PARIS, Jan 22 (AP): France's prime minister is launching a new bid to heal what he called a nation fractured between haves and have-nots, after terrorist attacks exposed long-simmering discrimination and social and religious tensions. Manuel Valls shocked many this...
TOKYO, Jan 22 (AP): Japan was scrambling Thursday to try to gain the release of two hostages held by the Islamic State (IS) group, as two people with contacts there offered to try to negotiate. The militants threatened in a...
YANGON, Jan 22 (AP): Myanmar's government is accusing ethnic rebels of trying to scuttle a nationwide peace deal, as tensions soar in the northern state of Kachin. Sporadic clashes between the army and insurgents have left more than 1,800 civilians...
Indian court frees activist on 14-year hunger strike GUWAHATI (India), Jan 22: An Indian court Thursday reordered the release of a campaigner staging a hunger strike for more than 14 years to protest human rights abuses in the country's remote...
Monira Munni | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
The country's exports to Canada dropped by 15.40 per cent during the first half of current fiscal year following some industrial accidents, coupled with devaluation of Canadian currency against US dollar. The country fetched $471.26 million from Canada during the...
A 25-member business delegation from Wales will arrive on January 25 to drive forward business relations between Wales and Bangladesh in the fields of 'Knowledge Businesses and Knowledge Transfer', reports BSS. Organised by the WBCC, the trade mission, headed by...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
Slow project execution has prompted the Railway Ministry to cut its development budget by nearly Tk 9.25 billion for the upcoming revised budget of the current financial year (FY) 2014-15, officials said Thursday. The ministry has already sent a proposal...
FE Report | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
The government has floated an international tender to construct three new bridges beside existing Meghna, Meghna-Gumti and Kanchpur bridges to connect those with the Dhaka-Chittagong highway which is now widening into four-lane. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) took the...
FE Report | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jute Goods Association (BJGA) placed a number of demands to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on Thursday for taking necessary steps to meet the same. Members of the executive committee of the BJGA, headed by its chairman Kamrul Islam...
The European Union (EU) listed country Slovenia expressed its keenness on Thursday to import honey from Bangladesh. The interest came from a meeting between Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu and Alesa Kundus, CEO of Medex, a Slovenian organisation producing honey...
Gartner names IFS as a 'Leader' IFS, the global enterprise applications company, is today recognized as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Single-Instance ERP for Product-Centric Midmarket Companies, by Christian Hestermann et al., published recently for its product...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
Cloth merchants in the city's Islampur, the biggest wholesale clothing market in the country, are in a fix due to the ongoing blockade that caused 80 per cent decline in their daily turnover, according to the traders. The ongoing blockade...
FE Report | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
The government has released the third instalment of cash incentives amounting to Tk 8.75 billion for disbursement among some selected export earning sectors for fiscal year (FY), 2014-15. The Ministry of Finance advised the Chief Accounts Officer of the Finance...
FE Report | 2015-01-23 00:00:00
Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) has demanded of the authorities concerned to keep the agricultural products-laden vehicles out of the purview of blockade saying that the farmers are incurring massive losses following the present political unrest. In a statement...
M/s Rich Time Enterprise Limited, a China-Bangladesh joint venture company, is going to establish a leather and leather products industry involving US$ 21.5 million in the Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ). In this connection, an agreement was signed between the...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu has been requested to help in ensuring active participation of Bangladeshi entrepreneurs in the 4th Ministerial Meeting of D-8 Industrial Cooperation, to be held in Tehran from January 26 to 28. Iranian Ambassador in Bangladesh...
SINGAPORE, Jan 22 (Reuters): Japan could see some "concrete movement" in its real economy in 2015, an economic adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday, adding that inflation expectations have been rising under the Bank of Japan's...
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters): New world trade talks had to level the playing field between developed and developing economies on farm support and avoid being held hostage by countries unwilling to open markets, US Trade Representative Michael Froman said in...
BEIJING, Jan 22 (Reuters): Annual growth in China state-owned firms' profits slowed to 3.4 per cent in 2014, official data showed on Thursday, as factories struggled to cope with falling prices amid an economic slowdown. State-owned non-financial companies made combined...
TAIPEI, Jan 22 (AFP): Unemployment in Taiwan fell to a seven-year low in 2014, indicating that the job market had stabilised as the economy improves, the government said Thursday. The jobless rate sat at 3.96 per cent at the end...
MADRID, Jan 22 (AFP): Spain's unemployment rate fell for the second straight year in 2014 to 23.7 per cent as an economic recovery gained pace, but remains at one of the highest levels in the European Union, official data showed...
Head coach of Bangladesh National Cricket team Chandika Hathurusingha wants to overcome the hurdles of the first round in the ICC Cricket World Cup as first target while Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza seeks a good start in the event, reports...
Bangladesh golfer Shakhawat Hossain Sohel jumped 15 steps to become 174th jointly with 14 other players after the second round matches of the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage at the Springfield Royal Golf Club and Imperial Lakeview Golf Club...
Bangladesh made their early exit from the 2nd round of the eight-nation Hockey World League losing to Oman by 0-2 goals in penalty shoot-out as the 3rd quarterfinal match between them was locked in 3-3 goals in the stipulated time...
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