The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) has unanimously passed 'The Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (Rakub) Bill, 2014 in an amended form aimed at bringing more people under the bank's services through expanding its activities and generating employment in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions....
Bangladesh has sought cooperation of Saudi Arabia in future development activities and Swedish investment in prospective areas, including power generation, gas exploration and infrastructure development, for its quick economic progress. Speaker of the Jatiay Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmain Chaudhury and...
About 7,500 tonnes of additional fishes are being produced yearly in the country as a result of releasing nearly 3,500 tonnes of fish fries in the last five years. Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque disclosed the figure at...
SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (Xinhua): The consumer price index in Singapore slowed to 0.1 per cent on-year in October, mainly on account of base effects associated with fluctuations in car Certificate of Entitlement premiums, as well as sharper declines in the...
BOGOR, West Java, Indonesia, Nov 24 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government took measures to control the hikes of goods' prices across the country following the raise of subsidised-fuel prices by nearly 31 per cent last week. Indonesian President Joko Widodo on...
HANOI, Nov 24 (Xinhua): Vietnam is expected to lure some US$17. 33 billion from foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eleven months of 2014, down 16.7 per cent year-on-year, the government said on Monday. In the 11 months, said...
NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (AFP): The United States is eager to increase trade with India, a US official said Monday, after the two countries settled a bitter row over food subsidies and President Barack Obama announced he would visit in...
ATHENS, Nov 24 (AFP): Greek officials are gearing up for tough negotiations on Tuesday when they meet the country's international creditors in Paris for a final audit into reforms needed for a 240-billion-euro bailout. The two-day meeting will "raise key...
SHANGHAI, Nov 24 (Reuters): Smaller Chinese banks that have raised deposit rates higher than their large rivals may be rewarded with a short-term inflow of money, but are unlikely to break the trend of investors parking cash in big banks...
Chairman of Greenland Group Mohammad Abdul Hye has been elected Chairman of Trust Islami Life Insurance Ltd. The election was held at the 14th assembly of managing board of the company, said a press release. Mr Hye is a sponsor...
LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters): The euro flirted with a two-year trough against the dollar on Monday as investors bet the European Central Bank would ease monetary policy more aggressively to ward off deflation in the stuttering euro zone. On Friday...
In a bid to expedite development activities at the grassroots level, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday initiated a new move to strengthen the government’s communication with the local tier of the administration through videoconferencing at least twice a month...
BNP alleged on Monday that sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique who had been staying abroad since his disparaging remarks against Islam came out of the airport on Sunday night safely with the government’s help despite having arrest warrants, reports UNB....
Dr Hasan Mahmud, publicity and publication affairs secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL), called upon the BNP leadership Monday not to become a laughing stock by announcing movement programme, reports BSS. “You had announced movement programmes many times in...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta, MP, said Monday Latif Siddiqui, who has been expelled from the party and relieved of his post in the cabinet, could return home as he is not an...
KHULNA, Nov 24 (BSS): Awami League- led 14-party alliance-backed Sammilito Ainjibi Samonnay Parishad obtained seven posts including president and general secretary while BNP-led 20-party alliance backed Sarbodoliyo Ainjibi Oikkyo Parishad secured seven posts including one vice president in the annual...
UNDP, KOICA’s new project launched The government, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNDP Bangladesh jointly launched Monday a new project, titled 'Accelerating Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Sexual and Gender Based Violence. The significant feature of this pilot...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Nepal today(Tuesday) afternoon to attend the 18th Saarc Summit to be held in Kathmandu on November 26-27, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
Minister for Water Resources Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmood told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Monday that the government has undertaken various projects to mitigate navigational crisis in the country's rivers, reports BSS. Initiatives have been taken to curb navigational crisis and...
Garment workers demanded on Monday the arrest of Tazreen Fashions Ltd owner Delwar Hossain in connection with the devastating fire at the factory that claimed over 100 lives in 2012, reports UNB. The demand was made from a protest rally...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 24 (UNB): A court here placed eight people on a fresh one-day remand on Monday in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam. Magistrate of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter...
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Journalist leaders at a view exchange meeting Monday vowed to work for formulating a gender policy for all media houses to improve coverage on women and create a women-friendly working environment in media. The opinion exchange meeting with media policymakers...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 24 (UNB): Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of a woman and her son from their house at Deulia village in Bagmara upazila on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Aklima Begaum, 50, wife of late Majibar Rahman,...
NARAYANGANJ, Nov 24 (UNB): A court here sentenced two people to death and another one to life term imprisonment on Monday for killing a businessman in 2011. The two death convicts-Rana Miah and Moslemuddin - and lifer Amir Hossain remain...
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