DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 23 (AFP): Iran on Thursday stepped up its efforts to woo investors and normalise its relations with the West with an offer to help create a new multilateral body tasked with stabilising global energy supplies. President Hassan...
RUSTENBURG, South Africa, Jan 23 (AFP): Workers at South Africa's top three platinum producers downed tools for higher wages on Thursday, as police braced for potential violence and investors braced for more economic turmoil. Up to 80,000 miners affiliated with...
BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (AFP): Business activity in the eurozone private sector hit a 31-month high in January as a modest recovery gathered pace across the region, a key indicator showed on Thursday. Analysts cautioned however that the economy is still...
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters): Oil rose more than a dollar on Wednesday to settle at its highest price this year on the startup of a new major pipeline, expected to help eliminate a bottleneck that has depressed the US...
SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters): South Korea plans to impose a tax on coal used for power generation and lower taxes on fuels used for cooking and heating from July 1, to reduce consumption of electricity to avoid blackouts during peak...
TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters): The first weeks of 2014 showed North Asia's manufacturing and export giants enjoying mixed fortunes, with South Korea and Japan starting the year positively, while China, the biggest of the trio, was still struggling to regain...
BEIJING, Jan 23 (Reuters): China will give local governments more power to approve some foreign investments, the country's top economic planning agency said on Thursday, the latest step to cut red tape in a bid to boost economic growth. The...
TOKYO, Jan 23 (AFP): Toyota sold a record 9.98 million vehicles last year, it said Thursday, outpacing rivals General Motors and Volkswagen to maintain its title of world's biggest automaker. The Japanese auto giant's highest-ever annual sales volume came thanks...
TASHKENT, Jan 23 (AFP): Two top managers from Coca-Cola's Uzbek joint venture have been arrested and face fraud charges, a source in Tashkent city prosecutor's office told AFP on Thursday. "Two top managers of the company were arrested in late...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has appointed Hanif Zakaria as its general manager (GM) for Bangladesh, said a press release. Mr Hanif joins Etihad Airways from Safi Airways, where he held a number of senior...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim Thursday ruled out the possibility of any dialogue between the government and the BNP in five years, reports UNB. "The national election has taken place as per the constitution, and...
Claiming her party's movement a success, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Wednesday night said she has turned out to be the leader with 95 per cent people's support while her arch rival Sheikh Hasina became Prime Minister (PM) with the mandate...
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The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday approved a charge sheet (CS) against eight Biman Bangladesh Airlines officials for allegedly misappropriating about Tk 15 million. The approval was given in a meeting of the ACC, the anti-graft body Public Relations Officer Pranab...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 23 (BSS): People from all walks of life including leaders and workers of Awami League (AL) are in joyous and festive mood on Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's visit here on January 25. Deputy Commissioner (DC) office sources...
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Thursday congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her assumption of the office of Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) for the third time, reports UNB. In a message, the Indonesian President also reaffirmed the intention of the Republic of...
The High Court (HC) Thursday granted bail to BNP chairperson's adviser and vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Khandker Mahbub Hossain in a case filed with the capital's Ramna Police Station, reports UNB. Passing the interim order upon a petition, an...
KURIGRAM, Jan 23 (UNB): Jatiya Party (Manju) candidate Ruhul Amin was unofficially elected from Kurigram-4 constituency after re-voting in two polling stations held Thursday. Mr Amin bagged 32,607 votes while his nearest rival Awami League (AL) candidate Zakir Hossain polled...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 23 (UNB): Four people, including a DB police official, were injured in a bomb explosion on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus during entry for honours admission tests Thursday. The injured were identified as DB police official Mujibur Rahman,...
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Some Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations are likely to be deferred due to the Upazila Parishad polls, sources at the education board said. They said education ministry sought suggestions from the education boards regarding the rescheduling of at...
SYLHET, Jan 23: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said today Bangladesh would be a middle-income country within next seven years if the present economic progress continues, reports BSS. "The Awami League- led grand alliance government has made a remarkable...
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CHITTAGONG, January 23: Some three million children in the age group of nine months and 15 years will be vaccinated in Chittagong city and district from January 25 to February 13. Of them, 18, 99,306 children are in the 14...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Benazir Ahmed Thursday stressed the need for collective effort to resist cyber crime as it has been increasing alarmingly day by day, reports BSS. "Criminals are using technology in committing crimes and terrorism and this...
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Health Minister Mohammad Nasim Thursday suggested that a law, making the services of a doctor compulsory for two years in any village, be enacted. "The doctors must stay in villages for at least two years once they are transferred. Otherwise,...
A commemorative meeting in observance of the first death anniversary of National Professor Dr Nurul Islam, the founder of Janasheba Foundation (JF) and University of Science and Technology, Chittagong (USTC), will be held at CIRDAP auditorium in the city at...
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