Saudi King appoints new spy chief
Reuters, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has appointed Prince Khaled bin Bandar as head of intelligence three months after his predecessor, who was in charge...
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Black money / Muhith terms report as rubbish
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has lambasted the media for misreporting the scope for ‘whitening’ black money in the 2014-15 budget.“You (the media) have misreported on...
Corruption / Indonesia’s ex- top judge gets life term
AP, Indonesia :An anti-graft court has sentenced Indonesia’s former top judge to life imprisonment for corruption and money laundering.Akil Mochtar was chief of the Constitutional...
SCBs automation / Better late than never!
When most of the private commercial banks are offering online banking facility to their clients, the government in a belated move plans to bring the...
HC for domestic help’s rights
Staff Reporter :The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government to explain as to why the effective initiative should not be...
11 gold bars, 128 iphone sets seized at HSIA
Staff Reporter :A team of Customs Intelligence seized 11 gold bars weighing about 1.2kg and 128 iphone sets at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in...
Iraqi MPs fail to elect speaker amid disarray
BBC Online :Iraq’s new parliament has ended its first session in disarray, with MPs failing to make any progress in choosing the country’s new leadership.The...
Maritime belt / No verdict on dispute with India today
UNB, Dhaka :The wait for the verdict on the maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India gets longer as theNetherlands-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)...