Iraq's prime minister has criticised the timing of the release by Wikileaks of almost 400,000 secret US military documents about the conflict there, reports BBC.Nouri Maliki's office accused it of trying to sabotage his bid to form a new government...
NAGOYA, Oct 24 (AFP): UN talks aimed at brokering a deal to protect the world's diminishing natural resources have made little progress, green groups said ahead of the summit's crucial second phase starting Monday. The 12 days of negotiations in...
Afghan security forces have killed four militants who attacked a UN compound in the western city of Herat, officials say, reports BBC.A fifth attacker blew himself up at the gates, before the others, wearing suicide vests got inside, triggering a...
TRIPOLI, Oct 24 (AFP): Visiting President Hugo Chavez said Saturday Venezuela would not submit to any outside supervision after warnings from the United States over Caracas's decision to build its first nuclear power plant. "We will not accept being supervised...
A record-breaking number of women put their names forward for the US Congress this year, but the number of women elected is expected to fall for the first time since 1978. Why?A total of 291 women threw their hat in...
Bahrain Shiite opposition 'wins 18 of 40 parliament seats' MANAMA, Oct 24: Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group, the Islamic National Accord Association, won 18 of parliament's 40 seats in a weekend poll, the electoral commission said on Sunday. The 18...
NEW YORK, Oct 24 (Reuters): US stocks could see big swings to the downside next week on any remotely "bad" news since volatility indexes are at levels considered too low.Investors also will face a blizzard of earnings, which many analysts...
MUMBAI, Oct 24 (PTI): The combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of six of the top-10 companies went up by Rs 345.46 billion in the past week, with the maximum gain being registered by software giant Tata Consultancy Services. With an addition...
LONDON, Oct 24 (AFP): China, the world's second largest economy and its number one energy consumer, is shaking up global commodities markets where its potent growth momentum is also powering a rise in metals prices."China is now the largest energy...
AHMEDABAD, Oct 24 (Commodity Online): Cotton prices are giving sleepless nights to the textile industry, which has been reeling under the high cost pressure for a long time now, but the underlying fact is that the investors of most of...
NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (PTI): Market regulator SEBI will tomorrow consider giving more teeth to the retail investors at the time of initial public offers (IPOs) as also takeovers of the listed companies, by way of allowing them a larger...
The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction SundaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBs Sonali Bank70.650098.8649112.04770.879273.555669.366269.8459Agrani Bank70.780099.4230111.63970.879672.718869.263169.6767FCBsStanChart69.9092.14109.670.8571.1369.0866.89HSBC 70.7295100.7307114.33980.889474.252370.558370.2956Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon70.8400100.6503114.08860.908073.992169.655973.1423PCBsUttara Bank70.700099.4303111.40610.885772.437169.143169.7575AB Bank70.9000100.1845113.41940.8904NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali Bank69.700096.5512109.95500.849871.785067.726168.1864Agrani...
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed has said that there will be no need to enact any new legislation to ban religion-based politics, after the reprint of the Constitution in the light of the Supreme Court verdict on the 5th Amendment,...
RANGPUR, Oct 24 (BSS): Joint General Secretary of Awami League (AL) Mahbubul Alam Hanif has said that completion of war criminals' trial is now just a matter of time to free the nation of the stigma. "The trial process has...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Sunday passed separate orders clearing the way for the trial courts to resume proceedings of the corruption cases against former adviser to a caretaker government Justice M Fazlul Huq and former ministers Sheikh...
The National Committee for the Protection of Oil and Gas Resources and Power and Ports Sunday began seven-day long march towards Phulbari in Dinajpur to press home its seven-point demand, reports bdnews24.com. The committee began their march from the capital's...
SYLHET, Oct 24 (UNB): Body of a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was recovered from beside Maijgaon bazar rail line under Fenchuganj Upazila Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Shamim Ahmed (26), son of late Mofiz Ali of village Purangaon...
Opposition BNP has demanded a fair and neutral inquiry into Saturday's clash between the public and members of the army in Rupganj over acquisition of land for a housing project of the army, reports UNB.BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain...
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has renewed Bangladesh's trust and confidence in the UN as the only viable, universal and legitimate global body to address issues of international peace and security, human rights and development. "We are convinced that unilateral decisions...
FE ReportWomen journalists in Bangladesh face discrimination in getting assignments, because of being considered less competent, are sexually harassed and often drop out from the profession for lack of proper media policy.Recent research findings disclosed that there is absence of...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry asked the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) to take necessary steps to improve infrastructure and other facilities to attract local and foreign tourists, reports BSS.A meeting of the standing committee also...
The High Court Sunday stayed for two months the operation of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) notice asking North South University (NSU), a private educational institution, to pay in advance 15 per cent tax on annual income, reports UNB.Passing...
DU CorrespondentMore than 400 employees of Dhaka University (DU) brought out a procession on the campus Sunday demanding withdrawal of additional transport fee.Following the procession they also put barricade in front of the Vice Chancellors (VC) Office. The agitating employees...
India won the three-ODI series 1-0 as the final match was abandoned without a ball being bowled in Margao. Heavy rain on the eve of the game clogged the ground and, though the weather was clear on match day, the...
The first semifinal of the season's curtain raiser soccer meet, the GrameenPhone Federation Cup Football Tournament, will be held today (Monday) at the floodlit Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur in the city, reports UNB.Professional league...
DUBAI, OCT 24 (AP): Pakistan is hoping a strong performance in its upcoming series against South Africa will help the team put the match fixing scandal behind it and start gaining back the confidence of its beleaguered fans. The team,...
Chittagong and Gopalganj won their respective first phase matches in the Young Tigers Under-18 Divisional Cricket Competition at separate venues Sunday, reports UNB.Sixty-four district teams are taking part in the first phase competition at 17 neutral venues across the country....
COLOMBO, Oct 24 (AFP): Sri Lanka's only gold medallist at this month's Commonwealth Games, boxer Manju Wanniarachchi, has tested positive for a banned steroid, a report said Sunday. The privately run Lakbima News newspaper said Wanniarachchi, 30, who had brought...
WELLINGTON, Oct 24 (AFP): New Zealand selectors on Sunday went for continuity in a 15-man squad of few surprises which includes only two new caps for next month's tricky three-Test series in India.But they held back on naming the one-day...
LONDON, Oct 24 (AFP): Chelsea opened up a five-point gap at the top of the English Premier League here Saturday, goals from Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou goal wrapping up a 2-0 victory over Wolves. With Manchester City facing Arsenal...
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