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AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s child poverty rate has hit a record high, according to a government survey, prompting criticism that Tokyo wasn’t doing enough to fix...

AFP, Singapore :Oil prices rose in Asia Friday after a Malaysia Airlines plane came down in war-ravaged Ukraine and Israel launched a ground offensive into...

AFP, Brasilia :Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed Thursday to create a $20 billion fund to finance infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.The fund...

Xinhua, Washington :An international team of scientists Thursday unveiled a draft genome sequence of bread wheat, also known as common wheat, a scientific advancement that...

The BBC said Thursday that it will cut 415 jobs from its news department in the latest cost- cutting measures by the world’s largest public...

Xinhua, Yangon :Myanmar has reiterated its commitment to implement child-labor-related Convention-182 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) which will come into force from Dec. 18,...

Awami League Advisory Council member and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Suranjit Sengupta Friday called the concerned...

Hawkers in the city’s new market and Riazuddin Bazaar areas have again occupied the footpaths ahead of Ed-ul-Fitre causing extreme sufferings to the pedestrians.People alleged...

Agriculture experts at a farmers’ training course have stressed for expanded cultivation of drought-tolerant variety paddies to increase rice production for ensuring food security under...

Export of ready-made garments (RMG) surged by 14 per cent to reach $24.49 billion in the just-concluded fiscal year (2013-14) defying a global negative propaganda...