Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday gave final approval to five proposed banks for getting licences. The five proposed banks which got the approval are NRB Commercial Bank, NRB Bank, Union Bank, Sout... Read more
It would be an understatement to say that the National Transition Council (NTC) has failed to govern Libya effectively since the fall of Gaddafi. The majority of territory outside Tripoli ha... Read more
Several years ago, a dinner-table conversation about state elections in Himachal Pradesh veered towards a candidate who gave away pressure cookers to woo women voters. Of course, bribing vot... Read more
BASF and Malaysian state-owned oil and gas firm Petronas have decided not to pursue an extension of their partnership to a second specialty chemicals plant after failing to agree on terms.... Read more
Breaking cover from a lookout point disguised as a dune, four soldiers storm into the open, ploughing through the sand with rifles aloft. Their battle cries are like seagull calls, and from... Read more
DHAKA, Jan 12, 2013 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the countrymen, including the lawyers, to be united against the evil design of the anti-liberation forces to foil t... Read more
DHAKA, Jan 12, 2013 – The South Asia Regional Art Exhibition “Imagining our Future Together” organized by the World Bank (WB) will open on January 22 at World Bank headquar... Read more
QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 11, 2013 – A string of bombings in Pakistan including a twin suicide attack on a snooker hall used by Shiite Muslims has left 114 people dead, in one of the deadl... Read more
The United Nations has ended its peacekeeping and political mission in East Timor 13 years after the tiny nation broke free from Indonesia in a bloody independence ballot. The United Nations... Read more
Death of India rape victim stirs anger, promises of action
A woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India died from her injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action from a government th... Read more