Christopher Adams, Political Correspondent London's status as one of the world's leading financial centres risks being undermined by excessive delays at Heathrow and the airport's sprawling layout, the new City minister warned on Monday.In her first interview in the role,...
Sheila McNulty in HoustonIncreasing state ownership and rising resource nationalism are emerging as the main long-term threats to global oil supplies, says a report for the industry by an energy consultancy.The report by PFC Energy highlights the shift in power...
Stella GonzalesHuman rights has returned to the fore in the Philippines following a month of events that have focused public attention on violations ranging from abduction to extrajudicial killings. The Supreme Court's chief justice expressed concern that the rising violence...
Antoaneta BezlovaDogged by a plethora of reports in the foreign media highlighting problem Chinese goods and worried that product-safety recalls are spiralling into a major problem for its export juggernaut, Beijing has shifted gear to defend its battered "Made in...
Feizal SamathSri Lanka is regularly hauled up by western donors for its dismal human rights record, but its biggest exports, tea and garments, are gaining global recognition for ensuring workers' rights and welfare.Products like "ethical teas" and "ethical bras" (lingerie),...
Thalif DeenThe U.S. decision last week to proceed with a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India has triggered strong negative responses from peace activists, disarmament experts and anti-nuclear groups."The development of a nuclear/strategic alliance between the United States and India...
Zhang QuanyiIgnoring orders from the Iraqi government, celebratory gunfire resounded across Baghdad and revelers poured into the streets after Iraq beat Saudi Arabia in Jakarta, Indonesia, to clinch its first Asian Cup soccer championship last Sunday night. It should have...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (AFP): Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday ordered the release of a senior opposition leader who was jailed in 2004 on treason charges for criticising the army, party and legal officials said. Javed Hashmi, from the Pakistan Muslim League...
KABUL, Aug 3 (AFP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to meet his US counterpart George W. Bush at the weekend for talks likely to be overshadowed by the Taliban's capture of 21 South Korean aid workers. South Korea is...
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (AFP): India and the United States unveiled Friday the text of the operating agreement for their controversial civilian nuclear technology sharing deal. The agreement, which took two years to complete, spells out how a plan for...
TRIPOLI, Aug 3 (AFP): Libya signed a contract with France Thursday to buy Milan anti-tank missiles worth 168 million euros (230 million dollars), in the first such deal a European embargo was lifted, a Libyan official said. The contract was...
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 3 (AFP): African Union (AU) members Thursday pledged to put more troops into the UN-approved peacekeeping mission in Darfur, where fresh tribal violence left dozens dead. Ambassadors to the pan-African body gathered at its Addis Ababa headquarters...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3 (AFP): An official report released Friday has recommended legal action against Nepal's king for his role in suppressing massive protests that forced an end to his direct rule last year. King Gyanendra scrapped 14 months of authoritarian...
SEOUL, Aug 3 (AFP): North Korea warned Friday that a major military exercise planned by South Korea and the United States this month could create a hurdle to a nuclear disarmament deal. The Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the...
BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (AFP): Four more American soldiers have been killed in the Iraqi capital in two separate attacks, the US military said Friday. Three were killed and 11 others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded against an armoured patrol...
MOSCOW, Aug 3 (Xinhua): Russian supply ship Progress M-61 was blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan's steppes to the international Space Station (ISS) Thursday, the Mission Control outside Moscow said. The Soyuz-2 carrier rocket with the supply ship...
LONDON, Aug 3 (AP): A suspect who was critically burned in a botched car bomb attempt at Glasgow Airport has died after more than a month in the hospital, ending police hopes he might be questioned or charged. Kafeel Ahmed,...
KINSHASA, Aug 3 (AFP): At least 100 people were killed when a goods train jumped the tracks in the Democratic Republic of Congo overnight Thursday, with illegal passengers thought to be among the dead. "According to our information, at least...
FE ReportShort supply followed by countrywide massive flood pushed up the prices of all essential commodities sharply in the city markets over the past week.The crop lands of the vegetable growing districts like Narsingdi and Manikganj have been inundated.As a...
FE ReportGrameenphone Ltd (GP) has recently signed an agreement with Bank Asia Ltd (BA) to provide it with complete communication facilities under the GP Business Solutions package.According to the deal, BA is being provided with complete communications solutions tailored to...
Eleven more flood-related deaths were reported Friday, raising the toll to 65 as the current flood situation may worsen further in the country's central parts with the swelling of major rivers, officials said.An official at the flood control room told...
Some 350 workers wearing red shirts began demolishing the Rangs Bhaban in the city Friday morning at the instruction of RAJUK, a day after the owners of the building lost their legal battle in the Supreme Court, report agencies.The demolition...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has been deprived of about 85 per cent of the Value Added Tax (VAT) due to a nexus between taxmen and businesses, recent government findings reveal.This means, only 15 per cent of the potential amount of...
A Z M AnasThe caretaker government (CG) is unlikely to extend the advisory services of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for the modernisation of Agrani Bank. A working group, which oversees reforms in the state-run commercial banks, feels that the contract of...
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (UNB): Bangladesh and India concluded the Home Secretary-level meeting here Friday discussing outstanding issues like demarcation of 6.5 kms border, exchange of enclaves, killing of innocent civilians, drugs smuggling and trafficking in person and security and...
S M JahangirWith the availability of adequate volume of natural gas at local level becoming uncertain, the government is now eyeing coal-based power plants to be set up in short and long run.The government is now working on a long-term...
BNP chairperson's adviser ASM Hannan Shah Friday ruled out any scope of holding a council meeting excluding Khaleda Zia, reports bdnews24.com."No council or elections would be allowed to be held minus Khaleda Zia. She has become an uncompromising leader through...
Peter Smith, FT Syndication ServiceCOOLUM: A rise in protectionist trade is a "serious threat" to growth and living standards in the global economy, warned a gathering of some of the world's most influential finance ministers.One way to "dampen protectionist sentiment"...
Describing the freezing of Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina and her family members' bank accounts as violation of fundamental rights, party Environment Affairs secretary Hasan Mahmud urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to revoke its decision, reports UNB.The...
SAVAR, Aug 30: Nearly 400 workers of a readymade garment factory in the old EPZ of Savar Friday fell ill after having lunch at the factory. Nearly 300 sick workers were admitted to the Savar Gonoshasthya Hospital, Savar Enam Medical...
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