Effusive about Bangladesh's potentials, US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has said Bangladesh stands to develop tremendous commercial ties with the rest of Asia through its very strategic location and wealth of natural resources,...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-03-08 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is now negotiating with a Canadian company for taking lease of two Q400 turboprop aircraft to fully resume domestic flights on its seven routes, a top official said. After refusal of the request for proposal (RFP) for...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-03-08 00:00:00
Potato prices at farm level are moving upward, bringing some relief for farmers who are harvesting the vegetable now. But despite the increase, the prices are still below the production costs, farmers said. "Prices of potato have increased to Tk300-350...
Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 people on board. The airline said in a statement that flight MH370 disappeared at 02:40 local time on Saturday (18:40 GMT on...
A strategic location and wealth of natural resources places Bangladesh in a position to develop “tremendous” commercial ties with the rest of Asia, Washington's point person for South Asia has said. Nisha Desai Biswal made this observation while saying the...
The largest super store retail chain in the country Shwapno introduced the biggest hyper market in Bangladesh Friday at Natore Tower in Uttara Sector 3 in the city. This hyper market has been designed to facilitate the customers and meet...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-08 00:00:00
A country report on Islamic Banking in Bangladesh has been published in Islamic Finance News (IFN) Annual Guide-2014 written by Md. Touhidul Alam Khan, Senior Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Assets & Client Origination and also Team Leader...
Sri Lanka were 105 for two after 20 overs chasing 261 runs against Pakistan in the Asia Cup final on Saturday. Lahiru Thirimanne (37) and Mahela Jayawardena (26) were in the middle for Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket...
Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) has participated in the oath-taking ceremony for ‘enlightenment, against darkness at the Central Shaheed Minar with a commitment to establish equal rights for women and opportunity at all tiers and levels of...
Malaysia and Vietnam launched searches Saturday for a Malaysia Airlines jet that lost contact with traffic controllers, as fears mounted over the fate of the 239 people aboard. Vietnamese authorities said contact with Flight MH370 was lost near the country's...
Police recovered the body of an expatriate form his house at Kunagaon village in Juri upazila on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Dubai expatriate Shafiq Miah, 55, son of Karim Khan, a resident of the village. Juri Police Station...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned the US not to take "hasty and reckless steps" in response to the crisis in Ukraine's Crimea region. In a phone call with his US counterpart John Kerry, Mr Lavrov said imposing sanctions...
Traffic movement at Mirpur (Section 10 to Section 12) in the city remained halted for one hour as the workers of a readymade garment factory (RMG) staged a demonstration over payment of their dues on Saturday. Ziauzzaman, officer-in-charge of Pallabi...
Two dozen men in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched a group to fight for women's rights in the region, which has been called the worst place in the world to be a woman. "Women's rights don't just affect...
Over 10,000 people gathered in the Philippine capital on Saturday in a bid to set a world record for the largest formation of the gender symbol for "woman", as part of International Women's Day. The event, sponsored by the government's...
China recorded an unexpected trade deficit of $22.98 billion in February, official figures showed Saturday, with authorities blaming the country's holiday season for the weak performance. The figure compared with a surplus of $14.8 billion in the same month last...
A US Army captain who accuses a general of sexually assaulting her has wept as she told a court he threatened to kill her family. The unidentified accuser spoke after opening arguments in a military trial at Fort Bragg, North...
Pakistani actress Sana Khan died in a car accident near Looni Kot on super highway 30 kilometres from Hyderabad friday. The actress was on her way to Karachi with her husband Babar Khan. The car driven by Babar went out...
A magnetic bomb attached to a district governor's vehicle exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing the governor and his bodyguard, provincial authorities said. The attack in Nangarhar province highlights the security threat surrounding presidential elections in a month's time,...
A nine-year-old schoolboy was killed in a road accident on the Kabir Miah Brick Field Road at Joya village of Borhanuddin upazila in Bhola district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as M Yeamin, a class II student of a local...
Six suspected drug dealers were shot dead during a firefight with Thai security forces who seized illegal amphetamines at the scene, police said Saturday. The clash occurred late Friday evening in a mountainous border area in the Mae Sai district...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday alleged that it was the male-dominated society that had tried to implement the much-talked-about ‘minus-two’ formula, excluding Sheikh Hasina and Khalda Zia from politics during the last caretaker government (2007-08). The Prime Minister came...
Visiting Pakistan Women team beat Bangladesh Women by 13 runs in the first match of the two-match T20 series at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday. Chasing 127 runs, Bangladesh Women’s team consumed stipulated 20 overs...
The world's biggest smartphone maker, Samsung, has launched a free music streaming service called Milk Music. The service, currently only available on its Galaxy range of smartphones in the US, includes over 200 radio stations and 13 million songs. Music...
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew has gone missing over the South China Sea, presumed crashed. The airline on Saturday said search and rescue teams from countries closest to the missing plane's flight path had been...
Tens of thousands marched in Taiwan Saturday to call for an end to nuclear energy on the island, ahead of the third anniversary of the Fukushima atomic disaster in Japan, organisers said. In Taipei, protesters held placards and flags painted...
Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has sacked his interior minister and an intelligence chief after a rise in unrest in the country, official news agency Saba reported on Saturday. Al-Qaeda-linked militants took advantage of the weakening of the central government...
Bangladesh has enormous opportunities to get benefited economically through joining Asean Plus initiative but needs proper policy to make the best of ‘multifarious interests’ in Asean bloc, experts say. Integration with the ten-nation bloc – the Association of Southeast Asian...
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