MANILA, Dec 14, (AFP): The chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court on Wednesday accused President Benigno Aquino of plotting a "dictatorship", and vowed to fight for his job after parliament impeached him. Renato Corona rejected accusations against him of...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 14 (AFP): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will be discharged on Thursday from a Dubai hospital where he has spent more than a week but will remain in the Gulf emirate to rest, his spokesman said Wednesday. "All...
The US attorney general has vowed to enforce civil rights protections for voters in next year's US elections, reports BBC. Eric Holder's speech in Texas took aim at new voting laws passed in a number of US states that critics...
MOSCOW, Dec 14, (AFP): Russia needs Chinese-style government regulation of the Internet, a top official said Wednesday, after election protesters organised nationwide rallies through social networking sites. "We cannot ignore the use of the Internet by criminals and terrorist groups,"...
LIEGE, (Belgium), Dec 14 (agencies): Summoned for questioning by Belgian police, a man with a history of weapons and drug offenses left home armed with hand grenades, a revolver and an assault rifle. Stopping at a central square filled with...
KIEV, Dec 14: A Ukrainian court on Wednesday dropped a criminal case against former president Leonid Kuchma into accusations he ordered the brutal murder of critical journalist Georgy Gongadze in 2000. The Pechersky district court in the Ukrainian capital Kiev...
SYLHET, Dec 14 (UNB): The four-day super league match of the Walton 13th National Cricket between Dhaka Metropolis team and host Sylhet Division ended in a tame draw on the 4th and final day at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium Tuesday,...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Muhammad Zaka Ashraf arrives today (Thursday) on a four-day visit to Dhaka, reports BSS. The PCB Chairman Ashraf will be accompanied by PCB chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed. They are scheduled to reach Dhaka at...
Bangladesh Army got off to a brilliant start as they thrashed Bangladesh Jail team by 45-12 in one of the inaugural match of the Victory Day Kabaddi Competition at the Kabaddi Stadium Wednesday, reports BSS. Title aspirants Bangladesh Army were...
CENTURION, South Africa, Dec 14 (AFP): South Africa will seek to end a sequence of disappointing results in home series when they take on Sri Lanka in the first of three Tests at SuperSport Park Thursday. South Africa have lost...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is organising an exhibition cricket match between Shaheed Jewel XI and Shaheed Mushtaque XI at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium to celebrate the 40th Victory Day tomorrow (Friday), reports BSS. Sylhet's national all rounder Alok Kopali will...
Uttara Bank: Mr Sk Amanullah, one of the sponsorsdirectors of Uttara Bank Limited, has expressed his willingness to buy 65,000 shares of the bank at prevailing market price through stock exchange within next 30 working days. Rupali Insurance: Mr Quazi...
VIENNA, Dec 14: OPEC says its 12 oil ministers have agreed to keep the organization's output at 30 million barrels a day. A statement issued by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries says that the agreement includes a voluntary...
FE Report The exchange rate of the US dollar in the open market, known as kerb market, hit all-time high at Tk 81.50 Wednesday, sources at the money exchange offices in the capital city told the FE. The US currency...
Shahiduzzaman Khan Despite liberal investment policies, abundant workforce and cheap labour, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Bangladesh remains still quite low. The country is yet to become a favourable destination for FDI. The inward FDI flow in...
M Azizur Rahman The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), the lending arm of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, will provide US$ 2.0 billion as loan to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to import petroleum products for the next year, a...
Nazmul Ahsan The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has decided to issue Special Treasury Bond worth Tk 57.32 billion to three state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) -- Sonali, Janata and Agrani -- to clear off the outstanding amount of loans of Bangladesh...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Insurance regulator Wednesday appointed audit firms to examine in-depth the accounts of three life insurers and ascertain their actual financial health for the greater interest of the policyholders. The audit firms appointed by the Insurance Development and...
Siddique Islam Credit flow to the private sector declined further in October, 2011 due to lower amount of trade financing by the commercial banks. The rate of private sector credit growth came down to 21.46 per cent in October 2011...
FE ReportThe securities regulator has formed five committees to probe into the possible role of five brokerage firms in creating volatility in the stock market recently, officials said. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formed the probe bodies on December...
The 40th Martyred Intellectuals' Day was observed with due respect and solemnity across the country Wednesday, reports BSS. On the night of 14 December in 1971, over 200 intellectuals, including professors, journalists, doctors, artistes, engineers, and writers were picked up...
Mohammad Mufazzal The securities regulator has advised the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) to get themselves registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) to facilitate conversion of face value of...
The High Court (HC) Wednesday discharged its rule upon a quashing petition, clearing the way for reviving the stalled trial proceedings in Zia Orphanage Trust Fund embezzlement case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now on bail, reports UNB. A HC...
FHM Humayan Kabir The government is going to take up two more power distribution line expansion schemes in the rural areas investing Tk 31.30 billion amid electricity supply shortfall in the country, officials said Wednesday. The state-owned Rural Electrification Board...
Nizam Ahmed The eighth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that begins in Geneva later today (Thursday) is lkely to see a debate among poor developing and the least developed countries over restriction of food exports, officials and...
BHOLA, Dec 14 (UNB): At least ten pirates were killed in a fierce gunfight with police near Monpura Island Wednesday. A fisherman caught in the crossfire was also killed and three police were wounded in the gunfight with Zakir bahani...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday urged all to vow inspired with the sacrifices of the martyred intellectuals to establish a democratic government through waging an 'irresistible' movement under the leadership of Khaleda Zia, reports UNB....
Law enforcing agencies have been investigating into the secret killings in different parts of the country as reported by the media, reports UNB. "The law enforcing agencies have been investigating every allegation of secret killing," Home Minister Sahara Khatun said...
DU Correspondent Dhaka University (DU) Wednesday observed Martyred Intellectuals Day in a befitting manner with a call to expedite the trial of war criminals. DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique at a discussion has demanded exemplary punishment to the...
LONDON, Dec 14 (AFP): Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain should not be scared of raising human rights issues with Bangladesh as it marks the 40th anniversary of its independence Friday. Rushanara Ali, the first person of Bangladeshi origin elected...
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