TEHRAN, Aug 9 (AFP): Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Thursday won pledges from Iranian leaders to support his drive to restore security to Iraq, amid US accusations that Iran is behind deadly attacks in the country. The embattled Maliki met...
DILI, Aug 9 (AFP): As East Timor's new government began its first working day Thursday, President Jose Ramos-Horta said violence that broke out this week recalled the bloody days of the nation's independence vote. Unrest surrounding East Timor's vote to...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (AFP): China, Russia and four central Asian nations began a joint anti-terror military drill in a remote Muslim- dominated Chinese region Thursday, state press reported. The exercise involves a total of 6,000 troops and 36 aircraft from...
NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (AFP): The death toll from the worst monsoon floods to hit South Asia in decades passed 2,000 Thursday even as the torrents of muddy water recede from millions of acres of farmland. Despite several dry days...
NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is standing firm in the face of opposition from his government's communist partners, insisting that a key civilian nuclear deal with Washington will not be renegotiated. Singh's unequivocal "no" to...
BAGHDAD, Aug 9 (AP): Tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged on a golden-domed shrine in northern Baghdad, some beating their heads and chests with their hands and others dancing in a circle to honor an eighth century saint known...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (AFP): Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday began deliberating an application by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to have his exile overturned and be permitted to return to the country. Sharif lodged his appeal earlier this month to end...
KIEV, Ukraine, Aug 9 (AP): A Ukrainian man is the tallest person in the world at 8 feet 5 inches, overshadowing a Chinese man who previously held the title, Guinness World Records said Wednesday. Leonid Stadnik, a 37-year-old former veterinarian,...
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, Aug 9 (AFP): Muslim extremists killed nine soldiers, and wounded two others, in an ambush on their convoy Thursday in the southern Philippines, the military said. The attack took place outside Maimbung town on the island of Jolo...
THE export-oriented frozen food sector which includes mainly the export of shrimp, has been emerging as the second most important item in the country's export trade after readymade garments. Considering its future potential as an export item of value, it...
Syed Ishtiaque RezaBANGLADESH'S flagship export item -- ready made garment sector (RMG) -- is reportedly losing orders from foreign buyers. If it is really a declining earning trend for the RMG sector, then the entire export sector of the country...
Md. Abdul JabbarREMITTANCES have played a significant role in poverty reduction in most of the developing countries. However, there have been few studies on the impact of remittances on the growth of GDP of a country. In estimating the impact...
Amy Yee THE allegations have thrown the spotlight on what critics see as the lack of accountability in India's judiciary, which is renowned for its plodding procedures, the impunity it grants sitting judges and a mounting backlog of cases.Y.K. Sabharwal,...
THE supply of basic agro-inputs such as fertilisers is noted to be a rather unreliable and corruption-riddled process nowadays. Not only fertilisers, farmers have been found facing difficulties in getting smooth supply of other inputs like seeds, irrigation water, diesel...
This year's flood has already caused a havoc to the lives of millions of people. So far the death toll crossed 150 persons. It also caused an extensive loss of crops and property. The present government as well as the...
YANGON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua): Myanmar is striving to complete upgrading its four domestic sections of roads of the ASEAN Highway Network to Class-3 by 2009 under an agreement reached by ASEAN Transport Ministers at their meeting in Yangon last month,...
KATHMANDU, Aug. 9 (Xinhua): Despite political breakthrough and steps toward restoring peace, foreign direct investment (FDI) commitment grew by a meager 313 million Nepali rupees (some 4.8 million US dollars) over the fiscal year in 2006/07 ended in mid- July....
BEIJING, Aug 9 (AFP): China will not sell off its US dollar assets as long as there is no major disagreement with the United States, a researcher at a top government think tank said today. Zhang Ming, an economist with...
BANGKOK, Aug 09 (AFP): Thailand's consumer confidence fell to a new five-year low in July amid concern over high oil prices and pressure on exports as the baht held firm against the dollar, researchers said today. The July consumer confidence...
NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (PTI): Growing at the rate of 25 per cent a year, medical tourism is on track to become a USD two billion industry in another five years. An estimated 1,50,000 patients arrived in 2004 from across...
DUBAI, Aug 9 (PTI): India, which is wooing foreign investment in all sectors especially in infrastructure, is eyeing Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) from the cash-rich Gulf region. "India is keen to promote its trade and political ties with the neighbouring...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (CEIS): China said yesterday that the United States importers and brand owners should take responsibility for recalled toys, as statistics showed the US product quality watchdog filed 29 recall cases involving toys made in China in 2006....
LONDON, Aug 9 (AFP): Restrictions on animal movement imposed after a foot and mouth outbreak in Britain last week were eased today, though the European Union extended its ban on British meat and livestock exports. Livestock were also being culled...
PARIS, Aug 9 (Xinhua): The financial rating agency Standard and Poor's (SP) is projecting that economic growth rate within the European Union will be between 2.9 per cent and 2.6 per cent in 2008, according to a statement published by...
SEOUL, Aug 9 (AFP): South Korea today raised its key interest rate for the second time in as many months in an attempt to soak up liquidity and keep inflation in check. The Bank of Korea announced it was raising...
SYDNEY, Aug 9 (AFP): Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3 per cent in July, according to official figures today. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed the nation's unemployment rate remained at a seasonally-adjusted 4.3 per cent recorded in...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (PTI): Indian sugar is all set to hit the local market in a big way as two consignments of 12,000 tonnes are reaching Pakistan in next two to three days. The first consignment of 6,000 tonnes is...
MANILA, Aug 9 (AFP): A global shift toward renewable energy could jack up food prices by up to 80 per cent as crops and farmland are diverted to producing biofuels, an international agricultural think-tank warned today. Joachim von Braun, director-general...
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (AFP): World oil prices finished lower yesterday in choppy trade, despite a larger than expected decline in US crude stocks, as speculators engaged in a bout of profit- taking, traders said. Prices still remain relatively high,...
FE Report Central Insurance Company Limited (CICL) and Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) signed an agreement for credit rating at the CICL head office in the city recently. CICL Acting Managing Director Md Fasiar Rahman and CRAB Vice-chairman...
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