TOKYO, Dec 14 (Reuters) : Takata Corp, an automotive parts company based in Japan, has begun enforcing tighter quality controls on a group of parts suppliers as the auto safety equipment maker boosts production to replace millions of air bags...
SHANGHAI, Dec 14 (Reuters): China's Tencent Holdings Ltd has been given approval to start its banking operations, the banking regulator said, making the internet firm the first of five recently approved private banks to open its doors to clients. The...
YANGON, Dec 14 (Xinhua) : The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private investment arm of the World Bank Group, is striving to boost investment in Myanmar which is expected to reach about 400 million US dollars by the end of...
NEW YORK, Dec 14 (AFP) : McDonald's is betting that a slimmed-down menu and a push toward greater customization will help it reverse a troubling decline in sales in the US. The fast-food giant aims to simplify the dining experience...
SYDNEY, Dec 14 (AFP) : Plunging commodity prices are weighing heavily on Australia's government revenue, Treasurer Joe Hockey warned Sunday, but said a mid-year budget update next week would serve as a "shock absorber" for the resources-driven economy. Australia is...
BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) : The US Federal Reserve would give the clearest signal next week that its easy money stance is ending if, as some expect, it drops its two-year long pledge to keep interest rates close to zero...
LAGOS, Dec 14 (AFP): Mention northern Nigeria and the first thing that may spring to mind is Boko Haram. Zainab Ashadu is hoping to change that -- by selling designer handbags. The Nigerian designer is the brains behind the Zashadu...
PARIS, Dec 14 (Reuters): The European Union's vaunted investment plan, due to be formally blessed by the bloc's 28 leaders at a summit this week, may be a day late and several euros short to revitalize a stagnant economy. Because...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Korea has been a valuable partner for Bangladesh for more than four decades. This country has been the guide as to how Bangladeshi entrepreneurs can open new frontiers, promote cooperation, consolidate meaningful friendship and put in place wider economic connectivity...
Sheikh Rahman | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Ten dollar rise in the price of oil produces a half a percentage point fall in the global GDP. At a time when oil prices are tumbling in the international market there is no rationale to justify a hike in...
If the highest seats of learning - no matter if they are public or private - are accused of concealing income proceeds, it is a sad day for any country. At least 10 private universities in the country are suspect...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
At a time when environmentalists and even the United Nations have expressed grave concern over the adverse fallout from oil spill in the Shela River of the Sundarbans, a senior Minister has assured the nation that no damage will be...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
The continued public grievances over inadequate Titas Gas supplies to consumers notwithstanding, the extent of pilferage of the fuel by a section of influential people seems appalling. Lately, it has assumed the proportions of veritable robbery. The menace of illegal...
A front page report with photographs from Patuakhali, was published on 13th December in an English daily. It was about the dedicated and devoted effort of one person in shaping the future of many deprived children of all religions. Sadly,...
Dilip Kumar, the legendary actor of Indian cinema, recently celebrated his 92nd birthday on December 11, 2014. He is known as the tragedy king of Indian screen, who is revered across the cine world. His illustrated career spanning over six...
Information Communication Technology (ICT) has been playing a significant role to boost our economy over the years. ICT freelancers of Bangladesh are competing with their counterparts in other countries and are earning more than Tk 10 million a day. The...
Saleh Akram | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh economy is particularly influenced by its geopolitical features. Along 75 per cent of its border lie open land, rivers and hills of India, 5 per cent have hillside roads with Myanmar and on the remaining 20 per cent is...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh is known across the world for its ready made garments (RMG).The country does produce other products but nothing is comparable to garments. The RMG industry has drawn the attention of the world to the capabilities of our entrepreneurs. In...
Terming BNP-Jamaat Pakistan's collaborators, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged on Sunday all to remain alert so that this quarter cannot return to power to play with people's fate, reports UNB. "We all have to remain vigilant so that those Pakistani...
BNP alleged Sunday that the current Awami League (AL) government has shattered the dream of the martyred intellectuals by annihilating democracy, report agencies. "The martyred intellectuals who had sacrificed their lives for the country had a dream of building a...
FE Report | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
A three-member parliamentary subcommittee was formed Sunday to scrutinize the procedures of increasing the number of specialized doctor posts in medical colleges. Headed by State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Zahed Malek, the panel will report findings and recommendations...
People of this country has no guarantee for their lives and only the Jatiya Party (JP) can save them now, its chief HM Ershad has said, reports bdnews24.com. Speaking to reporters Sunday after paying homage to the martyred intellectuals of...
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) urged the government Sunday to immediately ban 'war crimes organisations' Jamaat and Shibir and try all the war criminals ensuring their capital punishment, reports UNB. "War crimes organisations Jamaat and Shibir must be banned, and...
FE Report | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed ruled out on Sunday the possibility of holding dialogue with the BNP. "You (Khaleda Zia) made a blunder by not participating in January 5, 214 elections. You alone should take the responsibility for this," he told...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Sunday eminent writer and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury is the conscience of mass people as his powerful writings always depict their hopes and aspirations, reports BSS. "Extra-ordinary writings of Gaffar Chowdhury always inspire Bangali...
A Liberation War hero blamed all the three detained accused in the dock Sunday for killing 42 captured unarmed Hindus at Sankharikathi Bazar of Kachua in Bagerhat on November 5 during the 1971 Liberation War, reports UNB.
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-12-15 00:00:00
More than 32,000 private clinics and diagnostic centres across the country are operating illegally in absence of proper monitoring and punishment by the authorities concerned, officials and medicare businesses said. They said a large number of private clinics and diagnostic...
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