CAPE TOWN, July 22 (Xinhua): The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will sign a new and improved economic partnership agreement with the European Union (EU), it was announced on Monday. Under the agreement, SADC countries will be given greater access...
BRUSSELS, July 22 (AFP): Eurozean public debt -- the accumulated total of government budget deficits and borrowing -- rose sharply earlier this year, reversing a downtrend when the economic crisis eased, official figures showed on Tuesday. The 28 European Union...
The board finalised the schedule for tests for the eighth graders on Wednesday. The exams will end on Nov 18. All exams will be held from 10am to 1pm, according to the schedule. The schedule is also available on the...
HAVANA, July 22 (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Cuba with hopes of expanding political and economic ties in the fellow communist nation. The tour of the Americas' only one-party communist nation is the last leg of a weeklong...
Bangladesh can save huge foreign currency by manufacturing spare parts of mobile phones as such a capacity has been created in the country, an expert of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) said in the city Tuesday, reports...
TOKYO, July 22 (AFP) : Japan and Mongolia signed a free-trade deal Tuesday, as Tokyo looks to tap the fast-growing economy and its vast supply of natural resources. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the...
The employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines will stage 3-hour sit-in programme in front of Biman Headquarters at Balaka Bhaban in the city on Wednesday and Thursday to press home their 14-point demand. Biman Sramik League President Moshiur Rahman announced the...
Newly elected office bearers of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Scientists Association, led by its president Md Monjurul Haque, made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Tuesday, reports UNB. During the meeting, the delegation apprised the president of...
FE Report | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
Grameenphone (GP), the largest telecom service provider has witnessed a robust revenue growth with Tk10.6 billion net profits in the first half of the year, which is more than 100 per cent higher compared to the corresponding year. The profit...
FE Report | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The securities regulator Tuesday slapped a fine worth Tk 0.3 million on Harun Securities for breaching margin loan related securities rules, officials said. The decision was taken at a commission meeting held at the office of the Bangladesh Securities and...
FE Report | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The market remain upbeat Tuesday with improved turnover as better earnings figures and hope for capital market-friendly monetary policy stimulated investors to take fresh position in the market. The session started in a flurry, with promising earnings figures appearing early...
Lafarge Surma Cement Tuesday signed a toll-grinding agreement with Metrocem Cement at a ceremony organized at the company's headquarters, reports BSS. Under this agreement, Lafarge Surma Cement will provide high quality clinker from its fully integrated cement plant at Chhatak...
Regional pact for capital mkt dev in SE Asia inked Capital market leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand have signed a pact to boost regional cooperation on capital-market development. Representing Thailand, Vorapol Socatiyanurak, the secretary-general of the Securities and...
Raihan M Chowdhury | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The number of environment-related cases in the Dhaka Environment Court is maintaining sharp declining trend for the last several years triggering the court to be engaged in dealing with non-environment cases, court sources said. According to available data, a total...
MUMBAI, July 22 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex rose more than 1 per cent on Tuesday, approaching its record high hit earlier this month after telecom stocks surged following Idea Cellular's better-than-expected earnings while stronger Asian shares also bolstered sentiment. Gains...
HARARE, July 22 (AFP): Zimbabwe will halve its stake in the local bourse as part of a plan to float the company and attract more foreign capital into the country, the finance minister said on Monday. The government will cut...
NEW YORK, July 22 (AFP): Wall Street stocks Tuesday opened higher on a stream of generally solid earnings reports that suggest the US economy is continuing to pick up momentum. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced...
LONDON, July 22 (Reuters): European markets rode a global rebound in risk appetite on Tuesday helped by the first signs of cooperation from Ukraine's pro-Russian separatists over the downed Malaysian Airlines plane. After days of uncertainty, a train carrying the...
Saleh Akram | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
Gaza is bleeding. Death toll has already topped the 500 mark. With no possibility of an immediate ceasefire in sight, miseries of the Gazans are compounding, precipitating a humanitarian crisis. Israel's bombing onslaught continues as thousands flee northern Gaza amid...
B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The global business environment has been turning to be more and more complicated; so also global financial markets being much more uncertain than ever before? The global financial uncertainties were not entirely unanticipated, but the intensity was not predicted nor...
The beleaguered Sonali Bank, the largest of the country's public sector banks, has reportedly sought help of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to recover the classified loans, amounting to Tk 2.57 billion, from various government ministries, departments and offices. The...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
The district of Sunamganj, especially its lower hinterland areas called 'haors', are known for high incidence of poverty and illiteracy. Poverty and illiteracy are highly correlated. Primary school enrolment of children of the poor and the extreme poor households in...
Ridwan Quaium | 2014-07-23 00:00:00
According to media reports, travellers have to encounter hassles and troubles starting from purchasing tickets to the actual journey during the Eid season every year. Some of the common problems that travellers face every year while travelling immediately before and...
Facebook has been a popular social networking media all over the globe, Bangladesh nor excepting. It is not just a media to keep in touch with our near and dear ones; it is also a source of information. However, alongside...
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