Stating that their party does not believe in militancy and terrorism, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the government is trying to brand BNP as a militant and extremist party though militancy emerged in the country...
The Parliamentary committee of the Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry has asked the government to crack down hard on the illegal VOIP business. It said after its 6th meeting on Sunday that no politician or bureaucrat involved with this...
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 15 (AFP): An overhaul of the global energy market could be a surprise outcome of the G20 summit with plans for a new agency to protect against oil and gas supplies being used as foreign policy tools,...
Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion for being elected as the CPA chairman and IPU president by Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Saber Hossain Chowdhury, MP respectively. Chief Whip ASM Feroz placed the thanksgiving motion and initiated...
LONDON, Nov 15 (AFP): Oil prices tumbled this week to four-year lows on expectations that OPEC will likely maintain its production ceiling at the cartel's upcoming meeting, despite ample global supplies of crude. Crude futures will keep sliding well into...
Rajshahi University (RU) teachers have told police they have 15 days to find the murderers of their colleague Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. The announcement came from a meeting of the teachers association on Sunday evening. They also decided to boycott...
SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters): South Korea's imports of Iranian crude in the first 10 months of 2014 were below the 2013 average, meeting international sanction requirements, and it imported nearly 120,000 tonnes from the United States as it brought the...
SYDNEY, Nov 15 (AFP): Mining magnate Gina Rinehart Saturday signed a deal to invest Aus$500 million (US$438 million) in an Australian dairy project to tap into the multi-billion dollar Chinese infant formula market. Rinehart, who recently entered into a joint...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (AFP): Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged to begin a new era of economic cooperation Saturday, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani saying three days of talks had ended 13 years of differences. Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
BRISBANE, Nov 15 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin is to walk out of a G20 summit in Australia, an aide said Saturday, after he faced scorn and scepticism from Western leaders over Ukraine despite venturing to paper over Europe's deepest...
JAKARTA, Nov 15 (AFP): A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia Saturday, sparking a tsunami warning for areas up to 300 kilometres (185 miles) away. The undersea quake struck at a depth of 46 kilometres (28...
BRISBANE, Nov 15 (AP): President Barack Obama challenged Asia Pacific nations to choose between "conflict or cooperation," singling out North Korea's rogue nuclear program and China's tense territorial disputes with its neighbors as matters that could threaten progress in the...
KIRKUK, Nov 15 (AFP): Iraqi forces broke a months-long siege by jihadist fighters of the country's largest oil refinery Saturday as the top US officer flew in to discuss the expanded war against the Islamic State group. Ousting IS fighters...
Hong Kong activists denied permit to go to Beijing HONG KONG, Nov 15: Three Hong Kong students who have led protests for greater democracy in the former British colony were denied in their attempt Saturday to go to Beijing to...
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday night returned home after wrapping up his 10-day visit to China and Singapore. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by a regular flight of Singapore Airlines around 10.40 pm, according to a news agency.
Arafat Ara | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
The growing incidents of hijacking egg-carrying vehicles over the last two years have stoked concerns among traders, but the ring goes scot free. Between 2013 and now, traders and wholesalers said, a total of 40 eggs-laden trucks fell prey to...
Five 'Nobin Udyokta' business projects launched by children of Grameen Bank borrowers were approved at the 37th Social Business (SB) Design Lab at Grameen Bank Bhaban in the city on Saturday, reports UNB. Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus presided...
'Run for Changing Diabetes' Novo Nordisk Bangladesh arranged an awareness rally titled "Run for Changing Diabetes" Friday in the city to mark World Diabetes Day. Around 500 participants including the employees of Novo Nordisk, their family & friends joined hands...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
Chicken meat prices have started to increase in the city kitchen markets following rising demand, traders said. They said prices of birds, which decreased significantly after the Eid-ul-Azha, the sacrificial festival, began to rise. Chicken meat of broiler, layer, Pakistani...
The country's agro-processors have been urged to know about the requirements of the importers before going for export. The observation was made at a Regional Meeting organised by BAPA-EU Project of SME Competitiveness Grant Scheme under Ministry of Industries 'on...
FE Report | 2014-11-16 00:00:00
Participants of the four international exhibitions got better response from customers on the concluding day of the fairs on Saturday. "Around 1,500 visitors registered their name in the fair till the Saturday evening while the number of visitor was 1200...
Chairman of Bangladesh Foundation for Tourism Development (BFTD) HM Hakim Ali expressed the hope that in future Bangladesh will be the tourism hub in South East Asia. The BFID chair said this while speaking at a press conference in the...
US business leaders with Bangladesh origin have been urged to explore the market of jute products in the USA. Minister for Textiles and Jute Emaz Uddin Pramanik made the appeal while underlining the international standard of the Bangladeshi jute products...
Australian High Commission in Dhaka has established Australia-Bangladesh business council with a view to increasing trade between the two countries, Federal Member of Parliament (Werriwa) Laurie Ferguson said. "I hope the initiative taken by the high commission will boost up...
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