CHITTAGONG, Jun 30 (BSS): Unidentified miscreants chopped a scrap dealer to death at Mugaltuli area under city's Sadarghat thana in Chittagong Monday morning. The deceased was Monir Hossain Mannan, 35, son of Haji Abdul Hossain, hailed from Magpukur Para of...
FARIDPUR, Jun 30 (UNB): Police arrested three people from different areas of Sadar upazila early Sunday for their alleged involvement in the killing of college student Ramendra Pratap Das. The arrestees were identified as Tuhin Sheikh, son of Sabbir Sheikh...
KHAGRACHHARI, Jun 30 (UNB): Two people, including a minor girl, was killed as a house caught fire at Moratila in Panchhari upazila on Sunday night. The deceased were indentified as Shanti Rani Tripura, 48, wife of Ranjaniya Tripura and Uttari...
Lightning strike kills farmer in Gopalganj A farmer was killed in a lightning strike at Uttar Pona village in Kashiani upazila in Gopalganj Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Abu Taher Mridha,35, son of Badsha Mridha, a resident of...
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The World Cup served up more nerve-shredding drama with Netherlands scoring two late goals to beat shattered Mexico 2-1 on Sunday. Dutch forward Arjen Robben was at the center of another diving controversy after he won the...
Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas claimed man-of-the match honours as his side sank Greece in a penalty shootout to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time. Reduced to 10 men in the second half, Costa Rica still seemed...
Van Gaal has almost seemed capable of turning water into wine during this World Cup, but it was a simple drinks break that was the key as his Holland side moved into the quarter-finals. The 'cooling breaks' can be called...
BRASILIA, June 30 (Reuters): Mexico coach Miguel Herrera blamed referee Pedro Proenca for his side's last 16 World Cup exit on Sunday after his decision to award a stoppage-time penalty allowed the Netherlands to seal a thrilling 2-1 comeback victory....
PARIS, June 30 (AFP): Authorities in France tightened security and appealed for calm on Monday ahead of a World Cup match between Germany and Algeria following riots after the last two Algerian fixtures. Algeria's historic qualification for the second round...
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) : Algeria's players were left to decide whether or not they would observe the Ramadan fast during Monday's World Cup game against Germany, with coach Vahid Halilhodzic saying it's not a divisive issue. Observant Muslims avoid...
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Ispahani Agro Limited and Solidaridad Network Asia on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the agro-input supply aiming to increase the productivity of the smallholders in southwest Bangladesh. The MoU was signed at the Ispahani Building at...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
The government is set to arrange a regional investment summit in September to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, sources said. They said 500-600 investors from home and abroad will take part in the summit. According to...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend EUR 100 million to Bangladesh to finance surface water supply system, which is expected to improve availability, quality and reliability of water supply services in Dhaka. This is the EIB's second lending operation...
BTCL taps new MD Bangladesh Telecomm-unications Company Limited (BTCL) on Sunday appointed Md Shah Newaj as its new Managing Director (MD). Earlier, Mr Newaj worked as a BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service) officer (telecom) for many years. He had been serving...
The government has decided to follow a go-slow policy to 'carefully' select the next managing director and chief executive office for the national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines. "We've to choose the next Biman MD carefully," Civil Aviation and Tourism...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said the small and open economies need to keep on building the defences in advance against global financial crisis. "Bangladesh has exactly been doing this by developing financial inclusiveness as an effective instrument of...
NEW YORK, June 30 (AFP) : French bank BNP Paribas has agreed to pay US authorities a $8.9 billion fine to avoid being tried in court for dealing with US-blacklisted countries, sources close to the matter told AFP. The deal...
China housing prices fall for second month SHANGHAI, June 30: Housing prices in major Chinese cities fell on for a second consecutive month in June, an independent survey showed Monday, providing more evidence of a deflating property bubble. The average...
The Communications Ministry has decided to suspend all work involving the digging of roads in Dhaka during Ramadan to lessen traffic congestion, according to a news agency. A ministry meeting Tuesday decided to plug all road ditches at the earliest....
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The World Bank (WB) will offer US$78.4 million in loan to facilitate off-grid electricity supply to Bangladesh's remote villages, where the on-grid power is absence. The global lender signed a loan agreement with the Economic Relations Division (ERD) Monday in...
MUMBAI, June 30 (Reuters): India's central bank has quietly switched to using an electronic bond trading platform to manage cash levels in the debt market, hoping a more discreet approach will have less impact on bond yields, two officials familiar...
BANGKOK, June 30 (Reuters): Thailand's central bank signalled on Monday that Southeast Asia's second-largest economy would avoid recession this quarter and said manufacturing and consumption "started to show signs of recovery" in May. The Bank of Thailand (BOT) issued its...
BEIJING, June 30 (Reuters): China would welcome the participation of the United States, Japan and European countries to help set up a new multilateral bank to fund infrastructure projects in Asia, the country's finance minister was quoted as saying on...
TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua): The Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro company has resumed sedan exports to Russia, which was halted in 2009, Tehran Times daily reported on Monday. The company plans to export 10,000 cars to Russia by 2015, said the...
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