RAJSHAHI, Apr 15 (BSS): Promotion of modern technology as well as farm mechanization could be the effective means of minimising the existing yield gap of paddy and other cereal crops, agricultural scientists and researchers said while talking to the news...
Motorcyclist killed in Comilla road accident A motorcyclist was killed as a pickup van knocked down him at Amirabad in Daudkandi upazila on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Nirob, 28, a resident of Ramnagar...
A brilliant century by national all-rounder Sabbir Rahman enabled Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI to earn an exciting one-wicket victory over touring Pakistan team in the lone one-day warm-up match at the Khan Shahed Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah Wednesday,...
An 18-member Bangladesh under-14 girls football team will leave for Nepal on April 19 to take part in the AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship schedule to be held on April 20-25 in Katmandu, reports BSS. Bangladesh are placed in group...
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said prolonging the slanging match with his colleagues at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would do a disservice to the players, reports Cricinfo. Rather, much of his focus is on seeing the new opening pair...
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club earned third successive victory as well as maintained the top slot with six points in the 12-team 40-over-a-side Dhaka Premier Division Women's Cricket League by a massive 107 runs win over Ansar and VDP on the...
FE Report | 2015-04-16 00:00:00
Stocks bounced back Wednesday after losing in the last three sessions, with turnover hitting highest in the year, as investors went for buying spree amid optimism. The market started with a flying note and remained vibrant throughout the session amid...
FE Report | 2015-04-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh's health insurance industry has great potential to considerably grow as currently only 0.1 per cent of its people pay out of insurance money for medical treatments, a top official of Malaysian healthcare promoting agency said. "Presently most Bangladeshi people...
StanChart senior executive visits Dhaka Mr Carsten Stoehr - Global Head of Financial Markets Sales, Standard Chartered, is in Dhaka for a short visit. During his stay in Dhaka, he will be meeting with important stakeholders and key customers of...
The Osiris Group, a Hong Kong-based market investment firm, is going to invest USD 7 million in SureCash mobile banking, a leading mobile financial services provider in Bangladesh. Earlier, SureCash received investment from a group of Japanese investors specializing in...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-04-16 00:00:00
Prices of onion increased markedly in the kitchen market despite having a good supply. Wholesalers and retailers blamed each other for the hike. After being static for three weeks, prices of onion increased by Tk3-4 per kg at retail markets,...
The government has decided to introduce 1.76 million (17.60 lakh) prepaid gas metres in Dhaka and Chittagong aimed at improving energy efficiency as well ensuring best use of gas, a ministry official said, reports BSS "The government is installing pre-paid...
Asjadul Kibria, back from Narayanganj | 2015-04-16 00:00:00
The story starts two years back in a grim background. Fazlul Haque, a business leader, got into odds over the Rana Plaza disaster. That episode is now about to yield a storybook ending in Bangladesh's highest export-earning sector. The day...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-04-16 00:00:00
Leather exports faced a setback in the current financial year after the fall of some leading currencies, including the Euro, against the US Dollar, said insiders. The country's leather sector entered into the billion-dollar exporting club in the last financial...
FE Report | 2015-04-16 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce has sought a block allocation of Tk 100 million to help the country's apex chamber complete its new building. Last week, senior secretary of the Commerce Ministry sent a letter to his counterpart at the ministry...
Amu pledges to aid cottage industry Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu Tuesday announced that his ministry would undertake new projects to recover the near-extinct cottage industries in light of the just-approved handicrafts policy. The minister also said at present there...
RANGPUR, Apr 15 (BSS) : Speakers at a seminar Wednesday called upon the businesspersons and commoners for spontaneously paying value added tax (VAT) and income tax in strengthening national economy to accelerate development. They put special emphasis on inspiring all...
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