ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (AFP): Pakistan said it had successfully test- fired Friday a stealth cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The military said the "Hatf VII" missile had a range of 700 kilometres (438 miles) and was a "low-flying,...
QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct 28 (AFP): A Pakistani court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz over the killing of a Baluch rebel leader, a lawyer said. Musharraf was president and...
BANGKOK, Oct 28 (Reuters): Traffic clogged roads out of Bangkok Friday as thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated factories and prompted foreign governments to warn citizens to stay away from...
HANGZHOU, Oct 28 (Xinhua): China has been carrying out clean energy projects in more than ten African countries to help the continent -- believed one of the largest victims of climate change by some experts -- tackle the multiple effects...
JAKARTA, Oct 28 (Xinhua): Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economy Hatta Rajasa said Thursday that the trade volume between Indonesia and Russia is expected to hit 5 billion US dollars by 2014 from the current 1.5 billion US dollars. The minister...
OCTOBER, Oct 28 (LBO): A Sri Lankan horticulture exporter said it has begun targeting a growing domestic market for cut flowers and horticulture. Hayleys Agriculture, a division of the listed Hayleys group, said it had begun appointing agents and distributors...
SEOUL, Oct 28 (Reuters): South Korea's ruling party Friday rejected opposition demands for changes to a free trade deal with the United States but said it would not use its parliamentary majority to push through the pact before the self-imposed...
FE Report The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) could not come out of its losing streak and downtrend continued for the fourth straight week, despite repeated assurances from the banks, the market regulator and different stakeholders, as most of the assurances...
HONG KONG, Oct 28 (AFP): Asian markets extended their rally Friday from the previous day after European leaders finally came to an agreement on a plan to tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis. Adding to the relief was data from...
How prophetic were the words of the man who told little Rabi (Rabindranath Tagore) when the latter was insistent on accompanying his nephew to school! The man said, "Now that you shed your tears in order to go to school,...
Bangladesh had largely been an agro-based country. A few decades ago, about 80 per cent of its population lived on agriculture. Being an overpopulated country most of the people remained unemployed. Even those who were employed, some way or other...
Sports and human rights are interrelated and that is why I believe every citizen, either able-bodied or with physical impairment, should have the opportunity to participate in sports events. In 1976 Unesco adopted an International Charter of Physical Education and...
Roquaiya Hasina Neely has been a renowned Rabindra Sangeet singer of Bangladesh for sometime having won the hearts of many connoisseurs. She is also an accomplished presenter of the songs of Atul Prasad, D L Roy, Rajani Kanta and classical...
The achievement of reducing poverty to 25 per cent and 15 per cent by 2013 and 2021 respectively, committed in the election manifesto of the present government, might not be possible under the business as usual scenario, reveals the independent...
Nehal Adil Symposium on Folk Dances of SAARC region was held at Shilpakala Academy from October 22 to October 25. The first day was rainy, on the last day the participants were in river cruise and sight seeing. So actual...
Nazia Ansar Khan "People kept coming up to me and making fun of me, they would call me horrible names and I would cry all the time. When I would go to lunch I would have to sit through 45...
Bangladesh take on visiting West Indies in the second and last Test of the Walton two-match series at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today (Saturday), reports UNB. The match will start at 9:30 am. All rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who...
KOLKATA, India, Oct 28 (AFP): England are looking to end their dismal tour of India on a high note by winning Saturday's Twenty20 international in Kolkata to show they remain a major force in the shortest version of the game....
DUBAI, Oct 28 (AFP): Sri Lanka put on an improved batting display in their second innings as they began to eat into a big Pakistan lead in the second Test at Dubai Stadium here Friday. Sri Lanka, who conceded a...
SYDNEY, Oct 28 (AFP): Former Test batsman John Inverarity was Friday handed the task of helping revive Australia's flagging Test fortunes after chief selector Andrew Hilditch lost his job following a sweeping review. The seven-month review was sparked by the...
LONDON, Oct 28 (AFP): England spinner Graeme Swann said Friday he had received death threats via Twitter following his team's 5-0 drubbing by India in the recent one-day series. A memorable year for English cricket ended on a downbeat note...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, October 28: Entrepreneurs and trade leaders have demanded setting up two more pipe lines in Chittagong to ensure supply of gas to the factories. The demand came at a press conference organised by Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of...
FE Report Carlson Hotels has launched its Radisson Blu brand across the world as part of the brand's global roll out. October 28 has been declared as the Blu Day, which will be observed every year, officials said. Radisson Blu...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Friday sought more Singaporean investment in different sectors of Bangladesh including its Export Processing Zones (EPZs) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP), according to BSS report from Australia Friday. "The present government has created an investment-friendly...
FE Report The prices of winter vegetables and fish are still high despite an increase in supply at the city's kitchen market Friday, but prices of different categories of rice and spices such as onion, garlic and ginger remained unchanged....
The local call money market rates hovered around commodity market wrap up Brent crude witnessed an upward trend in the past week, according to a press release. Brent crude oil rose above $110 a barrel Monday after stronger Chinese manufacturing...
The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet at Islamic Foundation conference room at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Friday to decide the day of holy Eid-ul-Azha. The committee will take the decision after reviewing reports on the appearance of the moon...
Mohammad Mufazzal Private banks' lukewarm attitude towards translating promise into actions has caused fresh trust-deficit in the stock market, triggering new protests by retail investors and denting hopes for a much-needed recovery, experts said Thursday. Two associations representing the owners...
Siddique Islam The government's borrowing from the banking system increased by more than 36 times in the first 115 days of this fiscal year (FY), 2011-12, following a markedly declining inflow of overseas funds and substantially lower volume of net...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith faced the wrath of some senior treasury bench members over the current dilapidated condition of the share market, reports UNB. The senior members are: Tofail Ahmed, Suranjit Sengupta and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim. All the senior...
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