LONDON, Aug 16 (AFP): Oil and gold prices retreated this week, with demand for the commodities pressured by strains in the global economy. OIL: Prices slid on a slew of downbeat economic data from around the world, analysts said. Futures...
Commodity Units Price Change % Change Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 97.35 +1.77 +1.85% Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 103.53 +1.46 +1.43% RBOB Gasoline USd/gal. 269.86 +3.20 +1.20% NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.78 -0.13 -3.33% NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 284.80 +2.85 +1.01%...
Bangladesh will be sending strong teams for both the men's and women's cricket events in next month's Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, reports Cricinfo. The BCB has not named a captain yet, but the front runners to lead the...
COLOMBO, Aug 16 (AFP):Mahela Jayawardene scored an unbeaten 49 in his last Test innings as Sri Lanka took charge of the second and final match against Pakistan in Colombo Saturday. The hosts, who trailed by 12 runs on the first...
CINCINNATI, Aug 16 (AFP): Maria Sharapova won a re-match of her French Open title victory over Simona Halep, rallying for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win to reach the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters. The reigning Roland Garros holder will play...
SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (AFP): Andrea Pirlo's coolly taken first-half double led Juventus to a 5-0 win over Singapore Selection as the Italian champions completed their summer tour with a third straight win Saturday. The elegant player-maker's free-kick and penalty sent...
BULAWAYO, Aug 16 (AFP): South Africa expect to have settled on a 15-man squad for next year's World Cup by the end of their one-day series against Zimbabwe, which gets underway at Queens Sports Club Sunday. The Proteas have lost...
Prior set for Achilles surgery in September LONDON, Aug 16: England wicketkeeper Matt Prior Friday said he will have surgery on a long-standing Achilles problem next month. Prior withdrew from England duty last month in a bid to get back...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said that major policy decisions on energy sector development for ensuring national energy security should be taken within this year. He also stated that there was no benefit in keeping the valuable...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
It is not 'ping-pong' diplomacy. It is now tit-for-tat diplomacy between the West and the Russian Federation over the issue of pro-Russian separatists controlling the city of Luhansk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Russia banned imports of meat, fish,...
Hundreds of thousands of young students have come out with flying colours in this year's HSC examinations. They do rightly deserve congratulations for this, more so because their preparations for exams were under severe psychological pressure due to political programmes...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
Energy efficiency and conservation can save around 2,640 megawatts (MW) of electricity, more than one-third of the country's daily electricity production. It may save US$ 6.0 billion worth of capital investment as well. A study on energy released last week...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The frequency of accidents at level-crossings in the country has noticeably increased lately. This is comparatively a recent phenomenon. In the past, accidents involving a train and a motor-vehicle used to occur at any critical place once in a blue...
Donor organisations have been providing financial and technical support to improve road infrastructure in Bangladesh. With their support, the road infrastructure nationwide has expanded and improved significantly. However, experience from the USA and Thailand demonstrates that road infrastructure is not...
It is good to know that the Indian government has eased the visa process for Bangladeshi businessmen and it will reduce sufferings of the people who go to India for the business purpose. Now getting an Indian visa is an...
The sentence in the sixth paragraph of the article titled "Striking the right chord in civil service", published in the editorial page of the August 16 issue of the Financial Express, "In one case, common people are wondering how a...
Shamsul Alam | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The lack of diversity in Bangladesh's food crop sector poses a challenge and more emphasis on the production of non cereal crops, such as pulses, fruits, and vegetables is needed. Crop diversification strategies should be demand-driven for success and sustainability....
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The two-member United States Trade Representative (USTR) team that visited Dhaka early this month laid emphasis on holding 'orientation training courses' for garment leaders to make sure their trade unions function free of any hassle, sources with the trade body...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-08-17 00:00:00
The government is expected to undertake a Tk 5.09 billion project for dredging twelve important river routes across the country to increase navigability along the waterways for safer movement of water transport round the year, sources said. Bangladesh Inland Water...
FE Report Malaysian Human Resources Minister Richard Riot Jaem will arrive in Dhaka on August 18 to discuss manpower recruitment with his Bangladesh counterpart, said officials. The two-day visit of the nine-member official delegation headed by the Malaysian minister is...
NEW YORK, Aug 16: IBM said Friday that US authorities had cleared a $2.3 billion deal allowing China- based Lenovo to take over its server unit after a national security review. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...
PARIS, Aug 16: Rating agency Fitch on Friday revised Ireland's sovereign credit rating up a notch to 'A-', citing an "employment-led recovery" with a healthier banking system. Fitch is the second of the big three agencies to pull Ireland's rating...
The World Bank is expected to come up with a robust portfolio in the current fiscal year (2014-15) like the previous year as the Washington-based lending agency is likely to approve around $ 2.075 billion against nine development projects to...
JAKARTA, Aug 16 (AFP) : Energy subsidies are set to eat up a huge chunk of the Indonesian budget again next year, the president said Friday, highlighting the challenge for incoming leader Joko Widodo to reduce the crippling payouts. At...
BEIJING, Aug 16 (Xinhua): The ratio of non-performing loans for commercial banks in China climbed to 1.08 per cent by the end of June, up 0.04 per centage point from the end of March, latest official data showed. By the...
DETROIT, Aug 16 (Reuters) : Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 160,000 Focus ST sedans and Escape crossovers from model years 2013-2014 to correct a wiring problem that could affect engine performance, the company said on Friday. There are no...
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (AFP) : Holders of Argentine euro-denominated bonds said Friday they were appealing a New York court's freeze on payment by Buenos Aires, an order that has pushed the country into default. Lawyers for the eurobond holders...
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters): US manufacturing output rose broadly in July and automobile production recorded its largest increase in five years, boosting the economy at the start of the third quarter. While other data on Friday showed some cooling in...
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) : Insurer American International Group is ramping up its lobbying team in Washington, almost six years after it halted such efforts following its rescue by the US government during the financial crisis. Many large companies deploy...
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