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AP 2017-11-13 11:28:03
Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason. Only 39 p...
-- 2017-11-13 10:41:55
At least 33 people were killed in a train crash at Buyofwe in the Lualaba province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN radio station Okapi reports. Radio Okapi said the train carrying flammable m...
BBC 2017-11-13 01:32:49
Hundreds of people have marched in Hollywood in support of victims of sexual assault and harassment, inspired by the #MeToo social media campaign. The march follows a torrent of assault and harassmen...
-- 2017-11-13 01:31:15
At least two troops of Assam Rifles were killed and six others injured Monday in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in India's northeastern state of Manipur, officials said. The IED went...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2017-11-12 12:00:00
Some of Bangladesh's banks don't have 'in-depth' look into the problem of spiraling non-performing loans (NPL) while many others try to frame remedial strategies perfunctorily. Such observations came...
FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-11-12 12:00:00
The government has sought around US$1.83 billion worth of assistance from Japan for bankrolling six development projects, officials said Saturday. Officials at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said they...
-- 2017-11-12 12:00:00
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have rallied in Barcelona on Saturday to demand the release of separatist leaders held in prison. Wearing yellow ribbons on their lapels backing the region's bid to...
-- 2017-11-12 12:00:00
An Indonesian visual effects museum that encouraged visitors to take selfies with a waxwork of Hitler against a giant image of the Auschwitz extermination camp has removed the exhibit after protests.&...
Mohammad Mufazzal 2017-11-12 12:00:00
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) has urged the finance minister to exclude some components, including sponsors' investments in mutual funds (MFs), from the banks' exposure to the capital...
Xinhua 2017-11-12 11:45:20
Frequent alcohol drinking kills new cells in key brain regions, with females being more vulnerable, a new study on mice said Thursday. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) a...
-- 2017-11-12 11:17:24
Egyptian military jets destroyed 10 vehicles carrying weapons, ammunition and smuggled goods near the country’s western desert border with Libya, the army said on Saturday. Egypt’s porou...
-- 2017-11-12 03:11:44
Oscar-winning Indian singer-composer AR Rahman will begin his multi-city tour by setting the tone for the forthcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES). The opening night of the tour branded as AR...
FE Report 2017-11-12 01:35:56
Local realtors have urged the government to reduce the registration fee from the existing 15.5 per cent to 6.5 per cent on purchase of flats and plots to help increase their sales. They made the plea...
-- 2017-11-11 12:51:55
Wall Street ended nearly unchanged on Friday, with losses in Intel and Apple as investors worried about the future of promised corporate tax cuts following duelling plans unveiled by Republican US law...
-- 2017-11-11 12:33:49
A former US Marine who lost both his legs in an explosion in Afghanistan plans to complete his 31st marathon in as many days on Saturday. Rob Jones has invited the public to accompany him as he runs...
BBC 2017-11-11 12:00:00
Breast cancer can resurface after remaining dormant for 15 years following successful treatment, a study has found. Women with large tumours and cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes had the high...
AP 2017-11-11 12:00:00
Kristen Stewart’s directing ambitions go all the way back to when she was an 11-year-old performing in the 2002 David Fincher thriller “Panic Room.” “I was working with Jodie...
-- 2017-11-11 11:49:02
A man deliberately drove his car into a group of people outside a school near Toulouse in southern France on Friday, injuring three Chinese students, police sources said. The driver of the vehicle, a...
BBC 2017-11-11 11:41:13
YouTube is to restrict the availability of videos showing children's characters in violent or sexual scenes if they are reported by viewers. Last week, a blog post by writer James Bridle highlighted...
-- 2017-11-11 10:18:52
Eighteen militiamen are on trial in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of raping 46 children. Some of the victims from the village of Kavumu were just 18 months old. The men all...
Syful Islam 2017-11-11 09:57:53
Bangladesh is revisiting its trade ties with some least developed countries (LDCs) as they are in the process of graduating out of the world's poor-country club, officials said. The reevaluation of t...
-- 2017-11-11 01:54:03
Police arrested three members of a forest robber gang from Pashurtola Khal in the Sundarbans under Satkhira range on Saturday. The arrestees were Rabiul Islam (30), Tabibur Rahman Morol (26), Shahidu...
-- 2017-11-11 01:09:44
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday warned other countries and groups against using Lebanon as vehicle for a larger proxy fight in the Middle East, saying the United States strongly backed L...
-- 2017-11-10 12:29:26
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge invested millions of pounds in offshore funds, according to revelations contained in the Paradise Papers. Both universities are said to have invested in funds...
-- 2017-11-10 11:39:43
China will expand corporate tax rate cuts for high-tech services firms nationwide, in an effort to boost its overall competitiveness. China’s finance ministry said on Friday that the tax rate f...
-- 2017-11-10 11:14:03
Confidence among Japanese manufacturers slipped in November from a decade high seen the previous month, a Reuters poll showed. But the manufacturing confidence remained strong - underscoring the thir...
-- 2017-11-10 03:35:18
European shares inched higher on Friday, supported by gains in the insurance sector following a well-received update from German heavyweight Allianz. The STOXX 600 added 0.2 per cent by 0818 GMT, as...
-- 2017-11-10 03:28:46
Most Asian stock markets fell Friday on uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tax revamp but news that Beijing will ease curbs on foreign access to some sectors buoyed Chinese shares. Japan's...
-- 2017-11-10 03:23:11
Japan’s Nikkei share average fell sharply on Friday morning hit by drops in tech shares, while Toshiba Corp stumbled on dilution fears after media reported it will issue new shares to raise fund...
-- 2017-11-10 03:22:00
Hong Kong shares were nearly flat on Friday, along with a wider selloff in global equities. The Hang Seng index was unchanged at 29,138.95 points, reports Reuters. The Hong Kong China Enterprises I...
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