Section: The Bangladesh Today (Bangladesh)
Foreigner, 3 bank officials remanded
TBT Report A Dhaka court on Monday sanctioned six-day remand for the 4 arrestee including a Polish national allegedly involved themselves in the ATM card forgeries. The three others were officials of City Bank, a Bangladeshi privet bank. The court also rejected the bail petitions of the four. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed...
Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera
WASHINGTON: Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States, AP/UNB reported. Russia and the United States are signatories to the Open Skies...
Nishikori opens Memphis title defense with win
Sports Desk Top-seeded Kei Nishikori opened his bid for a fourth straight Memphis Open title with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over American Ryan Harrison on Wednesday night, reports AP. Nishikori was cruising through the second set up a break at 5-3. Harrison held serve, then broke the Japanese player in the lengthy 10th game. The American saved four...
Abe to visit G-7 countries in spring to prepare for summit
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit the United States in March as well as European members of the Group of Seven countries during the Golden Week holidays from late April to reaffirm cooperation ahead of the G-7 summit in Japan in May, government sources said Tuesday. Aside from holding talks with the leaders of the G-7 countries, Abe...
Ukraine-China cargo train on Silk Road opens up prospects for trade promotion
KIEV: The first cargo train freight connecting Ukraine and China has recently completed its journey, after passing through three other countries along the Silk Road in a test run of a planned regular service, BSS/AFP reported. Although much work is yet to be done to establish a fixed railway route, the new train service is seen here as a...
Geneva process is long and unpredictable
Wars, generally speaking, are unpredictable – particularly when one is attempting to foresee when they will begin and how they will end. The war in Syria (or the war in Yemen for that matter) is no exception. With the Geneva talks over Syria in progress, the road to a final agreement will prove arduous and painfully difficult. Therefore,...
Oil wealth a blessing, energy dependence a curse for Russia’s economy
MOSCOW:Abundant oil and gas deposits have been a blessing for Russia, but they now feel like a curse as low prices propel the country into a deep economic crisis that shows no signs of abating, BSS/AFP. The ruble fell to a record dollar low this past week as global crude prices slumped to 12-year lows, highlighting at once Russia’s...
Abe agrees with Putin to arrange unofficial visit to Russia
TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to arrange an unofficial visit to Russia, possibly in spring, prior to a trip to Japan by the Russian leader. In their 40-minute telephone talks, Abe and Putin affirmed that the two governments will hold a vice minister-level meeting in February in Tokyo to...
Ukraine launches new China trade route bypassing Russia
ILLICHIVSK, Ukraine: Ukraine on Friday launched the first cargo train to China that will bypass Russia along a new “Silk Road” meant to counter the Kremlin’s most stringent trade embargo on Kiev to date, BSS/PTI reported. “This is a historic event,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarskiy wrote on Facebook. “Now, Ukraine is not...
America may be doomed to cooperate with Putin
Russia is emerging as an essential diplomatic and security partner for the United States in Syria, despite the Obama administration’s opposition to Moscow’s support for President Bashar al-Assad. Russian-American cooperation on Syria now includes regular diplomatic, military and intelligence contacts. Moscow and Washington have...
