FE Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
The government has impounded export licence of four business firms for exporting pest-infested fruits and vegetables to the European Union (EU) market as the matter annoyed the consumers. Official sources said the action came on the heels of a warning...
FE Report | 2014-08-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) Sunday handed over a keynote paper on 'Empower 5000' to the Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith to seek government support to develop women entrepreneurs. BWCCI has taken up a project to...
MUMBAI, Aug 12 (AFP): India's central bank governor Raghuram Rajan has said crony capitalism is emerging as a "real concern" in India and a major threat to competition and economic growth. The term describes instances when governments give firms or...
KUSHTIA, Aug 11 (UNB): A physician was burnt to death and seven people were injured as a car caught fire following collision with a bus on Kushtia-Ishwardi highway at Baro Mile in Bheramara upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified...
KURIGRAM, Aug 11 (UNB): A union parishad member was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Kirtantari village in Rajibpur upazila on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Tara Mia, a member of ward-2 of Mohanganj union parisahd in...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 11 (BSS): A three day tree fair began on Phulbaria upazila parisad premises today with a view to plant more fruit bearing and other types of saplings to meet up the demand of nutrition and achieve economic benefit...
Outlawed party leader held in Pabna Police arrested an outlawed party leader in possession of a rifle and three rounds of bullet at Bangram Bazar in Ataikul upazila in Pabna on Sunday morning. The arrestee was identified as Siddik, 44,...
Sonali Bank has filed a new case against 33 people over the Hall-Mark group’s Tk 7-billion loan scam. The manager of the bank's Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch, Md Abul Hossain, has filed the case in the Dhaka District Judge Court-1...
Swedish Ambassador to Dhaka Anneli Lindhal Kenny met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night. The hour-long meeting that began around 8:30 pm was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel told UNB....
GAZA CITY, Aug 11 (agencies): Israel and Hamas Monday stuck to a 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza as Egyptian mediators launched fresh talks with negotiators aimed at securing a permanent cessation of hostilities. Quiet returned to the enclave from midnight (2100...
SRINAGAR, Aug 11 (AFP): Indian police on Monday accused Pakistan of injuring four people during firing along their border in Kashmir, on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the disputed region. Police said overnight firing lasting several...
BAGHDAD, Aug 11 (agencies): Iraq's National Alliance parliamentary bloc has chosen Haidar al-Abadi as its nominee for prime minister in place of incumbent Nuri al-Maliki, sources in parliament told AFP Monday. "The National Alliance has named Haidar al-Abadi as its...
MANILA, Aug 11 (AFP): Muslim rebels who have been waging a decades-long rebellion in the Philippines said Monday they would "do everything possible" to ensure a peace accord is implemented, as crucial talks made slow progress. Mohagher Iqbal, chief negotiator...
TOKYO, Aug 11 (AFP): At least 10 people died and dozens were injured as Typhoon Halong hurtled across the Japanese archipelago at the weekend, reports said Monday, with heavy rain still lashing the country's north. The storm moved over the...
NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (AFP): Flooding in eastern India has killed 45 people and displaced more than 300,000 in the past week, a senior official said Monday, adding that water levels were now gradually receding. Residents have been sheltering in...
Oman Air to avoid Iraq airspace MUSCAT, Aug 11: Oman's national carrier will no longer overfly Iraq in the wake of US strikes on jihadist positions there, it announced Monday after several other companies had re-routed their flights. Oman Air...
Lesley Wroughton and Paul Mooney of Reuters from Naypyitaw | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
China appeared to rebuff pressure from the United States to rein in its assertive actions in the South China Sea on Sunday as Southeast Asian nations declined to overtly back Washington's proposal for a freeze on provocative acts. The lack...
The attack came from the air in the afternoon, smashing Jamal Doghmosh's Gaza workshop to pieces, pitting his chest with shrapnel and severing his left arm. When the 48-year-old Palestinian mechanic woke up in hospital, he could not hear properly...
FE Report | 2014-08-12 00:00:00
Potato prices increased by 8-8.6 per cent in the city kitchen market in the last two days, despite record harvest this year. Officials and market insiders blamed big traders and allied cold storage owners for the unusual hike. Production of...
SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia Monday as dealers monitor sustained US air strikes on extremist militants in Iraq who are threatening the crude-rich Kurdish region, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for September deliver rose...
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters): Gold fell slightly on Monday, retreating from a three-week high as tensions between Ukraine and Russia eased and investors turned to rising European shares and some withdrew from exchange-traded gold funds. Late on Friday, Russia's Defence...
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