Bangladesh wants to see the start of negotiation on extending the timeline for implementing patent law on drugs which will expire on December 31, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed in the city on Thursday, reports UNB. "We've already taken an...
YANGON, Jan 8 (Xinhua): Myanmar, among the world tourist destinations, received 3.05 million tourists in 2014, with an expectation to attract five million tourists in 2015. Of the 3.05 million tourists who visited Myanmar in 2014, 70 per cent mainly...
Young scientists have been advised to use the full potential of their innovative faculty for the betterment of the country. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu gave the advice while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the three-day 'Science and Industrial Technology...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan 8 (Xinhua): Vietnam's garments and textile sector has set a target to earn US$28.5 billion from export in 2015, $4.0 billion more than last year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association. In 2014,...
SINGAPORE, Jan 8 (Xinhua): Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC has invested in a non-banking financial company set up by United States investment firm KKR to provide structured credit solutions to the real estate sector in India, a local television channel...
SEOUL, Jan 8 (Xinhua): South Korea's exports in information and communication technology (ICT) products hit a new record high in 2014 due to strong demand for locally-made chips and mobile phones, a government report showed on Thursday. The ICT exports...
BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters): Weakening economies in Asia and Africa could dampen demand for international air travel this year, taking the gloss off the positive effects of cheaper oil for the global airline industry, a leading industry body said on...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 (Reuters): Malaysia's international reserves fell $4.7 billion in the last two weeks of 2014 as its ringgit currency slid against the dollar, on its way to a 5-1/2 year low struck earlier this week. The Southeast...
TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters): The Bank of Japan will project a slight economic contraction for the fiscal year ending in March, but may revise up its forecast for the following year in a quarterly review due later this month, sources...
DOHA, Jan 8 (AFP): Qatar Airways chief Akbar al-Baker boasted Wednesday that European carriers "cannot keep up" with competition from Gulf carriers, as his fast-growing airline welcomed the first Airbus A350 plane. In a wide-ranging press conference, Baker also revealed...
LONDON, Jan 8 (AFP): The Bank of England voted to keep its main interest rate at 0.50 per cent, it announced on Thursday, against a backdrop of sliding British inflation. The BoE, holding its first policy meeting of the year,...
BARGUNA, Jan 8 (BSS): Vermi-compost, an organic fertiliser developed by government and local non-governmental organisations is gradually becoming popular among the farmers for its low cost and capacity for increasing crop and vegetable production. The application of this homemade fertiliser...
NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (Reuters): India had 25.1 million tonnes of wheat in government warehouses as of Jan. 1, sources said on Thursday, more than three times the target, potentially making it easier for the government to allow exports to...
BANGKOK, Jan 8 (Reuters): Drought will cut major rice exporter Thailand's 2015 off-season crop by over 30 per cent, according to the latest report from the Office of Agricultural Economics. Thailand is one of the world's top three rice exporters...
SINGAPORE, Jan 8 (Reuters): Gold added to overnight losses on Thursday as strength in the dollar and equities plus robust US economic data reduced the metal's appeal as a hedge, triggering further outflows from the top bullion-backed fund. Spot gold...
SINGAPORE, Jan 8 (AFP): Oil extended gains in Asia Thursday following a drop in US crude stockpiles indicating stronger demand in the world's biggest economy, but analysts said prices remain under pressure due to a global supply glut. US benchmark...
Our Correspondent | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Jan 7: A good number of farmers at different upazilas in Rangpur district are getting financially solvent by growing sweet potato on their lands. Its cultivation has proved lucrative which has encouraged the growers to cultivate it this season...
SHERPUR, Jan 7 (UNB): A housewife was found dead at Bakshabaid village in Sribardi upazila Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Saufa Begum 18, wife of Hafizur Rahman of Mamdamari village in Sribardi upazila. Quoting her family police said that...
RU Correspondent | 2015-01-08 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Jan 7: A female student of Rajshahi University (RU) was strangled to death with her scarf in a fatal auto-rickshaw accident on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in city's Jhalmalia area yesterday. The deceased was identified as Rokaiya Akhter, 20, a...
GAIBANDHA, Jan 7 (BSS): One person was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Nandinasahar village under Betkapa union of Palashbari upazila in the district Wednesday. The victim is Shahid Miah, 32, son...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 7 (BSS): Honey farming has made many people especially some self-committed persons small entrepreneurs in the region. When some cash crops especially mustard and litchi become flooded with flowers, work of the professional and amateur honey-hunters along with...
RANGPUR, Jan 7 (BSS): A young man was killed after falling from the roof of a running train at the North Outer Signal of Fulbari rail station under Fulabri upazila in Dinajpur district Tuesday, police and local sources said. The...
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