NEW YORK, Aug 16 (AFP): Banana giant Chiquita rejected Thursday the takeover bid by Brazil's Cutrale and Safra groups, calling their offer "inadequate" and sticking to its plan to merge with European fruit seller Fyffes. The board of Chiquita Brands...
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (AFP): A flare-up in tensions in Ukraine on Friday threatened to derail the climb in US stock markets, but traders finally dismissed geopolitics to deliver another week of gains on Wall Street. The prospects of new...
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (AFP): Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International extended its unsolicited offer to buy US Botox maker Allergan on Friday until the end of the year. The $53.5 billion offer had been due to expire at 5:00 pm (2100...
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (Reuters): Global equity markets seesawed and government bond yields fell sharply in a flight to safety on Friday after Ukraine said its artillery shelled a Russian armored column on Ukrainian soil in a report that raised...
HONG KONG, Aug 16 (Reuters): A media firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd recently bought said on Friday a review of its finances revealed possible accounting irregularities, casting doubts on the Chinese e-commerce giant's due diligence as it prepares for a...
Khairul Islam | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The government is going to set up a special bench at the High Court (HC) to settle the long-pending lawsuits against a section of dishonest private universities for what is described as education commerce, according to a senior official. Earlier,...
The Hindu community of the country will celebrate Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, today (Sunday) with due festivity and religious mood. reports UNB. The day is a public holiday. Different socio-cultural and religious organisations, including Bangladesh Puja Udjapan...
The government will distribute about 325.0 million textbooks free of cost among 40 million students of primary and secondary levels next year (academic year of 2015), reports BSS. "The number of drop- out students has significantly reduced meantime due to...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in an overnight drive arrested seven suspected members of a carjacker gang, including its ringleader, from different parts of Dhaka city and Sylhet Saturday, reports UNB. The arrestees were identified as Abdul Alim...
Deep convection is taking place over the North Bay due to strong monsoon, reports UNB. Squally weather may affect North Bay, adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh and maritime ports, said a Met office bulletin. Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar,...
President Abdul Hamid leaves Dhaka for London today (Sunday) on a seven-day visit for his eye treatment. "The President will leave Dhaka for London today at 2.00 pm in a regular flight of Bangladesh Biman," President's press secretary Ihsanul Karim...
A six day workshop on "Regeneration of Urban Brown Field Hazaribagh" jointly organised by Bangladesh University of Engineering University and Technology (BUET) and Kyushu University, Japan will start today (Sunday). The workshop will begin at 3:00 pm at the seminar...
Noted journalist and feature editor of the vernacular daily 'Dainik Manabkantha' Obaidul Gani Chandan died of a cardiac arrest Saturday. He was 40, reports BSS. Family sources said, he was sleeping with one of his friends at his Uttara residence....
A three-day training workshop on economic reporting began at Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) Saturday, reports BSS. PIB in cooperation with Economic Reporters' Forum is organising the training workshop. Director General of PIB Md Shah Alamgir inaugurated the workshop. Editor...
The eighth death anniversary of country's renowned poet Shamsur Rahman will be observed today (Sunday), reports BSS. Different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to recall the poet's immense contribution to Bangla literature. Shamsur Rahman was born on October...
The eighth death anniversary of historian Prof Bazlur Rahman Khan will be observed today (Sunday), said a press release. Prof Bazlur's wife, daughter and son in- law have requested relatives, friends and well-wishers to pray for peace of the departed...
Air chief leaves for NY Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari with three entourages left Dhaka for the United Nations (UN) Headquarters, New York and the mission area of Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast on...
Moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Sunday), reports UNB. Heavy to very heavy falls...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
Manual clearance system and repetition of checking procedures are causing unusual delay in clearance of goods at the county's largest land port, Benapole, a study revealed. In the study, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found both import and...
Pankaj Dastider | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 16: Incessant rain coupled with tidewater caused water-logging in Chittagong city Saturday, causing untold sufferings to the residents. Rickety roads got muddy and water got stagnant in most parts of the port city, including the wholesale consumer markets...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
Iraq's embattled, but defiant prime minister Nuri-al-Maliki has finally succumbed to national and international pressure to make way for a new government to effectively tackle the threats posed by the 'jihadists' to the country. His successor, Haider-al-Abadi, a fellow member...
Monira Munni | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The Accord will inspect the factories that have already been assessed by the third party auditors of the Alliance brands. "The Accord has adopted a policy regarding the joint Accord-Alliance factories and according to it Accord cannot consider Alliance inspection...
The BNP-led 20-party Alliance's black-flag march in Dhaka in protest against Israel's attack on Palestinians at Gaza has ended peacefully, reports bdnews24.com. Political temperature was high due to heated exchange of words between Awami League and the BNP leaders in...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
Five hundred tonnes of toxic DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) powder remain unused at a regional health store in Chittagong for 30 years, a World Bank-employed consultancy firm said in a report. An official in the ministry of health and family...
SAVAR, Aug 16: A garment factory at Savar off the city has been closed for an indefinite period in the face of workers’ agitation for better pay and allowances. The authorities of 'Jhuma Apparels Ltd' at Shahibagh Moholla in Savar...
KERANIGANJ, Aug 16: Four people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dhaka-Mawa highway at its Kadampur point under South Keraniganj police station off the city Saturday afternoon. Among the...
MUNSHIGANJ, Aug 16: A court here on Saturday sent Omar Faruq Limon, an accused in the Pinak-6 launch capsize case and also son of the owner of the sunken launch, to jail. Munshiganj senior judicial magistrate passed the order when...
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