PHNOM PENH, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Cambodia's economy is expected to grow by 7.2 per cent this year, and pick up to 7.5 per cent next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. "Economic activity remains strong driven by robust...
BANGKOK, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Thailand posted a trade deficit of US$22.19 billion in 2013, with exports declining by over 0.3 per cent from the previous year, statistics released on Friday by the Bank of Thailand (BOT) showed. This is the...
ABUJA, Feb 1 (AFP): General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria's ailing power sector, the country's trade and investment minister said on Friday. Olusegun Aganga said the deal between the US...
MILAN, Italy, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Italy has started a slow recovery from its worst post-war recession but it will take years before the country's economy returns to pre-crisis levels, the head of analyses and forecasts for the Italian economy of...
NICOSIA, Feb 1 (Xinhua): Bank of Cyprus said on Friday that it had sold its subsidiary in Ukraine in line with a recommendation by Cyprus's international lenders. The bank's president, Crhistis Hasapis, said the subsidiary was sold for 225 million...
LONDON, Feb 1 (BBC): Grassroots opposition has caused a political storm in Denmark over plans to sell part of a state-owned energy company to Goldman Sachs. Opponents are continuing to sign an online petition, which has collected nearly 200,000 signatures....
LONDON, Feb 1 (AFP) : Commodity prices faced a choppy week as further stimulus tapering from the Federal Reserve and turmoil across emerging markets overshadowed solid fourth-quarter economic growth in the United States. The Fed said Wednesday that it will...
BEIJING, Feb 1 (AFP) : China's official gauge of its manufacturing sector slipped to a five-month low in January, the government announced Saturday, confirming a slowdown in factory activity in the world's second largest economy. The monthly purchasing managers' index...
TOKYO, Feb 1(AFP): Nearly 70 per cent of listed Japanese companies are likely to post sales and profit growth this business year, a sign they are gaining traction after years of deflation, a report said Saturday. More than 1,000 companies...
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Xinhua): US consumer sentiment dropped in January after jumping to a five-month high in December, as Americans felt less optimistic about long term economic prospects, a survey showed Friday. The final reading of the consumer sentiment index...
FRANKFURT, Feb 1 (AFP): Germany's Volkswagen (VW) overtook US rival General Motors to become the world's second-biggest car maker after Japanese giant Toyota, last year sales figures showed on Friday. The German group said that it sold a total of...
MUMBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) : The government of India's western state of Rajasthan has barred foreign direct investment in the multi-brand retail sector, newspapers said, becoming the second state to block foreign supermarkets from setting up shop. Last month, the...
Gitanjali Jewellers in the capital is displaying various patterned and modern designed diamond jewellery on the occasion of Valentine's Day. Customers will get a maximum of 35 per cent discount on attractively designed diamond jewellery, according to a press release....
BNP standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah Saturday said they want the 11th parliament polls to be held as soon as possible as per the will of the country's people, reports UNB. "Many ministers are saying that we're demanding mid-term...
Terming the January-5 election a miraculous act, Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said that people have not liberated this country for holding such polls, reports UNB. "A total of 153 candidates have been elected unopposed in the...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country today (Sunday). Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during night until morning, Met Office said. Night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the...
Some civil society members at a roundtable demanded that the government's proposals on sustainable development goals (SDGs) should include the guarantee of people's right to information and government data, reports UNB. ARTICLE 19, the Daily Star and Equity and Justice...
RU Correspondent | 2014-02-02 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 1: The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have been forced to postpone their decision to hike fees following the continuous movement and demonstration by the students on the campus. The authorities have given assurance to consider their two...
Our Correspondent | 2014-02-02 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 1: Over 300 passengers of a Jeddah-bound Biman flight finally left Chittagong Airport this afternoon after being detained for more than 16 hours. The flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines left Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport at around 2.30...
FE Report | 2014-02-02 00:00:00
Civil society organisations (CSOs) Saturday at a meeting protested the activities causing drying up of the River Baral that connects thirty other rivers and a number of beels with the River Jamuna. They decided to send a memorandum with signatures...
Orientation for NSU undergraduates held The orientation programme of Spring-2014 Semester for the newly-enrolled more than thirteen hundred undergraduate students of BBA, ETE, EEE, Economics, Environmental Science, Architecture, English, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Pharmacy, Microbiology and...
Sanzima Khanom Mim has secured GPA-5 in the Primary School Certificate (PSC) examination held in 2013 from BUET Girls' School under Dhaka Education Board. She is the daughter of Md Abdul Khaleque and Masuda Begum. Sanzima wants to be a...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-02-02 00:00:00
Civil society members have once again voiced concern over the existence of Zinda Park in Narayanganj. Last week noted Jurist Barrister Amirul Islam visited the park and was deeply impressed to see the wonderful work of the local people who...
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