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The Financial Express

127351. Pabna-4 nomination seekers woo party stalwarts for ticketsPublished: December 20, 2017 18:37:23

The nomination seekers in Pabna-4 constituency have stepped up campaigns in a bid to convince their party high-ups for party tickets, even though the general election is still over a...


127352. Heavy fog disrupts Dhaka airport service for 10 hoursPublished: December 20, 2017 16:51:55

Heavy fog disrupted services at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for 10 hours, delaying a number of domestic and international flights. The fog was too heavy for planes to land...


127353. China to turn Panda poo into tissue paperPublished: December 20, 2017 16:51:45

China's giant pandas are a top tourist draw, a tool for soft diplomacy - and now, a source of tissue paper. The national panda reserve in Sichuan province has signed...


127354. Uber a taxi company, not an app: EU courtPublished: December 20, 2017 16:32:31

Uber is officially a transport company and not a digital service, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. The ride-hailing firm argued it was an information society service -...


127355. European markets open lowerPublished: December 20, 2017 16:10:29

European shares slipped slightly at the opening session on Wednesday following a drop in the previous day when a sell-off on the bond market weighed and support from a tax...


127356. Mideast stocks mixed after Saudi budgetPublished: December 20, 2017 15:53:43

Mideast stocks were mixed on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia unveiled $261 billion state budget on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s stock market stalled in early trade today as cement shares ran into...


127357. Eight IU students receive dean awardsPublished: December 20, 2017 15:36:11

Eight students of Applied Science and Technology Faculty of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia have received the university’s dean award for their outstanding academic results in the honours examinations under 2010-11...


127358. Subaru launches probe into mileage cheatingPublished: December 20, 2017 15:15:09

Subaru Corp on Wednesday said it was investigating whether its inspectors may have falsified data on vehicle mileage readings during final inspections conducted on cars sold in Japan. The Japanese...


127359. Facebook to notify users when their photos are uploadedPublished: December 20, 2017 15:10:33

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would begin using facial recognition technology to tell people on the social network when others upload photos of them, if they agree to let...


127360. Kiwis cruise past Windies in ODI openerPublished: December 20, 2017 15:10:20

The Kiwis have put on a commanding display in the first ODI against the West Indies, cruising to a five-wicket win in the series opener in Whangarei, New Zealand. The...


127361. Factbox: What's in the final Republican tax billPublished: December 20, 2017 15:03:42

The US House of Representatives was expected to vote on Tuesday on a sweeping, debt-financed tax bill, with approval likely. House passage would send the bill on to the Senate,...


127362. Pakistan ‘obliged’ to help US: TrumpPublished: December 20, 2017 14:52:46

US President Donald Trump reminded Pakistan that it’s obliged to help America because it receives “massive payments” from Washington every year. Trump said while unveiling his new national security strategy....


127363. Abductors demanded money, says UtpalPublished: December 20, 2017 14:39:01

Journalist Utpal Das, who had been missing for more than two months, says his captors demanded money. But he could not say who the kidnappers were or where they had...


127364. SystemEye comes with laptop exchange offersPublished: December 20, 2017 14:33:53

SystemEye Technologies Limited has announced to give brand new laptop in exchange of any old laptop on the eve of new-year festival. The company introduced the offer, ‘Laptop Exchange’, which...


127365. Little Nawab Taimur turns onePublished: December 20, 2017 14:16:48

As star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s little munchkin Taimur has turned one today, the Pataudi Palace is all decked up for little Nawab’s first birthday. Karisma...


127366. India's Sensex hits record; auto stocks risePublished: December 20, 2017 14:16:43

Indian shares hit record highs at the open on Wednesday, surpassing the previous milestone hit more than a month ago, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s electoral victories in key states...


127367. Woman dies from pet dogs’ bitePublished: December 20, 2017 14:15:35

Police in rural Virginia, southeastern US state, have released disturbing details about a woman who they say was brutally mauled to death by her two dogs while taking them for...


