Activity in the UK's manufacturing sector grew at the fastest pace for seven months in June, a closely-watched survey has suggested, reports BBC. The latest Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the sector was 57.5, up from 57.0 in May....
Mr. A. K. Azad has been unanimously re-elected as Chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited in its 198th meeting of the Board of Directors held recently. In the same meeting, Alhaj Mohammad Younus and Alhaj Md. Abdul Barek were elected...
US retail giant Target has asked customers not to bring guns into its stores, after Texas gun rights activists demonstrated in a Texas shop with rifles slung over their shoulders. CEO John Mulligan said guns were at odds with its...
UK house prices have risen above their peak of 2007, the Nationwide has said, after prices climbed 1 per cent in June and were up 11.8 per cent from a year earlier. The building society said the average value of...
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sanitation Project (DWSSP), supported by the World Bank, is helping the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) to improve stormwater drainage in select catchments in Dhaka and strengthen its planning capacity, reports BSS. The...
KHAGRACHHARI: The local administration Wednesday imposed Section 144 in an area stretching from Dighinala upazila parishad to Babuchhara Bazar for 18 hours Thursday as two rival groups called separate programmes at the same venue and same time. The restriction will...
The present government has undertaken broad-based initiatives for further improving the handloom sector with all modern facilities including training and setting up of new establishments. "The Bangladesh Handloom Board has placed eight proposals to the government to achieve the target...
A record number of people died last year from either trespassing or committing suicide on the United Kingdom railways. In all, 300 members of the public were killed, either by taking their own lives or from accessing parts that they...
JAKARTA, July 1 ( AFP) : Indonesia said Tuesday its trade balance swung back to surplus in May and reported a flurry of other positive data, a boost for Southeast Asia's top economy after a recent slowdown. The surplus was...
A young man, arrested for killing his wife, allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Bhaban in Tangail on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Harunur Rashid Mondal, 28, son of late Fulchan Mondal of...
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The government on Tuesday launched a Tk 520 million project for providing basic computer training to women, aiming to help increase their employment opportunities in information technology (IT) sector. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki formally...
Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) demanded Wednesday introducing a ‘One stop Service Cell’ at Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) for quick approval of building designs in areas under its jurisdiction. According to a news agency. The demand was...
JOHANNESBURG, July 1 (AFP) : South Africa's trade deficit narrowed to 6.57 billion rand ($619 million, 453 million euros) in May, but fears of a hit from another protracted mining strike loomed. Imports fell by 5.9 per cent during the...
LONDON: European stock markets broadly crept ahead Wednesday but lost some ground in afternoon trading despite strong US jobs data on the eve of a eurozone interest rate decision. Trading was marked also by several initial public offerings in Europe....
At least 10 people, including Sramik Dal president and general secretary, were injured in a clash over the formation of its Dhaka City South unit committee at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Wednesday. The Sramik Dal central office housed in...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Textiles and Jute Ministry Tuesday suggested the ministry to take all necessary measures to keep Bangladesh Textiles Mills Corporation (BTMC) functioning. The suggestion was made at the 3rd meeting of the committee held at the...
BEIJING, July 1 (AFP) : Chinese manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace this year in June, an official survey showed Tuesday, in a sign that Beijing's attempts to tackle slowing growth in the world's number two economy are gaining...
The present government is trying to send back the registered Rohingya refugees, who are still in the country, and stop fresh influx of Myanmar citizens to Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated this in Parliament on Wednesday in reply to...
TOKYO, July 1 (AFP) : Japanese business confidence has sagged since consumers were hit with higher prices after an April sales tax hike, suffering the first deterioration in six quarters, a Bank of Japan report showed Tuesday. The Tankan survey...
NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) : Morgan Stanley wants to pay out a smaller portion of wealth management revenue to the retail brokers who generate it, the final and perhaps most difficult front in Chief Executive James Gorman's drive to...
S Korea exports rise 2.5 per cent in June SEOUL, July 1 : South Korea's exports rose 2.5 per cent in June from a year ago on robust shipments of tech products and steel, official data showed Tuesday. Exports for...
NEW DELHI, July 1 (Reuters): France has proposed to give India a 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line to fund sustainable infrastructure and urban development projects, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday. The credit line would be available...
TOKYO, July 1 (Reuters): AirAsia Bhd said on Tuesday it would set up a low-cost airline with Japan's biggest online retailer Rakuten Inc and other firms, marking the budget carrier's second attempt to tap one of Asia's lucrative air travel...
BEIJING, July 1 (AFP): The number of overseas tourists visiting China's capital fell by 10 per cent last year compared to 2012, state media reported, with air pollution blamed for the decline. The total number of foreign visitors arriving in...
SHANGHAI, July 1 (Reuters): A Chinese bank is suing a local government financing vehicle over a bad loan in a rare public display of a deepening rift between lenders and borrowers in China's murky $3 trillion local debt market. The...
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Shaheed Serniabat was reelected chairman and AFM Shah Alam general secretary of Bangladesh Mudran Shilpa Samity (BMSS) for a third time, now for the 2014-2016 term, a news release said. The Executive Committee election of BMSS was held on 20...
DOHA, July 1 (Reuters): Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden) has signed a $5 billion financing deal with commercial banks and a state-owned investment fund to back its $7.5 billion phosphate production project in the kingdom, it said in a statement...
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