KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Tuesday, pulling away from a near one-month low as jitters about a projected increase in crude palm oil production in November faded in the second half of the session....
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-11-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh has so far failed to tap the opportunity to increase its exports to Malaysia to minimise the existing massive trade gap for various reasons. The reasons include poor diplomatic efforts, absence of promotion of Bangladeshi products in Malaysia through...
The US town of Ferguson has seen rioting and looting after a jury decided not to bring charges over the killing of a black teenager. Michael Brown was shot by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on 9 August, sparking...
Observing that the biggest mistake of the previous BNP-Jamaat regime was to allow the large-scale use of compressed natural gas (CNG) in motor vehicles, State Minister for Energy Nasrul Hamid Bipu on Tuesday said the present government wants to give...
The estranged wife of Indian PM Narendra Modi has raised concerns about her safety and asked for information about arrangements for her security. Jashodaben, a retired school teacher, filed a Right to Information (RTI) application to the state government in...
Students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) have invented ‘lifesaving drone’ that can facilitate prompt rescue during marine vessel capsizes or fire incidents. The ‘lifesaving drones’ are specially designed to carry lifesaving equipment to the location of a...
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden on Tuesday said the relationship between Bangladesh and Canada will continue to grow through collaboration on mutual interests such as advancing the rights of women. The High Commission of Canada, together with the...
A re-autopsy has been ordered on the body of Dr Shamarukh Mahjabin Shyama, the daughter-in-law of former Awami League MP Tipu Sultan. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Bikash Kumar Saha instructed the deputy commissioner of Dhaka district to carry...
The premier business chamber of the country Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Tuesday elected its new executive committee with Syed Nasim Manzur as its new president. The managing director of Apex Footwear Ltd, Manzur has also investments in...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday told the House that the country's women entrepreneurs are getting maximum Tk 5.0 million as loan at 10 per cent interest from different banks and financial institutions as part of the women economic empowerment....
The SAARC foreign ministers have stretched their meeting beyond schedule Tuesday to get at least one deal signed during the summit beginning Wednesday. Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali told Bangladesh journalists at about 6.30pm that they would meet again...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia sat in a meeting with pro-BNP professionals, including teachers, doctors, engineers, journalists and lawyers, Tuesday night to discuss the country’s latest political situation. The closed-door meeting began around 8:30 pm at the BNP chief’s Gulshan office,...
‘Koishorer Agrodut’, an adolescent radio listeners’ club, was launched in Dhaka on Tuesday. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu was present at the launching programme as the chief guest. Inu also inaugurated the website of the club on the occasion, according...
Bangladesh Tuesday strongly protested the recent adoption of a resolution by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Provincial Assembly of Pakistan concerning the conviction of perpetrators of the crimes against humanity and genocide during the country's War of Liberation in 1971. The...
The government does not have the exact amount of money laundered abroad, says the finance minister. During a question and answer session at Parliament on Tuesday, AMA Muhith said Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit was constantly working to stop money being...
RANGPUR, Nov 24 (BSS): The landless char people, small, marginal and riverside farmers have been cultivating various Rabi crops now on vast tacts of the dried-up riverbeds and char lands in the riverine areas of the northern districts. Sowing of...
NARAIL, Nov 24 (BSS): Farmers are passing busy time while Aman harvest is going on in full swing under three upazilas of the district. According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office in Narail, a target was set to...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
KHULNA, Nov 24: The export of produced goods of 8 betelnut factories of Mongla EPZ has been suspended due to indecision between Customs and exporters concerned, sources said. Betelnut containers are kept waiting at the port yard for exporting. As...
RAJBARI, Nov 24 (UNB): A sexagenarian woman was crushed to death under the wheels of train in Dry-ice Factory area in Rajbari sadar on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Halima Bibi, 60, wife of Mozahar of the area. Witnesses...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 24 (BSS): Beans cultivation has become an effective means of bringing fortune for many farmers in the vast Barind tract comprising Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts. Large numbers of farmers are now engaged in bean cultivation commercially in...
NARSINGDI, Nov 24 (BSS): Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) Narsingdi has distributed 1,188 tonnes of Boro seeds (BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties Dan) of the district to make the current Boro cultivation programme a success. The BADC sources said the 1,138...
Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (MSS) conducted a recovery from cataracts (RFC) camp at Balia union of Thakurgaon district on Friday to provide free eye treatment and cataract surgery for local people, says a press release. MSS did it as part of...
SYLHET, Nov 24 (UNB): A man was killed in an accident at Mohajon Potty area in city on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ahsan Habib Babu, 40, resident of Doulatpur in Kushtia district. Witnesses said the pick up...
JESSORE, Nov 24 (UNB): A youth died falling from a tree at Churmonkati village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Masud Rana, 16, resident of the village. The victim's father Ibrahim Hossain said Masud suddenly...
10 on way to India rescued in Benapole Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 10 people, including two women and a child, while they were being trafficked to India through Putkhali border point in Jessore on Sunday night. The...
FE Report | 2014-11-25 00:00:00
The country's largest-ever Tuna fish weighing 55 kilograms was caught by fishermen from the Bay of Bengal thanks to their access to the deep sea following victory over maritime disputes with Myanmar and India. Fishermen have confirmed the record of...
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