FE Report Prices of onion, chilli and ginger witnessed fresh hike Friday compared to the previous week as traders blamed the ongoing blockade and hartals for supply crunch and higher transportation cost. Price gap among key kitchen markets in the...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-02-07 00:00:00
Online trading at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is getting popular thanks to the people's busy urban lifestyle and the increasing online accessibility. The products including textile and garments, leather and leather goods, footwear, furniture, kitchenware, bikes, electronic goods,...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines' move to tap a share of the booming domestic air traffic by adding a pair of Dash 8-Q400s to its fleet suffers a setback due to the ongoing political turmoil in the country, reports UNB. According to...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has urged all the World Trade Organisation member countries to come out with generous offers and notify the preferential market access under the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Services Waiver. He made the call during the opening...
Mr. A K M Monirul Hoque and Mr. Anowar Hussaine have been unanimously re-elected as the Chairman and Vice Chairman for the next 03 (three) year term at the 123rd Board Meeting of Nitol Insurance Company Limited held recently. Mr....
A.M.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury has been appointed as Managing Director and chief Executive Officer of Republic Insurance Company Limited. He had been serving the company as an Additional Managing Director for a long time. — Statement
TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters): Japanese automakers are being forced to ship some car parts to US plants by expensive air cargo and tweak production processes as a protracted labour dispute at US West Coast ports shows no signs of letting...
CANBERRA, Feb 6 (Xinhua): With its rich experience in infrastructure building and its financial resources, China is able to establish global capabilities that will help satisfy demand for infrastructure, Hans Hendrischke, an expert on Chinese economy told Xinhua in a...
BRUSSELS, Feb 6 (Reuters): Euro zone finance ministers will hold an extra meeting to discuss how to proceed with financial support for Greece next Wednesday in preparation for talks among European Union leaders on the issue the next day, officials...
TOKYO, Feb 6 (AFP): The euro held up against the dollar in Asia on Friday after rallying on assurances Greek banks will get emergency funding. The common European currency bought $1.1465 in Tokyo trade against $1.1475 in New York Thursday...
BERLIN, Feb 6 (AFP): German engineering giant Siemens said Friday it was slashing 7,800 jobs worldwide, more than 3,000 of them in Germany, as part of an ongoing restructuring plan aimed at saving about one billion euros. "In a drive...
BERLIN, Feb 6 (AFP): German engineering giant Siemens said Friday it was slashing 7,800 jobs worldwide, more than 3,000 of them in Germany, as part of an ongoing restructuring plan aimed at saving about one billion euros. "In a drive...
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) : US job growth likely remained firm in January, with a rebound in wages, supporting views that consumers will have enough muscle to carry the economy through tough times. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased 234,000 last month...
Bangladesh reached the final of the six-team Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament beating favourite Thailand by a solitary goal in the second semifinal at the flood-lit Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. Bangladesh will face all-win...
After winning the semifinal against Thailand 1-0, the proud captain of Bangladesh football team, Mamunul Islam Mamun, expressed his hope to win the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament trophy playing their best game in the final against Malaysia Sunday...
SYDNEY, Feb 6 (AFP): The International Cricket Council vowed Friday to clamp down on live betting to try to ensure a corruption-free World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Anyone caught breaking the rules will be barred from the whole...
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (AFP): India go into the World Cup without the reassuring presence of retired batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar for the first time since 1992, which surely must bring relief to arch-rivals Pakistan. Pakistan have lost all their...
IM Minhazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh Navy and IM Abu Sufan Shakil of Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited won their first round game in the CJKS-Prime Distributions Group Grandmasters Chess Tournament now being held at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong,...
ICC approves Rahat's induction for WC KARACHI, Feb 6: Cricket's governing body Friday approved paceman Rahat Ali as a replacement player for injured Junaid Khan in Pakistan's squad for the World Cup, which starts next week. The 26-year-old Ali played...
LONDON, Feb 6 (AFP): New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin effectively ended his international career after it was announced Friday the 34-year-old all-rounder had signed a two-year contract with English county Middlesex. The left-hander is set to play as a non-overseas...
FE Report Chairman of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury reiterated Friday his demand for dialogue among the political parties to resolve the ongoing political deadlock, saying that otherwise a civil war might break out. "It is not possible...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance alleged on Friday that the violation of law, human rights and neutrality by some 'overenthusiastic' officials has clouded the prospect of continuation of Bangladesh law-enforcement agencies' glorious role in UN peacekeeping missions, reports UNB. In a...
The government is considering a law providing for capital punishment to saboteurs to curb political violence, says Suranjit Sengupta, chairman of the Standing Committee on the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, reports bdnews24.com. Speaking at a discussion on Friday in...
Pakistan has described the withdrawal of one of its officials from its High Commission in Dhaka as 'unfortunate development', reports UNB. "We've already said that in our view this is an unfortunate development," said Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson...
Six leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Janata League (BKSJL), led by Abdul Kader Siddiqui, have been arrested from city's Motijheel area where the party was staging a sit-in demanding an end to the current political unrest, reports...
Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, called a 48-hour hartal in eight districts of Rajshahi division from tomorrow (Sunday) protesting what they said the killing of a leader of its Rajshahi University (RU) unit by police on Friday,...
Health and Family Welfare Minister and ruling party Presidium Member Mohammad Nasim has called upon the people of all strata to participate at the human chain programme tomorrow (Sunday), reports BSS. The Awami League (AL) led 14-party alliance will form...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has called BNP chief Khaleda Zia 'a terrorist leader' and demanded her arrest, reports bdnews24.com. In a Facebook status on Thursday night, he said: "Khaleda Zia is no longer a political...
Reiterating its policy, spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Syed Akbaruddin said on Thursday the people and the government of Bangladesh would resolve issues themselves and India will not interfere in it, report agencies. "…it has always...
BENAPOLE (Jessore), Feb 6 (UNB): Three policemen of Sharsha Police Station were closed to the district police lines for negligence in duty letting two accused flee from custody on Thursday. The policemen are Shomen, sub-inspector, and Mahmudur Rahman and Rabindranath,...
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