Int’l pressure looming
Failing to move the two main political parties through persuasion, the international community may now turn to pressure tactics to make the two leaders reach a consensus for the holding of credible and...
View ArticlePM reaches KSA to perform Umrah
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Jeddah, Saudi Arabia early today on a three-day visit to perform holy Umrah. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her...
View Article17 dead in Latvia supermarket roof collapse
At least 17 people died, including three firefighters, after large sections of roof collapsed at a Latvian supermarket during the evening shopping rush-hour, the country’s rescue service said early...
View ArticleUS gives Afghanistan year-end deadline for crucial security deal
President Hamid Karzai triggered uncertainty about a vital security pact with the United States on Thursday by saying it should not be signed until after Afghanistan’s presidential election next April,...
View ArticleCommunists lead in partial vote results in Nepal
Partial results in Nepal’s constituent assembly election show two traditional rival parties vying for the lead. Initial results announced Friday morning showed the Communist Party of Nepal (United...
View Article17 held over Satkhira AL leader murder
Police have arrested 17 people in connection with the killing of Abu Raihan, organising secretary of Debhata upazila Awami League unit, in Satkhira. Criminals stabbed Raihan indiscriminately with...
View ArticlePay commission for public servants Sunday: Muhith
The government will announce a pay commission next Sunday which will formulate a new pay structure for government employees, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said today. “Earlier we informed about forming...
View ArticleEconomist on Bangladesh politics
In two months, or sooner, Bangladeshis will go to the polls. This general election will be the seventh stab at a political transition involving the two heads of bickering dynasties—Khaleda Zia, of the...
View ArticleOpposition threatens to paralyse country
The BNP-led 18-party opposition combine has threatened to paralyse the country if the schedule for the 10th parliamentary election is announced without formation of a non-partisan government. “The...
View ArticleJS polls schedule likely by Monday
The schedule for the 10th parliamentary election might be announced by November 25, Election Commissioner Md Shah Nawaz said today. “The schedule is almost finalised and it might be declared by next...
View ArticleCong didn’t want to end poverty as it feared losing power: Modi
Attacking Congress for “doing nothing for poor”, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi yesterday said the ruling party, over generations never wanted to educate people and eliminate poverty...
View ArticleThousands rally against US drone strikes in Pakistan
Thousands of right-wing Pakistani activists led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan yesterday staged a protest against US drone strikes, threatening to block Nato supply routes if strikes...
View ArticleAussie PM writes to Indonesian president
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday said he had written a letter to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over a spying row that has knocked relations between the neighbours to...
View Article18,000 evacuated after pipeline explosion in China
Some 18,000 people were evacuated from a Chinese coastal city after an oil pipeline explosion killed at least 47 people and sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky, a local government report said...
View ArticleUS military scales down aid efforts in Philippines
The US military has began scaling back its emergency relief operations in the Philippines as work shifts to recovery and rehabilitation in typhoon-hit areas, a US aid agency official said yesterday....
View ArticleEU ups food aid to Myanmar in Kachin rebel spike
The EU said Saturday it is upping mainly food aid to Myanmar after clashes between state troops and ethnic Kachin rebels which trapped children in a remote area. The European Commission said it was...
View ArticleTwo dead, one missing in Greece after island flood: authorities
Two women died on the Greek tourist island of Rhodes and a man was missing after heavy rainfall hit the area, the fire department said yesterday. The 27-year-old woman’s body was found in the sea...
View Article15 dead in latest bout of Iraq bloodshed
Twin suicide bombings at a Shiite mosque in north Iraq were the deadliest in attacks nationwide that killed 15 people yesterday, amid a surge in bloodshed authorities have failed to quell. The...
View ArticleSuspect in Mali shooting ‘hates whites’: investigators
A Malian arrested after a French police officer was shot at in Bamako “hates white people” and has a history of violence, sources close to the investigation told AFP yesterday. The officer, on...
View ArticleRobbers loot jewellers, killing staff
A gang of robbers shot dead a jewellery shop worker in the city’s Chawkbazar Chatipotti area yesterday evening. The victim was Gopal Chandra, 50. Quoting locals, Mohiuddin Mahmud, officer-in-charge of...
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