RAJSHAHI, Mar 19 (BSS): Farmers have completed the transplantation of boro paddy everywhere in eight districts under Rajshahi division attaining 99 percent of the target fixed by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) till March 15 last. According to the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 19: A railway official was suspended in connection of issuing a false lease to a piece of railway land. Railway Pakshey Divisional Estate Office (DEO) issued the suspension order on Tuesday, DEO sources said. The victim ABM Rahimullah,...
SATKHIRA, Mar 19 (UNB): A man was killed in a road accident at Alipur Hatkhola intersection on the Satkhira-Kaliganj Road in Sadar upazila on Tuesday . The deceased was identified as Ali Gazi, 70, son of late Kutubuddin of the...
RU Correspondent | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 19: The authorities of the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) celebrated the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day in a befitting manner by arranging different programmes yesterday, said the press...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
JESSORE, Mar 19: 'Give us rice or alternative jobs, otherwise allow us to ply our vehicles' was the slogan of locally-made vehicles Nasimon-Karimon and Alam Sadhu workers during a demonstration held in the town Wednesday. To press home their 10-point...
MUNSHIGANJ, Mar 19 (UNB): A young man was killed and another person injured after falling from the roof of a running bus at Abdullahpur in Keraniganj upazila on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as poultry trader Shiplu,28, a resident of...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The market extended losing streak for the fifth running session Wednesday with marginal improvement in turnover as profit-booking and panic dominated throughout the session. Meanwhile, Emerald Oil Industries, which made debut Wednesday, gained 400 per cent from its initial public...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The quality of system-generated information affects management's ability to make appropriate decisions in managing and controlling the entity's activities and to prepare reliable financial reports. Technology is often the most important enabler of business processes and could help to enhance...
IDLC signs MoU with CRAB IDLC Finance Limited has recently signed an agreement with Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd. (CRAB). Under the deal, CRAB will provide credit rating service to the SME clients of IDLC Finance Limited. Selim R....
MUMBAI, Mar 19 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex index ended flat on Wednesday, off the record highs hit a day earlier, as IT outsourcing companies fell on concerns about their revenues, while investors also booked profits in recent outperformers such as...
Asadul Haque Sufyani has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer of Seven Circle (Bangladesh) Ltd. and Shun Shing Cement Mills Ltd., manufacturer of Seven Rings Cement brand (wholly owned company of Hong Kong-based Shun Shing Group). Prior to his recent...
KIEV, Mar 19 (agencies): Pro-Russian forces used a tractor to ram through the gate of a Ukrainian navy base in western Crimea on Wednesday, seizing control of the entrance, Ukraine's defence ministry said. "Russian soldiers" then halted their advance, ministry...
CAIRO, Mar 19 (AFP): An Egyptian army brigadier general and a colonel were killed in a raid Wednesday on a jihadist hideout, as security forces close their pincers on militants in the Nile Delta. The Islamist militants have increasingly shifted...
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 19 (AFP): Angry Chinese relatives tried to gatecrash Malaysia's tightly controlled daily media briefing on the missing plane Wednesday in chaotic scenes underlining the frustrations surrounding the 12-day search. Shouting and crying, a handful of relatives of...
DAMASCUS, Mar 19 (AFP): Israeli air raids Syria Wednesday killed one soldier and injured seven, Syria's army said, warning that the strikes endangered regional security and stability. The army command in a statement said the strikes targeted military bases in...
Israeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian teenager HEBRON, Mar 19: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the southern West Bank on Wednesday, a Palestinian security source told AFP. "Yussef Sami Shawamreh, 15, was killed by the Israeli army...
Khairul Islam | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The country's business schools are largely failing to churn out skilled human resources, forcing the business and industrial houses to lean on foreigners to pick up the slack. Industry insiders say that traditional academic curriculum and poor linkage between the...
FE Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Head of Delegation of the European Union in Bangladesh Ambassador William Hanna expressed his satisfaction over the progress of various EU-funded projects in Sylhet. Ambassador Hanna visited Sylhet division to see for himself the progress of a number of European...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) will ask the ministries concerned to fianalise the issues discussed during the just-concluded Bangladesh-India Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting in the city, a trade official said. Senior officials of both the countries at the JWG...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has placed a 59-point recommendation on the national budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), reports UNB. DCCI President Mohammad Shahjahan Khan placed the recommendations to...
Asia business sentiment improves in Q1 SEOUL, Mar 19 : Business sentiment among Asia's top companies edged up in the first quarter, as solid improvement in the Philippines and South Korea outweighed weakness in China, India and Australia amid persistent...
TOKYO, Mar 19 (AFP): Japan today posted its 20th straight monthly trade deficit in February, but analysts welcomed the fact that the figure had narrowed from a record shortfall in January as export growth outpaced imports. The latest data indicate...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 (Xinhua): Pakistan and Bahrain yesterday signed six agreements to boost cooperation in various fields during the visit of the King of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, officials said. The agreements were signed prior to the...
TAIPEI, Mar 19 (AFP): Around 200 Taiwanese students and activists were locked in a tense standoff with police today after they stormed the parliament in a bid to thwart government efforts to ratify a contentious trade agreement with China. Tearing...
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