US outlines steps for GSP restoration
The US Trade Representative’s Office on Friday outlined a series of steps that it asked Bangladesh to take to improve factory conditions and workers rights in order to have US trade benefits restored....
View ArticleLarge rival rallies held in Egypt
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi have staged large new protests across the country. In Cairo, tens of thousands assembled outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, scene of a weeks-long...
View ArticleThai navy denies allegation of Rohingya smuggling
Thailand’s navy denied on Friday a Reuters report that its personnel were involved in a lucrative smuggling and trafficking network that exploits minority Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in...
View ArticleMan held with 400gm gold at airport
Law enforcers arrested a man with 400 grams of gold and electronic appliances worth Tk 70 lakh at Shahjalal International Airport in the capital Friday midnight. The electronic goods include 52...
View ArticleJamaat leaders’ trial internal matter of Bangladesh: Pakistan
The Pakistan foreign office said on Friday that punishments handed over to the Bangladeshi war criminals Jamaat-e-Islami leaders was that country’s internal matter. Pakistan-based newspaper The News...
View ArticleBNP slams govt for not reaching consensus
BNP Parliamentary Party on Saturday came down heavily on the government “for not responding” to the BNP chief’s recent call to reach a consensus over the method of holding the next general elections....
View ArticleIsrael to free Palestinian prisoners
Israel says it will release a number of Palestinian prisoners as part of an agreement made with US Secretary of State John Kerry to resume peace talks. Yuval Steinitz, minister responsible for...
View ArticleLong march towards Sundarbans, if Rampal project not revoked
A citizen’s body, formed newly to protect the Sundarbans, will march towards the world’s largest mangrove from Dhaka on September 24, if the government does not backtrack on its decision to implement...
View Article20 Faridpur AL men hurt in intra-party clash
Around 20 leaders and activists of Awami League were injured in a sudden attack by their rival group in Shalta upazila of Faridpur Saturday. The attacker group damaged around 10 cars and set fire two...
View ArticleAL MP Rony ‘beats’ journos at his office
Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony allegedly assaulted two journalists of a private television channel at his office in the capital Saturday afternoon. Reporter Imtiaz Mamin Sony and cameraperson...
View ArticlePak clerics ban women from shopping alone during Ramadan
Clerics in northwest Pakistan have issued a temporary ban on women shopping unless accompanied by a male relative, a police official said on Saturday, in a step designed to keep men from being...
View ArticleKuwait court acquits 3 ex MPs of insulting emir
Kuwait’s appeals court yesterday overturned a three-year jail term on three former opposition MPs and acquitted them from the charge of insulting the emir, a rights activist said. In February, the...
View ArticleTwin quakes kill 89 in China
Rescuers battled through landslides and clogged roads in a bid to reach victims of twin earthquakes in northwest China yesterday which killed 89 people, injured almost 600 and damaged more than 20,000...
View ArticleIndia attorney general wants election poll ban: report
India’s top law officer has called for a ban on opinion polls during campaigning in next year’s general election in the world’s largest democracy, a report said yesterday. Attorney General GE Vahanvati...
View ArticleRussia discussing giving loan to Damascus: Syria
Russia is discussing extending a loan to Damascus to help its war-battered economy and is still committed to delivering S-300 missiles in defiance of the West, a top Syrian official said yesterday....
View ArticleSearch called off for Iranian climbers in Pakistan
Rescuers have called of the search for three Iranian climbers who went missing in the mountains of northern Pakistan, an official said yesterday. The Iranians sent a distress call just after summiting...
View ArticleClarification
The Daily Star report headlined “War trial a joke” on its July-22 issue mentioned that Chowdhury Mueen Uddin is a trustee of Muslim Aid. Bangladesh field office of Muslim Aid-UK in a statement...
View ArticleGrenade attack kills two, wounds six in Karachi
A hand grenade attack targeting the office of a political party late Sunday killed at least two people and wounded six others in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said. The attack, which took...
View ArticleVertical farms
It’s a difficult conundrum faced by many countries around the world — how to produce enough food for an ever-increasing population when land and space is rapidly running out. But it appears China may...
View ArticleDhaka gives no timeframe
Bangladesh has asked India to immediately arrest and hand over the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and said there was no timeframe for deporting Anup Chetia, leader of the Indian...
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