Newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoît-Pierre Laramée on Monday said his country will work in partnership with the people and government of Bangladesh to secure prosperity for both nations, as Bangladesh moves towards middle-income status. The envoy also...
FE Report | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
A trade body has urged Thai entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh's infrastructure sector and establish joint-venture with local companies. Bangladesh Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI) has made the call at a recent meeting with a 20-member Thai Business...
Green activists at a discussion in the capital on Monday demanded that development activities in haor areas be stopped to restore the lost panoramic nature of the country's landscape. They said the resources, environment and biodiversity of the haors could...
PARIS, Feb 2 (Xinhua) : France would not offer Greece a write-off of its debt, indicated Sunday French Finance Minister Michel Sapin, adding that the French government "would like to discuss ways to reduce the weight of this debt and...
FE Desk Report | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
Leading online car classified Carmudi has recently launched an Android App to sell cars online. Carmudi brought in special enhancements in its app's features for the seller's side. Four easy steps and sellers can have their car up for sale...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Feb 1: Around 14,000 transport workers in Rangpur district are passing days in acute misery as they have become unemployed owing to prolonged blockade and shutdown enforced by BNP led 20 party alliance. A good number of transport workers...
A BSS report says: The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) has become an effective model for alleviating abject poverty and attaining self- reliance by the have-nots group char people in the remote riverine areas. Under the comprehensive livelihoods development programme, 0.12...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Feb 1: Farmers cultivated turmeric in 3316 hectares of land in 12 upazilas of the district this year. According to Department of Agricultural Extension Tangail sources of the total cultivated turmeric land in the district in Tangail Sadar Upazila...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 1 (BSS): Briquette, a hard block made from coal dust, is gradually getting popularity among the city dwellers as an alternative fuel, for its relatively lower price, for household as well as commercial cooking. More and more fixed...
RANGPUR, Feb 1 (UNB): Two people were killed and another injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Domdoma area of Mithapukur upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Robin, 40, a resident of Birampur...
FARIDPUR, Feb 1 (BSS): Three week long Jasim Pollimela (village fair) coinciding the 112th birth anniversary of the immortal folk poet Jasimuddin concluded last evening here at the Mela premises of poet's ancestral home located at Gobindapur in the suburb...
RU Correspondent | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 1: The executive committee of Badhon, a countrywide blood donating social organisation, Rajshahi University (RU) unit, formed a new committee for the year 2015. The ex-committee members of Badhon handed over the charges to the newly nominated...
PANCHAGARH, Feb 1 (BSS): A total of 35,160 hectares of land were brought under Boro cultivation in five upazilas of Panchagarh district this year. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said the production target of Boro has been fixed...
RAJSHAHI, Feb 1 (BSS): More than 30,000 poor and slum households are enjoying sanitation facilities by dint of commissioning of 11,000 hygienic latrines in the metropolis. Similarly, they are getting facilities of safe drinking water from 2,300 tubewells installed in...
NETRAKONA, Feb 1 (BSS): A week long Rashimoni fair started on Saturday on the premises of Rashimoni memorial monument at Baheratoli village under Durgapur upazila of the district. Rashimoni Memorial Trust organised the fair to mark 69th death anniversary of...
HABIGANJ, Feb 1(BSS): A court here today sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for killing a housewife at Anantapur in Habiganj in 1999. The court also fined them Taka 10,000 each, in default, to suffer six months more in jail....
GAIBANDHA, Feb 1 (BSS): A market for the women was opened at Kalirbazaar under Fulchhari upazila of the district recently to enhance the access of the women to the market. SKS Foundation, a local reputed NGO, constructed the market in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
MAGURA, Feb 1: Inauguration ceremony of training programme on self-employment through outsourcing was held at Magura Zilla Parishd auditorium Sunday. Magura Shamaj Kallyan Parishad is arranged the month long training programme at Magura Zilla Parishd. Magura district board administrator Syed...
School bags distributed among students Madaripur Social Service Club(MSSC),a non-governmental organization, has distributed school bags among the students of primary schools of Madaripur aimed at increasing school attendance. Some 300 students were selected from 20 primary schools of the district...
NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Reuters): Thai raw sugar premiums held steady after a week of almost flat trade but dealers anticipate some surge in deals as Bangkok will try to sell the bulk of its exportable surplus in the first...
LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters): Copper and aluminium gained on Friday following upbeat European retail sales data and as some investors covered short positions ahead of the weekend. German retail sales posted their biggest yearly rise in 2-1/2 years in December,...
MUMBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters): Indian oilseeds and soyoil futures rose on Friday following firm cues from the international market while lesser area under rapeseed cultivation was supporting sentiment. Malaysian palm oil futures bounced back from their lowest since mid-December on...
HOUSTON, Feb 1 (Reuters): Union negotiators rejected the latest offer from oil companies covering workers at 63 US refineries on Saturday night, just hours before a strike deadline, according to a message sent to union members. The United Steelworkers union...
NORILSK, Russia, Feb 1 (Reuters): Russia's financial crisis is posing a stark challenge to the country's largest mining company. How can Norilsk Nickel protect the living standards of thousands of workers cut off inside the inhospitable Arctic while also satisfying...
HAVANA, Feb 1 (AFP): Call it rum and cigar diplomacy: The few Americans allowed to visit Cuba are eager to finally legally bring home the communist island's once forbidden fruits. While Washington and Havana seek to normalize ties, US President...
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