Migrant crossings to Europe hit 150,000

Some 150,000 migrants and refugees have so far this year made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, and more than 1,900 of them
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Poroshenko warns of terror as 2 killed in clashes

President Petro Poroshenko warned yesterday that the threat of terror was "significantly" rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed attacks that
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM

New reform plan to stay in euro cheers France, Italy

Fresh Greek reform proposals submitted to eurozone partners were cheered by France and Italy yesterday, raising hopes that a last-ditch compromise could
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM

HSBC fires staff for mock IS execution video

British bank HSBC fires six staff after they filmed a mock Islamic State-style execution video during a team-building day out and posted footage online.
7 July 2015, 04:15 AM

Let Greece stay or let it go?

Europe faces a near impossible choice between giving debt-laden Greece a chance or pushing it out of the euro and risking global turmoil, analysts said Sunday, after Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected international creditors' terms.
6 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Greece names new finance minister

Greece yesterday named economist Euclid Tsakalotos, its top negotiator in the stalled EU-IMF talks, as the country's new finance minister, the president's office said.
6 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Nine days in the Greek debt crisis

Here is a look at recent financial and political drama in Greece.
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM

EU could grant emergency loans to Athens

Europe will not "desert" the people of Greece regardless of the outcome of yesterday's referendum and may provide it emergency loans, the head of the
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM

'Dead' Turkish man spends decade to prove he is alive

A 46-year-old Turkish man mistakenly listed as dead by authorities has spent 10 years fighting to prove he is alive, state media reported yesterday. Sinan Avci,
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Princess Charlotte to be christened

Princess Charlotte is set to christened later at a ceremony attended by the Queen and other senior members of the Royal Family in Norfolk.
5 July 2015, 05:38 AM

BP agrees to pay $18.7b

British energy giant BP yesterday announced it had agreed to settle US federal and state claims worth up to $18.7 billion over the 2010
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Greek govt 'may resign' if referendum goes against it

Greece's radical left government suggested it would resign if it fails to get its way in a make-or-break referendum Sunday that could
2 July 2015, 18:00 PM

'British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106

Sir Nicholas Winton, organiser of the rescue of 669 children from Nazi concentration camps dies aged 106.
1 July 2015, 15:33 PM

The fake revenge stunt that fooled nearly everyone (video)

What seems to be an extreme act of revenge by a husband against a cheating spouse turned out to be a marketing campaign by a German legal information company.
30 June 2015, 14:04 PM

Writ challenges wheat imported from Brazil

Writ filed with the High Court challenges legality of import and distribution of “substandard” wheat from Brazil worth Tk 400 crore.
29 June 2015, 08:13 AM

Greece imposes capital controls as crisis deepens

Greece closes its banks and imposes capital controls on Sunday to check growing strains on its crippled financial system, bringing prospect of being forced out of euro into plain sight.
29 June 2015, 05:58 AM

Govt trying to keep Khaleda from polls: BNP

BNP alleges that the government has been hatching a conspiracy to make ineligible the party leaders including its chief Khaleda Zia for the next parliamentary polls.
28 June 2015, 11:07 AM

France beheading attack: Suspect sent selfie with head

The man suspected of an attack on a factory in France has sent a selfie posing with the severed head of the victim.
28 June 2015, 11:02 AM

UPDF man shot dead in Khagrachhari

Unknown miscreants gun down an activist of United Peoples Democratic front (UPDF) in Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari.
28 June 2015, 09:22 AM

'Some major problems' threatening nuke deal

Iran yesterday warned that "some major problems" need to be resolved before a historic nuclear deal can be agreed, as US Secretary of
26 June 2015, 18:00 PM