127368. Malaysia inflation rate eases in NovPublished: December 20, 2017 14:10:48

Malaysia's consumer price index rose 3.4 per cent in November from a year earlier, on higher transport costs, government data showed on Wednesday. The annual inflation rate matched the 3.4...


127369. Arrested Reuters journos face court case in MyanmarPublished: December 20, 2017 14:02:29

A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Wednesday he had been informed that the police had almost completed their investigation of two arrested Reuters journalists, after...


127370. Disability cricket achieves new heightsPublished: December 20, 2017 13:56:44

Some had no arms or legs, while others had no control of their limbs, but they took to the field at Dhaka University’s Jagannath Hall to place on extraordinary exhibitions...


127371. Argentina passes pension reform despite protestsPublished: December 20, 2017 13:53:35

Argentina’s government has passed a reform to the pension system on Tuesday, after days of demonstrations by the bill’s opponents and violent clashes between protesters and police. The law changes...


127372. Needlework turns fortune wheel of NurjahanPublished: December 20, 2017 01:18:18

MAGURA, Dec19: Needlework has turned fortune wheel of Nurjahan. In 1980, Nurjahan Begum of village Raigram under Magura Sadar was married with Alamgir Hossein of Islampur village in Kushtia. Just...


127373. Landless cultivators happy over bumper yield of sesamePublished: December 20, 2017 01:17:31

BOGRA, Dec 19: Hundreds of landless sesame peasants of Jamuna basin under Sonatola upazila of Bogra district are seen happy over bumper yield of the crops in this current season...


127374. Beekeepers in Pabna, Sirajganj eye massive profit this seasonPublished: December 20, 2017 01:16:32

PABNA, Dec 19: More than 700 beekeepers in different area of Pabna and Sirajganj districts are expecting to make a huge profit this season. Sub-assistance agriculture of DAE, Chatmohor upazila,...


127375. Bangladesh thru to SAFF U-15 Women's Championship finalPublished: December 20, 2017 01:14:40

Akhi Khatun's two goals helped Bangladesh cruise into the final of the four-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-15 Women's Championship with one match to spare after a 3-0 goals...


127376. S Korean shares edge lowerPublished: December 20, 2017 13:04:01

South Korea’s KOSPI stock index weakened on Wednesday, while  the Korean won rose to a four-week closing high on the local platform while bond yields fell. At 06:33 GMT, the...


127377. City reach League Cup semis with shootout winPublished: December 20, 2017 13:02:05

Manchester City’s stellar season gathered yet more momentum as the runaway Premier League leaders reached the League Cup semi-finals with a penalty shootout victory at Leicester City after a 1-1...


127378. Chinese air force planes fly through Tsushima StraitPublished: December 19, 2017 12:38:14

Chinese air force planes flew through Tsushima Strait for the first time and conducted drills in international airspace over the Sea of Japan. An air force spokesperson said on Monday....


127379. Facebook removes 3m posts over copyright violationPublished: December 19, 2017 12:36:32

Facebook Inc announced Monday that it removed nearly 3 million posts, including videos, ads and other forms of content, from its services during the first half of 2017 following complaints...


127380. Japan strengthening missile defence amid threatPublished: December 19, 2017 12:23:00

Japan's Cabinet has approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based US missile combat systems to step up the country's defence capability amid escalating threats from North Korea....


127381. Call for proactive actions to ensure food safetyPublished: December 19, 2017 12:21:33

A national workshop was held in Dhaka recently to evaluate the initiatives needed to promote greater awareness and action to ensure food safety in Bangladesh. The workshop entitled “Ensuring Food...


127382. BMW electric car sales hit 0.10m targetPublished: December 19, 2017 12:19:19

BMW said on Monday it had hit its target of selling 0.10 million (100,000) electric cars this year around the world, benefiting from strong demand in western Europe and the...


127383. Artist secures bail on daughter’s birthdayPublished: December 19, 2017 12:04:54

A Chinese artist who was arrested after posting videos about Beijing's controversial mass evictions has been released on bail, according to friends. Hua Yong had filmed a widely-shared farewell video...


