BEIJING, Nov 12 (AP): Following an intense two days of talks, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled an array of agreements on climate change, military cooperation and trade as they sought to overcome persistent tensions between the...
MOSCOW, Nov 12 (AP): Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations. The deal comes less than...
DONETSK, Nov 12 (agencies): Ukrainian government forces are redeploying in preparation for a possible new offensive by pro-Russian separatists in eastern regions, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said on Wednesday. He told a government meeting the rebels had received reinforcements despite...
SPAIN, Nov 12 (Reuters): Spain is to sue Catalan president Artur Mas for "disobedience and dishonesty" after he defied a court injunction not to hold a vote on secession, court sources said on Wednesday, potentially barring him from running in...
HONG KONG, Nov 12 (AP): Hong Kong students plan to occupy roads surrounding the city's British consulate in anger at a lack of support from London for their pro-democracy movement, as authorities ramp up pressure on protesters to go home....
US drone in northwest Pakistan kills 6 militants ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike on a sprawling Taliban hideout in a northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan has killed six militants. Two intelligence officials say...
A doctor has been arrested in connection with the deaths of 15 women at two state-run sterilisation camps in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dr RK Gupta and his assistant carried out tubectomies on 130 women at two separate camps...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
High-priced mobile handsets of leading international brands brought in illegally have occupied nearly 40 per cent of the total local market of the item, reportedly for duty wall on imports. Importers said government exchequer is being deprived of around Tk...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
The government has moved to develop economic zones through government to government arrangement, an official said. To make this happen, the official said, it will require amending the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) Act. A recent meeting held at the...
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK recently. President of the ICMAB Mohammed Salim and President of CIMA, UK Keith Luck...
New CMO of Super Star Gr Aftab Mahmud Khurshid has joined Super Star Group (SSG), a leading electrical and electronics conglomerate in the country, as its chief marketing officer (CMO). Prior to joining SSG, he was the head of Brand...
FE Report | 2014-11-13 00:00:00
Carmudi, a multinational online vehicle marketplace, sees Bangladesh as a very potential market for its business because of faster internet penetration and e-commerce expansion, its top official said. "The businesses are moving towards online platforms for buying and selling vehicles....
The Danish government and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have recently signed an agreement aimed at bolstering renewable energy production and usage in Bangladesh. IFC Country Manager Kyle F Kelhofer and Danish Ambassador in Dhaka Hanne Fugl Eskjær signed the...
US President Barack Obama has said he is "confident" about the political change process in Myanmar during a visit to the country - but added that "the work is not yet done". His comments followed a meeting with Burmese lawmakers,...
Leaders of Bangladesh-Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI) have demanded a special export processing zone (EPZ) for the Thai entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh. The BTCCI leaders made the demand when they met Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu in...
SEOUL, Nov 12 (Xinhua): Job growth in South Korea fell to a four-month low, indicating that the country's labor market remained lackluster despite the government's efforts to boost the economy, a government report showed Wednesday. The number of those employed...
MUMBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters): India's annual consumer price inflation eased for a third straight month in October to 5.52 per cent, its lowest level since the government started releasing the data in 2012, data showed on Wednesday. The latest number...
ASTANA, Nov. 12 (BSS/Xinhua): Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced that the government will allocate 500 billion tenge (about 2.8 billion U.S. dollars) from the national fund to rekindle the nation's economy, according to the president's press service yesterday. "To complete...
BEIJING, Nov 12 (Reuters): Tencent Holdings Ltd, China's biggest social network and gaming firm, missed third-quarter net income forecasts as revenues grew at their slowest rate in seven years and sales from its lucrative mobile gaming business dropped off. Mobile...
PHNOM PENH, Nov 12 (AFP/BSS): Cambodia raised the minimum monthly wage for garment workers to $128 on Wednesday after a series of strikes and protests over pay and conditions, but the hike fell short of union demands. The 28 per...
In a counter-attack on Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad for accusing Ziaur Rahman of destroying the Liberation War spirit, BNP on Thursday branded him as a neo freedom fighter. “Ershad has emerged as a new freedom fighter. We don’t have...
BERLIN, Nov 12 (AFP): Germany's so-called "Five Wise Men", a panel of independent economic advisors, said Wednesday that the German economy -- Europe's biggest -- is not suffering from an undue weakness in investment. And the panel, which actually comprises...
Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal elevated Bangladesh and themselves to a new high in the Test series against Zimbabwe, reports Cricinfo. On the first day of the third Test, their individual centuries and record opening stand dominated a beautiful day...
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