TOKYO, Apr 6 (AFP): Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Sunday he was "optimistic" about his country's free trade talks with Japan but was unsure when the two countries could strike a deal. Government ministers from the two countries failed...
LAGOS, Apr 6 (AFP): Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and largest oil producer, is set to emerge as the continent's biggest economy on Sunday when the results of an overdue rebasing of its gross domestic product are announced. Although United...
BERLIN, Apr 6 (Reuters): Big retailers are muscling in on the likes of Visa, MasterCard and Google in a fiercely competitive and growing mobile payment market that promises to cut transaction costs and increase customer loyalty. Stores such as British...
TOKYO, Apr 6 (AFP): Two Japanese companies have agreed deals to develop advanced coal-fired power plants in Malaysia and Myanmar as part of a government drive to export energy efficiency technology to emerging markets, a report said Sunday. The Japanese...
YANGON, Apr 6 (Xinhua): ASEAN finance ministers have agreed to Myanmar's proposal to enhance a "financial inclusion" system which aims to help all people in the region get access to financial services, state media quoted Myanmar Finance Minister U Win...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Sunday Bangladesh can earn US$7 billion yearly from leather and leather goods export within the next 10 years by adding value to the products and pursuing environmentally-sustainable production. He also said the industry can...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Farmers and their representatives at a seminar Sunday urged for strengthening the state-run Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) to ensure availability of seeds at low costs. They said the BADC has to be the key market player in the seed...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
The government is set to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Macedonia as part of its efforts to explore the comparatively slow but potential markets across the globe, sources said. According to the sources, the FTA between the two...
TEHRAN, Apr 6 (Xinhua): A high-ranking Iranian economic delegation will attend a conference in Germany to explore ways with German businessmen to boost bilateral ties, Tehran Times daily reported on Sunday. In the conference to be held on April 8...
Jubair Hasan | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Doubts have surfaced whether the newly-elected Upazila Chairmen will be able to play their due role as the existing framework has left little scope for them to serve their voters, chairmen and experts said. Though various quarters, including the Election...
Two Dhaka courts sent on Sunday Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel to jail rejecting his bail petitions in 11 cases, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrates Mohammad Anwar Sadat and Rezaul Karim passed the orders when Sohel surrendered before their...
Election Commissioner (EC) Mohammad Abdul Mobarak, who is now performing the duties of the Chief Election Commissioner, received a death threat on his cell phone on Sunday, reports UNB. According to an EC, Mobarak got the life threat at 12.10...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 6 (UNB): A group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists attacked a bus carrying teachers of Chittagong University (CU) at Nandirhat in Hathazari upazila on Sunday, leaving five injured. One of the injured teachers is Mallika Roy, lecturer...
RU Correspondent | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Apr 6: A case was filed against eight persons including president of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), Rajshahi University (RU) unit Ashraful Alam Emon, for allegedly killing Chhatra League leader Rustom Ali Akhnda at Shaheed Suhrawardi Hall on Friday....
CHITTAGONG, Apr 6 (UNB): A court here indicted on Sunday nine people, including nayeb-e-ameer of Hefajat-e-Islam Mufti Izharul Islam and his son Harun Izharul, in a case filed in connection with a bomb blast at a madrasah in October last...
Saudi Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Abdullah Bin Naser Al Busairi has met Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad and discussed various bilateral issues, including the ways how Bangladesh's ties with Saudi Arabia can be strengthened further, reports UNB. Ershad, also...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Bt Brinjal, introduced in the country by the government for its pest resistance, has severely been attacked by pests this season for which farmers are now forced to spray a lot of pesticides, farmers alleged. Seeds of the genetically modified...
FE Report | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Advocate Anisul Haque blamed Sunday the incompetence and lack of fairness of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) officials for low rate of success in proving graft cases. "Not the amendment of ACC law rather inability...
The 48th convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held today (Monday) at central playground on the university campus, reports UNB. Prof Rolf Heuer, Director General of European Organisation for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, will deliver his speech as...
The outgoing managing director and CEO of the state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines - Kevin Steele - is likely to stay with the organisation for a couple of months more, although he was supposed to leave it at the end of...
BRAHMANBARIA, Apr 6 (UNB): Low pressure of gas which disrupts its supply from the gas fields of the country's eastern zone to Dhaka, Khulna and Rajshahi is expected to ease soon as the construction of two gas compressor stations in...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 6: A traffic inspector (TI) was killed in a road accident at Fakirhat under Sitakunda thana Saturday night. A Chittagong-bound van hit a standing truck on the Chittagong-Dhaka highway killing TI Nasir Uddin of highway police on the...
The World Health Day will be observed in the country today (Monday) as elsewhere across the globe, reports UNB. The theme of this year's Day is: 'Vector-borne diseases.' The World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year to...
NARAYANGANJ, Apr 6 (UNB): Two people were found murdered in a flour mill in Nitaiganj Khalghat area of the district town on Sunday morning. Police recovered the bodies of Abdul Aziz (55) night guard of the mill and son of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions with isolated hails at places in next 24 hours till 6:00pm...
Death anniversary The 20th death anniversary of MA Mohaimen, former MP and founder of Pioneer Printing Press Limited, will be observed today (Monday). On the occasion, family members have requested all relatives, friends and well-wishers to pray for the eternal...
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