YANGON, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Myanmar and Thailand have further coordinated on pushing for speedy development of the delayed Thai- invested Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in southern part of the country's Tanintharyi region. Co-chaired by Myanmar Vice President U Nyan...
DETROIT, Feb 1 (Reuters) : The auto industry's air bag troubles deepened on Saturday as US federal safety regulators said three big automakers will recall about 2.1 million older vehicles to fix defects that could cause air bags to deploy...
LISBON, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho Saturday rebutted the saying that poverty was on the rise in the country. The statistics released this week by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) only reflect "what we have...
LOS ANGELES, Feb 1 (AFP) : Notebook in hand, Ana Alvarez walked along the streets of Skid Row, the downtown Los Angeles district that's sometimes called the homeless capital of America. Scores of tents and makeshift shelters had been erected...
HONG KONG, Feb 1 (AFP) : Famed for his sharp business acumen and knack for perfectly timed investments, Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is shifting away from a slowing Chinese economy and bargain hunting in Europe. The move is seen...
ATHENS, Feb 1(Reuters): New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, striking a conciliatory note on debt talks after a turbulent start to office, has called the European Central Bank chief to assure him that Athens was seeking an agreement. The new...
SYLHET, Feb 1 (UNB): To fulfill the dream of a semifinal berth, Bangladesh national team will play Sri Lanka national side in the last Group A match of the six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament today (Monday) at the...
Shahriar Zaman of the Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics Department and Saiful Islam Rasel of the Soil, Water and Environment Department emerged joint champions in the annual sports competition of Amar Ekushey Hall of the Dhaka University (DU) Sunday, reports UNB....
Singapore Under-23 team forced favorite Bahrain Under-23 side to a goalless draw in a Group B match of the six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. After the day's...
Two centuries by Abdul Majid and Rony Talukdar enabled table topper Dhaka Division to score 360/2 at stumps on the first day against Dhaka Metro in the second round of four-day match of Walton 16th National Cricket League at the...
The training camp of Bangladesh team for the 4th Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games, Dhaka-2015, scheduled for the first week of April, began at the Outer Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. Nine disciplines of sports-athletics, badminton, boxing, football, gymnastics, men's...
Visiting Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team will take on hosts Sri Lanka Under-19 team in their second and last match of the three-day Youth Test series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium today (Monday), reports UNB. The match will begin at...
GAIBANDHA, Feb 1 (BSS): National School Cricket Competition ended at the Shah Abdul Hamid Stadium in the town Saturday with a call to popularise the cricket among the students. District Sports Association (DSA) arranged the competition with the management of...
MELBOURNE, Feb 1 (AFP): With her name freshly engraved onto the Australian Open trophy, Serena Williams feels she can play on indefinitely and is intent on increasing her tally of 19 Grand Slams. The American great, 33, scoffed at talk...
MELBOURNE, Feb 1 (AFP): Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic won a fifth Australian Open title Sunday, beating Britain's Andy Murray in four sets in the final. Djokovic won 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-0 in 3hr 39min for his...
PERTH, Feb 1 (AFP): A career-best performance by much-maligned all-rounder Glenn Maxwell inspired Australia to a crushing win over England in the one-day international tri-series final at the WACA Ground Sunday. Maxwell took the highest score of 95 to help...
Veterans Hingis-Paes win Australian mixed title MELBOURNE, Feb 1: Comeback queen Martina Hingis rolled back the years to claim her first Grand Slam title since 2006 Sunday, clinching the Australian Open mixed doubles crown with fellow veteran Leander Paes. The...
Douglas Busvine and Devidutta Tripathy of Reuters in New Delhi/Mumbai | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
India is betting that mobile phone vendors, fuel stations and corner stores can help it put basic banking within the grasp of hundreds of millions of its poor people living beyond the reach of traditional bank branches. The clock is...
Shihar Aneez of Reuters in Colombo | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
A day after taking over as governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Arjuna Mahendran said interest rates can be reduced below current record lows once inflationary expectations flatten out, and called for an overhaul of the tax system...
Denny Thomas of Reuters in Hong Kong | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
Li Ka-shing's hectic start to 2015 has meant record Asia M&A, loan and equity deals so far this month - good news for investment bankers close to the 86-year-old Hong Kong tycoon's empire. The brisk business - $108 billion (72...
FE Report | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
Amid gloomy market sentiment, stocks fell further Sunday with key index of the premier bourse dipping below 4,700- mark as deepening political unrest has persistently hit investor sentiment. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) - DSEX came...
FE Report | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
Net foreign investment on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell 18 per cent in January this year compared to the same month last year, as foreign fund managers adopted 'go slow' strategy due to political unrest across the country. Foreign...
Beximco Pharma became the first Bangladeshi company to be audited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA), which is globally known for its stringent regulatory standards, said a statement. The US regulatory authority conducted the audit of Beximco...
FE Report | 2015-02-02 00:00:00
Initial public offering (IPO) lottery of Zaheen Spinning Limited (ZSL) will be held today (Monday) to allocate shares among the investors, officials said. The lottery will be held at 10am at Seminar Hall of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB),...
New MD of Premier Bank Khondker Fazle Rashid has joined The Premier Bank Limited as Managing Director Sunday. Prior to this he served The Premier Bank Limited as Advisor for the period June, 2014 to January, 2015. He also worked...
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