LONDON, Sept 20 (AFP) : Oil prices endured a volatile week and metals futures fell as the dollar strengthened and Chinese economic data disappointed markets. OIL: World oil prices edged higher, with Brent crude recovering from a two-year low point...
NAIROBI, Sept 20 (Xinhua) : Kenya's recoverable oil reserves in the country's tertiary rift basin is likely to exceed one billion barrels, the ministry of energy and petroleum said Friday. Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum David Chirchir said the...
FE Report | 2014-09-21 00:00:00
The central bank is going to announce the much-hyped corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy soon, keeping a major provision of establishing separate foundation for each and every bank. "We will announce a complete and comprehensive CSR policy soon to check...
Delta Life Insurance Company Limited has signed a software implementation contract with Hansa Solutions India Private Limited. Managing Director & CEO of Delta Life Insurance Swapan Kumar Sarkar and Executive Director of Hansa Solutions India Private Ram Prasad signed the...
RIO DE JENEIRO, Sept 20 (Reuters): Brazilian equity markets retreated while the currency weakened on Friday after an electoral poll showed President Dilma Rousseff gaining on challenger Marina Silva ahead of next month's presidential election. Other Latin American currencies were...
FE Report | 2014-09-21 00:00:00
Adopting international factoring may help the country to achieve the export target, increase growth and solve the problem of lack of working capital, said speakers at a round table discussion in the capital Saturday. They said the country needs to...
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (AFP): A buying frenzy sent Alibaba shares sharply higher yesterday as the Chinese online giant made its historic Wall Street trading debut. Alibaba leapt from an offering price of $68 to $92.07 in the first trades,...
MUMBAI, Sept 20 (PTI): Profit-booking yesterday pulled the Sensex down by 22 points to close at 27,090.42 on losses in capital goods, refinery, realty and auto sectors, but recent gains helped the BSE benchmark log its sixth straight week of ...
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters): Stock markets around the world closed flat on Friday as early gains failed to hold through the session, though the upward trend in equities continued and Alibaba soared in its historic US trading debut. The...
A two-member delegation comprising Prof Dr M Lutfar Rahman, Vice Chancellor and Md Emran Hossain, Director (Administration) from Daffodil International University left for Malaysia Saturday to attend second Asia-Pacific University - Community Engagement Network (APUCEN) Summit 2014 to be held...
HONG KONG, Sept 20 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares had solid rises on Friday, after Alibaba Group's IPO-BABA.N red-hot initial public offering underpinned US bourses, but they were still down for for the week. The Hang Seng Index advanced 0.6 per...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Saturday that there is no alternative to a strong mass movement to force the current regime to hold a fresh inclusive national election under a neutral administration, reports UNB. "The government...
KUSHTIA, Sep 20 (UNB): The reported operation of armed camps by Jamaat in the West Bengal under the government of Mamata Banerjee is a cause for concern for Bangladesh and India, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said Saturday. The militants...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-21 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 20: At least 25 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Jatiya Party (JP) in Rangpur city today (Saturday). The clash took place between expelled JP leader and State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development...
Security measures have been stepped up across the country for smooth and peaceful celebration of the Eid-ul-Azha and the Durga Puja, reports BSS. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hassan Mahmud Khandker directed all the police force to perform their duties...
NILPHAMARI, Sept 20 (BSS): Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina brought the country out from violence that was carried out by the BNP-Jamaat alliance before 5 January election to the current peaceful situation. "People did...
BANDARBAN, Sept 20 (BSS): State Minister for CHT Affairs Bir Bahadur said here today the government is giving priority to the development of the educational institutions in rural hill areas. The government is developing educational institutions and offering facilities to...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 20 (Agencies): At least 10 people, including two police constables, were injured when the supporters and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student-wing Islami Chhatra Shibir clashed with police in the Rajarhata area under Boalia Police Station in the...
A new organisation in the name and style of "March 7' 71 Bangabandhu Bangladesh", has been floated at a meeting at its temporary office at Bijoy Nagar in the city Saturday, reports BSS. The new organisation of those who were...
A faction of National Democratic Party (NDP) gave BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday a 72-hour ultimatum to meet its five-point demand, including 'more democratic practice' within the BNP-led coalition, report agencies. Addressing a press conference, Alamgir Majumder, acting chairman...
BOGRA, Sept 20 (UNB) - Police recovered eight crude bombs and four sharp weapons from a building in the Jaleshwari area in the town on Saturday noon. Manjurul Haque Bhuiyan, sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station, said being tipped off, a...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-09-21 00:00:00
Some 600 local and international syndicates are active in human trafficking to Malaysia and Thailand through the sea route putting lives of hundreds of Bangladeshi citizens in peril, intelligence officials said. The Special Branch (SB) of police has recently traced...
BANDARBAN, Sept 20 (UNB): Police arrested 18 people from an abandoned house at Kumari village in Lama upazila as they were ready to go to Malaysia illegally early Saturday. An alleged human trafficker was also arrested from the spot. The...
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