Forces loyal to Libya’s interim authorities say they have entered Bani Walid, one of the last towns still loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi. NTC military commanders said they met heavy resistance from Gaddafi loyalists in the town, some 170km (110 miles) southeast of Tripoli. Meanwhile, fighting is continuing for Col Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte. In [...]
The operating profit of the country’s private commercial banks (PCBs) declined sharply in the third quarter as the lenders were hit by plunging stocks, a hike in cost of fund and lower return on investment. Fifteen PCBs, out of 30, earned around Tk 13.74 billion, in aggregate, as operating profit during the July-September period [...]
The Arab League has called an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss whether to suspend Syria, officials said, ramping up the pressure on Damascus to end its bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. Suspension is unlikely to have a direct, tangible impact on Syria, but it would still constitute a major blow to President Bashar Assad’s embattled [...]
Iran’s supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington would elicit a “resolute” response. Two men, including a member of the Iranian special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force, have been charged in New York federal [...]
Chinese state media say that a tourist bus carrying many elderly passengers has overturned on a winding highway in southern China, leaving 10 people dead and 33 injured. The reports say the bus carrying 49 people may have blown a tire, causing the vehicle to flip over into a ditch outside Zhangjiajie city on Sunday [...]
Samsung Electronics filed preliminary injunction motions in Japan and Australia on Monday to block the sale of Apple’s iPhone 4S there. The South Korean company is accusing Apple of patent infringements dealing with wireless telecommunications technology. In the Japan filing, Samsung also wants the court to bar the sale of iPhone 4 and iPad 2. [...]
Police Monday morning dispersed the investors who have been observing fast unto death in front of Dhaka Stock Exchange building since Sunday protesting continuous downtrend in share prices. A large number of police were deployed in front of the DSE building and adjacent areas so that the agitating investors cannot gather to resume the programme, [...]
The Awami League president has said the opposition’s road march to Sylhet was a ‘car rally’. “Road march means you walk. What opposition leader Khaleda Zia did was a car rally. That’s not a road march, that’s a road show,” Sheikh Hasina told an Awami League rally in Sripur upazila in Gazipur on Sunday. BNP [...]
Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win over Racing Santander on Saturday, a victory which preserved the Spanish and European champions’ one-point lead over Real Madrid in La Liga. Messi’s Argentinian international team-mate Gonzalo Higuain had earlier hit his second hat-trick in a week to lead Real Madrid to a 4-1 [...]