BEIJING, May 22 (AFP): An index of Chinese manufacturing activity saw a sharp improvement in May, hitting a five-month high, HSBC said Tuesday, but still showed contraction and the bank urged more government action to kickstart the world's number two...
BRUSSELS, May 22 (AFP): Eurozone business activity slipped slightly in May but held near a three-year high, suggesting a modest economic recovery remains on track, a closely watched survey showed on Thursday. However the report also highlighted continuing problems for...
British economy grows 0.8pc in Q1 LONDON, May 22: Britain's economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 compared with output in the final three months of last year, unrevised official data showed on Thursday, underpinning...
FE Report | 2014-05-23 00:00:00
The prices of edible oils, including soybean and palm, fell slightly over the last five days in the city's kitchen markets, giving consumers some sort of relief. The fall in prices of these items at mill-gates helped reduce their prices...
LONDON, May 22 (Bloomberg): Gold rose from its lowest level in more than a week in New York after India eased some curbs on bullion imports and investors weighed Federal Reserve minutes. Palladium futures were near a 33-month high. Bullion...
GAIBANDHA, May 22 (BSS): Harvest of Boro paddy is nearly complete in seven upazilas of the district in the current season with much enthusiasm of farmers. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the district cultivated Boro paddy...
LONDON, May 22 (Bloomberg): Soybeans climbed to the highest level in more than 11 months in Chicago on speculation that demand for livestock feed will increase in China amid rebounding prices for eggs and pigs. Corn also gained. Chinese processors...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters): The Reserve Bank of India and finance ministry officials will recommend that the new government relax strict gold import rules to head off a surge in illegal buying, officials with direct knowledge of the plan...
BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters): China's imports of Iranian crude in April more than doubled from a year ago to a record near 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), again pushing Asia's monthly intake from the OPEC member above what is allowed...
HM Ershad said there were no disappearances and murders in Bangladesh when he was in power, reports bdnews24.com. Lamenting the current state of law and order in the country, the Jatiya Party (JP) chief said, "Bangladesh is now a death...
FENI, May 22 (UNB): District Awami League general secretary and MP of Feni-2 constituency Nizamuddin Hazari alleged on Thursday that Joynal Hazari was involved in the murder of Fulgazi upazila parishad chairman Ekramul Haque Ekram. Nizamuddin Hazari blamed Joynal Hazari...
Police barred BNP from holding a rally at the Engineers Institute in the city Thursday afternoon, report agencies. Dhaka City BNP was arranging the rally in protest against the rising incidents of killing, forced disappearance and abduction across the country....
The ruling Awami League (AL) Thursday submitted its polls expenditure return of over Tk 25.39 million to the Election Commission (EC), reports BSS. A three-member team of AL led by its Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap submitted the party's...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena Thursday urged the government to conduct thorough, timely and credible investigation into all alleged human rights violations and abuses, including allegations against members of Rab for committing abuses and misconducts, reports UNB. "I...
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim urged the global community to keep health at the centre of the next development goal framework, report agencies Thursday. Mr Nasim made the appeal while briefing on post-2015 development agenda in Geneva. World...
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police pressed charge sheet against 29 BNP leaders, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports UNB. DB inspector submitted the charge sheet to the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Anwar Sadat,...
RU Correspondent | 2014-05-23 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 22: Police raided a hall of the Rajshahi University (RU) Thursday midnight to arrest Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists. But none was arrested. It was learnt that Mobasser Ahmed Tanim, former mass education affairs secretary of former...
Business establishments and offices remain closed in Feni's Phulgazi Upazila due to a strike enforced by ruling Awami League (AL) in protest against the murder of chairman Ekramul Haque, reports bdnews24.com. Activists of BNP's affiliated wings Chhatra Dal and Juba...
SUNAMGANJ, May 22 (UNB): The members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Bagli area of Tahirpur Upazila Wednesday. The victim was identified as Musa Mia (22), son of Mubarak Mia of Baherpur village...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6.0pm today (Friday). Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky...
Khairul Islam | 2014-05-23 00:00:00
After publication of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent exam results, now comes the battle for admission. A large number of students who passed the SSC and equivalent exams this year are concerned that they might not get admitted...
Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a major health problem in Bangladesh. Children are highly vulnerable to the disease which is taking away their lives in case of negligence. Thousands of episodes of diarrhoea occur in children and adults each day, reports BSS....
The daylong strike enforced by "Anti Students of Evening Course," a platform of the left-leaning student organisations demanding cancellation of the master's evening course of the Political Science Department, was going on at Dhaka University Thursday, reports UNB. The striking...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, May 22 (BSS): The teachers, students and officials of Jahangirnagar University (JU) demanded Thursday exemplary punishment to the pick- up van driver who killed Fatima. They made the demand at a human chain held at the university's main...
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