127384. First e-registration of diabetic patients in BDPublished: December 19, 2017 12:00:19

  A nation-wide electronic diabetic patient registration will be introduced in Bangladesh, the first of its kinds, with a view to delivering quality care for patient living with diabetes through...


127385. Turkish PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu, martyrsPublished: December 19, 2017 15:55:23

Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Tuesday paid tribute to the martyrs of 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Turkish Prime Minister arrived here on...


127386. Investigation launched over mass grave in RakhinePublished: December 19, 2017 11:43:17

Security forces have discovered a mass grave on the edge of a village in Rakhine State, and have launched an investigation. Myanmar’s army said it on Monday. violent crackdown by...


127387. South Korean pop star ‘kills self’Published: December 19, 2017 10:16:38

The lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee died in hospital on Monday in a possible suicide that robs fans of the globally-famous K-Pop genre of one of...


127388. Woman alleges rape in another Banani hotelPublished: December 19, 2017 11:21:37

A woman has filed a case against a man for raping her at a hotel in Banani eight and a half months after the alleged rape at Raintree Hotel in...


127389. Farmers Bank MD removedPublished: December 19, 2017 12:43:22

The central bank of Bangladesh on Tuesday removed the Farmers Bank’s Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) AKM Shameem on charge of his alleged liquidity crunch and loan...


127390. SUST waiting lists candidates’ interview from Dec 26Published: December 19, 2017 11:44:46

The viva-voce of first year honours courses from the waiting lists under 2017-18 academic years of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will start from December 26 (Saturday). Professor...


127391. BD, Myanmar form joint working group to repatriate RohingyasPublished: December 19, 2017 13:43:04

Bangladesh and Myanmar have formed a 30-member Joint Working Group to oversee the repatriation of the Rohingyas refugees. Delegations from both the countries sat in a meeting at the state...


127392. 258m international migrants today: UNPublished: December 19, 2017 12:09:14

An estimated 258 million people have left their birth countries and are now living in other nations — an increase of 49 per cent since 2000. A report on international...


127393. BCL strike brings CU to haltPublished: December 19, 2017 13:17:04

The Chittagong University campus remains idle on the second day on Tuesday due to the indefinite strike enforced by Bangladesh Chhatra League. The teachers' bus services have also been forced...


127394. Clashes erupt in Argentina over pension reformPublished: December 19, 2017 13:44:06

Argentina's Congress has been debating pension reforms for the second time in a week amid more violent protests in the capital, Buenos Aires. The lower house was due to vote...


127395. Rohingya arrival drops to 100 per dayPublished: December 19, 2017 20:51:30

The UN refugee agency has estimated that average arrival rate of Rohingyas has dropped to 100 per day so far this month (December).  The average rate of arrival of Rohingya...


127396. $510m WB loan for educationPublished: December 19, 2017 14:27:04

The World Bank (WB) will provide US$510 million to help improve the secondary education system and student performance in Bangladesh. The concessional credit was approved by the WB Board at...


127397. Bangladesh, Turkey sign two MoUsPublished: December 19, 2017 17:23:55

Bangladesh and Turkey have signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in the areas of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and maintain the standards of products. The signing...


127398. Kurnikova, Iglesias welcome twinsPublished: December 19, 2017 15:13:22

Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias have welcomed twins over the weekend, a boy and a girl. The news has come as a surprise to many fans of the low-key couple,...


127399. Prosecution ends argument over Khaleda’s graft casePublished: December 19, 2017 15:27:04

The prosecution on Tuesday completed its argument in the Zia Orphanage Trust Graft case filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and five others. On completion of the argument, Judge Md...


127400. 65 journalists killed worldwide in 2017: RSFPublished: December 19, 2017 20:36:53

Sixty-five journalists workers were killed around the world in 2017, according to the Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF). The RSF revealed the information in its annual report published on Tuesday. The...