LONDON, May 27 (Bloomberg): Corn dropped to the lowest level since March on speculation US farmers accelerated planting last week while rain in the next few days improves prospects for developing crops. Wheat declined to an 11-week low. About 73...
JOHANNESBURG, May 27 (Bloomberg): The three biggest platinum producers held more talks with a South African labour court judge mediating in a dispute with the main union as the effect of a four-month strike dragged the economy to its first...
SINGAPORE, May 27 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asian trade Tuesday on concerns over a dramatic escalation in the Ukraine crisis that could potentially cause a disruption in gas supply and send energy prices soaring, analysts said. US benchmark, West...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures stretched losses into a third straight session on Tuesday, tracking weak vegetable oil markets overseas, with prices further pressured by concerns that export demand will not be strong enough to check...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Tuesday their chairperson Khaleda Zia will hold a rally together with people in Dhaka city, the day she wants to do so, reports UNB. Referring to a media report of a...
Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi said Tuesday the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord will fully be implemented by this year, reports UNB. Dr Gowher said this while addressing a seminar on "Realisation of Indigenous People's Rights...
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said Tuesday there is no political definition of crime, as a guilty person is always a guilty person, reports UNB. "We always identify a guilty person as a guilty person. We don't involve politics in it,...
The president's office has written to the Cabinet Division for a list of former Bangladesh presidents and their tenures to 'update the Bangabhaban website', reports bdnews24.com. The move come two months after BNP chief Khaleda Zia and her son claimed...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a rally in Munshiganj today (Wednesday), reports UNB. "All preparations for holding the rally of the BNP chairperson in Munshiganj have already been completed. The rally will be held at Hart Laxmiganj near the...
RU Correspondent | 2014-05-28 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 27: Two separate cases were filed against twenty-seven leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit, including its president Asaful Alam Emon, for alleged involvement in the attack on cops and use...
Our Correspondent | 2014-05-28 00:00:00
JESSORE, May 27: A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member, among 15 people, was wounded as smugglers clashed with BGB men over recovery of Phensidyl at Muchipara of Baroanchra under Benapole port thana. The clash erupted while BGB men were recovering...
NARAYANGANJ, May 27 (UNB): Golam Mosih, political secretary to opposition leader Rawshan Ershad, collected Tuesday the nomination form to contest the Narayanganj-5 by-polls. A nomination form for the Narayanganj-5 by-polls was collected by Nasiruddin on behalf of Mosih, district Election...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 that deals with the 1971 war crimes cases asked Tuesday both the prosecution and the defence to maintain fairness on the papers and documents submitted to it for examination, reports UNB. "All of you've to...
UZ chairmen, vice-chairman take oath on parole RANGPUR, May 27: Two newly-elected upazila chairmen and one vice-chairman of two upazilas under Rangpur division finally took oath on parole and bail at the Divisional Commissioner conference room here Tuesday. Earlier, police...
A leader of the outlawed outfit 'Purba Bangla Communist Party' was killed in an 'encounter' with police at Tala Upazila in Satkhira Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. Two constables were also injured in the gun battle. The deceased was identified as Abdul...
FE Report | 2014-05-28 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed Tuesday said the government was going to further reduce tariffs on fire and structural safety products imported to Bangladesh in the ensuing budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-2015. "The government will remove import taxes on...
Shahidul Islam, father-in-law of slain Narayanganj City panel mayor Nazrul Islam, claimed Tuesday that local MP Shamim Osman had no hand in the sensational Narayanganj seven murders, reports UNB. "I don't think Shamim Osman had any link with the killings....
The bodies of six of the nine Bangladesh nationals who were burnt to death in a fire at a furniture manufacturing factory in Riyadh on May 12 will be brought home Friday, reports UNB. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines...
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan assured Tuesday the city dwellers that they would celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr in a peaceful manner as in the past, reports UNB. "Strict security measures have been taken to prevent extortion, mugging and other crimes...
Rajuk should go for selling readymade flats instead of the current system of allocating land to selected citizens, the parliamentary standing committee on the Housing and Public Works Ministry recommended Tuesday, reports UNB. The committee made the recommendation in its...
MYMENSINGH, May 27 (BSS): An elder brother stabbed to death his younger brother at village Signboard Bazar in Trishal Upazila of the district Tuesday morning. The dead is Abdul Hye (60), son of late Asmot Ali of the same village....
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sayedul Hoque asked Tuesday the navy and coast guards to keep special surveillance along the Bangladesh-Myanmar maritime border to stop intrusion of foreign fishing trawlers into the Bay of Bengal, reports UNB. There should be special...
FE Report | 2014-05-28 00:00:00
The central bank fined Janata Bank Limited (JBL) Tk 50,000 Tuesday for its failure in timely settlement of acceptance bills against imports, officials said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has sent a letter to JBL in this connection. "We've imposed the...
The 38th death anniversary of legendary artist Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin will be observed today (Wednesday), reports UNB. Various socio-cultural organisations, including the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University, Dhaka Art Centre and Gallery Chitrak, have chalked out elaborate programmes...
MYMENSINGH, May 27 (UNB): Dhaka Divisional (North) Transport Owners-Workers Oikya Parishad postponed Tuesday until May 29 its indefinite strike enforced in eight districts of Dhaka division to press home their seven-point demand. President of Mymensingh Motor Owners Association Mamtaj Uddin...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Barisal and Chittagong divisions until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports...
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