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China- ESCAP to strengthen PPP in Asia-Pacific

China- ESCAP to strengthen PPP in Asia-Pacific

FE Online Report 2017-11-01 02:31:01

China and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have signed a new agreement to strengthen Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the region. They inked the d...

Pakistani wife kills 15 in-laws bid to poison husband

Pakistani wife kills 15 in-laws bid to poison husband

BBC 2017-11-01 01:10:28

A newlywed woman in Pakistan has been arrested on suspicion of killing her husband and at least 14 of his relatives with poisoned milk. Police claim Asiya Bibi had intended the deadly substance for h...

Russia, Nigeria ink nuclear power plants deal

Russia, Nigeria ink nuclear power plants deal

BBC 2017-11-01 01:01:38

Russia has signed a deal to build two nuclear power plants in Nigeria, as Africa's largest economy seeks to end its energy crisis. Russian state-owned company Rosatom will build one in the south, the...

Indonesia shootout leaves two militants dead

Indonesia shootout leaves two militants dead

Reuters 2017-10-31 12:49:20

Indonesian counter-terrorism police killed two militants suspected of having links with a pro-Islamic State network in a shootout on the eastern island of Sumbawa, officials said on Tuesday. Authori...

US captures Benghazi attack suspect

US captures Benghazi attack suspect

Reuters 2017-10-31 12:00:00

US forces have captured a militant who is believed to have played a role in a 2012 attack on a US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other...

US loses in the Mideast even as it wins against Islamic State

US loses in the Mideast even as it wins against Islamic State

-- 2017-10-31 12:00:00

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited the Middle East last weekend with two simple aims - to wrap Iraq into America's regional axis against Iran, and persuade Saudi Arabia to end its blockade of...

Maiden railway carriage plant in the making

Maiden railway carriage plant in the making

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-31 12:00:00

Bangladesh's maiden railway carriage-production plant is going to be established at Syedpur hub to meet a growing demand of the popular mass transport, now up for expansion. Officials said Monday the...

Outcry over Russian teenage model's death

Outcry over Russian teenage model's death

BBC 2017-10-31 12:00:00

A Chinese modelling agency has denied claims that a Russian teenage model it represented died from overwork. Vlada Dzyuba, 14, died in China on Friday after participating in Shanghai Fashion Week. H...

Asian shares meander

Asian shares meander

-- 2017-10-31 11:48:19

Asian shares meandered on Tuesday after the markets retreated from their record highs overnight and China reported weak manufacturing data. Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.4 per cent to 21,933.52 as...

Japan cops find dismembered bodies in flat

Japan cops find dismembered bodies in flat

Reuters 2017-10-31 11:40:23

A Japanese man was arrested on Tuesday after the severed parts of nine bodies, some of them stored in picnic coolers, were found in his apartment, Japanese media said. Police made the grisly find in...

SE Asian stocks rise, Indonesia jumps

SE Asian stocks rise, Indonesia jumps

-- 2017-10-31 11:36:47

Most of the Southeast Asian stock rose Tuesday, Indonesian shares jumped up to 1.0 per cent with financials and materials leading the rise. Thai shares rose for a sixth straight session, led by gains...

Japanese share slips

Japanese share slips

-- 2017-10-31 11:19:20

Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped on Tuesday, taking its cue from losses on Wall Street after a report that US lawmakers are discussing more gradual corporate tax cuts rather than reducing it...

US stocks slip as Merck drops 

US stocks slip as Merck drops 

-- 2017-10-31 11:10:41

US stocks pulled back from record-high territory on Monday, weighed down by a drop in Merck shares and a report that US lawmakers are discussing a gradual phase-in of much-anticipated corporate tax cu...

Brexit 'jeopardises' 75,000 UK jobs

Brexit 'jeopardises' 75,000 UK jobs

BBC 2017-10-31 10:37:15

The Bank of England believes that up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in financial services following Britain's departure from the European Union. I understand senior figures at the Bank are using the nu...

DTCA amending metro law to suit subway construction

DTCA amending metro law to suit subway construction

Munima Sultana 2017-10-31 10:09:47

Within over two years of enactment, the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Act is being amended to suit construction of subway as government high-ups want the high-speed train lines installed underground. Offi...

