NEW DELHI, Nov 22 (AFP): India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley promised Friday to make progress during the upcoming parliamentary session on a string of economic reforms, including a national tax to create a single internal market. The right-wing government led...
ATHENS, Nov 22 (Reuters): Greece's government on Friday pushed ahead with plans for a near-balanced budget next year, ignoring objections from its international lenders who say Athens is set to miss its deficit forecast. The government and the European Union...
LONDON, Nov 22 (AFP): The Bank of England has opened a formal investigation into the possible manipulation of money-market auctions held at the start of the financial crisis and whether its officials were involved, the Financial Times reported on Saturday....
BRASILIA, Nov 22 (Reuters): Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will name banker Joaquim Levy as her new finance minister, three leading newspapers reported on Friday, signaling a shift toward more market-friendly policies that could breathe life into a stagnant economy. Levy's...
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (Reuters): Boeing Co on Friday welcomed a decision by Japan to buy V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that it builds together with Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc. "The Bell Boeing team is honored the Japanese Ministry...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 22 (AFP): Zimbabwe's economy is on the mend as the worst is over, the country's finance minister said Friday in a bid to assure investors in South Africa that its neighbour was "not a basket case". "We are...
In a changed strategy, BNP has sketched out a plan to bring all the political parties-both left and right ones -- outside its 20-party alliance but highly critical of the coalition government, aiming to mount a greater pressure on it...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, MP, said Saturday that the anti-Liberation axis is trying to distort country's history, reports BSS. "Conspiracy is continuing to distort the history. But the people, who...
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will be in the city after attending the 18th Saarc Summit to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on November 26-27, reports UNB. Biswal will arrive here...
Two left leaning parties-Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) - Saturday vowed to resist the government's 'plot' to raise prices of gas and electricity at any cost, reports UNB. The two left parties held rallies and...
SYLHET, Nov 22 (UNB): Two cases were filed Saturday against 370 unidentified people in connection with the Thursday's Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) infighting at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) that left a BCL man dead. Pratibha Das, mother...
RAJBARI, Nov 22 (UNB): A vice chairman of Pangsha Upazila, who was injured in a gun attack at Kacharipara village in Pangsha Upazila Friday, died at Faridpur Medical College Hospital early Saturday. The victim was identified as Munshi Nader Hossain,...
PABNA, Nov 22 (BSS): Advocate Taslim Hasan Sumon and Md Shahjahan Mamun were elected as president and general secretary respectively of Pabna Poura Awami League (AL) at its triennial council held at the valiant freedom fighter Rafiqul Islam Bakul Poura...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Nov 22 (UNB): Nine Bangladeshis, who were detained by Indian Police, returned home Saturday through Sona Masjid border point in Shibganj Uapzila. Border Security Force (BSF) of India handed them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) after a flag...
RAJBARI, Nov 22 (UNB): A vice chairman of Pangsha Upazila, who was injured in a gun attack at Kacharipara village in Pangsha Upazila Friday, died at Faridpur Medical College Hospital early Saturday. The victim was identified as Munshi Nader Hossain,...
FE Report | 2014-11-23 00:00:00
Ratification of land boundary agreement (LBA) and signing Teesta water sharing are vital to strengthening Bangladesh-India bilateral relations, said speakers Saturday at a discussion in the capital. They laid emphasis on simplification of Indian visa and stop killing of innocent...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said Saturday her government has decided to set up two more medical universities in Rajshahi and Chittagong to provide better healthcare services among the people, report agencies. "We've already decided that we will set up...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 22 (BSS): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hassan Mahmud Khandaker has categorically said the murder case of Prof AKM Shafiul Islam of Rajshahi University (RU) is being investigated with highest importance. "I held a meeting with the local...
There has been a sharp decline in incidence of acid violence in the country, on the back of a massive campaign by various social organisations and tougher laws aimed at deterrence, reports UNB. The Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) has been...
European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon said Saturday European Union (EU) will extend its cooperation for implementation of Children Act-2013 in Bangladesh, reports BSS. "We are welcoming the Children Act-2013 as it has been formulated in line with child...
PABNA, Nov 22 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man, who had remained traceless for 10 days after his alleged abduction from the house, from a field at Kukragari Natunpara graveyard in Chatmohor upazila on Friday. The deceased...
FE Report | 2014-11-23 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar in the city stressed the need Saturday for alternative medicine to ensure sound healthcare facilities for all at affordable prices. They said Homeopathy can take the role as it not only works to cure the victims'...
A six-member Swedish delegation, led by its Minister for International Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin, will visit Bangladesh from November 24-27, aiming to deepen to bilateral ties, reports UNB. This is going to be her first foreign tour after the formation...
BRAC University holds day-long workshop A day-long workshop on "Secularism and Faith-Inspired Development: Understanding Contestation and Collaboration" organised by the Department of Economics and Social Sciences of BRAC University in collaboration with Georgetown University's Berkley Centre for Religion, Peace, and...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours till 6pm today (Sunday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said....
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-11-23 00:00:00
It is good to know that the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) plans to bring rural areas under its home loan coverage for constructing modern multi-storied residential houses. The BHBFC project aims at providing accommodation to rural people at...
FE Report | 2014-11-23 00:00:00
The Primary School Certificate (PSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country today (Sunday). This year more than 3.10 million primary school students are expected to sit for the country's largest public examinations. English will be held under...
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