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DHAKA: Bangladeshi street vendors sell iftar food under a polythene cover as rain falls during the first day of Ramadan at a traditional bazaar in the old part of Dhaka yesterday. — AFP

Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh - Police crack down on Islamists

DHAKA: Bangladeshi street vendors sell iftar food under a polythene cover as rain falls during the first day of Ramadan at a traditional bazaar in the old part of Dhaka yesterday. — AFPDHAKA: Bangladesh police yesterday launched a deadly crackdown on Islamist militants as a 70-year-old Hindu priest became the latest victim in a series of gruesome killings by suspected jihadists. As a government minister tried to portray the recent attacks as...

BEIJING: (L-R) US Secretary of State John Kerry, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Chinese vice premier Liu Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang meet for talks at the Great Hall of the People at the end of the eight round of US-China strategic and economic dialogues in Beijing yesterday. — AFP

China gives US investment quota for first time - Move to deepen financial ties, interdependence between 2 countries

BEIJING: (L-R) US Secretary of State John Kerry, US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Chinese vice premier Liu Yandong, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang meet for talks at the Great Hall of the People at the end of the eight round of US-China strategic and economic dialogues in Beijing yesterday. — AFPBEIJING: China said it will give the United States a 250 billion yuan ($38 billion) investment quota for the first time to...

Boursa Kuwait holds workshop

Boursa Kuwait holds workshop on ‘the New Era of Corporate Governance in Kuwait’

Boursa Kuwait holds workshopKUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait recently held its first workshop on 'The New Era of Corporate Governance in Kuwait', which addressed the impact of investors' trust and market liquidity, in line with its mission driven approach and its aim to create a platform to enhance communication with its stakeholders and to build up and enrich their knowledge and thought leadership on technical issues. The workshop, which was held on...

Agility named one of top companies in Arab World

Agility named one of top companies in Arab World - Agility board member one of most powerful Arab businesswomen

Agility named one of top companies in Arab WorldKUWAIT: Agility, a leading global logistics provider, was named as one of the Top Companies in the Arab World by Forbes Middle East, which also singled out Agility board member Henadi Al-Saleh as one of the most powerful Arab business women.Agility and Al-Saleh were honored at a Forbes Middle East gala held to mark the fourth year that the magazine has recognized businesses and individuals for...

(From left) Nazem Al-Ghabra, Fatima Dashti, Dr Hamad Al-Nuami, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and Mijbil Al-Ayoub.

Ooredoo among 'Top Companies in the Arab World 2016' - Company representative receives award at Forbes Mideast gala ceremony

(From left) Nazem Al-Ghabra, Fatima Dashti, Dr Hamad Al-Nuami, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and Mijbil Al-Ayoub.KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of the international Ooredoo Group, has recently been recognized by Forbes Middle East as one of the 'Top Companies in the Arab World 2016', during its annual gala ceremony that was held under the patronage of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak...

Kuwaiti soap operas in Ramadan: ‘Saq Al Bamboo’, Been Galbin

Kuwaiti soap operas in Ramadan : 'Saq Al Bamboo', Been Galbin

Kuwaiti soap operas in Ramadan: ‘Saq Al Bamboo’, Been GalbinEpisode oneThe Kuwait Times is publishing daily reviews of two Kuwaiti soap operas aired on Al-Rai TV and MBC Drama.'Saq Al Bamboo' (The Bamboo Stalk)The series is based on a Kuwaiti novel with the same name, telling the story of a young Kuwaiti who falls in love with a Filipina maid working at their house and marries her secretly. They have a boy named Eisa, but his family forces...

In this image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Evan Peters appear in a scene from, ‘XMen: Apocalypse.’ — AP

Sequels, once a sure thing, are slumping at the box office

In this image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Evan Peters appear in a scene from, ‘XMen: Apocalypse.’ — APSure things in Hollywood are beginning to look like an endangered species. Sequels, for years the industry's most "can't miss" assets, are struggling at the box office this year. The downturn, which continued over the weekend with the low turnout for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,"...

Statues are seen in front of the Chinese Theater during the premiere of ‘Warcraft’ in Hollywood, California. — AP/AFP photos

Warcraft’ movie director draws inspiration from ‘Rings’

Statues are seen in front of the Chinese Theater during the premiere of ‘Warcraft’ in Hollywood, California. — AP/AFP photosWhen director Duncan Jones was tasked with translating the popular video game "Warcraft" into a studio film, he was inspired by filmmaker Peter Jackson's adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy saga "Lord of the Rings." "Not everyone had read Tolkien who went and saw those films but (Jackson) crafted a film with...

Beyonce accepts CDFA Fashion Icon Award onstage at the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. — AP/AFP photos

Beyonce steals show as surprise honoree at fashion awards

Beyonce accepts CDFA Fashion Icon Award onstage at the 2016 CFDA Fashion Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. — AP/AFP photosIn a surprise appearance, Beyonce strode onstage in sparkling pinstripes Monday evening to speak emotionally about both family and fashion at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards ceremony. "As long as I can remember, fashion has always been a part of my life," the pop superstar, who...

HONG KONG: Workers cull chickens at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Hong Kong. — AFP

Hong Kong culls thousands of birds over avian flu scare

HONG KONG: Workers cull chickens at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Hong Kong. — AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong culled 4,500 birds yesterday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was discovered in a chicken at a local market. Health officials in white hazmat suits and masks dumped the chickens into green plastic bins at a wholesale poultry market in central Hong Kong yesterday morning.The bins were then pumped with carbon...

SANTA CLARA: Chile’s Arturo Vidal (R) and Charles Aranguiz (2-R) vie for the ball with Argentina’s Augusto Fernandez (L) and Nicolas Gaitan (2-L) during a Copa America Centenario football match in Santa Clara, California, United States, on Monday. — AFP

Di Maria inspires Argentina at Copa

SANTA CLARA: Chile’s Arturo Vidal (R) and Charles Aranguiz (2-R) vie for the ball with Argentina’s Augusto Fernandez (L) and Nicolas Gaitan (2-L) during a Copa America Centenario football match in Santa Clara, California, United States, on Monday. — AFPSANTA CLARA: On the day his grandmother died back home, Angel Di Maria's mother asked him to stay with his team, stay focused, and represent his country well in Copa America. He made them...

On the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, drummers, backdropped by a mosque, pose for a photo before walking the streets of the neighborhoods in Istanbul to wake people for the ‘sahour’, the traditional breakfast of Ramadan. — AP photos

In Istanbul, drummers keep ancient Ramadan tradition alive

On the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, drummers, backdropped by a mosque, pose for a photo before walking the streets of the neighborhoods in Istanbul to wake people for the ‘sahour’, the traditional breakfast of Ramadan. — AP photosIn the dark of night, when the streets of Istanbul enjoy a rare moment of quiet, Ali Buldu sets out beating his drum to wake up his neighborhood. For most, Buldu's passing is a welcomed sign that...

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