SYLHET, Aug 19 (UNB) : Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Pankaj Saran on Tuesday said India wants its northeastern states to have greater business ties with Bangladesh. Although this relation has been weakened over the last few decades, India wants...
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) : British inflation fell more than expected in July and surging house price growth slowed in June, making it less likely the Bank of England will raise interest rates this year. Inflation dropped to 1.6 per...
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) : US housing starts rebounded strongly in July, pointing to momentum in the economy, but a moderate increase in consumer prices suggested the Federal Reserve has room to keep interest rates low for a while. Groundbreaking...
SYDNEY, Aug 19 (AFP) : Global mining giant BHP Billiton posted a 23.2 per cent jump in annual net profit Tuesday and said it will create a new independent company by spinning off non-core assets to reduce costs and boost...
Hong Kong shares opened 0.14 per cent lower on Wednesday despite a positive lead from Wall Street. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 34.67 points at 25,088.28 points in the first few minutes of trade, according to AFP.
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CHITTAGONG, Aug 19: The shipping related associations have formed a forum called Maritime Forum Bangladesh at a meeting held recently in the city. The six member forum is headed by its convenor Captain Zillur Rahman Bhuiyan. The Chittagong-based associations are...
MANILA, Aug 19 (Xinhua): Climate change will slash up to 9.0 per cent off the South Asian economy every year by 2100 if the world continues on its current "fossil-fuel intensive path," the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday. In...
The bodies of three Bangladeshi workers, killed in a span collapse in Malaysia, will arrive in Dhaka on Thursday morning. A flight carrying the bodies is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 6:30am, said an official in...
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Editors in a meeting Wednesday expressed their concern over the recently-announced National Broadcasting Policy as they fear it would hinder freedom of expression and free flow of information. A statement issued by Chairman of the Editors’ Council Golam Sarwar said...
YANGON, Aug 19 (Xinhua): Myanmar is implementing a new central economic zone in Muse, a border town in northern Shan state linking China's Ruili of Yunnan province, to boost border trade at the most important crossing between the two countries,...
SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Xinhua): Only 47.38 per cent of the payments by companies in Singapore were made on time in the second quarter, down from 51.92 per cent in the previous quarter, Channel NewsAsia reported on Tuesday. This was mainly...
BERLIN, Aug 19 (Xinhua): German economic outlook would not be as bright as previously expected due to geopolitical tensions, although overall upward trend would not change, warned the German central bank Bundesbank on Monday. "The outlook for the German economy...
BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters): China ought to loosen monetary policy further through "modest" cuts in bank lending rates and reserve requirements by next year to spur economic growth, a researcher at a government think-tank said. Chen Dongqi, deputy chief at...
MOSCOW, Aug 19 (Reuters): Ukraine is losing 15 per cent of its 2014 grains crop due to fighting with pro-Moscow separatists in its eastern regions and Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said. The country is...
SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (AFP): Oil prices rebounded in Asia Tuesday on bargain-hunting after tumbling on easing concerns about conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for September delivery rose 38 cents to $96.79, while...
JAKARTA, Aug 19 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil prices sank to their lowest levels in almost five years on Tuesday as declining crude and soybean oil prices pushed them down. By Tuesday's close, the benchmark November contract on the Bursa Malaysia...
YANGON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua): Aimed at flourishing Myanmar's energy sector, an oil and gas fair will take place in Yangon in mid October with focus on upstream oil and gas activities, according to the organiser of the event today. As...
CHICAGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua): Chicago agricultural commodities closed mixed yesterday, with corn and wheat falling and soybeans rising. The most active corn contract for December delivery lost 5.5 cents, or 1.46 per cent, to close at 3.715 dollars per bushel. ...
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, Aug 19 (AFP): West Indies and Bangladesh commence a three-match One-Day International series at the Queen's Park Stadium in Grenada today (Wednesday) with the home side heavily favoured to extend the tourists' miserable record in 2014. Despite...
The Walton Air Conditioner National (Under-19) Youth Female Handball Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation, will begin today (Wednesday) in the capital after more than 15 years, reports UNB. Eighteen teams, split into six groups, will initially compete in the...
BULAWAYO, Aug 19 (AFP): Zimbabwe's spinners gave their side a chance of a shock victory as they bowled South Africa out for 257 in the second of three one-day internationals Tuesday. After Proteas openers Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock...
Bangladesh suffered 3rd consecutive defeat to be eliminated from the 2nd Summer Youth Olympics Games Hockey losing to Canada by 1-4 goals in their 3rd Pool A match at Nanjing YOG Sports Park Hockey Field Tuesday, reports UNB. Earlier, in...
NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (AFP): India's cricket chiefs Tuesday effectively sidelined head coach Duncan Fletcher for the one-day series against England following their 3-1 defeat in the Tests, placing former all-rounder Ravi Shastri in charge. Shastri, in England as a...
LAHORE, Aug 19 (AFP): Fit-again paceman Mohammad Irfan will join the Pakistan squad for their one-day matches against Sri Lanka to reinforce the attack after their 2-0 Test series defeat, a board official said Tuesday. The 32-year-old, who holds the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-08-20 00:00:00
The brokerage houses will deduct tax at a rate of 10 per cent from the income to be gained from securities by listed companies and firms, the NBR has said. In a circular, issued on August 18, the National Board...
Lenovo, the world's number one PC maker (as per the Q1FY 2014 IDC report), Tuesday announced its new product portfolio, backed by a focused partner strategy to increase its market presence as a PC+ leader in Bangladesh. Lenovo continues to...
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