PARIS, Mar 17 (Reuters) : Renault and Japanese alliance partner Nissan unveiled their boldest steps yet to combine key operations and pursue economies of scale to rival auto giants like Volkswagen. The creation of an alliance management team was among...
TOKYO, Mar 17 (Reuters): Toyota Motor Corp's Indian unit has temporarily closed its two plants where some workers had stopped production lines to protest a delay in salary hikes after 10 months of negotiations. The factories near Bangalore are Toyota...
SINGAPORE, Mar 17 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia Monday on increased geopolitical tensions as the United States hinted at fresh sanctions against Moscow after Crimea voted in a referendum to break away from Ukraine and join Russia. The United...
LONDON, Mar 17 (Reuters): Vodafone Group Plc has agreed to buy Spain's largest cable operator Ono for 7.2 billion euros ($10 billion), in the latest move by the British group to rebuild its European operations with a broadband offering. Vodafone...
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 17 (Reuters): Twitter Inc CEO Dick Costolo will meet Shanghai government officials, academics and students in his first visit to China, signaling Twitter's interest in cracking a lucrative but thorny market with 600 million Internet users. Twitter,...
LONDON, Mar 17 (Xinhua): British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne yesterday announced a plan to extend the Help to Buy scheme for another four years to 2020 at a cost of around 6 billion pounds (or approximately 9.6 billion...
Commerce Minister and Awami League (AL) Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed said the people, who do not believe in independence, are now hatching conspiracy against the country under the leadership of BNP, reports BSS. The commerce minister made the assertion...
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, youth wing of BNP, will stage demonstrations across the country today (Tuesday) protesting the hike in power tariffs and jailing of top BNP leaders, reports UNB. The programme is also meant for mounting pressure on the government...
FE Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The government has extended taxicab service routes aiming to arrange a better service and remove suffering of the common passengers in the country's highway, official sources said. The roads and railway division under the ministry of communication issued a circular...
Saudi Arab has barred 46 Bangladesh agencies from sending Hajj pilgrims this year pending an investigation on their alleged link to human trafficking, a Bangladeshi official said, reports UNB. "The Saudi authorities have served show cause notices to the agencies...
The government needs to make sure that the scanty reserve of fresh groundwater along the coastal districts is not overexploited for agriculture so that it could help resolve the drinking water crisis that the people of those areas have long...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 17: Two young men were killed by unidentified miscreants in the city's Sholashahar No 2 Rail Gate area Monday morning. Khulsi police said the bodies of the youths were lifted from a septic tank of an under construction...
DU Correspondent | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation of Japan Monday awarded scholarships to 30 meritorious students of Dhaka University (DU) for their outstanding academic results. Foundation Chairman Shigemitsu Miki distributed the scholarships among the students at a function held at Senate Bhaban of the...
Assistant Teachers of Primary Schools Society (ATPSS) on Monday announced a series of programmes to press home their demands including removal of salary disparity with the head masters and cent percent promotion, reports BSS. According to the programmes announced from...
FE Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
St. Patrick's Day was observed on Monday in Bangladesh in a befitting manner. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated their Irish counterparts on the occasion commemorating the patron saint of Ireland. In separate messages, President Hamid felicitated...
An inmate of the Kashimpur High Security Jail died of cardiac arrest, authorities have claimed, reports bdnews24.com. Doctors pronounced Md Jamal Uddin Mridha (33), dead after he was rushed to a Gazipur hospital Monday.
A new committee of Bangabandhu Parishad, Sylhet Division was formed recently. Dr AKM Hafiz, Abu Hossain and Badrul Islam Shoheb were made president, general secretary and treasurer respectively of the 15-member committee, formed after long 25 years, said a press...
DSEC election April 2 The election to Dhaka Sub-Editors Council (DSEC) will be held from 1:00pm to 6:00pm on April 2 at the National Press Club Auditorium. Chief Election Commissioner of the organisation Abu Taher, joint editor of the Daily...
Weather is likely to remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB. Day and night temperatures may rise slightly over the country, Met Office said. The country's highest temperature of 35.3...
Syful Islam | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The country's readymade garment (RMG) factory owners are required to spend at least Tk 40 billion to meet fire safety standards set by various international buyers and their alliances after the deadly Rana Plaza incident, stakeholders say. Fire Service and...
Jasim Khan | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Most of the consumers are being cheated when they buy edible oil as they pay for costly soybean oil but get low cost palm oil across the country, a survey of some of the city's kitchen markets has revealed. Over...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
No fresh investment has been made in the knitwear sector in the last three years though there are opportunities to expand its export market share. Leaders of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) said despite the rising demand for...
The 94th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed across the country on Monday as the National Children's Day, reports UNB. The day was a public holiday. On March 17 in 1920, the architect...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The country's balance of payments (BoP) surplus stood at US$ 2.7 billion at the end of the July-January period of the current fiscal (2013-14) compared to that of $2.9 billion recorded at the end corresponding period of the last fiscal,...
TUNGIPARA, Mar 17 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged the children to adopt the philosophy and ideals of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and say no to drugs, terrorism and militancy. "Terrorism, militancy and drugs...
Monira Munni | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The government and other apparel stakeholders have initiated negotiations to resolve some issues, including corrective action plan, that surfaced centering on the ongoing factory assessment programmes, sources said. Other disputes including sharing of factory information on inspection report, continuation of...
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