CHITTAGONG, Aug 22 (BSS): Police arrested a Myanmar citizen with a large quantity of contraband beef fattening tablets from the city's Shah Amanat Bridge area under Bakalia thana Thursday night. The arrested person was identified as Mohammad Rafique (25), hailing...
PANCHAGARH, Aug 22 (UNB): The body of a Bangladeshi fisherman who was abducted by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was recovered from the Jamuna river at Shingroad Ratanbari in Sadar upazila of the district Friday. The deceased was...
KHULNA, Aug 22 (UNB): A suspected mugger was killed and another injured in a mob beating in the Basupara area of the city early Friday. The deceased was identified as Foyzul Islam (28), while the injured is Al Mamun. Maruf...
KHULNA, Aug 22 (UNB): Justice Abdur Rouf stressed Friday the need for better exchange of knowledge among the people of different religions to ensure their peaceful coexistence. He mentioned that the people of the country are strong believers in their...
Death of a housewife Friday at her in-laws house at Wari in the old city shrouded in mystery, reports BSS. The victim, Momata Rani Pal Tumpa (20), wife of Shovon Ranjan, was a first year honours student at Central Women...
SATKHIRA, Aug 22 (UNB): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man with fake currency notes worth Tk10,000 at Madhabkathi village in sadar upazila Friday. The arrested person was identified as Milon, son of Abdul Bari, a resident of...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 22: Police filed a case against 14 students of Chittagong University (CU) Thursday night for attacking the policemen on the campus. Manjur Ahmed, sub-inspector (SI) of Hathazari thana filed the case accusing seven students and seven unidentified. Those...
KERANIGANJ, Aug 22 (UNB): A housewife was killed by unknown miscreants in Nawabganj upazila of Dhaka district early Friday. The deceased was identified as Nurjahan (30) of Garibpur village in the upazila. Police detained victim's father-in-law M Manik, brother-in-law Swapan...
Shariatpur, Aug 22 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a college girl from a beel (water body) in Shariatpur Municipal area on Friday, five days after she went missing. The victim was identified as Samsunnahar, 22, an honours student of...
FE Report A house maid, Bina (14), fled her employer's house on Salimullah Road at House- 3/17 in the city's Mohamm-adpur on August 11. She is the daughter of Asad Mridha at Joypara village under Dohar thana of Dhaka district....
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories, Aug 21 (AFP): Israeli warplanes killed three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza on Thursday, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement's armed wing after failing to kill its top military chief. As the six-week war between...
JAKARTA, Aug 21 (AFP): Indonesian police used tear gas and water cannon Thursday to break up a rally by supporters of the ex-general who lost last month's presidential election, as a court was set to uphold his opponent's victory. As...
Calls to ban new Indira Gandhi assassination film NEW DELHI, Aug 21: A controversial film on the assassination of former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was scheduled for release on Friday amid calls for it to be banned for glorifying...
Taiga Uranaka of Reuters in Tokyo | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Citigroup Inc is preparing to sell its Japanese retail banking operations, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said last week, as it waves the white flag on a venture plagued by regulatory troubles and anemic lending. The company...
Fredrik Dahl of Reuters in Vienna | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Iran has started taking action to comply with the terms of an extended agreement with six world powers over its disputed atomic activities, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report obtained by Reuters last week showed. The findings in a monthly update...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
The government will provide lands for setting up special economic zone (SEZ) for Japanese investors aiming to boost bilateral trade between the two countries. "We will provide lands for setting up SEZ for Japanese investors that will help boost trade...
City Bank has recently entered into agreements with few banks and financial institutions for issuing Coupon-Bearing Subordinated Bond worth Tk 3.0 billion. IDLC Finance Limited arranged the issue, said a statement. The issue will enhance Tier II capital of City...
FE report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh should make serious efforts to get the ban on export of local workers to the UAE lifted, as the construction industry there is experiencing boom again, creating demand for more workers, opine BAIRA leaders. The leaders of Bangladesh Association...
Focusing on the major issues on enhancing bilateral trade and commerce between India and Bangladesh, India-Bangladesh Business Conclave will be held on August 24 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city. Organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC),...
FE Report The Japanese government has set up the 12th SME overseas expansion platform in Bangladesh as part of its five-year programme to support 10,000 Japanese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the emerging countries. Norihiko Ishiguro, Vice-Minister, Ministry of...
The Parliamentary Standing committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources expressed its hope Thursday that the 341-MW Summit Bibiyana II gas-based power project will go into production at the year-end, reports UNB. At its fourth meeting the committee was informed...
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: The Indian cabinet cut Wednesday the minimum export prices for onions by 30 per cent, relaxing some of the curbs imposed on overseas shipments in the past two months to augment domestic supplies and rein in...
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 21 : Argentina said Wednesday it will pay all its creditors in Buenos Aires, seeking to circumvent a US court order barring it from repaying the debt it restructured after its 2001 default. The move aims to...
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 : The World Bank's private sector financing arm said Wednesday it would raise $2.5 billion in Indian rupee-denominated bonds to fund much-needed infrastructure projects across the country. The debt sale by the International Finance Corporation (IFC),...
BEIJING, Aug 21 (AFP): China's manufacturing growth slowed in August, indicating a recovery in the world's second-largest economy has yet to fully take hold, HSBC said Thursday. The HSBC preliminary purchasing managers index (PMI), which tracks activity in China's factories...
Bank of America has agreed to pay a record $16.7 billion (£10bn) to US authorities for misleading investors about the quality of loans it sold, reports BBC. The loans were sold by Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch before Bank of...
ULAN BATOR/BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters): Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Mongolia on Thursday for a two-day visit designed to deepen economic ties between the neighbours, with Mongolia desperate to kick-start its struggling economy with fresh investment. Xi's arrival marks...
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