Shah Alam Nur | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
Country's readymade garment industry faces a number of challenges in 2015, compliance with western consumer standards and fresh political fracas being among major ones, sector-insiders said. Restoring the GSP facility on the US market and finding new export markets for...
Sonia H Moni | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
Prices of 12 kg LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) cylinder declined by Tk 50 to Tk 100 on per cylinder after continued price fall in the international market, traders said. "We've brought down the plant gate price of 12 kg LPG...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Jan 6: Bangladesh's image in the global maritime industry has dipped its lowest ebb after activities of the state-run department of shipping and other organs came under scrutiny by the IMO and ILO for quite some time, officials said. ...
GENEVA, Jan 6 (AFP): The World Economic Forum said Tuesday that its annual gathering at Davos this month will draw a record number of participants and over 300 heads of state and government bigwigs. The January 21-24 meeting of the...
Chevron Bangladesh gets new president Kevin Lyon has been appointed the new president of Chevron Bangladesh. Prior to this assignment, he held the post of Netherlands Country Manager for Chevron Upstream Europe. Mr Lyon joined Chevron as an electrical engineer...
FE Report | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
The government has taken steps to improve communications system in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) district of Khagrachhari, as ECNEC approved a Tk 1.90 billion cost project to this effect on Tuesday. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the Executive...
BENGALURU, Jan 6 (Reuters): India's dominant service industry eased off the accelerator in December and firms barely raised prices, increasing pressure on the Reserve Bank of India to loosen monetary policy soon, a survey showed on Tuesday. Weak growth will...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Amid a worsening energy crisis, Pakistan has approved the use of grid-connected solar energy, rooftop solar installations and mortgage financing for home solar panels to boost uptake of clean energy in the country. The...
LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters): Britain's economic recovery softened further as growth across services companies slowed sharply during December to its lowest level since mid-2013, a survey showed on Tuesday. Sterling slipped to a 17-month low against the dollar after the...
SHERPUR, Jan 6 (BSS): A two-month free computer training course began here today aimed at making poor students familiar with information technology (IT) and computer system in the district. Chief Executive Officer of Sherpur Zila Parishad Ehsanul Pervez formally inaugurated...
RIYADH, Jan 6 (AFP): A weak global economy is the main reason for "tensions" in world oil markets, Saudi Arabia's crown prince said on Tuesday, in a speech on behalf of ailing King Abdullah. "You are aware of the urgent...
MANILA, Jan 6 (Xinhua): The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Tuesday the country's inflation rate eased to 2.7 per cent in December from 3.7 per cent in November. Without food and oil prices, core inflation also went down to 2....
TOKYO, Jan 6 (AFP) : Toyota will give away thousands of patents for its fuel-cell cars, it said Tuesday, in an effort to encourage other automakers into the new industry. The world's largest vehicle maker said it will allow royalty-free...
TAIPEI, Jan 6 (AFP) : Taiwan smartphone giant HTC on Tuesday posted a third successive quarterly profit as the launch of a series of new products gave a lift to the resurgent brand. The firm said net profit came in...
LAS VEGAS, Jan 6 (AFP) : Sony chief Kazuo Hirai on Monday spoke for the first time publicly about the cyber attack that derailed launch of controversial comedy "The Interview," calling the assault "vicious and malicious." Hirai thanked supporters who...
PARIS, Jan 6 (AFP) : French and German borrowing rates reached new all-time lows on Tuesday amid fears over the prospect of Greece leaving the eurozone. As of 0830 GMT, France's 10-year debt hit 0.772 per cent on the secondary...
TOKYO, Jan 6 (AFP) : The euro struggled in Asia on Tuesday after dropping to its lowest level in nearly nine years against the dollar, as traders fret about a possible Greek exit from the eurozone and falling oil prices....
LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) : The euro zone economy ended 2014 with its worst quarter for over a year as further price cutting failed to significantly drive up business activity, adding pressure on the European Central Bank to act, surveys...
SEOUL, Jan 6 (AFP): South Korea's Hyundai announced Tuesday it plans to invest 80.7 trillion won ($73 billion) by 2018 in bolstering overseas production and developing next-generation cars. The auto giant said it would over the next four years invest...
Jeb Blount and Anthony Boadle of Reuters in Brasilia | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
When federal investigators first identified signs of corruption at Petrobras in 2009, Dilma Rousseff insisted Brazil's state-run oil company had nothing to hide. "Petrobras has one of the most accurate accounting standards in the world," said Rousseff, who was then...
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said Tuesday they are investigating BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's involvement in instigating party workers to carry out subversive acts, reports UNB. Asked about Inu's remarks about filing of a case against Khaldea for the...
Bryan Early of Reuters in Tokyo | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
Responding to the cyber attack against Sony, the US government recently issued new sanctions against North Korea. There are few reasons to be optimistic that this newest round of sanctions will change Pyongyang's behavior. Like Cuba and Iran, the country...
Kay Johnson of Reuters in Kabul | 2015-01-07 00:00:00
US Army Major Eric Lightfoot, serving at a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, knows NATO has its work cut out to prepare local forces to go it alone against Taliban insurgents once its training mission ends in two years' time....
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