The massive Adamjee Jute Mills in Narayanganj remains shut down. It was closed down quite a long time back. The closure followed the then government's divestiture drive. The sharp fall in the global demand for jute and jute products also...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The foreign policy of a country is a part of total governmental policy. The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appears to give priority on the acceptability of her government abroad following questionable parliamentary election of January 05, 2014. Some...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
25 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Is the world a better place for children? Published by UNICEF ISBN: 978-92-806-4765-5; September 2014, 122 page The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates, for the...
TRIPOLI, Nov 6 (BSS/AFP): Libya's Supreme Court invalidated the country's internationally recognised parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for more political chaos in the violence-wracked nation. The court's ruling, which cannot be appealed, prompted celebratory gunfire in the capital Tripoli,...
KABUL, Nov 6 (Reuters): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday reaffirmed the alliance's commitment to stabilising Afghanistan and ensuring that the gains made are preserved after the foreign combat mission ends in 2014. Afghan security forces have been largely...
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 6 (BSS/AFP): Burkina Faso's army, politicians and civil society leaders agreed to a one-year political transition with elections in November 2015 following highly charged crisis talks on Wednesday. The talks, mediated by three west African presidents and also...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov 6 (Reuters): A policeman in Pakistan hacked a man to death for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, police said, just two days after a Christian couple was lynched over blasphemy in...
KIEV, Nov 6 (AFP/BSS): Ukraine announced Thursday that anyone crossing in or out of areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country will have to show a passport. The rule, announced by the border guards service, was...
Russia's arms export contracts exceed $7.5b MOSCOW, Nov. 6: Russia has secured at least 7.5 billion US dollars in arms contracts with foreign customers since the beginning of 2014, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday. "This year Russia's arms producers have...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (Reuters): Pakistan has imposed a 20 per cent import duty on wheat to prop up domestic producers, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. "The 20 per cent regulatory duty has been imposed to promote local crops. The...
ROME, Nov 6 (Reuters): World food prices edged lower in October, after a series of sharp declines, as prices of oils and sugar rose while dairy and meat prices fell, the UN's food agency said on Thursday. The Food and...
LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters): Gold edged higher on Thursday as a retreat in the dollar took some pressure off the precious metal after its slump to four-year lows, but prices remained rangebound ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later...
Manoj Kumar and Tom Miles of Reuters from New Delhi/Geneva | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
India defied the world this week in a row over food stockpiling that has crippled attempts to reach a global trade agreement, raising doubts that backroom talks can reach a compromise before a Group of 20 summit this month. At...
Saif Hameed of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Muhammed Hilal and about 100 other members of Iraq's Albu Nimr tribe felt safe hiding from Islamic State militants in tall grass -- until the headlights of dozens of cars exposed them. "We know you are there, traitors," militants shouted,...
Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal of Reuters in Colombo | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the Supreme Court to determine if there is any constitutional obstacle to his becoming president for a third term, something the top lawyers' association says he cannot do. Rajapaksa and his family have...
KHULNA, Nov 6 (UNB): Bangladesh suffered a mini batting collapse but recovered to take a lead of 266 with five second-innings wickets in hand, at stumps on an enthralling day 4 of the 2nd Test of the three-match Bashundhara Cement...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will get Tk 60 million (6 crore) from private television Channel 9 to host this year Bangabandhu International Gold Cup Football Tournament that will begin in the third week of January next year with the participation...
Officers' Club Dhaka will hold an open bridge (both team and pair) tournament from November 13 to 18 on the 2nd floor of the club in the city, said a press release. All Bridge teams and bridge players of Bangladesh...
Mymensingh DSA notched 2nd successive victory in a match of the ATN Bangla Gold Cup National Hockey Championship crushing Habiganj DSA by 12-1 goals at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium in the Thursday, reports UNB. Kawser made a hat-trick scoring...
Zamal Hossain of Bangladesh finished an astonishing 3rd while on his return to competitive gold country's celebrated golfer Siddikur Rahman placed 13th among 120 golfers after the first round of the Panasonic Open India 2014 at the Delhi Golf Club...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Thursday, announced a 14-member squad with one change against Zimbabwe for the third Test of the Bashundhara Cement Test Series scheduled to begin on November 12 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS), Chittagong, reports UNB....
PARIS, Nov 6 (AFP): Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Porto all qualified for the Champions League last 16 Wednesday with Lionel Messi setting another personal milestone. Messi scored both goals-one with a header for only the fourth time in...
Ctg MSC beat Ctg Abahani in CJKS Handball CHITTAGONG, Nov 6: Chittagong Mohammedan SC Blues notched an easy 40-15 goals victory over their main rivals Chittagong Abahani Limited in a match of the CJKS-Aerial Properties Premier Division Handball League at...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
A government-appointed administrator may revive and run the beleaguered Multi-level Marketing (MLM) outfit Jubok to help out a large number of its swindled members. Official sources gave such an idea as a government-formed eight-member committee on the scam by the...
Ananda Shipyard & Slipways Limited, the leading shipbuilder delivered a 2774 DWT (Dead Weight Tonnage) fleet replenishment oil tanker to Bangladesh Navy on Thursday on the shipyard premises in Meghnaghat, Narayanganj, said a press statement. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan attended...
FE Report Traders in the city expressed mixed reaction over sales of vegetables while mentioning that the prices of these showed a downtrend during the two-day-long hartal on Wednesday and Thursday. A number of the traders said the sale of...
FE Desk Report Separate teams of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and the Institute of Cost and Accounting Management Bangladesh (ICMAB) left the city for Italy on Wednesday, according to statements received on Thursday. A statement said...
Deputy General Manager of Sonali Bank Limited Md Safiqul Islam Bhuiyan has recently joined Sonali Investment Limited as its CEO. Mr Bhuiyan started his banking career at Sonali Bank in 1983. He received Honours and Masters degrees in Economic from...
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