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Canada court rules against Wal-Mart over Quebec store closure

2014-06-29 00:00:00

OTTAWA/TORONTO, June 28 (Reuters): Wal-Mart Stores Inc violated Quebec's labor code when it closed a store in the province that had become one of the first in Canada to successfully unionize, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday. The...

BNP to be heavily sanctioned by US: CEO Bonnafe

2014-06-29 00:00:00

PARIS, June 28 (Reuters): Jean-Laurent Bonnafe, Chief Executive Officer at BNP Paribas, said in a message to employees that the French bank will be heavily penalised by a US probe into sanctions busting which should end "very soon", a French...

Argentine debt battle could pressure world food prices higher

2014-06-29 00:00:00

BUENOS AIRES, June 28 (Reuters): Argentine farmers say they will stockpile soybeans in the second half of the year if the government is unable to cut a deal with debt investors to stave off a new sovereign default, and the...

Somali expats fear bank curbs on sending money home

2014-06-29 00:00:00

NEW YORK, June 28 (Reuters): Each month, 42-year-old Abdirizak Alibos shows up at a money transfer business in the heart of Minneapolis to send $500 to his three children in war-torn Somalia. "I send them money that they can pay...

Photo: MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: An Afghan farmer walks

2014-06-29 00:00:00

Foreign buyers now looking to Bangladeshi leather goods

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-06-29 00:00:00

Leading manufacturers of leather goods are turning to value addition to their products as the demand for high-end items is increasing significantly in recent times with foreigners turning their eyes to Bangladesh, industry- insiders said. A large number of new...

Japan urged to be tough against money laundering

2014-06-29 00:00:00

TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters): Japan has not done enough to combat money laundering, an international watchdog said, urging the government to adopt measures including legislation to criminalise what it called "terrorist financing". The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) referred...

Thailand forecasts 5.5pc GDP growth next year

2014-06-29 00:00:00

BANGKOK, June 28 (Reuters): Thailand's central bank cut its export growth forecast for this year to 3.0 per cent from 4.5 per cent, raised its inflation forecast and said this year's current-account surplus should be much larger than earlier projected....

Asian investors invest $501m in Spanish real estate market in H1

2014-06-29 00:00:00

MADRID, June 28 (Xinhua): Asian investors invested around 368 million euros (US$501 million) in the Spanish property market in the first half of 2014, according to information published on Friday by the Economic newspaper Expansion. The figure has significantly increased...

Western sanctions on Russia to \\\'hit growth\\\'

2014-06-29 00:00:00

MOSCOW, June 28 (AFP): A new round of Western sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine could seriously impact its already stalled economy, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Saturday. The minister said Russia has prepared for three possible scenarios...

WB favours Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

2014-06-29 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua): World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Friday that the bank welcomes China's proposal of setting up the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), underscoring that the two agencies should be complimentary partners other than competitors. The...

S Korea posts current account surplus for 27 months

2014-06-29 00:00:00

SEOUL, June 28 (Xinhua): South Korea posted a current account surplus for 27 months in a row, the second-longest surplus trend in the country's history, due to solid exports amid recovery in advanced economies, central bank data showed Friday. Current...

Indonesian bank secures loan to expand trade to IDB countries

2014-06-29 00:00:00

JAKARTA, June 28 (Xinhua): Indonesian export financier, Indonesia Eximbank, secured a three-year service tenure loan worth 45 million US dollars from Islamic Development Bank (IDB), aimed at expanding the nation's trade to IDB member countries, a statement said here on...

Direct flight to link China city with Taipei

2014-06-29 00:00:00

HARBIN, June 28 (Xinhua): A new route will open next month between Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, and Taipei in Taiwan. Taiwan's Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) will operate the new route from July 22, with one direct...

Photo: TOKYO: Pedestrians crossing a road here on Friday.

