FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar Sunday underscored the need for setting up an international standard testing lab in Bangladesh for boosting export by providing recognition that the country produces quality and safe goods. They also proposed to establish the testing lab...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, February 16: India's High Commissioner Pankaj Saran today said the existing good relation between India and Bangladesh will further strengthen in all spheres including trade and business. He said this during a meeting with president of Chittagong Chamber of...
SYDNEY, Feb 16 (AFP) : British tycoon Richard Branson sounded a warning in full-page newspaper ads today about possible Australian government help for national carrier Qantas, urging business to "think twice" about investing in the country. Branson, whose Virgin Australia...
MUMBAI, Feb 16 (AFP) : India's finance minister is expected to tighten spending in an interim budget Monday and resist the temptation to announce a populist spending spree in a bid to stave off defeat at looming elections. Finance Minister...
TOKYO, Feb 16 (AFP): Japan's unions have started demanding wage hikes from cash-rich firms as annual pay talks get under way, setting up a rare showdown after years of drama-free labour relations. Unionists are questioning if usually quiescent workers should...
TEHRAN, Feb 16 (AFP): Austrian Airlines announced on Sunday it will resume flights to Iran in March after it stopped flying to the country early last year for what it said were commercial reasons. The airline confirmed local media reports...
TRIPOLI, Feb 16 (AFP): Small businesses are prospering in Libya's major cities even as the economy at large is being throttled because of security problems and industrial action which has shrunk lifeline oil revenues. Its financial woes combined with lawlessness...
TEHRAN, Feb 16 (AFP): UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres visits Iran on Monday for talks with officials on the plight of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees, the UNHCR said in a statement. The visit comes ahead of transition in...
SEOUL, Feb 16 (Reuters): South Korea's crude imports from Iran fell 51 per cent in January from a month earlier, and shipments are expected to remain at around 125,000 bpd through the first six months of the interim deal on...
CARACAS, Feb 16 (AFP): Supporters and opponents of Venezuela's leftist government staged rival rallies in Caracas Saturday amid spiraling discontent at the country's stubborn inflation and shortage of basic goods. This was the 12th straight day of street protests, with...
CAPE TOWN, Feb 16 (AFP): While African mining firms continue to enjoy the fruits of the commodities super-cycle, weaknesses in South Africa's crisis-hit sector is attracting the attention of bargain hunting investors. After a century of extraction, Africa is still...
The army personnel will work as striking force in 97 upazilas from today (Monday) ahead of the first phase election slated for February 19, reports UNB. "The members of the armed forces will be deployed in 97 upazilas, two days...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Abdur Rahman Bodi, a ruling party MP from Cox's Bazar-4 (Ukhia-Teknaf), Sunday and sent notice to former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Affairs Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan on allegedly amassing of illegal wealth....
Now the country is governed at the dictate of just one person, not by the rule of law, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged Sunday, reports UNB. "The country is governed by the order of a single person,...
A court in the city Sunday held back to March 19 the hearing on charge framing against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and others in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports UNB. Judge M Rezaul Islam...
Prime Minister's International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has reminded foreign diplomats of a contradiction-the call to hold fresh elections soonest possible creates the "very instability" that the Jan 5 elections put an end to, bdnews24.com. Rizvi said the government...
Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir have no relation with al-Qaeda, the Islamist party has claimed, reports bdnews24.com. Its claim comes after al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri allegedly called for jihad in Bangladesh to resist 'anti-Islam forces' in an...
The MPs having no flat or house of their own in Dhaka City will be allocated flats on a priority basis in the MP buildings (NAM flats) at Manik Mia Avenue and Nakhalparha in Dhaka City, reports bdnews24.com. The House...
Khairul Islam | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The country's public universities are likely to plunge in severe financial crisis during the final quarter of the current financial year as the government has declined to make available any additional fund as requested by the University Grants Commission (UGC),...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar Saturday urged local administration to arrest those people on the spot who are involved in mal-practice and adulteration causing damage to the quality of exportable shrimps. They said this at seminar titled 'building awareness among all...
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