Tokyo, Jun 6: A cooing, gesturing humanoid on wheels that can decipher emotions has been unveiled in Japan by billionaire Masayoshi Son who says robots should be tender and make people smile. Son's mobile phone company Softbank said Thursday that...
Hong Kong, Jun 6: Asian stocks were mostly indifferent on Friday to the unveiling of a big stimulus package from the European Central Bank as investors awaited the U.S. jobs report for May. Reaction from Asian markets to the ECB...
Bangladesh is witnessing a record sale of television sets in the last couple of months as just a few days are left to the beginning of the FIFA World Cup 2014, the biggest sporting event in the world, reports BSS....
WASHINGTON, June 6 (AFP) : The International Monetary Fund hailed the European Central Bank's unprecedented moves yesterday to prevent deflation in the eurozone, including cutting key interest rates to new all-time lows. "We strongly welcome the very proactive stance taken...
NEW YORK, June 6 (AFP) : American household wealth reached a new record in the first quarter of 2014 thanks to a rising stock market and an improving housing market, according to US data released yesterday. The wealth of US...
The Information Technology Engineers Examination (ITEE) drew attention of the local IT professionals as the BD-ITEC centre arranged different kinds of counselling with the help of Japanese experts in the ongoing Digital World 2014 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in...
Awami League Presidium Member and Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said in the city Friday the budget has been prepared for economic emancipation of the people, reports BSS. The budget would help build a happy, prosperous and welfare-oriented country, he added....
Shifting agriculture to a 'climate-smart' approach will not only help prevent future food security crises but holds the promise of sparking economic and agricultural renewal in rural areas where hunger and poverty are most prevalent, says FAO, reports UNB. On...
DETROIT, June 6 (Reuters): Chrysler Group LLC said it was recalling about 10,700 sport utility vehicles to fix a defect that leads to unintended acceleration in cruise-control mode. The vehicles being recalled are certain 2014 Dodge Durangos and Jeep Cherokees,...
LOS ANGELES, June 6: (Reuters) : Bank of America Corp could pay more than $12 billion to settle probes by the US Justice Department and a number of states into the bank's alleged handling of shoddy mortgages, the Wall Street...
Euro dips in Asia after ECB easing measures TOKYO, June 6: The euro dipped a touch in Asia today after the European Central Bank (ECB) launched unprecedented easing measures to bolster fragile eurozone growth and prevent deflation. The single currency...
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Sugar prices increased by Tk 2-3 per kg Friday, just one day after the placement of the national budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2014-15 in Parliament Thursday. Onion prices, however, decreased to some extent while prices of a few...
RAJSHAHI, June 6 (BSS): Large-scale sesame farming on the fallow lands can be the effective means of mitigating the existing drought condition alongside the adverse impact of climate change in the vast Barind tract, agricultural scientists and extension officials said...
RANGPUR, June 6 (BSS): Experts at a workshop have stressed the need for producing quality fish seed by practicing improved management system and following genetic principles in the hatcheries for enhancing annual fish production in the country. They mentioned that...
HANOI, June 6 (Reuters): Vietnam will see significantly lower rainfall and water shortages later this year in the Central Highlands area due to a likely El Nino weather event, a government report said, raising the prospect output from the 2015/16...
LONDON, June 6 (AFP): Oil prices advanced on Friday after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an unprecedented cut in interest rates in a bid to spur economic growth. US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate for delivery in July, added 22...
SYDNEY, June 6 (AFP): Australian miner Sundance Resources said Friday it is pushing ahead with a $US3.5 billion iron ore project in Cameroon, despite the recent slump in commodity prices. Sundance said it had appointed engineering and construction company Mota-Engil...
BNP chairperson's adviser Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said Friday the budget for fiscal year 2014-15 placed by an 'illegal regime' will not be acceptable to people, reports UNB. "This regime is illegitimate as it has assumed office snatching people's voting...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta, MP, Friday urged all the political parties, including BNP, to extend cooperation in implementing the proposed budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, reports BSS. "Really, I can feel the pains of BNP....
Some 33 Jamaat-Shibir activists were arrested from Satkania and Lohagara Upazilas in Chittagong Friday, reports bdnews24.com. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Chittagong AKM Emran Bhuiyan (Satkania Circle) said those detained were accused criminals who had carried out subversive attacks...
Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Haque criticised Friday BNP saying that the party did politics capitalising on religion during its regime, reports BSS. BNP did not make any law for Islam, he said adding that religion and politics...
The historic Six-point Day marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, will be observed today (Saturday) across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS. In separate messages on the eve of the day, President...
Leaders of different political parties said Friday the proposed budget for fiscal 2014-15 is time- befitting and pro-people, reports BSS. The new budget has been prepared with the aim of economic emancipation of common people, they observed. Talking to the...
KUSHTIA, June 6 (UNB): Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif criticised BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for calling 'illegal and unethical' the placing of the national budget for fiscal 2014-15 by the present government....
Experts stressed the need for working out a national security strategy based on a broad spectrum of security concerns, including civil, military, political, economic, energy, environmental and human security, reports UNB. In his deliberation of the Shaheed Col Jamil Ahmed...
Jatiyatabadi Samajik Sangskritik Sangstha (JASAS), a cultural wing of BNP, formed a 121-member new executive committee of Daudkandi Upazila unit. Md Nurul Amin Mir and Quamrul Hasan Sarker have recently been made president and general secretary of JASAS of Daudkandi...
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Finance Minister AMA Muhith Friday said the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 despite being 'ambitious' is realistic and quite 'achievable'. "The budget is definitely an ambitious one and I have been doing it since the very first one...
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