SYDNEY, Sept 11 (AFP): Australia is the most expensive place for an international student to attend university, ahead of Singapore and the United States, with India the cheapest, a study showed. The research report by banking giant HSBC, which surveyed...
VIENNA, Sept 11 (AFP): Officials from Iran and Britain, France and Germany were due Thursday to hold nuclear talks in Vienna towards reaching a potentially historic accord by November. The three European countries form part of a six-nation group including...
Syria Al-Qaeda affiliate will free UN troops BEIRUT, Sept 11: Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front has said it will free 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers who it kidnapped after the capture of a border crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. In...
The six-nation Sheikh Russell 2nd South Asian Roll Ball Championship was inaugurated Thursday at the Dhanmondi Abahani ground, reports UNB. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and hosts Bangladesh are competing in the 2nd version of the meet, organised jointly...
Bangladesh cricket team's slow-left-arm spin bowler Taijul Islam bagged Walton Smart 'Player of the Match', reports UNB. Bangladesh-West Indies series co-sponsor Walton Group Director Uday Hakim handed over US$ 300 as prize money and a smart phone handset to Taijul...
SEOUL, Sept 11 (AFP): A series of extremely rare inter-Korean flights will bring several hundred North Korean athletes and officials south for this month's Asian Games-where Pyongyang hopes to make an equally rare international sporting mark. One of the most...
Gazipur DSA made a flying start in the Walton Motorcycle 4th National Rugby Championship crushing Faridpur DSA by 35-0 points in the opening match at the Outer Stadium in Paltan in the city Thursday, reports UNB. In the day's other...
The Bengal Group Senior Division Football begins today (Friday) at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city's Kamalapur, reports BSS. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will inaugurate the meet as the chief guest. Bangladesh Football Federation...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 11 (AFP): A new Cameroon team continued a great start to 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying by thrashing star-stacked Ivory Coast 4-1 in Yaounde Wednesday. Clinton N'Jie and Vincent Aboubakar scored twice each for the Indomitable Lions...
PARIS, Sept 11 (AFP): Roger Federer will spearhead Switzerland's bid to reach the Davis Cup final for the first time against Italy in Geneva this weekend and in so doing put himself within striking distance of one of the few...
BANGALORE, Sept 11 (AFP): Hosts India hope world number one Novak Djokovic's absence will help them upset former champions Serbia in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie starting Friday. Djokovic pulled out of the weekend's action in the southern...
Army win Inter-Services Football title Jessore, Sept 11: Bangladesh Army clinched the Inter-Services Football title beating Bangladesh Navy by a solitary goal at the Jessore Cantonment Thursday. Selon Khan of Bangladesh Army was adjudged the best player of the tournament....
LONDON, Sept 11 (AFP): Global oil prices fell further on Thursday, with Brent reaching a new 17-month low after the International Energy Agency cut its forecasts for world demand. The news mirrored similar demand forecast downgrades this week from both...
SINGAPORE, Sept 11 (Reuters): Gold was trading near a three-month low on Thursday, hit by fears of an early hike in U.S interest rates, a stronger dollar and an apparent easing of tensions over Ukraine. With the dollar index trading...
BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (AFP): The EU on Wednesday suspended 125 million euros ($170 million) in aid to growers hit by a Russian fruit and vegetable embargo following what EU sources said were dubious compensation claims, especially from Poland. Last month,...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-09-12 00:00:00
The government has extended its Boro rice and paddy procurement period for one month to achieve the target, officials said. The ongoing Boro procurement drive started in May last and was supposed to end in August. The government has extended...
FE Report A three-day Asian Tourism Fair-2014 (ATF) began at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city Thursday. Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Rashed Khan Menon formally inaugurated the fair on the day. Participating organisations have been...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-12 00:00:00
A draft feasibility study for constructing 50-kilometre long Dhaka Bypass Highway under public-private partnership (PPP) has been submitted to the office of the Mass Rapid Transit Bangladesh (MRTB). After a final checking, the PPP office is going to issue request...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday in a circular asked all banks to accelerate their loan disbursement process along with sanctioning fresh loans to the farmers, badly affected by the recent flooding in 21 districts, reports BSS. The districts include Kurigram, Nilphamary,...
RANGPUR, Sept 11 (BSS): People from all walks of life in Rangpur region have been urged to come forward in paying income taxes spontaneous to strengthen national economy. Speakers at a views-sharing meeting organised by the Rangpur Chamber of Commerce...
New chairman of BCSIR takes charge Additional Secretary (Admin) of Science & Technology Ministry Dr AKM Asaduzzaman took Thursday the office of Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR) as its chairman. All the scientists and employees of BCSIR...
FE Report | 2014-09-12 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Thursday said the government will provide cash incentive to exporters of non-traditional agro products to boost agricultural shipment. He said this while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the three-day Bangladesh Agro Fair 2014 as the...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-09-12 00:00:00
The price of gold has fallen to a three-month low in the international market but its impact on the local market is yet to be noticed. The price of gold fluctuated from US$ 1,238.40 to $ 1,250.57 per ounce in...
Foreign Minister (FM) AH Mahmood Ali has iterated that the present government has attached the highest priority to the well-being of the expatriate Bangladeshis who are making enormous contribution to the buoyancy of the country's economy. The minister made the...
The government has been urged to raise electricity and gas supply in Chittagong to ensure uninterrupted industrial production considering the contribution of the area to the national economy. The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) President Mahbubul Alam made...
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