Top Pakistan foreign adviser to meet Karzai
Pakistan’s top foreign affairs official will meet the Afghan president in Kabul Sunday to discuss stalled efforts to begin talks with the Taliban in Qatar, a senior Pakistani official said yesterday....
View ArticleG20 report warns of global tax chaos
Governments risk “global tax chaos” as they chase dwindling revenues from multinational companies unless the international tax regime is radically overhauled, according to a report commissioned by the...
View ArticleDetroit files for bankruptcy
Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history on Thursday, setting the stage for a costly court battle with creditors and opening a new chapter in the long struggle to revive the city...
View ArticleBritish lawyer alleges ‘govt interference’
British lawyer Toby Cadman, who was a listed defence witness for war crimes convict Ghulam Azam, yesterday alleged the government had directly been interfering in the proceedings of international...
View ArticleKing David’s palace found near Jerusalem
Archaeologists have unearthed a palace in what they believe is the fortified Judean city of Shaarayim, where the Bible states King David battled the giant Goliath. The discovery of what is thought to...
View ArticleEx-BNP minister’s Iftar party attacked
Gunmen yesterday attacked an iftar party of former BNP state minister Ziaul Haque Zia at Ramganj of Laxmipur that left 15 people injured. At least 10 of them sustained bullet injuries. Witness said...
View ArticleHefajat blames govt, media for propaganda
Hefajat-e Islam leaders yesterday claimed that the government through a media coup shortened and republished its chief Shah Ahmed Shafi’s speech delivered three years ago to decrease his “sky-high...
View ArticleNo trace of 4 workers
Parbattya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad, a student body of settlers in Rangamati, said they would enforce a district-wide road and waterways blockade tomorrow if the four people kidnapped in the district...
View ArticleTarique to return soon
BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman would return from London, where he has been living for almost five years, as soon as he recovered fully, party’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam...
View ArticleReligious minorities ‘worse off’ in Pakistan
The already poor religious freedom environment for Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus has continued to deteriorate in Pakistan over the last eighteen months, according to a US body that monitors violations...
View ArticleGraft will return with Khaleda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Khaleda Zia would destroy the country’s independence and sovereignty by resorting to corruption, terrorism, looting and money laundering if BNP comes to...
View ArticlePeople fed up with errant politicians
People are annoyed at politicians as they think the politicians are playing a cruel game with their fate, said Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday. Criticising his own kind, the Awami...
View ArticleHousemaids in Saudi Arabia get weekly day-off
The council of ministers in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday passed a new law to protect the rights of domestic workers as well as their employers. The law allows the housemaids to enjoy nine-hour free time...
View ArticleNew Delhi pledges to step up hunt
Bangladesh yesterday shared with India more information about the whereabouts of some killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, while New Delhi conveyed that it would intensify the hunt for the...
View ArticlePM’s press secy protests statement
Prime minister’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad has protested the statement of Yunus Centre about the PM’s reported comments on Prof Yunus at a meeting at the Gono Bhaban on July 11. In a rejoinder on...
View ArticleDeadly bacteria in Gazipur soil
Scientists have recently found a fatal infectious bacterium in the soil of Kapasia in Gazipur, for the first time in Bangladesh. Known as Burkholderia pseudomallei, these bacteria can cause...
View ArticleHuge rush for shopping after hartal
After four straight dawn-to-dusk hartals, city dwellers seemed to have come out of their houses on a shopping spree — leading to huge tailbacks in many important parts of the capital yesterday. Most...
View ArticleFresh move for building safety
Hot on the heels of the Rana Plaza disaster in Savar, the government has made a move to enforce building safety standards accross the country. As part of the move, the Rajuk is going to triple the...
View ArticleIsrael-Palestinian talks ‘to resume’
Israel and the Palestinians have reached an agreement which establishes the basis for resuming peace talks, the US Secretary of State has announced. John Kerry was speaking in Jordan, after meetings...
View Article‘Trayvon Martin could have been me’ Obama
President Barack Obama has said that “Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago”, in his first comments on the case since last week’s verdict. The unarmed black 17-year-old was shot and killed in...
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