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2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: CENTERVILLE, Virginia, US: A real estate agent\\\'s sign for a townhouse

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: PARIS: French Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade Minister Michel Sapin delivering

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Major economic indicators maintain steady rise in FY ‘14

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Major economic indicators maintained steady rise in the outgoing 2013-14 financial year (FY14), ending on June 30, 2014. The economy showed the strength despite the unprecedented nation-wide destructive activities by the opposition political parties particularly ahead of the January 5...

Axiata Group wins \\\'Best Telecom Group of the Year\\\' award

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Axiata Group Berhad has been named as the 'Best Telecom Group of The Year' at the Frost and Sullivan's 2014 Asia Pacific ICT Award for the 6th consecutive year in Kuala Lumpur recently, reports UNB. The prestigious award was presented...

Gold poised for second quarterly gain

2014-07-01 00:00:00

LONDON, June 30 (Reuters) : Gold steadied near a two-month high on Monday, as the dollar remained under pressure ahead of a week packed with economic data. The metal looked set for a second straight quarterly gain after world political...

Oil prices down in Asian trade

2014-07-01 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, June 30 (AFP) : Oil prices eased in Asia Monday on softer US demand, but tensions in the Middle East where jihadists have declared an Islamic state straddling Iraq and Syria will likely keep prices high, analysts said. US...

Wheat falls, set for quarterly loss of 16pc ahead of USDA report

2014-07-01 00:00:00

SYDNEY, June 30 (Reuters): US wheat futures, set to post its biggest quarterly loss in three-years, fell on Monday as traders squared positions ahead of a US Department of Agriculture report expected to show domestic stocks at a six-year low...

Global Commodity Prices

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Abahani, Mohammedan end 1-1 draw in BPL

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Dhaka Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited split points when their match ended in a 1-1 goal draw in the Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier Football League held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports BSS. In the...

Djokovic, Murray take centre stage

2014-07-01 00:00:00

LONDON, June 30 (AFP): Top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray get a crucial opportunity to strike decisive Wimbledon blows after Saturday's rain washed away plans to play all fourth round matches on Monday. With three men's third...

Pakistan \\\'to earn $450m in cricket cycle\\\'

2014-07-01 00:00:00

LAHORE, June 30 (AFP): Pakistan's cricket chief on Monday claimed his country will earn $450 million dollars from the next eight-year cycle, mainly from four series with arch-rivals India. India and Pakistan signed an agreement to play six series-four of...

European stocks close higher

2014-07-01 00:00:00

LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets closed up on Tuesday, with Frankfurt’s DAX 30 up 0.71 per cent to 9,902.41 points. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies ended up 0.87 per cent at 6,802.92 while the CAC 40 in Paris...

USA plan to go on offensive against Belgium

2014-07-01 00:00:00

SALVADOR, June 30 (AFP): United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says attack will be the best form of defence when his American underdogs tackle Belgium on Tuesday for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. The United States confounded all pre-tournament...

2 killed as train hits trolley

2014-07-01 00:00:00

An experimental train crashed into a trolley on rail tracks in Amanura Gosh Bathan area of Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj on Tuesday noon, killing two people and injuring five others. Khairul Islam,  stationmaster of Amanur Railway Station, said the experimental...

Gayle out of West Indies T20 squad against Kiwis

2014-07-01 00:00:00

BRIDGETOWN, June 30 (AFP): West Indies selectors have rested opening batsman Chris Gayle from the back-to-back T20 Internationals against New Zealand on July 5 and 6 at Windsor Park in Dominica. Despite playing in all three Tests of the series...

MCQ test for medical entry gets tougher

2014-07-01 00:00:00

The government has raised the benchmark of passing MCQ test to enrolment at medical and dental colleges in Bangladesh. Director of medical education Prof ABM Abdul Hannan told bdnews24.com from this year minimum 40 marks need to be obtained, instead...

\\\'Caliph\\\' urges skilled professionals to join state

AFP | 2014-07-01 00:00:00

 BAGHDAD: The leader of a brutal jihadist group called on Muslims with military, medical and managerial skills to immigrate to its newly-declared pan-Islamic state, in an audio recording released Tuesday. "Those who can immigrate to the Islamic State should immigrate,...

sports digest

2014-07-01 00:00:00

34th Nat'l Junior Chess begins today The Union Insurance 34th National Junior (Under-20) Chess Championship, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, will begin today (Tuesday) from 3:00 pm at the hall-room of Bangladesh Chess Federation. Interested boys and girls of Under-20...

Photo: PENNSYLVANIA: Bernhard Langer of Germany and his wife Vikki

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: SAN JOSE: Costa Rica fans celebrating after their team defeated Greece

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: WIMBLEDON: France\\\'s Alize Cornet returning against Canada\\\'s Eugenie Bouchard

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: RIO DE JANEIRO: Netherlands\\\' forward and captain Robin van Persie

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Investors book quick profit on bank, power, pharma stocks

FE Report | 2014-07-01 00:00:00

The last trading day of the fiscal year 2013-14 ended in the flat Monday after previous session's sharp gain as investors booked quick profit on bank, power and pharmaceuticals stocks. The market started the session positively with key index of...

3.2m advertisements in Bikroy.com in two years

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Bikroy.com, country's leading online marketplace, has received more than 3.2 million advertisements in its two years of operation. The site now caters more than 9,000 classified advertisements daily, compared to 3,000 adverts one year ago, according to a statement. A...

Sensex up 1.25pc, posts best qtr since Sept 2009

2014-07-01 00:00:00

MUMBAI, June 30 (Reuters): The benchmark BSE Sensex rose 1.25 per cent on Monday as investors bought shares in recent outperformers such as State Bank of India (RBI), allowing the index to post its best quarterly gain since July-September 2009....

News Briefs

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Completion of shares sale/receipt Prime Ins: Abdul Gaffar Dubash, one of the Directors (Public Shareholder Director) of Prime Insurance Company Limited, has further reported that he has completed his sale of 40,000 shares of the Company at prevailing market price...

Photo: Pubali Bank Ltd recently donated Tk 4.3 million to Rheumatology department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: EXIM Bank inaugurated the 82nd branch of the bank at Dohazari,

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Photo: The 14th AGM of the Asia Pacific General Insurance Company

2014-07-01 00:00:00