The local currency depreciated marginally against the greenback during the week between November 23 and November 27. The central bank has sold some fresh US dollar to interbank to ease the market. A sharp increase of imports mainly capital machinery...
PARIS, Nov 28 (Reuters): European shares fell on Friday morning, retreating for the first time in six sessions as a further drop in crude oil prices kept the pressure on energy shares and revived fears of deflation in the euro...
FE Report | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Swedish automobile giant Volvo Group will market new generation trucks in Bangladesh, in a joint venture with Indian Eicher Motors driven by surging demand, the company said Friday. "Bangladesh is an important market for us and will continue to play...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-29 00:00:00
Local consumers are still paying high prices for CI and plain sheets despite a substantial fall in prices of raw materials in the international market, market insiders said. They said the import costs of the key raw materials mainly --...
FE Report Prices of Hilsa and some other fish varieties increased while vegetables witnessed further reduction in the city kitchen markets on Friday, compared with a week ago. Soybean oil prices showed further hike on the day. Prices of silver...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has prepared a time-bound agreed action plan with the government to gear up the implementation progress of its funded-projects in Bangladesh, accelerate its fund disbursement and thus deliver better results for the beneficiaries, reports UNB....
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu is now in Tarija, the southern city of Bolivia, to attend the Meeting of Ministers on Governance of Natural Resources and Industrialisation of the Group 77. In cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 28: Time has come to stop all sorts of tobacco promotion related advertisements, publicity and patronization to protect the future generation from bad effect of smoking and other tobacco products, speakers at a participatory discussion here said yesterday....
NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (Reuters): Data released on Friday showing a slowdown in India's economy will put the central bank under renewed pressure to cut interest rates, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes his time over reforms needed for a...
BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (Reuters): Annual inflation in the euro zone cooled to 0.3 per cent in November as energy prices fell, suggesting deflation remains a real threat for the European Central Bank. The reading on Friday marked a return to...
BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (AFP): The European Commission on Friday gave France, Italy and Belgium until March to fix their budgets or risk humiliating penalties for breaking tough eurozone spending rules. "We will decide in early March whether any further steps...
BRASILIA, Nov 28 (Reuters): Brazil's economy crawled out of a recession in the third quarter as public spending rose before presidential elections, suggesting growth could be short-lived as the government plans to tighten its budget. The economy grew 0.1 per...
TOKYO, Nov 28 (AFP): Japan released a string of lacklustre economic data Friday, with inflation hitting its lowest level in a year, dealing another blow to Tokyo's attempts to conquer years of falling prices and tepid growth. The figures come...
PARIS, Nov 28 (AFP): A US tyre tycoon on Friday ridiculed French laws and trade unions that he said had prevented him from investing in a stricken factory, saying France should become "Communist." Maurice Taylor, chief executive of Titan International,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka for Habiganj on a daylong tour on Saturday morning. She will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of a number of development projects in the north-eastern district, including ones in power and energy...
BNP accused Friday the government of creating obstacles towards holding the party-led 20-party's public rally in Comilla scheduled to be held today(Saturday), reports UNB. "The government is carrying out various undemocratic acts ahead of Saturday's rally. The local administration and...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal said on Friday the United States and the international community are profoundly grateful to the people of Bangladesh for their contributions to international peacekeeping efforts, reports UNB....
State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haq Chunnu said Friday that enactment of a new law favouring domestic workers across the country is now underway, reports BSS. The draft of the act will be placed at the Jatiya Sangsad...
All district hospitals in the country will have a cancer unit soon, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Md Nasim, reports BSS. "If money was available then every hospital would have a linear accelerator cobalt machine," he said this while...
Leaders and workers of the ruling Awami League (AL) and other socio-cultural-professional bodies paid glowing tributes Friday to Mohammad Hanif, former president of Dhaka City AL and first elected mayor of Dhaka, in observance of his 8th death anniversary, reports...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu heavily criticised Khaleda Zia and BNP Friday to take a blunt stand for militants and war criminals and requested all the democratic and progressive forces to stop favouring the BNP just now, reports UNB. He...
KISHOREGANJ, Nov 28 (UNB): A court here sent Friday Advocate Shamsuddin Ahmed, arrested for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity, including killing, arson attack and looting, during the Liberation War in 1971, to jail. Senior Judicial Magistrate SM Rajibul...
KHULNA, Nov 28 (BSS): The triennial council of Khulna city unit of Awami League (AL) will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 10.00 am at Khulna Circuit House Ground. In this connection, a press conference was held today at the VIP...
Dhaka City Awami League (AL) joint secretary and Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam alleged Friday that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has been conspiring to kill Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina, reports BSS. "A few days back BNP leader Begum Khaleda...
An Islamic Foundation official was crushed to death by a speeding bus in the city's Kalyanpur area on Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam (40) son of Wahid Ali of Paschim Changhat village in Rangpur. Rafique,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Friday noon after attending the 18th Saarc Summit held in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on November 26-27, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her...
Bangladesh artist Naeem Mohaimen has been short-listed for the Asia Pacific Breweries Award 2014 by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), reports UNB. The short-listed artworks from different countries have been put on display at Singapore Art Museum from November 14...
GAZIPUR, Nov 28 (UNB): The five-day 'Jor Ijtema', a preparatory event of the two-phase Biswa Ijtema, began on the bank of the Turag river at Tongi Friday. Over 0.1 million devotees from both home and abroad are expected to join...
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