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Bank Asia Agent Banking booths open in Munshigonj  

Bank Asia opened four agent banking booths in Sadar and Tongibari upazilas of Munshigonj district on Saturday (2 August, 2014) in a move to financial inclusion of rural people. b asiaMr. A.M. Nurul Islam, Vice Chairman of the Bank inaugurated the booths at Dhalagaon Bazar, Char Dumuria and College Para of Sadar upazila and Aldi Bazar of Tongibari upazila. Mr. Rumee A Hossain, Chairman of Executive Committee of the Board of Bank Asia and Mr. Md Arfan Ali, Deputy Managing Director (SMR) were, among others, present during opening of the booths. Bank Asia...

US Congress okays $ 225m for Israeli ‘Iron Dome’ system    

The US Congress approved $225 million in emergency funding for Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system on Friday, sending the measure to President Barack Obama to be signed into law. The House of Representatives approved the funding by a 395-8 vote late on Friday, several hours after the Senate passed it unanimously. The money would be used to replenish Israel’s arsenal of Iron Dome interceptor missiles, many of which have been used to shoot down short-range rockets fired from Gaza into populated areas of Israel in the current three-week-long conflict. bomp-Gaza

Secrets of old ship found beneath World Trade Center ruins

It was a Tuesday when construction workers found it. The location was lower Manhattan and the year was 2010 — nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that toppled the World Trade Center towers. The workers were in awe. Underneath the black muck and ooze of the ruins lay an exoskeleton of something that hadn’t seen air for 200 years and, freshly exposed to the elements, was quickly deteriorating. [caption id="attachment_8467" align="alignleft" width="300"]Workers and members of the media inspect Workers and members of the media inspect the hull of a shi...

Nur Hossain’s pistol at Dhaka rail crash site  

A pistol belonged to Narayanganj seven-murder prime accused Nur Hossain was found inside the private car hit by a train at Malibagh level crossing on Friday. The Austrian made pistol was licensed in Nur’s name, said Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Dhaka Railway Police Station. [caption id="attachment_8459" align="alignleft" width="300"]malibagh-accident-1_1 The damaged car lies on the road after it is hit by a train at Malibagh level crossing in the capital on Friday afternoon. Photo: Courtesy[/caption] Three passengers...

Rape charges ‘have become a fashion’ in India, says Shiv Sena

A rightwing Indian party has said rape charges have “become a fashion” in the country. The hardline Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena made the comments in an article supporting a police officer who has been accused of rape. It questioned victims’ intentions for reporting crimes, saying rape allegations were “good weapons to seek personal revenge”. It follows accusations that Sunil Paraskar, a senior police officer, raped and molested a model over a three-month period. “After he has served for so many years in the police force, one model now charges DIG [deputy inspector general] Sunil Paraskar with rape and in one night he becomes a villain,” the party wrote. “Such accusations have become good weapons to seek personal revenge.

WTO’s future in doubt after India blocks trade deal

The future of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been thrown into doubt after eleventh-hour attempts to salvage a global trade deal collapsed. Talks broke down after India’s refusal to back a deal unless it included concessions allowing developing countries freedom to subsidise and stockpile food. An agreement on the deal, centred on loosening global customs rules, had been reached in Bali in December, with a deadline of midnight on Thursday to ratify it. But it was scuppered after the WTO’s 160 members failed to reach agreement over India’s demands. 9th WTO O... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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