Apart from motorcycles, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s obsession is firearms and the India captain would be thoroughly justified in believing he has enough ammunition to foil any bid to topple his team from the top of the Test rankings. Minutes after sealing India’s 50-over World Cup victory with a six in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, a [...]
The iPhone is conquering Asia, the home of its strongest competitors. Sales there nearly quadrupled from a year ago and helped Apple Inc. trump analyst expectations for yet another quarter. Apple also said iPad sales worldwide nearly doubled from a quarter ago, a sign that it has left the worst of its supply problems [...]
The government will purchase 300 buses and trucks from India with the Line of Credit provided by the neighbouring country. “We could have bought them from other places, but since we’re getting the credit from India, we should bring them from India,” finance minister A M A Muhith told reporters on Tuesday after a [...]
The UN is expected on Wednesday to declare that parts of southern Somalia are now in famine amid the worst drought to hit east Africa in 60 years. Mark Bowden, humanitarian co-ordinator for Somalia, is expected to make the announcement in Nairobi, based on data from the food security and nutrition analysis unit, part [...]
Dhaka has signed a key deal under the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) in an effort to boost trade in services with major economic powerhouses of the continent, an official said Tuesday. Commerce Minister Faruk Khan inked the APTA Framework Agreement on Trade in Services on behalf of the Bangladesh government recently, paving the way [...]
Rupert Murdoch has said he cannot be held responsible for the scandal at the News of the World, saying he was let down by “people I trusted”. The News Corporation boss said he was not aware of the extent of phone hacking there and had “clearly” been misled by some of his staff. His [...]
The Election Commission will shortly send its proposals to the government for making the poll panel neutral and strong enough to hold the next parliamentary election in a free and fair manner. The proposals will include EC control over four key ministries for conducting the polls free from influence. The four ministries are cabinet [...]
The chief election commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, on Tuesday said that main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party would get no further chance to sit with the commission if the party failed to attend the dialogue scheduled for today. The dialogue between the ruling Awami League and the Election Commission was not held on Tuesday as [...]