German bonds advanced with Spanish securities after a report showed inflation in the euro area stayed below the European Central Bank target and as Germany sold two-year notes at a record-low yield. The five-year, five-year forward inflation swap rate, a...
The US dollar weakened against other major currencies while the British pound advanced as traders looked ahead to this week's Federal Reserve decision and the Scottish independence vote. The dollar earlier this month hit multi-month highs against the euro and...
Wall Street stocks have posted solid gains following reports of a new Chinese stimulus plan as investors awaited Wednesday's US Federal Reserve monetary policy announcement. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 101.02 points (0.59 per cent)...
Pakistan's military says it has launched airstrikes on five militant hideouts in a troubled tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, killing 40 suspected fighters as part of a massive operation begun in June. The military said ‘precise’ air strikes...
US President Barack Obama has called the Ebola outbreak in West Africa ‘a threat to global security’, as he announced a larger US role in fighting the virus. The world was looking to the US, Obama said, but added that...
At least 48 people including rebel fighters have been killed in Syrian government air bombardments around a town in the central province of Homs, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. Two days of air strikes left women and children among...
The annual rate of inflation in the 18 countries that use the euro was unchanged at 0.4% in August, as the European Union's statistics agency revised a previous estimate that recorded a decline to 0.3% However, the annual rate of...
South Africa's headline consumer inflation quickened to 6.4 per cent year-on-year in August, above market expectations of 6.2 per cent and compared with 6.3 per cent in July. However on a month-on-month basis CPI slowed to 0.4 per cent from...
Malaysia's consumer price index in August rose 3.3% from a year earlier, marginally above market expectations, data from the Statistics Department showed on Wednesday. The index rose 3.2% in July. A Reuters’s poll of 14 economists had forecast the annual...
In August, the annual rate of in?ation as measured by the Retail Price Index stood at -0.03 per cent, the NSO said. In July, Malta was also in deflation. In the month under review, the annual rate stood at -0.03...
Colombia’s economy grew 4.28% in the second quarter, buoyed by strong performance in the construction sector, according to Colombian statistics agency DANE. The increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), calculated over the same period (April-June) in 2013, is greater than...
Thailand has to achieve the gross domestic product (GDP) growth of at least 4.5 per cent annually to keep up with other Asean countries, but it is something that it is not expected to achieve this year. If the GDP...
The 6th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad on the Shipping Ministry met at the parliament complex and discussed ways and means to reduce maritime accidents. It also suggested enlisting the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport...
The daily trade value reached at 14-month high at the prime bourse on bull run for the second consecutive day, taking broader price index to a new peak in the past seven months. Buoyant trading, which got further momentum on...
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BNG Global Holding of Malaysia to develop the Jhilmil Housing Project located at Keraniganj. The agreement was signed by RAJUK Chairman GM Zainal Abedin and Professor Dr...
Expressing deep concern over the 48-hour dawn-to-dusk hartal on September 18 and September 21, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Wednesday called upon the political party to withdraw the strike for the sake of the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the world leaders to take more effective steps for stopping wars and conflicts in different parts of world and allow the UN to play a greater role in establishing global peace. Addressing a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Wednesday the world leaders to take more effective steps for stopping wars and conflicts in different parts of world and allow the UN to play a greater role in establishing global peace. Addressing a commemorative...
Banking will close on Sunday in 5 upazilas (UZ), which are up for election. The upazilas are Mehendiganj of Barisal, Aatpara of Netrakona, Fulgazi of Deni, Dighalia of Khulna and Ranisangkail of Thakurgaon, said a press release, according to a...
Sector Commanders’ Forum Chairman AK Khandker has stood down the organisation of war veterans amid controversies surrounding his book on 1971 Liberation War. The deputy commander of the War of Independence tendered a resignation letter citing his old age, Forum’s...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that her government has a plan to lower the bank interest rates to a single digit, but it needs a consistency with the deposit rates. "A plan is there to bring down...
Maintaining their party’s no-comment policy over verdicts against war criminals, BNP leaders Wednesday were tight-lipped about the Supreme Court judgment jailing unto death their alliance partner Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee for his crimes against humanity, according to a news...
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on Monday (September 22) in connection with two corruption cases. Judge Basudeb Roy of the Special Judge Court-3 passed the order rejecting two petitions filed...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-17 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Sept 16: A good yield of jute could not bring smile to the farmers of Rangpur district on account of its low market prices. The farmers of the district cultivated jute with the hope to earn good profit this...
RANGAMATI, Sept 16 (BSS): A total of 57 new doctors have joined their services at ten upazilas of the district recently. Each upazila will now get at least five doctors all the time to provide medical services to the people,...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 16 (BSS): Two workers of a workshop were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Maksudpur College crossing on the Dhaka-Khulna highway under Maksudpur upazila of the district this morning. The deceased were Nur Alam...
TANGAIL, Sept 16 (BSS): Elder brother was allegedly killed by younger brother over an altercation at Maddyha Badda village under Kalihati upazila of the district early this morning. The deceased was Kamrul Islam, 19, son of Abdul Karim of the...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 16 (BSS): Despite of equal even more work than male in farming fields, the female agricultural workers especially coming from the ethnic groups are still facing wage disparity in the region especially in vast Barind tract. Traditionally, most...
GAZIPUR, Sept 16 (UNB): A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver was chopped to death by hijackers in the city's Nilerpara area on Monday midnight. The victim was identified as Monir Hossain, 35. Locals said a gang of 5-6 hijackers hired the auto-rickshaw...
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