GAZIPUR, May 6 (UNB): Workers of an RMG factory at East West Industrial Park in Gazipur continued their work abstention for the second consecutive day on Tuesday protesting alleged torture and intimidation by the park union leaders. More than 1,000...
PARIS, May 6 (AFP) : Setbacks for emerging markets and rising risks of fallout from the Ukraine crisis are holding back the global economic recovery, the OECD said on Tuesday. The global economy is now set to grow by 3.4...
FRANKFURT, May 6 (AFP) : German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW said Tuesday it got off to a strong start in 2014 with earnings and revenues rising in the first three months. "BMW has made a strong start to the current financial...
UBS sees net profit swell, overhauls legal structure GENEVA, May 6 : Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday reported surprisingly strong first-quarter net profits, and announced an overhaul of its legal structure targeted at benefiting shareholders. For the three first...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
The use of silver has more than doubled in recent years as the middle and lower-middle class people are increasingly turning to this metal after sky-high price of gold. The industry insiders said silver consumption has now reached around 200-300...
LONDON, May 6 (Reuters): Gold prices firmed for a third session on Tuesday as tensions flared between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, and the dollar slid to a 6-1/2 month low against a currency basket. More than 30...
PETALING JAYA, Mylasia, May 6 (Asia News Network): It is literally a less fruitful year for Malaysians with a 60 per cent drop in local fruit production brought about by the recent dry spell. Fruits have also become costlier with...
BANGKOK, May 6 (Reuters): Thai rubber farmers will protest against the government's plan to sell 200,000 tonnes of rubber from its stocks as they fear the sales will drag falling prices down further, the head of a group representing farmers...
WASINGTON, May 6 (Asia News Network): The United States has expressed support for the Philippines' pending request at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the extension of restrictions on the volume of milled rice importation until 2017. Philippine Agriculture Secretary...
Fatema Sumar | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
As the United States transitions to a fundamentally different relationship with a democratic, unified Afghanistan, the United States is taking steps to work with regional partners to build on the gains of the past decade. The linchpin of this effort...
Abdulla Al Imran | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
There has been a rise in the seizure of gold consignments over the last two years. Recently, the customs officials seized 106 kilogrammes (kg) of gold stashed in the toilets of a Biman flight at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka....
The nation witnessed a phase of extensive political turmoil during the first half of the current fiscal (2013-14) centring around the general election held on January 05 last. The economy suffered badly due to the political turmoil. Estimates done by...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
A youth from the greater Chittagong district figured in a Bangla daily about a year ago, albeit pitiably. Finishing his Masters in Management from a private university, he had been on a frenzied job hunt for more than a couple...
Shahana Bilkis | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
Incidents of kidnap mainly for ransoms have increased recently. In some cases, victims are killed. Seven bodies, including Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) panel mayor Nazrul Islam and his four associates, were recovered from the Shitalakhya River. He was abducted last...
I would like to draw you attention to a piece of news that is now in wide currency, simultaneously in the UK and Bangladesh. This matter has been rated quite highly by International Business Times, this being their second coverage...
The recent train accident on the Jamuna Bridge is an eye opener for many of us though Nor'wester has been blamed for toppling nine compartments of Dinajpur bound broad-gauge train. It is very difficult to believe that train compartments, carrying...
It is indeed funny that the law enforcing agency has become active suddenly and searched the house of Nur Hossain, the main accused of Narayanganj counselor Nazrul Islam murder case. It is nothing but simple eyewash and the common people...
Md. Joynal Abdin | 2014-05-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a promising economic powerhouse in South Asia. The Goldman Sachs investment bank and economist Jim O'Neill in its 'Brics and Beyond' report identified 11 countries having high potential of becoming the world's largest economies in the 21st century...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Tuesday alleged that the killing and abduction of opposition leaders and activists have now become the government's routine work, reports UNB. "It seems that atrocious killing, abduction and forced disappearance of opposition...
THAKURGAON, May 6 (UNB): Terming delirium BNP chairperson's remark that he is the killer of her husband and General Manzur, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad Tuesday said Khaleda Zia herself is a killer. "It's Khaleda who is a killer, not...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Ministry recommended Tuesday an independent investigation into incident of recent abductions and killings, reports UNB. The committee asked law enforcement agencies, including police and RAB to be more active and vigilant in curbing terrorism and...
Embarrassed by the recent spate of abductions and killings, the ruling Awami League (AL) wants the government to crack down on the miscreants and ensure exemplary punishment to them, reports UNB. "From the party we hope that the government will...
Today (Wednesday) is historic May 7. On this day in 2007, Awami League (AL) President, now Prime Minister (PM), Sheikh Hasina returned home, defying a ban on her home coming, after having treatment in the United States, reports BSS. On...
Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal (JSD) president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel was released on bail Tuesday, reports UNB. Sohel walked out of Kashipur High Security Central Jail around 5:30 pm. Local leaders of BNP, Swechchhasebak Dal and other front organisations of BNP, and...
Workers Party general secretary and lawmaker of Rajshahi-2 constituency Fazle Hossain Badsha is now undergoing treatment at city's Anwer Khan Modern Hospital, reports BSS. Hospital sources said Badsha has been under the treatment at cabin-304 with the supervision of neurologist...
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