Mideast violence spreads as Turkey bombs Kurdish militants
Reuters, Istanbul :War against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq threatened to spill into Turkey on Tuesday, where reports emerged that the air force...
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Battle for control of Kobane
Al-Jazeera.com :Battles have continued to rage on along Turkey’s border between the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL) fighters and Syrian Kurds as...
UN snubs Pakistan, refuses to interfere in Kashmir
Zee Media Bureau, United Nations :The United Nations has once again ignored Pakistan’s renewed efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue.In a clear snub to Pakistan,...
US needs to replan Ebola control
Reuters, Dallas :Medical experts need to rethink how highly infectious diseases are handled in the United States, a US health official said on Monday, after...
Recognition of Palestine ‘still long way off’
AFP, Gaza :Despite a highly-symbolic British vote to recognise Palestine as a state, the road to official recognition is still fraught with obstacles, experts say,...
Modi announces Rs 1000 cr for cyclone-hit AP
IANS, Hyderabad :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a package of Rs 1,000 crore for cyclone-hit Andhra Pradesh.The Prime Minister also announced an amount...
HK police dismantle protest barriers, reopen key road
Reuters, Hong Kong :Hundreds of Hong Kong police used sledgehammers and chainsaws to dismantle pro-democracy barricades near government offices and the city’s financial center on...
BD has scope to be introduced at ASEM Summit : EM
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh’s participation in the10th summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) will help the country appear as a ‘responsible’ and ‘active’ State at the...
Iqbal BCIC chairman
Business Desk :Mohammad Iqbal, Additional Secretary has joined Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) as its 30th Chairman on Sunday.Prior to joining BCIC he was the...