protect Russian interests and citizens until the political situation has been “normalised”. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was defending human rights against “ultra-nationalist threats”. Russia is now in de...
Russia's rouble has fallen to a fresh all-time low against both the dollar and the euro after the political turmoil in Ukraine intensified. The rouble fell 2.5% to 36.5 roubles against the dollar and 1.5% against the euro to 50.30....
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy criticised Awami League presidium member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim for calling opposition activists anarchists and threatening to cut their limbs, and demanded his removal from the ruling party within 48 hours. “How come...
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam dropped a broad hint at amending the local government laws to remove barriers to political parties to directly join city corporation, upazila, municipality and union parishad elections. “Why can’t political parties participate in...
LONDON: Global stocks sank Monday, as fears of a conflict between Ukraine and Russia sent investors fleeing to safe-haven assets like gold and the yen, while oil prices soared. In afternoon deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 1.53 per...
JSD MP Moinuddin Khan Badal said that Bangladesh should take steps to draw the attention of the world community towards creating a safe-zone for protecting 1.5 million oppressed Rohingyas in Myanmar. He made the proposal in parliament while standing on...
Four-time champions Sri Lanka thumped newcomers Afghanistan by 129 runs to reach the final of the Asia Cup in Dhaka Monday. The Islanders scored a challenging 253-6 with in-form Kumar Sangakkara hitting a solid 76 before they bowled their rivals...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the government is conspiring to make ruling party loyalists presiding officers for the remaining upazila elections in a bid to manipulate the results. “We’ve come to know from different upazilas and...
In a crackdown against abuse of medicinal intoxicants, India's Haryana's Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) said it has unearthed illicit diversion and transportation to Bangladesh of huge quantities of a cough syrup made and sold by a multinational pharmaceutical giant....
The Russian military has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 03:00 GMT to surrender or face an assault, Ukrainian defence sources have said. The head of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Aleksander Vitko set the deadline and threatened an attack "across...
Rajshahi University (RU) will reopen on March 10, after an unscheduled closure of over a month due to campus violence. The decision was taken at a meeting of the RU Syndicate held Monday. As per the decision, the university dormitories...
KIEV, Mar 2 (AFP): Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warned Sunday his crisis-hit country was on the "brink of disaster", accusing Russia of declaring war in a bleak appeal to the international community. "This is the red alert, this is...
FRANKFURT: Europe's main stock market indices closed lower on Monday amid a standoff between Russia and Ukraine, with Frankfurt's DAX 30 tumbling 3.44 per cent to 9,358.89 points. London's FTSE 100 dropped 1.49 per cent to 6,708.35 points, and Paris's...
MAIDUGURI, Mar 2 (AFP): At least 35 people were killed following two explosions in a crowded neighbourhood of Nigeria's restless northeastern city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of Boko Haram Islamists, police said Sunday. "We are still counting. So far we...
Left-leaning political parties will stage a sit-in in front of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Tuesday in protest against the government move to raise electricity tariff at the retail level. The announcement came from joint protest rallies in...
PHETCHABURI, Mar 2 (AFP): Thailand's first poll re-runs passed peacefully Sunday following a widely disrupted general election, as pro-government "Red Shirts" stepped up rallies in support of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's battered administration. The February 2 election failed to ease...
BRUSSELS, Mar 2 (AFP): NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on Sunday to stop its military activity and threats against Ukraine, saying Moscow's action threatened "peace and security in Europe." "Russia must stop its military activity and its threats,"...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 2 (AFP): Pakistan plans to bring all of its madrassas, or religious schools, under its national education system within one year under a landmark security policy aimed at combating extremism. The first "National Internal Security Policy", a copy...
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