LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters): Gold touched its lowest level in 8-1/2 months on Thursday as the dollar jumped to a four-year peak after the Federal Reserve indicated it could raise borrowing costs faster than expected when it starts moving. The...
SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (AFP): Crude prices fell in Asia Thursday following an unexpected surge in US stockpiles and reports that the OPEC oil cartel is unlikely to slash production when it meets in November. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for...
TOKYO, Sept 18 (AFP): The dollar rose against most currencies in Asia Thursday after the US Federal Reserve hinted interest rates could rise more than initially thought next year, while the pound dipped as Scotland goes to the polls in...
INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA, Sept 18 (BSS): The 2014 Asian Games, the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), will begin (Friday) in Incheon, South Korea, with 439 events in 36 sports and disciplines set to...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Thursday announced a 28-memebr preliminary squad for the 3rd SAFF Women's Championship starting on November 11 in Islamabad, Pakistan, reports BSS. The selected booters have been asked to report with necessary gears and kits to team...
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) Karate team finished third in the 5th International Open Karate Tournament at Dhangatdhi, Kathmandu, Wednesday, reports UNB. Georges Anwar and Hasibul Islam secured one gold medal each beating their Nepalese rivals. They also earned one...
Bangladesh Under-23 team conceded a 0-3 goal defeat against top seed Uzbekistan in their 2nd Group B match of the 17th Asian Games Men's Football at the Ansan Wa-Stadium in Incheon, South Korea Thursday, reports UNB. V Shodiev struck twice...
Mohakhali Ekadash defeated Dhaka Wanderers Club by 2-0 goal in the lone match of the Bengal Group Dhaka Senior Division Football League Thursday at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city, reports BSS. In the...
INCHEON, Sept 18 (AFP): United Arab Emirates slumped to a 1-0 Asian Games defeat to Jordan Thursday as North Korea booked their place in the second round of the football contest. The Gulf side, silver medallists in 2010, had hoped...
KABUL, Sept 18 (AFP): In a gym underneath a wedding hall in Kabul, Laila Hossaini shouts as she slams her fist into a punchbag at her final training session before heading to the Asian Games in South Korea. For Hossaini,...
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 18 (AFP): Captain Younus Mahmood said Iraq could move forward with confidence after emerging star Ali Adnan's double earned a 3-1 upset of defending Asian Games champions Japan. Adnan, the Asian young footballer of the year,...
The 1st Walton Beach Football will begin tomorrow (Saturday) at the Laboni Points, tourist city of Cox's Bazar, reports BSS. A total of 8 teams, split into two groups, will compete in the five-day meet, sponsored by Walton. The champions...
BARCELONA, Sept 18 (AP): Lionel Messi set up Barcelona's only goal in a 1-0 win over Cypriot club APOEL Wednesday for an uninspiring Champions League debut for coach Luis Enrique in Group F. Messi picked out Gerard Pique with a...
Qatar send record women's contingent INCHEON, Sept 18: Qatar has included a record 55 women in its Asian Games team and they are not just there as window dressing, their delegation leader told AFP Wednesday. The 55 are among a...
FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
A Japanese printing company, Mizukami Printing Inc, is going to set up a printing estate in Munshiganj in collaboration with Printing Industries Association of Bangladesh (PIAB). "The matter is still under discussion; we held a meeting recently with the Japanese...
FE Report | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh has secured top spot among 51 countries including India, China, Canada, Australia and the UK in terms of financial attractiveness for providing software and IT enabled services, a report says. World's leading management consultancy firm AT Kearney Global has...
Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Mohammad Ziauddin has said the US government should consider reinstating GSP for Bangladesh at the soonest possible opportunity, reports UNB. The diplomat said Bangladesh is working hard to comply with the US Actions Plan over...
To improve power situation in the country, Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCB) has initiated a project to construct 300 km high voltage 132 kV transmission lines in greter Chittagong, Mymensingh, Brahmanbaria and Sylhet areas. Spanish origin Cobra Instalaciones...
The SME Foundation will hold countrywide SME fairs in the current fiscal, aiming to create new small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) and expand the SME product market, reports UNB. As part of the plan, a week-long SME fair will be...
Income tax fair launched at Chuadanga CHUADANGA, Sept 18: A four-day income tax fair launched here today. Mahfuzur Rahman, Administrator, Chuadanga Zila Parisad, inaugurated the fair as the chief guest. The fair launched at the office premises of local income...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
The price of farm egg and broiler chickens decreased ahead of Muslims' Eid-ul-Azha festival, traders said. A 'hali' (four pieces) of egg was selling between Tk 30 and Tk 32 Thursday, which was Tk 32-Tk 34 last week, traders of...
NATORE, Sept 18 (BSS): A training programme to develop educated youths of the district as freelancers has been launched under the Learning and Earning programme of the government. District Council Administrator Advocate Shajedur Rahman inaugurated the three-day training programme at...
Oxford International School (OIS), an English Medium School, is going to organise a three-day ICT fair in the city from tomorrow (Saturday) aimed at motivating the new generation towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT), reports BSS. State Minister for Information...
The government earned some Tk 5.21 billion as revenue from the ship-breaking sector in the last fiscal year (FY), 2013-14, Finance Minister AMA Muhith informed Parliament on Thursday, reports UNB. The government revenue from ship-breaking organisations was Tk 6.18 billion...
The government has plans to set up heavy industries across the country and undertook a good number of projects in the last five years. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said this while replying to a question of Begum Salma Islam...
RANGPUR, Sept 18 (BSS): Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) today disbursed cash money and relief goods among 200 flood-affected families of different remote Char villages of Gangachara and Kawnia upazilas of the district. Rangpur unit of BDRCS under the supervision...
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