US anti-dumping duties on Chinese  aluminium foil anger Beijing

US anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminium foil anger Beijing

-- 2017-10-30 12:48:55

BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters): China said it was 'strongly dissatisfied' with the US decision to impose anti-dumping duties ranging from 97 per cent to 162 per cent on Chinese aluminium foil, urging Washi...

UN calls for probe into Libya killing

UN calls for probe into Libya killing

Xinhua 2017-10-30 12:26:10

UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday called for an immediate investigation into the killing of 36 people near the eastern city of Benghazi. "UNSMIL calls for immediate investigation to brin...

Asian stocks mixed ahead Fed decision

Asian stocks mixed ahead Fed decision

-- 2017-10-30 11:27:50

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as investors waited to find out who US President Donald Trump will pick to head the Federal Reserve. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.1 per cent to 21,995.1...

Five die as storms batter central Europe

Five die as storms batter central Europe

BBC 2017-10-30 11:25:52

Powerful storms have wreaked havoc in parts of central and northern Europe, killing at least five people in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. A 63-year-old camper drowned on the German coast as...

SE Asian stocks mostly higher, Singapore jump

SE Asian stocks mostly higher, Singapore jump

-- 2017-10-30 11:17:34

Southeast Asian markets rose on Monday, Singapore shares came off 29-month highs to trade lower as investors booked profits after three straight sessions of gains. Singapore's FTSE Straits Times Inde...

Nikkei edges lower in choppy trade

Nikkei edges lower in choppy trade

-- 2017-10-30 11:15:10

Japan’s Nikkei share average edged down in choppy trade on Monday as falls in financials countered gains in Apple suppliers after shares in the iPhone maker soared on Friday. In mid-morning tra...

New Zealand shares hit record high

New Zealand shares hit record high

-- 2017-10-30 10:54:56

New Zealand shares were higher on Monday, as consumer staples and utilities posted their biggest gains since Sept. 28, just after the general election was held. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index ros...

Australian shares rise as oil jumps

Australian shares rise as oil jumps

-- 2017-10-30 10:48:00

Australian shares edged slightly higher on Monday, tracking US stocks as a rise in oil prices to their highest in more than two years helped the market weather Australia’s political malaise. Th...

Sub-Saharan Africa economic growth to rise 3.4pc: IMF

Sub-Saharan Africa economic growth to rise 3.4pc: IMF

-- 2017-10-30 04:26:20

Sub-Saharan African economic growth is expected to rise to 3.4 per cent in next year from 2.6 per cent in 2017, International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report on Monday. The IMF warned that risin...

Brazil federal buildings set afire, troops deployed

Brazil federal buildings set afire, troops deployed

BBC 2017-10-29 12:54:37

Extra troops and federal police have been deployed in the north Brazilian town of Humaita after hundreds of armed men set alight several offices belonging to environmental agencies. The attack took p...

New AI system can predict earthquakes: Study

New AI system can predict earthquakes: Study

-- 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to successfully predict earthquakes, an advance that may help prepare for natural disasters and potentially save lives. The study, pub...

Most land customs stations prove do-nothings

Most land customs stations prove do-nothings

Doulot Akter Mala 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Nearly 80 per cent of the country's land customs stations currently lie as do-nothings for lack of export-import operations, in a sheer waste of public money, sources said. The number of active Land...

BD's per capita protein consumption soars

BD's per capita protein consumption soars

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Bangladesh's per capita protein consumption especially chicken and egg has increased significantly as the local poultry industry plays a vital role in this regard, experts said Saturday. Bangladesh B...

Qatar Emir warns against military action

Qatar Emir warns against military action

AP 2017-10-29 12:00:00

Qatar’s emir has warned against any military confrontation over the ongoing diplomatic dispute between his country and four other Arab nations, saying it would only plunge the region into chaos....

India unveils trade route to Afghanistan via Iran

India unveils trade route to Afghanistan via Iran

-- 2017-10-29 08:52:48

India is shipping its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan by sea through Iran's strategic Chahbahar Port – thereby launching a trade route bypassing longtime rival Pakistan. The shipment,...