NEW YORK, Sept 6 (AFP) : Discount retailer Family Dollar Friday rejected a sweetened $9.8 billion takeover offer from Dollar General as it sought to discourage a hostile campaign that could threaten its deal with Dollar Tree. For the second...
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 6 (AFP) : With its highly awaited product launch next week, Apple is aiming for a new "big thing" as the iconic gadget-maker finds itself under pressure over a celebrity photo theft scandal. Apple has been customarily...
NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) : An American International Group Inc unit and a philanthropist traded lawsuits on Friday over a partnership gone sour involving billions of dollars in life insurance policies sold by elderly individuals in exchange for cash....
TOKYO, Sept 6(AFP) : Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is in the final stage of talks to buy Ebates, a US cash-back shopping service provider, and boost its business abroad, a report said Saturday. Rakuten is expected to acquire a majority...
Indian rupee logs fifth straight weekly rise against US dollar Mumbai, Sept 6: The Indian rupee yesterday fell back by three paise to end at 60.39 against the US dollar but managed to log its fifth straight weekly rise on...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
Production of 'Clocasia crops' has increased significantly in the country, raising the hope of meeting micronutrient needs and getting foreign exchange, officials said. The output of such crops like eddo, clocasia flower, clocasia stem and leaves, clocasia esculenta (shola kochu)...
CHICAGO, Sept 6 (Xinhua) : Trading of Chicago agricultural commodities futures rose across the board yesterday, led by corn. The most active corn contract for December delivery went up 9.5 cents, or 2.74 percent, to close at 3.56 dollars per...
RANGPUR, Sept 6 (BSS) : Popularisation and expanded adoption of the latest agriculture technologies at the farmers' level can further increase production of all crops at reduced costs to ensure food security despite adverse impacts of climate change. Adoption of...
LONDON, Sept 6 (AFP): Commodities mostly fell this week on the back of the strong dollar, which surged following news of a surprise package of deflation-fighting stimulus measures in the eurozone. "Weakness across the commodity space resumed this week," said...
RANGAMATI, Sept 6 (BSS): Cotton has now become the main crop in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) as the farmers are showing more interest in cultivating it due to its demand both at home and abroad. Farmers cultivated the crop...
FE Report | 2014-09-07 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the scholarship scheme by Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) is helping reduce dropout rate of meritorious but financially-constrained students from education. The finance minister was speaking at a programme to award 5,050 meritorious but needy students...
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said Saturday time has come to give due importance to make sustainable aviation sector and create competitive advantage for our businessmen to grab more shares in aviation market. Mentioning the advancement of...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman Saturday assured Japanese investors of enhanced facilities for investing in Bangladesh, reports BSS. The governor, addressing the Japan-Bangladesh Business Forum in the city, said the central bank had already brought some changes to...
Here are the largest IPOs to date, according to the research firm Dealogic: 1 - AgBank: The Agricultural Bank of China raised $22.117 billion in its 2010 IPO in Hong Kong and Shanghai. 2 - ICBC: Another Chinese financial group,...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
In this age of technological advancement, human qualities once prized highly are fast losing their grounds. Even the capacity for face-to-face personal communication is getting hampered by excessive honing the skills of modern gadgets like computer and smart phones. A...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
Dr Mohammad Ibrahim was the founder of the Diabetic Association in Dhaka (1956) and in Karachi and Lahore, West Pakistan (1964). He first thought of diabetic care in the country. He realized that diabetes, a silent killer non-communicable disease, is...
Sonia Farjana | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
It was two O'clock in the afternoon when we reached Udaypur Dairy with a village motor van. Entering the Dairy farm we observed some smiling faces that were busy making delicious cream from cow's milk. Bulu Baroi, an inhabitant of...
Md Nurul Islam Sohel | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
The only certainty in this world is 'uncertainty.' Risk is an integral part of our daily life, which can't be avoided fully but can be minimized and shared. To have a harmonious society, people with sharing and caring minds is...
M H Bari | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
If you are halted for a few minutes at a traffic signal in Dhaka or elsewhere you will see some children rushing to you and up to the windows of your car. Some of them carry bunches of flowers, some...
Bangladesh and Japan have embarked on a visa-free regime by exempting visa for diplomatic passport holders. During the official meeting between Sheikh Hasina and Shinzo Abe, they also decided to consider visa relaxation for official passport holders in future. It...
Mizanur Rahman | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
The national budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 has a number of distinct features that will bear significant implications for the future of capital markets in the country. The budget involves a planned developmental spending of 6.4 per cent of...
Malik Muntasir Reza | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) deserves thanks for taking initiatives to reduce harassment by tax officials. But, such steps should not be kept within the regime of papers/documents only. We, the people of all walks of life, feel that...
The fact that the country's development efforts are skewed to a substantial extent and remain yet to be properly directed towards the areas and the population who need the same most has again been highlighted by the latest Poverty Map....
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