ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (AFP): Negotiators for Pakistan's government and Taliban met Thursday for a first round of talks aimed at ending the militants' bloody seven-year insurgency, sources said. The two sides gathered in Islamabad for a preliminary meeting likely to...
BANGKOK, Feb 6 (AFP): Dozens of Thai rice farmers mounted a protest in Bangkok on Thursday in the latest show of public anger against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's embattled government. A controversial scheme to guarantee farmers above-market rates for rice...
SEOUL, Feb 6 (AFP): North Korea threatened Thursday to renege on an agreement to hold a reunion for families divided by the Korean War unless South Korea scraps planned military drills with the United States. The threat came barely a...
BEIRUT, Feb 6 (AFP): A string of recent bombings in Lebanon, many of them suicide attacks, has raised fears of a homegrown jihadist threat driven by the Syrian civil war across the border. Since July, a series of ten bomb...
UNITED NATIONS, United States, Feb 6 (AFP): Russia's UN envoy said Wednesday that Moscow opposes a UN Security Council Resolution demanding greater humanitarian access in Syria to those in urgent need of food and medical supplies. Since negotiations between Syria...
Iran says it can reassure West over nuclear reactor TEHRAN, Feb 6: Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the unfinished Arak nuclear reactor could be modified to produce less plutonium in a bid to reassure the West, local media...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 6 (AFP): Shamsur Rahman and Imrul Kayes hit maiden centuries as Bangladesh found batting form to avoid the follow-on in the second and final Test against Sri Lanka in Chittagong Thursday. The hosts, facing a monumental Sri Lankan...
Bangladesh will be without their captain Mushfiqur Rahim in the two-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka starting on February 12, reports Cricinfo. Rahim suffered a small fracture on his left little finger, and although he will bat in the Chittagong...
PWD Sporting Club beat BG Press SRC by 2 - 0 goal in the day’s only match of the Kool Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Thursday, reports...
KOLKATA, Feb 6 (AFP): Police in eastern India said Thursday they have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of siphoning off a million rupees ($16,000) from the bank account of retired cricketing star V.V.S Laxman. Laxman, who retired from international cricket...
AUCKLAND, Feb 6 (AFP): Centuries for Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson lifted New Zealand off the ropes and into a position of command on the opening day of the first Test against India. Captain McCullum posted his eighth Test hundred...
Dhaka Division scored 253 runs for 4 in 71 overs against Chittagong Division on the first day of the four-day 15th National Cricket League at Rangpur Cricket Garden Thursday, reports UNB. In the day's other matches, Dhaka Metro scored 252...
MIAMI, Feb 6 (AFP): David Beckham plans to bring football back to Miami, hoping his personal fame and fortune will help him build a new Major League Soccer team of truly global stature. The former England and Manchester United star...
MADRID, Feb 6 (AFP): Real Madrid took a huge step towards reaching the Copa del Rey final as they beat local rivals and holders Atletico Madrid 3-0 thanks to two own goals in their semi-final, first leg Wednesday. Barcelona look...
Putin says Russia ready for games as concerns persist SOCHI, Russia, Feb 6: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the country "ready", two days ahead of the official opening of the Winter Games in Sochi Friday, yet questions remained over Russia's...
ROME, Feb 6 (AP): Roma beat Napoli 3-2 in the first leg of their Italian Cup semifinal Wednesday thanks to a double from Ivory Coast forward Gervinho. The return match will take place next Wednesday. Udinese leads Fiorentina 2-1 in...
FE Report | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
The gap in aggregate tax collection data between the tax offices and comptroller and auditor general's (CAG) office surged to Tk 57 billon in the fiscal year 2012-13 due to lack of proper reconciliation. The National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
FE Report | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman urged the private sector entrepreneurs Thursday to invest more money in the infrastructure development for boosting the country's economic growth. He also emphasised on easing the process of public-private partnership (PPP) to get...
FE Report | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
The president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has urged Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury to take urgent measures to increase gas supply to the industries in Chittagong for the sake of the country's export and...
MUMBAI/LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters): Global pharmaceutical firms are pressuring the United States to act against India to stop more local companies producing up to a dozen new varieties of cheap generic drugs still on-patent, sources with direct knowledge of the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 6: The JICA has offered to provide financial and technical support to sewerage system in the port city of Chittagong. Responding to a query Mikio Hataeda, chief representative of JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Bangladesh, said that Bangladesh...
Sonali Bank gets new DMD Md Nurul Haque has recently been promoted to the post of deputy managing director (DMD) of Sonali Bank Limited. Prior to the position at the largest state-owned commercial bank, Mr Haque served the Bank and...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
The market share of local woven fabrics in RMG export is stagnating for the last three years despite rising demand every year, data shows. Though the mills have expanded their production capacity in line with export growth but their market...
Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) M Manjur Alam reiterated his commitment to make Chittagong an ideal tourism destination. The mayor said this speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of a three-day international tourism fair-Chittagong Travel Mart-2013-in...
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Xinhua): India has described Germany as its most important economic partner, and pledged "immense opportunities" for German companies willing to invest in this country. "Indian companies are increasingly venturing into investments and acquisitions in Germany. India,...
OSAKA, Feb 6 (Xinhua): A two-day business seminar seeking for a new economic development model from Japan's Kansai Region opened on Thursday in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, attracting nearly 600 business leaders, local press reported. The Kansai Economic...
MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters): The Philippine central bank left its benchmark interest rate steady on Thursday, as expected, contending inflation was manageable but analysts say chances of a hike are rising due to pressures on food and utility prices and...
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