PERTH, Australia, Jan 5 (AFP): World number one Serena Williams needed a shot of coffee to regain her best form during her opening match at the mixed teams Hopman Cup at the Perth Arena on Monday. Perked up by a...
BEIJING, Jan 05 (AFP): China has abolished price controls on tobacco leaf, the last agricultural product to have limits, the country's top economic planner said as authorities seek to give the market a greater economic role. But tobacco leaf prices...
SEOUL, Jan 5 (Reuters): South Korea's central bank governor said low global oil prices are expected to have a positive effect on the economy, although the end results have yet to be seen. Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol also...
SINGAPORE, Jan 05 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asia Monday as dealers await fresh leads from top crude consumer the United States, while analysts warned there are likely still further losses to come. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, eased...
SINGAPORE, Jan 5 (Reuters): Gold reversed early losses on Monday to trade higher for a second straight session, supported by strong buying from top consumer China, which offset a firm dollar. The dollar index, a measure of the greenback's strength...
NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (Reuters): Coal India Ltd is transporting extra volumes of coal to power plants ahead of a five-day worker union strike that threatens to cut much of its per-day output of 1.6 million tonnes, two company officials...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell in choppy trade on Monday, dragged lower as oil prices slid to fresh 5-1/2-year lows, although losses in the ringgit and concerns over floods curbing palm supply propped up the...
Syful Islam | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh will seek from Malaysia similar trade benefits the latter has offered to other members of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), officials said. Besides, duty-free access of all products will also be sought during the Dhaka visit of...
Kyle Haywood, a British national and a commercial aviation professional, took the top job of Biman Monday, facing the challenge of turning around the struggling state carrier. In September last year, Biman's board picked Mr. Kyle as the managing director...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
The Micro-credit Regulatory Authority (MRA) will hold a meeting with stakeholders on January 11 to discuss launching of Lead MFI (micro-finance institution) System to coordinate poverty-reduction programmes at grassroots level. The MRA has recently taken the initiative to launch the...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a total of 177 development projects with the outlay of Tk 1,234.04 billion in the first year of the current tenure of the AL-led grand alliance government, reports BSS. Of...
Jamal Uddin Ahmad laid to rest Former deputy prime minister Jamal Uddin Ahmad died on Saturday at the age of 85. He passed away at his Baridhara home in the city. Mr Ahmad was a two-time president of the Institute...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-01-06 00:00:00
The government has fixed per capita consumption and country's demand for nine key essentials for next seven fiscal years aiming to implement its vision-2021, officials said. The household consumption of food items are: edible oil, sugar, onion, lentil, gram, ginger,...
China has been urged to simplify visa process for Bangladeshis to increase the volume of trade and commerce. Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad M Fazle Rabbi Mia made the appeal when a Chinese delegation met him at his office...
RANGPUR, Jan 5 (BSS): Flourishing local industries and promoting entrepreneurs of Rangpur stressed for creating job opportunities for the unemployed people and also enhancing economy of the region. Speakers said this while addressing the launching of month-long 'Rangpur Industry and...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan 5 (Xinhua): China's Hong Kong surpassed other major investors as Japan, Singapore and China's Taiwan to become the second biggest investor in Vietnam in 2014, local Saigon Times daily reported Monday, quoting sources from the...
TOKYO, Jan 5 (AFP): The euro fell to a near nine-year low against the dollar in Asia Monday after the head of the European Central Bank hinted that policymakers would unleash fresh easing measures to counter weakness in the eurozone....
BRUSSELS, Jan 5 (AFP): A country's membership in the eurozone is "irrevocable," a European Commission spokeswoman said Monday when asked about Greece's possible exit from the single currency union following elections this month. "Euro membership is irrevocable," spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt...
TOKYO, Jan 5 (Reuters): Japanese manufacturing activity showed sustained growth in December, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting domestic demand continues to recover after the economy fell into a surprise recession last year. The final Markit/JMMA Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers...
ISTANBUL, Jan 5 (AFP): Annual inflation in Turkey ticked up to 8.17 per cent in 2014, slightly higher than 2013 and well over the central bank's medium-term target, the state statistics office said Monday. However the figure was lower than...
BANGKOK, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Thai headline inflation eased to a more than 5-year low in December as oil prices declined, giving the central bank leeway to cut interest rates to spur the struggling domestic economy. With inflation easing amid...
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