RANGPUR, Apr 21 (BSS): A super bumper wheat production has been achieved in the northern region this season breaking all previous records. According to official sources in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the farmers have produced over 1.01 million...
BEIJING, Apr 21(Reuters) : US car giant General Motors Corp (GM) plans to invest $12 billion in China from 2014 to 2017 and build more plants next year as it competes with aggressive rivals in the world's largest auto market....
RAJSHAHI, Apr 21 (BSS): Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has disbursed around Tk 10.08 billion as loan to boost rural economy alongside employment generation in the country's northwest region in the first nine months of the current 2013-14 fiscal. Of...
WASHINGTON, Apr 21 (AP): Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration's conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative...
MADRID, Apr 21 (Reuters): Across Spain, the message is hard to miss in office windows showcasing offers: banks want to lend to small companies again. After gorging on property lending in the run-up to a financial crisis, banks are looking...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Apr 21(Reuters) :Apple Inc and Google Inc are wooing game developers to ensure that top game titles arrive first on devices powered by their respective operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the...
SINGAPORE, Apr 21(AFP) : Oil prices eased in subdued post-holiday Asian trade Monday, but retained support from the escalating Ukraine crisis following a deadly gunfight over the weekend, analysts said. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate for May delivery,...
LONDON , Apr 21 (Reuters): Toymaker Hasbro Inc (HAS.O) reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by strong demand for its toys for girls. Sales of girls' toys such as My Little Pony and Nerf Rebelle increased 21 per cent to...
Tokyo, Apr 21 ( AFP) The yen was weaker against the dollar and the euro in quiet Asian trade Monday after data showed Japan's trade deficit quadrupled year-on-year in March. The greenback fetched 102.52 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade, up...
Criticising the current government for what he said its extreme repressive acts, BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas Monday said they will oust this 'monster regime' through a strong movement, reports UNB. "The current government is monster government. Today, people...
A Dhaka court Monday deferred until May 21 the start of trial against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and others in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB. Judge Basudev Roy...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta said Monday that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia announced the long march towards Teesta for opposing India in a subtle way, reports BSS. "People could understand Khaleda Zia's ill-politics. She has called for...
Bangladesh and the United States (US) will hold 'Security Dialogue' in the city today (Tuesday), reports UNB. This will be the third dialogue on security issues between the two countries which will discuss ways to enhance partnerships in peacekeeping, counterterrorism,...
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The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday served a letter to the Election Commission (EC) seeking affidavit and information about the former Jatiya Party (JP) secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader. He is now on ACC's investigation into accumulation of alleged illegal...
‘6,500 docs to be recruited for police hospitals’ Health Minister Mohammad Nasim Monday said 6,500 new doctors would be recruited by the state in the next one month. "Postings will be given against vacant posts of Central Police Hospital in...
Newly-elected Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Tangail-8 constituency Anupam Shahjahan took oath Monday at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban, reports BSS. Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath at her office in the JS Bhaban,...
The cabinet has asked the concerned ministries to expedite the process of restoration of the necessary laws promulgated by the military regimes but later declared null and void by the Supreme Court (SC), report agencies. The directive was given in...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 21 (UNB): At least 10 local journalists sustained injuries in an attack on Sunday night allegedly by intern doctors at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) while they were on duty to cover the incident of a clash between...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmood Khandkar said Monday the issues relating to militancy and terrorism would be dealt with an iron hand, reports BSS. "This is the high time to enhance the strength of the law enforcing agencies...
A new engine has been devised by a Bangladeshi scientist, Dr Abdul Khaleque that will run perpetually after the initial impulse, which may come from electricity, heat or manual effort, reports BSS. The scientist was talking to journalists at a...
Two young men were chopped to death by miscreants at Dakkhin Pirerbagh of Mirpur in the city Sunday midnight, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Kayem Hossain (32), son of Abdul Qader Mollah, a resident of 78/3 Madhya Pirerbagh...
In the awake of growing tobacco cultivation in the country, the government has planned to formulate a policy to check its cultivation and production, reports UNB. "A policy will be formulated soon to check the cultivation and production of tobacco,"...
Minister for Housing and Public Works Engr Mosharaf Hossain said celebrities like National Professor Dr Nurul Islam never die, reports UNB. "Dr Nurul Islam was a great son of the soil and a globally acclaimed medical scientist and physician, and...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 21 (BSS): Three garment workers received burn injuries when a fire broke out at Fakir Apparels Limited at Panchabati under Fatullah thana Monday. The fire also gutted an enormous quantity of printing, fabrics, accessories and machinery.
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