India's benchmark inflation rate fell to a five year low of 2.4 per cent in September as food and vegetable prices dropped, the Commerce Ministry said Tuesday. Wholesale price inflation was 3.7 per cent in August and 7.1 per cent...
UK inflation fell to a five-year low of 1.2% in September from 1.5% the month before, official figures show. The rate - as measured by the Consumer Prices Index - is the lowest since September 2009, when it was 1.1%....
Dubai’s consumer price inflation climbed to 3.07 per cent at the close of the third quarter of 2014 compared with 1.02 per cent at the close of the same quarter last year, according to data published by the Dubai Statistics...
Singapore’s central bank kept monetary policy steady Tuesday despite the economy’s sluggish growth, signaling greater worry about inflationary pressures than the possibility of a slowdown. The government reported that third-quarter gross domestic product rose 1.2% on quarter on a seasonally...
Bangladesh will not be taking part in the US-led effort to destroy Islamic State militants fighting to gain control of Iraq and Syria. But the government is willing to join if the United Nations launches a humanitarian effort in the...
Abdul Latif Siddique can stay on as MP even if he loses membership of the Awami League, says Chief Whip ASM Feroz. The former minister who was recently relieved of his duties following remarks about the Hajj cannot be expelled...
Ireland’s Government deficit fell to 3.8 per cent of gross domestic product in the second quarter of 2014, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Separate statistics issued on Tuesday by CSO show a Government deficit or...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to formally announce a Tk 20-billion Shariah-based refinancing project for the country’s Islamic banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) after its meeting with them on Thursday. The Islamic banks and Islamic NBFIs will be allowed...
Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator in Bangladesh, has started its 3G services in Jessore, said a press release.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday made it mandatory for banks to examine the BERC certificates while allowing private importers to open letters of credit (L/Cs) for petroleum import. The BB in a circular, issued by its Foreign Currency Policy Department,...
A two-day international conference on ‘Global Economic Recovery: Asian Perspective’ will begin in the city on October 25. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) Secretary General Dr Mukhisa Kituyi will attend the conference as the guest of honour....
Branding Awami League as an irreligious party in the guise of secularist, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Tuesday said the ruling party men attack all religions whenever they get a chance. Khaleda came up with the remarks while exchanging greetings with...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday said Swedish multinational retail-clothing company H&M has showed its interest to buy more readymade garment (RMG) products from Bangladesh. The minister was talking to reporters after a meeting with an H&M delegation, led by...
Singapore is willing to join hands with Bangladesh in setting up two power plants -- each of having 700 megawatt capacity-- through joint venture in Bangladesh. Visiting Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Singapore is willing to join hands with Bangladesh in setting up two power plants -- each of having 700 megawatt capacity-- through joint venture in Bangladesh. Visiting Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Oct 13: Farmers of 8 districts in Rangpur division are getting financially benefited by growing early varieties of winter vegetables on their lands as the crops give them comparatively more profit. According to sources the farmers of the region...
KURIGRAM, Oct 13 (BSS): A woman was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident at Chinai bazaar on the Kurigram-Rangpur highway under Razarhat upazila of the district this morning. The deceased was Fatema Begum, 55. Police said...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
MAGURA, Oct 13: Hide traders in Magura are in trouble as hides worth Tk 20 million are lying unsold in their godowns. Magura hide traders purchased hides during Eid-ul-Azha. But those are still in their occupation as tannery owners are...
BARGUNA, Oct 13 (BSS): A housewife allegedly committed suicide over family feud at Silvertoli village under Taltoli upazila of the district last night. The victim was Seuli Begum, 32, wife of Kader of the same area. Police sources said Seuli,...
A Correspondent | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 13: International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed in Chapainawabganj on Monday. Chapainawabganj district administration arranged a rally and a gathering on the occasion. The rally was brought out from the deputy commissioner's office premises which paraded through...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Oct 13 (UNB): A young man died from electrocution at Jhikra Katapukur village in Nachol upazila Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shishir, 25, son of Wajed Ali of the village.
GAZIPUR, Oct 13 (UNB): A convicted prisoner, who had been serving life imprisonment at Kashimpur jail in a murder case, died at Gazipur Sadar Hospital on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Gopal Korati, a resident of Keraniganj.
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 13 (UNB): A man was killed and 17 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over land-related dispute at Atbangla village in Shahjadpur upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mafij Uddin, 65, a...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 13 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting said the law enforcers should be more proactive and their activities must be intensified against the law violators to ensure a crimes-free society and to free the metropolis from drug addiction. Expressing...
COMILLA, Oct 13 (UNB): Police on Monday morning recovered the body of a schoolboy from a paddy field at Laxmipur village in Chandina Upazila. The deceased was identified as Ismail Hossain, 14, a class VIII student of Joag Ahmadia High...
KURIGRAM, Oct 13 (UNB): A sexagenarian man was killed in an attack allegedly by his neighbour over the demarcation of their homesteads at Tabakpur Purirpathal village in Ulipur upazila on Monday. The victim was identified as Nawab Ali, 65. Jamiruddin,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-10-14 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Oct 13: On the occasion of the 50th death anniversary of the poet of 'Muslim Renaissance', a Doa Mahfil was held at Kabi Golam Mustafa Secondary School at his own village today in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenidah. Golam Mustafa...
80 injured in Gopalganj clash At least 80 persons were injured, 30 of them critically, in two separate clashes centering on possession of a village haat and over marriage invitation at Mazra and Barshapara village under Kasiani and Kotalipara upazila...
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