KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 (Reuters): Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest bank by assets, said first-quarter net profit climbed 6.3 per cent, helped by strong loan growth, particularly at its Islamic banking division. Southeast Asian banks have been on a...
NEW YORK, May 29 (AFP): Apple, seeking to bolster its position in the hotly contested online music sector, said Wednesday it was buying Beats Music and Beats Electronics in a much-hyped deal worth $3 billion. The move is expected to...
NEW DELHI, May 29 (AFP): Asia's largest budget carrier AirAsia will start flying in India from June 12 with a new no-frills airline, its group chief executive said Thursday. Malaysia-based AirAsia won approval from India's regulators in March last year...
SYDNEY, May 29 (Reuters): Australian business investment fell again in the first quarter but spending plans for 2014/15 were revised higher, a positive for the economic outlook - a fillip for the local dollar. Thursday's survey from the Australian Bureau...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Sales at the country's biggest fabric wholesale market at Islampur in the city have got a momentum as hundreds of traders from different parts of the country have started thronging it to collect the best for their customers. Traders concerned...
LONDON, May 29 (Bloomberg): Gold futures reached a 16-week low in New York amid speculation that the U.S. will rebound from its winter slowdown. The American economy contracted for the first time in three years from January through March, a...
NEW DELHI, May 29 (Reuters): Indian oilseeds and vegetable oil futures rose on Thursday, bucking weak trends in the overseas market where palm oil dropped for a fifth consecutive session. Malaysian palm oil, which is on track for a third...
NYANDENI, South Africa May 29 (Reuters): Mining accounts for a fraction of South Africa's gross domestic product but still hits well above its weight and is pushing the continent's most advanced economy towards recession. South Africa's economy shrank 0.6 per...
SINGAPORE, May 29 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia today as dealers await the latest US supply report for clues about demand in the world's biggest crude consumer, while supply concerns also provided support. US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...
PARIS, May 29 (AFP): The e-cigarette was pushed centre stage ahead of World No Tobacco Day, with doctors and policy experts urging the UN's health agency to embrace the gadget as a life saver. With tobacco smoke claiming a life...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs said Thursday Bangladesh's bilateral relation with foreign countries, including global powers, is moving with a 'good pace' that reflects their full confidence in the current government, reports UNB. "We're not facing any problems at the...
A parliamentary watchdog put forward on Thursday a 23-point recommendation, including raising the number of judges to 5,000 from 1700, for reducing backlog cases and modernising the judiciary, reports UNB. "We've made a 23-point of recommendation for reducing over 3.2...
Khaleda Zia's elder son and BNP's senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's political career as a failure and said his father Ziaur Rahman succeeded in everything he did, reports bdnews24.com. "Awami League leader Sheikh Mujib's...
The prosecution's closing arguments on the Radar purchase graft case faced by former President HM Ershad and others began Thursday at the special court in the city, reports UNB. The court adjourned for Monday (June 2) the proceedings after hearing...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has said Bangladesh firmly believes in the continued relevance of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the changed global realities, reports UNB. "We must assure that the groundswell of solidarity that nurtures our movement never dries up...
Eight people submitted nomination papers to contest in the Narayanganj-5 by-election scheduled for June 26, assistant returning officer Tarifuzzaman said on Thursday, reports UNB. Thursday was the last day of filing nomination papers. The eight aspirants are late MP Nasim...
PABNA, May 29 (UNB): An outlaw party leader was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in Ishwardi Upazila Thursday. The deceased was identified as Hamidul Islam alias Hamidul Hamel (35), second-in-command of regional...
MEHERPUR, May 29 (UNB): An outlawed party leader was slaughtered by rivals in Gangni Upazila. Police recovered the throat-slit body of Ashraful Islam (35), the regional commander of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Lal Pataka) and son of Mujibur Rahman of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has invited Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to attend the 'World Assembly for Women: Tokyo-2014 (WAW) to be held in September next in Tokyo, reports UNB. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam said...
Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif dubbed Thursday BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman both 'insane' and 'illiterate' for terming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a 'failed politician', reports UNB. "He created Hawa Bhaban.....he created the empire of corruption. Now...
Sharply reacting to a defence suggestion, a prosecution witness, also a Liberation War widow, said that her martyred husband was killed in her presence in 1971, reports UNB. "Why should I resort to lie?" retorted PW-7 Jahanara Begum amid sobbing...
Khairul Islam | 2014-05-30 00:00:00
Despite glorious results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations, a considerable number of students have challenged the published results and applied for reassessment of their examination papers. According to official data, a total of 98,731 SSC and its...
Wrapping up her four-day official tour of Japan, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning, reports UNB. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the Prime Minster and her entourage, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at...
PIROJPUR, May 29 (UNB): A 17-year-old schoolboy at Bhandaria upazila has invented an automated firefighting device, which he claims, can control a big fire in any establishment at three stages. Sabbir Khan, a class XII student of Amanullah Higher Secondary...
Bangladesh and Algeria Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Foreign Office Consultations, the first-ever bilateral agreement signed between the two countries, reports UNB. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra signed the MoU in...
The government has selected ADHUNIK (We Prevent Smoking) for the 'World No Tobacco Day Awards 2014' in recognition of its outstanding contributions to anti-tobacco activities in the country, reports UNB. A crest and a certificate will be handed over to...
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