Finance News: Latest Financial News, Finance News today in Bangladesh

Syrian govt gains in Ghouta, Turkey steps up Afrin attack

Damascus, Mar 04 (Reuters): Syrian government forces gained more ground in an assault on eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Saturday as they seek to defeat the last major rebel enclave near the capital, a war monitor and a news service run by Lebanon's Hezbollah said.On another front in the multi-sided...

China's ‘two sessions’ to take on new mission for a new era

BEIJING, Mar 04 (Xinhua): China's top political advisory body started its annual session Saturday afternoon in Beijing, kicking off an important political season that will highlight new missions for the country's goal of a "great modern socialist country."Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conf-erence (CPPCC) National...

Merkel vows 'good for Germany' as SPD paves way for her fourth term

BERLIN, Mar 04 (AFP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday vowed to work with the Social Democrats for the "good of Germany", after the centre-left party cleared the last hurdle in the way of the veteran leader's fourth term by agreeing to join her new coalition.Two in three of the...

Prince Harry, Meghan wow Edinburgh

LONDON, Mar 04 (Reuters): Prince Harry and his American fiancee Meghan Markle, who was dressed in a Scottish tartan coat, were welcomed enthusiastically in Edinburgh on Tuesday on an official joint visit to Scotland ahead of their marriage in May.Crowds who had waited hours in the cold outside Edinburgh Castle,...

Pakistan elects first female Hindu Dalit senator

ISLAMABAD, Mar 04 (AFP): Pakistan elected its first female senator from the lowest Dalit caste over the weekend, in polls which also saw the ruling party strengthen its hand ahead of general elections in the Muslim-majority country.Opposition candidate Krishna Kumari Kohli's surprise victory stirred a wave of optimism on social...

Iran denies links to Bahrain 'terror cell'

TEHRAN, Mar 04 (AFP): Iran said on Sunday that claims Bahrain had arrested a 116-member 'terrorist cell' trained by Iran were "baseless"."Pinning the blame on others and repeating outdated scenarios and baseless accusations against others will not help the Bahraini government resolve its problems with its citizens," said foreign ministry...

S Africa listeriosis outbreak toll hits 180

JOHANNESBURG, Mar 04 (AFP): South African health officials said on Sunday that listeriosis has killed 180 people since the start of last year and originated at a food factory in the country's northeast.Listeriosis is caused by a bacteria found in soil, water, vegetation and animal faeces, and can contaminate food,...

News in Brief(05-03-2018)

Pak PM to visit Nepal todayISLAMABAD, Mar 4: Pakistani Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit Nepal on Monday as part of Pakistan's proactive and outreach efforts to engage with regional countries, the country's foreign ministry said here on Sunday. The PM will convey felicitations to the Nepalese leadership...

People hold Spanish flags during a pro-unity rally

BARCELONA: People hold Spanish flags during a pro-unity rally organised by the Tabarnia movement, a fictional region that wants independence from Catalonia in Barcelona on Sunday. — AFP