Badrul Ahsan | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Foreign products are largely dominating the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) as many local traders are selling those mainly due to poor participation of domestic manufacturers in the country's largest annual trade carnival, organisers and participants said. Among 497 participants,...
TOKYO, Feb 7: The dollar moved narrowly in cautious trade in Asia on Friday, ahead of US jobs data that dealers hope will shed light on the health of the world's biggest economy. In early exchanges the greenback bought 102.08...
LONDON, Feb 7: Britain's trade deficit for goods fell in December to the lowest level for more than a year on rising oil exports and falling imports affecting the transport sector, data showed on Friday. The overall deficit fell to...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
The Probashi Kallyan Bank (expatriates' welfare bank) has disbursed Tk 400 million in loans to the migrants so far with a satisfactory recovery rate, a top official of the bank, said. "We have disbursed Tk 400 million as migration loans...
Our Correspondent RAJSHAHI, Feb 7: A farewell was accroded to Deputy Managing Director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Abu Hanif Khan at the Training Institute of RAKUB on Thursday. Presided over by Managing Director of RAKUB Mofazzal Hossain, the...
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) : US employment likely rebounded in January after being held back by cold weather the prior month, which would offer assurance that economic growth was not faltering. Nonfarm payrolls are expected to have increased by 185,000...
HONG KONG, Feb 7 (AFP) : Google bought a 5.94 per cent stake in Lenovo for $750 million on the same day it agreed to sell handset maker Motorola to the Chinese technology giant, a report said Friday. The US...
Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) : The Indian rupee Friday appreciated by 8 paise to 62.29 in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange increased dollar selling by exporters and some banks amid sustained capital inflows. A higher opening in the...
SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade today as investors await the release of US jobs data, while a severe winter in the country lifted demand for heating fuel and lent support to prices. New York's...
BRASILIA, Feb 7 (Xinhua): Chinese consumers and their rising purchasing power brought great opportunity for Brazil, Brazilian officials said here yesterday. Mauricio Borges, president of Exports and Investment Promotion Agency of Brazil (Apex-Brazil) told Xinhua that the growing number of...
JERUSALEM, Feb 7 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that success in Middle East peace talks could boost Palestinian economic growth while failure could cause increased debt. "A breakthrough in the peace talks could launch major donor initiatives... which...
PARIS, Feb 7 (AFP): France cut a crippling trade deficit by nearly nine per cent last year partly due to falling imports, official data showed on Friday in figures that contrasted starkly with a record surplus in Germany. A trade...
CHICAGO, Feb 7 (Xinhua): Chicago agricultural commodity futures were traded mixed yesterday, with soybeans being push higher by strong export of U.S. soybeans and soy meal. The most active corn contract for March delivery fell 0.25 cent, or 0.06 per...
FRANKFURT, Feb 7 (AFP): Germany's trade surplus soared to a new record high in 2013, although export momentum tailed off at the end of the year, official data showed today. Europe's biggest economy notched up a trade surplus of 198.9...
ABUJA, Feb 7 (Xinhua): Nigeria's National Planning Commission yesterday said development partners contributed 5.51 billion U.S. dollars to support the West African country's development efforts in 2011. This is contained in the 2012 Performance Report on the Nigerian Economy, issued...
AUCKLAND, Feb 7 (AFP): India were struggling at 130-4 after day two of the first Test against New Zealand, who posted a daunting 503-run first innings built on a double century by Brendon McCullum. In a dramatic start to India's...
Abahani Limited crushed Ajax Sporting Club by 13-1 goal in a match of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at Maulana Bhasani National hockey Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. In the day’s super league match, Abdul...
KARACHI, Feb 7 (AFP): Former Pakistan great Wasim Akram Friday warned cricket administrators that the game could not afford a damaging split, as they prepare to debate controversial plans to reform the governing body. The International Cricket Council (ICC) will...
The menace of toxic preservatives, particularly formalin, in fresh fruits, vegetables, fishes that are sold in kitchen markets remains almost unchanged as the traders resort to innovative ways to dodge the anti-formalin monitoring drives launched jointly by the government and...
NARAYANGANJ, Feb 7 (UNB): Santrash Nirmul Toki Mancha observed a token hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city Friday demanding capital punishment of the killers of the schoolboy. The Toki Mancha arranged the three-hour hunger strike from...
FARIDPUR, Feb 7 (BSS): Onion production in the district has exceeded the target bringing smile on the face of the farmers in the current season. Onion, an important ingredient in the list of spices, has been cultivated on 29,500 hectares...
JU Correspondent Terming the slogan on 'Pakh pakhali desher rotno, asun sobai kori jotno' a daylong bird fair was held on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus Friday amidst festivity. Organised by JU Zoology Department with the assistance of Wildlife Rescue...
Environment expert Dr Shahriar Hossain Friday said more than 60 per cent of wetlands in Dhaka city have been lost in last 30 years, reports BSS. "In 1968, there was 130 acre of wetland in Dhaka and it was found...
A Correspondent JHENIDAH, Feb 6: The members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up another Bangladeshi resident from Joluli frontier under Moheshpur Upazila in Jhenidah Thursday noon. Earlier on February 4 one Bangladeshi was picked up by BSF from...
BHOLA, Feb 7 (UNB): At least 20 fishermen were injured in an attack by pirates in the Meghna River under Moheshkhali area of Tajumuddin Upazila Thursday night. Locals said, the pirates swooped on the trawlers when some fishermen were catching...
Two people were killed and another injured when a bus ran over them after going out of control at capital Dhaka's Merul Badda area Friday. The accident took place around 6:15pm, said Badda Police Station OC MA Jalil. He told...
Our Correspondent PABNA, Feb 7: Two men were arrested along with firearms by law enforcers from different places in Pabna sadar upazila on Friday morning and Thursday evening. The members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a man along with firearms...
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