Twenty-seven of 53 Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve their respective export targets for the July-November period of the current fiscal (2014-15). The key Bangladesh missions like the ones in Washington, Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Ottawa, Rome and the...
Intel, a world leader in computing innovation, held an 'Intel Predictions Event 2015' in the capital on Wednesday recapping key moments from 2014 and looking ahead at predictions for the coming year, reports BSS. Zia Manzur, Country Business Manager for...
TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) : Japan's exports grew for a third straight month in November from a year earlier, but much more slowly than expected and despite a sharp fall in the yen, maintaining economic policy pressure on Prime Minister...
MOSCOW, Dec 17 (AFP): Russia's finance ministry is selling its foreign currency to support the ruble, a spokeswoman told AFP on Wednesday. "The finance ministry considers the ruble extremely undervalued and is starting to sell its left-over currency on the...
BEIJING, Dec 17 (AFP) : China's manufacturing activity worsened in December with HSBC's closely watched purchasing managers' index (PMI) hitting a seven-month low, the bank said Tuesday, signalling more weakness in the world's second-largest economy. The British banking giant's preliminary...
TOKYO, Dec 17 (AFP): The embattled ruble clawed back some losses in Asian trade on Wednesday after crashing to unprecedented lows, but market players were not convinced of the authorities' ability to reverse the downward trend. The Russian currency dived...
SHANGHAI, Dec 17 (AFP): Japanese carmaker Honda will recall almost 570,000 vehicles in China from February due to potentially defective airbags, China's quality watchdog said. Honda's two Chinese joint ventures have filed their plans with the General Administration of Quality...
ISTANBUL, Dec 17 (AFP) :Turkey's currency the lira hit a new record low on Tuesday as investors moved out of emerging markets amid the collapse of the Russian ruble and fretted over the impact of raids against Turkish opposition media....
MANIKGANJ, Dec 17 (BSS): The district level competition of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournanent-2014 and Banga Mata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament was inaugurated at the playground of Manikganj Government Debendra College Wednesday, reports...
Both men's and women's final matches of the Walton Home Appliances Victory Day Handball Tournament will be held today (Thursday) at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium in the city, reports UNB. In the men's final, Border Guard...
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec 17 (AFP): Murali Vijay made Australia's bowlers toil in the brutal Brisbane heat with a defiant century as India frolicked in the second Test at the Gabba Wednesday. Vijay profited from two dropped catches by Shaun Marsh...
The First Security Islami Bank National School Hockey Tournament was formally inaugurated Wednesday at the Moulana Bhasani National Stadium in the city, reports UNB. President of International Hockey Federation (IHF) Leandro Negre inaugurated the 2nd version of the countrywide school...
The Quick City College Rugby competition will begin tomorrow (Friday) at the Paltan ground adjoining Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. Aminul Islam Khan, deputy secretary of Education Ministry, is expected to inaugurate the meet as the chief...
A 17-member Bangladesh Women's Volleyball team left Dhaka for Nepal Wednesday to participate in the First South Asian Women's Volleyball Championship to be held on December 19-23 in Kathmandu at the covered hall of Nepal National Sports Council, report UNB....
Bangladesh national football team take on visiting Japan under-21 football team in only International FIFA Friendly match schedule to be held today (Thursday) at the country's premier venue Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. The match kicks off...
Sirajganj Krira Shikkha Prothistan (SKSP) and Runner Club moved to the final of the Walton Smart TV Baseball competition eliminating their respective rivals in semifinals held Wednesday at the Paltan ground adjoining Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS...
ABU DHABI, Dec 17 (AFP): Skipper Kane Williamson hit a century to help steer New Zealand to 299-5 in the fourth day-night international against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The 24-year-old right-hander scored 123 off 105 balls while opener...
Dilshan batters England with bat and ball COLOMBO, Dec 17: Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a century and grabbed three wickets in his 300th one-day international as Sri Lanka whipped England by 87 runs in the seventh and final match in Colombo...
Some miscreants strangulated man, believed to be a driver, to death and took away his vehicle in Habiganj Sadar Upazila at sometimes between Monday night and early Tuesday. The miscreants dumped the body of Sohel Ahmed Subel in Sutang area...
Miscreants killed a fisherman and dumped his body in Kawnai River in Dharmapasha Upazila in Sunamganj district at sometimes between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The dead is Elahi Mia, 40, son of Ayat Nur Mia, a resident of Rajpur...
At least six people were injured in a clash between the activists of Awami League and Jamaat-e-Islami at Guptamanik Raninagar in Shibganj Upazila in injures 6 in Chapainwabganj district on Tuesday. Police said the clash broke out when a procession...
Terming the government an ‘illegal’ one, BNP has said that the regime has destroyed the Liberation War spirit by snatching away people’s rights. BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the remarks while talking to reporters...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has urged BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has to sever relations with militancy and communal forces for her survival in politics. ‘Khaleda Zia will remain burden in politics, if she does not sever relations with militancy...
The General Assembly of the United Nations in a unanimous resolution has passed a Bangladesh proposal for ‘culture of peace,’ a press release of the foreign ministry has said. Bangladesh was one of 97 countries to co-sponsor the resolution. In...
The death toll stood at 7 in a road crash that occurred in Shayestaganj Upazila in Habiganj district on Tuesday. Earlier, five persons were killed and 11 others injured in the incident. The deceased were identified as Nauban Bibi, wife...
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