Dhaka, Jan 6 (IANS) Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the nation’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was sworn in as prime minister of Bangladesh for a second time Tuesday following her landslide win in last month’s general election.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) International Finance Corp (IFC), a World Bank member organisation, Tuesday anounced it will spend $6 billion to support the private sector in emerging markets hit by the global financial crisis.
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Nearly 70 percent of trucks in West Bengal remained off the road, while none of the 15,000 trucks, scheduled to go out of the state daily, moved on the second day of the nationwide strike Tuesday.
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Nearly 70 percent of trucks in West Bengal remained off the road, while none of the 15,000 trucks, scheduled to go out of the state daily, moved on the second day of the nationwide strike Tuesday.
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Nearly 70 percent of trucks in West Bengal remained off the road, while none of the 15,000 trucks, scheduled to go out of the state daily, moved on the second day of the nationwide strike Tuesday.
Shillong, Jan 6 (IANS) India’s nuclear power plants have been working at about half their capacity due to shortage of nuclear fuel despite the efforts of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) to tap indigenous uranium deposits.
Guwahati, Jan 6 (IANS) New Delhi Tuesday extended a fragile ceasefire with the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) by six months. The move ends uncertainty after the Assam government recommended scrapping the truce blaming the outfit for the Oct 30 serial explosions in the state.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 6 (IANS) A few more arrests are likely in connection with the alleged rape of a nun during the communal violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal district, officials said Tuesday.
London, Jan 6 (IANS) Waterford Wedgewood, the 250-year-old fine china and glassware firm, has gone into administration — the latest British iconic brand to be hit by the economic slowdown.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) With growing interest in India worldwide, Indian languages are also attracting global attention, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anand Sharma said here Tuesday.