Zaidi Sattar | 2015-01-31 00:00:00
The Bali Package was adopted in December 2013 at the Ninth Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Bali, Indonesia. One of the key areas covered in this package was the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which contains provisions for...
FE Report | 2015-01-31 00:00:00
Competitive price and better quality have attracted consumers to buy products of local brands at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). The participating companies at DITF said domestic brands are dominating the 40- day fair as most of the customers...
FE Report The government will take necessary steps to set up a plastic industrial park in the country, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said on Friday. To this effect Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has formulated a development...
Ziaur Rahman To promote the thriving light engineering sector, the government is going to set up a light engineering industrial estate on 100 acres of land in Bhola district. Some 200 units of light engineering industry are likely to be...
FE Report Prices of rice, vegetables, ginger and garlic further increased Friday compared to the week before as traders blamed the ongoing blockade for supply crunch and higher transportation cost. However, price of onion, chilli and tomato declined on the...
SYLHET, Jan 30 : Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Friday suggested the leaders of Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) to arrange pre-budget discussion involving businessmen of all stratam in Sylhet. The finance minister made the suggestion when...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) eased the loan repayment for the owners of the cold storages in the country's northern region, allowing them five to eight years for paying bank their outstanding loans. The cold storage owners will get eight years for...
Fertiliser traders in Khulna and Pabna districts are facing huge losses as a large portion of their fertiliser imports ahead of the Boro season remain unsold due to the countrywide indefinite transport blockade enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance. Imported...
NILPHAMARI, Jan 30: State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak Friday said hi-tech park will be set up at Nilphamari district soon aiming to expand ICT rural areas to supplement the efforts for building a "Digital Bangladesh" by 2021. ...
TOKYO, Jan 30 (AFP): Japanese inflation slowed again in December, official data showed Friday, as weak consumer spending and falling energy prices challenge Tokyo's war on deflation, hiking pressure on the Bank of Japan to unleash more stimulus. But an...
BEIJING, Jan 30 (AFP) : French Prime Minister Manuel Valls sought to reassure Chinese concerns about the eurozone on Friday, insisting that Greece will stay part of the single currency. "Greece will remain, must remain, in the eurozone, the new...
BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (AFP) : Eurozone consumer prices fell by a record-equalling 0.6 per cent in January, confirming deflation could be taking hold for the long term, EU data showed. The drop from minus 0.2 per cent in December appears...
MADRID, Jan 30 (AFP) : Spain's recovering economy grew by 1.4 per cent in 2014, provisional official data showed Friday, after shrinking by 1.2 per cent in the previous year but remains plagued by mass unemployment. It is the first...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 30 (Reuters) : Google Inc's revenue grew 15 per cent in the fourth quarter but fell short of Wall Street's target on declining online ad prices and unfavorable foreign exchange rates. Shares of Google edged up 0.1...
ISTANBUL, Jan 30 (AFP): The Turkish lira sank to a fresh record low against the dollar on Friday, as it remained under pressure amid expectations that the central bank may cut interest rates as early as next week. In afternoon...
TOKYO, Jan 30 (AFP) : Honda cut its full-year profit forecast on Friday as the Japanese automaker grapples with soaring recall costs, including from an exploding airbag crisis linked to at least five deaths. The downgrade came after Honda said...
Favourite Thailand recorded a hard-fought 3-2 goals win over Singapore in the group B match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament Friday at the Sylhet District Stadium, reports BSS. In the day's match, midfielder Sensomaiad Adisak headed Kana...
SYLHET, Jan 30 (BSS): Bangladesh national football team skipper Mamunul Islam is still very much hopeful of playing in the semifinal of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament despite a shocking 1-0 defeat to Malaysia in the opening match...
PERTH, Jan 30 (AFP): England will face Australia in Sunday's tri-series final after winning their one-day international against India at the WACA Ground in Perth on Friday by three wickets. Set a modest 201 to win after another disappointing batting...
KABUL, Jan 30 (AFP): At an indoor academy in Kabul, Afghanis -tan's cricketers are training hard for their debut in the upcoming World Cup tournament in Australia and New Zealand next month. Shuttle runs and lifting weights help keep out...
FE report The annual sports competition of St. Gregory's School was held on the school premises at Luxmibazar in the city Friday. Zakaria Pintu, the captain of Swadhin Bangla Football Team was present as the chief guest while Brother Prodip...
NEWCASTLE, Jan 30 (AFP): The United Arab Emirates came from behind to beat 10-man Iraq 3-2 and clinch third place at the Asian Cup in an entertaining play-off Friday. The Gulf side were 2-1 down at half-time but Ahmed Khalil's...
Tamim Iqbal batted in the nets and trained with national side during their World Cup preparatory camp in Brisbane Thursday, as he looks to regain full fitness after suffering a knee injury in December, reports Cricinfo. Tamim had undergone knee...
MADRID, Jan 30 (AFP): Villarreal will face Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey as Gerardo Moreno's late strike sealed a 2-0 aggregate win away to Getafe. Espanyol will face Athletic Bilbao in the other semi-final after seeing...
Khairul Islam | 2015-01-31 00:00:00
The university regulator, UGC, has suggested introduction of a unified academic calendar year and similar syllabus for all public and private universities so that students willing to transfer to other universities get their credit hours accordingly. The University Grants Commission...
At least 20 people were killed in separate road accidents in Jhenaidah, Munshiganj, Panchagarh, Laxmipur, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Narayanganj districts Friday, reports UNB. Of them, five were killed in Mymensingh while four in Jhenaidah and Munshiganj each, three in Narayanganj,...
The sensational Gopibagh six-murder case still remains on the backburner as the designated investigation officer (IO) has failed to arrest no one of the perpetrators during the last one year in connection with the gruesome killings, reports UNB. Six people,...
FE Report The Ministry of Cultural Affairs (MoCA) has sought an additional allocation of about Tk 284 million from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) from the non-development budget of the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) of the current fiscal year...
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 30 (UNB): Five policemen, including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Kazipur Police Station, were closed Thursday last on charge of torturing a college girl for six days in custody in connection with a murder case. The action was taken...
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