2014-06-29 00:00:00

Photo: ATHENS, Greece: (From L) Greece\\\'s Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, Greek President Carolos Papoulias and Yannis Stournaras, the new Bank of Greece governor,

2014-06-29 00:00:00

PM attends post-budget dinner

2014-06-29 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the post-budget dinner at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Sunday evening. The Finance Ministry arranged the dinner marking the passing of the national budget for fiscal year 2014-15. On her arrival at the venue, the...

Photo: TBILISI, Georgia: People sit in a restaurant decorated with Georgian and European flags

2014-06-29 00:00:00

Summer gourd farming ushers in hope for farmers in Gaibandha

2014-06-29 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Jun 28 (BSS): Successfully produced summer gourd has ushered in new hope for the farmers of Sadullapur upazila and its neighboring areas in the district as it has benefited the growers economically. The harvest of summer gourd has been...

Macabre killing of a minor boy in Pabna

Our Correspondent | 2014-06-29 00:00:00

PABNA, Jun 28: Police recovered the beheaded body of an abducted minor boy in Chatmohar Upazila Friday two days after his abduction. Police arrested six people in connection with the murder. All arrestees are relatives of the victim, police said....

Prices of essentials register steep rise in districts

Our Correspondent | 2014-06-29 00:00:00

GOPALGANJ, Jun 28: Prices of essential commodities including rice, pulse, fish, meat, atta, vegetables, salt, oil, spices etc. have registered steep rise in the local markets at the advent of the holy Ramadan. The low income groups of landless peasants,...

Two killed in clashes in Natore upazilas

2014-06-29 00:00:00

NATORE, Jun 28 (UNB): Two people, including a woman, were beaten to death in two separate clashes in Baratipara and Baraigram upazilas on Friday night and early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Yeasin Ali,60, village head of Koichar village...

Farmers urged to expand cotton farming in Barind tract

2014-06-29 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Jun 28 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong discussion urged the farmers and others concerned to expand cotton farming in the vast Barind tract for boosting up its production to meet up the country's demand. They viewed prospect of boosting...

Housewife killed for dowry in Shariatpur

2014-06-29 00:00:00

SHARIATPUR, Jun 28 (UNB): A housewife, who was tortured by her husband for dowry on Thursday, died at Sadar Hospital on Friday. The deceased was identified as Shilpi Akhter, 22, wife of Azizul Munsi of Yasin Matbor Kandi village in...

Woman entrepreneur gets IDB award

2014-06-29 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Jun 28 (BSS): Selina Jahan, a woman farmer- cum entrepreneur of the district, has received Islamic Development Bank (IDB) prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of agriculture. Selina Jahan received the prize, carrying US$ 25,000...

Opportunity given to whiten black money denounced

2014-06-29 00:00:00

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has voiced concern over the opportunity given in the just passed Finance Bill to whiten black money by investing in the housing sector. In a statement on Sunday, TIB executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said it...

Seed, fertiliser distributed in Panchagarh

2014-06-29 00:00:00

PANCHAGARH, Jun 28: Agriculture office of Boda upazila Satuday distributed high quality paddy seeds and fertilizer among the marginal farmers at free of cost to boost food production. Kamol Kumar Shah, director of Department of Agriculture Extension of Rangpur, distributed...

Al-Arafah Bank school banking confce held in B\\\'baria

Our Correspondent | 2014-06-29 00:00:00

BRAHMANBARIA, Jun 28: Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited arranged a School Banking Conference-2014 at the auditorium of Annada Govt. High School, Friday. Chairman of the bank Alhaj Badiur Rahman attended the function as the chief guest while Managing Director of the...

News in brief

2014-06-29 00:00:00

Housewife found dead in C'nawabganj A housewife was found dead at a char in Padma River near Islampur village in Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj Saturday. The deceased was identified as Fatema Begum, 38, wife of Alauddin of Islampur village. Sadar...

Photo: JAMALPUR: The flood protection embankment at Guthail Bazar

2014-06-29 00:00:00