DUBAI, Apr 20 (Xinhua) : With the real estate sector in the Gulf Arab emirate Dubai showing no let-up in expanding, the construction sector will fall short of 500,000 workers by 2015, local daily Gulf News reported Saturday. According to...
MOSCOW, Apr 20 (AFP) : Russia looks increasingly likely to sink into recession in 2014 as the knock-on effects of its standoff with the West over Ukraine hurt an economy already beset by structural problems. Data released over the last...
SOWETO, South Africa, Apr 20 (Reuters): In this corner of South Africa's black township of Soweto, the biggest building used to be the Catholic church. Now it's been overshadowed by a shopping center and business has only gotten worse for...
BADAIWANI WALA, Pakistan, Apr 20 (AFP): For years Pakistanis have sweated and cursed through summer power cuts, but now the government plans to harness the sun's ferocious heat to help tackle the country's chronic energy crisis. In a corner of...
BEIJING, Apr 20 (AFP) : Leading automakers are gathering in Beijing Sunday for the kickoff of China's biggest car show, but lackluster growth and environmental restrictions in the world's largest car market have thrown uncertainty into the mix. More than...
BEIJING, Apr 20 (Reuters) : Germany's BMW is getting closer to deciding whether it will build a new factory, its board member Ian Robertson said on Sunday, as the luxury carmaker expands capacity to meet demand in key markets. "We...
COPENHAGEN, Apr 20 (AFP) : A Danish website is turning private homes into take-away restaurants by letting users advertise what they are cooking, when and for what price. "Sometimes I only put one serving up for sale, sometimes up to...
BEIJING, Apr 20 (Reuters) : Daimler said its DENZA electric car will be eligible for local subsidies in China when it goes on sale there in September priced at 369,000 renminbi ($60,000). DENZA, a local Chinese brand jointly developed with...
FE Report | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
The securities regulator has sought opinions from both the bourses on the proposed IPO (initial public offerings) application process to make the initiative more purposeful, officials said. In a letter, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) asked the bourses...
FE Report | 2014-04-21 00:00:00
Country's lone CDMA operator-Citycell-has applied again recently to the telecom regulator for allowing the operator to run both CDMA and GSM technologies simultaneously. In the same time, the operator sought solution of their allocated spectrum, sources said. The shift is...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-20 00:00:00
MAGURA, Apr 19: At least 40 people were injured in a clash in village Patkalbaria under Magura Sadar Upazila Saturday morning. Magura police station, officer-in-charge, MA Hashem Khan said, a rivalry was prevailing between Ful Biswas and Azit Mian of...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-20 00:00:00
PABNA, Apr 19: A motorcycle mechanic was killed as a nasimon hit him at Debottar bazar of Atghoria Upazila in Pabna Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Md. Asaduzzaman, 14, and son of Dulep Hossain of village Debottar in...
NARSINGDI, Apr 19 (BSS): Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) Narsingdi region has disbursed over Taka 452 million as agricultural loan among 52,800 farmers in six upazilas of the district during the last nine months of the current fiscal year. Official sources...
Youth chopped to death in Jessore A youth was chopped to death by some miscreants on the premises of City College in Jessore Friday night. The deceased was identified as Islam Uddin, 18, son of Afzal Hossen of Barandipara area...
KATHMANDU, Apr 19 (AFP): Rescuers on Mount Everest Saturday found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide buried under snow as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak....
KIEV, Apr 19 (AFP): A majority of inhabitants in Ukraine's pro-Russian protest hub Donetsk do not want to join Russia but consider the government in Kiev to be illegitimate, according to a poll published Saturday. 52.2 percent of people questioned...
JINDO, Apr 19 (AFP): The arrested captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago with 476 people on board defended his decision to delay its evacuation, as divers Saturday spotted bodies inside the submerged vessel. Investigators arrested...
CAIRO, Apr 19 (AFP): Egyptian leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi Saturday submitted the documents required to run in next month's presidential election, in which he is likely to be the only rival to former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sabbahi is currently...
State Minister for Finance MA Mannan on Sunday described Walton as a nice example of industrialisation of Bangladesh. “I’m overwhelmed seeing the Walton Factory. What Walton has done is a wonderful matter. This is the reflection of desired Bangladesh,” he...
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 19 (AFP): The effort to find missing flight MH370 is at a "very critical juncture", Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday as authorities mull whether to reassess a challenging search of the Indian Ocean seabed that has so...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched Hajj Prepaid Card for Hajj pilgrims to bear permitted US Dollar and Saudi Riyal with the card. Managing Director of the bank Mohammad Abdul Mannan unveiled the card in the board room of...
Boy among three dead in Belgium shooting BRUSSELS, Apr 19: A couple and a young boy were shot dead in an overnight attack near the eastern Belgian city of Liege, media reports said on Saturday. The woman was seriously wounded...
Condemning the jailing of two top BNP leaders by a lower court, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the country has gone under the grip of one person's ‘whimsical and barbaric' misrule. "The country is now under one individual's...
Md Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-20 00:00:00
Many examples around the world prove that children are more vulnerable to disasters compared to other segments of the population. Disasters have persistent and long-term negative impacts on human development. They can destroy lives and livelihoods and disrupt/halt the progress...
A Bangladeshi cattle trader who was shot by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Balatari border point in Fulbari upazila of Kurigram early Friday died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Sunday. The victim, Shamsul Haque, 25, son...
Sylhet Division defeated Dhaka Metropolis by 211 runs on the 3rd and final day of a three-day match of the Young Tigers U-18 National Cricket Tournament at Barisal Divisional Stadium Saturday, reports UNB. In the day's match, Sylhet Division resumed...
The High Court (HC) will now deliver its order on Wednesday on a revision petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking to quash the trial court indictment orders against her in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust...
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