CARACAS, Nov 29 (AFP):Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered his government on Friday to slash the budget of his oil-dependent and economically-weak nation, as crude prices plunge after OPEC held output steady. The leftist leader called for a "substantial reduction" of...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 (AFP) : Striken Malaysia Airlines apologised Saturday for a year-end promotion tweet that sparked anger on Twitter after it inadvertently drew parallels with the still-missing MH370 flight. "Want to go somewhere but don't know where?" read...
NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) : The Federal Reserve's latest market proposal could help it smoothly raise interest rates and bring far more banks into direct contact with the US central bank in a way that another tool, unveiled last...
OTTAWA, Nov 29 (AFP) : Canada's economy slowed in the third quarter despite gains in most sectors, the government statistical agency announced Friday, but growth still beat forecasts. Growth dipped to 0.7 per cent in the quarter following a revised...
BERLIN, Nov 29 (Xinhua) : The Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, approved Today the budget for 2015, which foresees a balanced bottom line for the country's public finances. It is the first time that Berlin won't take on any...
WEST HARTFORD, Nov 29 (Reuters) : Mall crowds were relatively thin on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in US holiday shopping: the mad rush is happening the night of Thanksgiving and more consumers...
LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) :Vodafone is reviewing potential acquisitions, including of Europe's leading cable operator Liberty Global , to counter the pending consolidation among rivals in Britain, five people close to the matter said. The internal deliberations at the world's...
BEIJING, Nov 29 (Bloomberg): China asked state-owned companies to investigate risks associated with commodity trading, said people familiar with the matter, as the government seeks to avoid losses amid a price slump for raw materials. The State-owned Assets Supervision and...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 29 (Bloomberg): A worker fills a customer's car with gasoline at a Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Petrobras is investing $221 billion between 2014 and 2018 to accelerate production at the...
LONDON, Nov 29 (AFP): Crude oil prices hit four-year lows this week after OPEC held output levels despite global oversupply, in a move perceived by some analysts as an attack on booming US shale energy. Heavy falls in the oil...
CHICAGO, Nov 29 (Reuters): US wheat futures climbed to their highest in nearly five months on Friday, supported by news that Russia, a major global wheat supplier, was tightening its grain export rules, traders said. Soybeans fell nearly 3 per...
PARIS, Nov 29 (Reuters): Louis Dreyfus Commodities named Mayo Schmidt, former head of Canadian grain handler Viterra, as its new chief executive in the latest stage of a corporate shake-up at the global trading firm. Louis Dreyfus, one of a...
HABIGANJ, Nov 29 (UNB): Renewing her party's allegation that Khaleda Zia boycotted the January-5 election sensing defeat, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday the BNP chief had actually wanted to create a Thailand-like situation where martial law was declared...
Former BNP leader Nazmul Huda announced Saturday formation of a new political party named Bangladesh Manobadhikar (human rights) Party (BMP), reports BSS. He made the announcement at a press conference at his business office at Topkhana Road Meherba Plaza in...
A faction of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) on Saturday threatened to wage a non-cooperation movement against the government unless it takes effective steps to fully implement the CHT Peace Accord by April next, reports UNB. "Parbatya Chattagram Jana...
Road Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader said Saturday Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has filed a total of 6,150 cases in the last 17 days' drive against unfit vehicles in highway and driving licence of driver, reports BSS. Besides,...
President Md Abdul Hamid will go to India on a four-day visit from December 18, said Foreign Minister (FM) A H Mahmood Ali in the city Saturday, reports BSS. The President will visit New Delhi from December 18 to December...
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad, also special envoy to the prime minister, returned home Saturday after a five-day private visit to Malaysia, said a press release, reports BSS. JP presidium member Taz Rahman and Ershad's personal secretary (PS) Major...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 29 (UNB/BSS): Rescue vessel 'Adamya' of Bangladesh Navy detected a sunken trawler-like object under the sea near 28 nautical miles west of Saint Martin's Island on Saturday, a day after a fishing trawler capsized in the Bay. Mr...
KHULNA, Nov 29 (UNB): Despite having all facilities, the Victim Support Centre (VSC) of police in Khulna can hardly come to the use of those for whom it is meant, mainly due to people's ignorance of such a centre existing....
NATORE, Nov 29 (UNB/BSS): A auto-rickshaw driver was found dead in a paddy field at Haibatpur in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ajgar Ali,50, a resident of the village. Police said Ajgar along with his...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu left the city Saturday for Iranian capital of Tehran to attend the 10th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) beginning Monday, reports BSS. The theme of the conference is 'media interaction for restoration of peace...
BENAPOLE, Nov 29(UNB): Police in a drive arrested a man along with 50 answer sheets of Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Friday night. The arrestee was identified as Rabiul Islam, a moazzen of...
FE Report | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
Daffodil International University (DIU) will host the 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) 2014 scheduled to be held on December 22-23 on its university campus at Ashulia of Savar. The event is technically co-sponsored by Institute of...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-30 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 29: The leaders of Adibasi Chhatra Parishad (ACP) and Paharhi Chhatra Parishad (PCP), two tribal students' organisations, of Rajshahi University (RU) unit jointly vowed to keep ethnic harmony among them. They raised their voice from a joint...
Commemorating the students who had lost their lives in the Jagannath Hall tragedy on October 15, 1985, a monument named 'Smriti October' was inaugurated Saturday on the premises of October Smriti Bhawan at Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University (DU), reports...
Admission test for spring semester of NSU held The North South University (NSU) conducted its undergraduate admission test for the Spring-2015 semester on its campus in the city Saturday. A total of 6,000 students appeared at the admission test. The...
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