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Taiwan bans high-level officials from studying in China
AFP, Taipei :Taiwan has banned its senior officials from studying in China for “national security” reasons in the latest dispute overshadowing improved ties with China,...
UN chief Ban Ki-moon visits war-ravaged Somalia
AFP, Mogadishu :UN chief Ban Ki-moon met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud under heavy security Wednesday in Mogadishu, his first visit to the dangerous...
India shifts thousands ahead of cyclone, Pakistan on alert
AFP, India :India was Wednesday shifting thousands of people out of the way of Cyclone Nilofar due to hit the region this weekend, while Pakistan...
Turkey seeks to rescue 18 miners trapped by flood
AFP, Istanbul :Turkish emergency workers were Wednesday trying to reach 18 miners who were trapped when their shaft was engulfed by water, amid growing fears...
‘Rat is economic, social enemy’
BSS, Narsingdi :Speakers at a programme said rat is a social and economic enemy as it destroys thousands of tonnes food grains, spreads diseases, damages...
Preparation of Bangladesh to tackle Ebola satisfactory: WHO
.BSS, Kathmandu :World Health Organisation (WHO) Director (South East Asia Communicable Diseases Department) Dr Rajesh Bhatia today praised the government for the preparatory steps taken...
DSE turnover Tk 545.68cr, CSE Tk 43.056cr
UNB, Dhaka :Key share price index at the country’s twin bourses-Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) — again suffer loss on Wednesday,...
