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Taylor ton seals N Zealand ODI series win over India

2014-01-29 00:00:00

HAMILTON, Jan 28 (AFP): New Zealand sealed their one-day international series against India with a game to spare Tuesday when a Ross Taylor century set up a convincing seven-wicket victory in the fourth ODI. It was New Zealand's third win...

PWD beat Little Friends

2014-01-29 00:00:00

PWD Sporting Club beat Little Friends Club by 2-1 goal in the Kool Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. Mohammed Russell and Sohel Rana...

Sadharan Bima beat Azad SC

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Sadharan Bima KS notched a facile 3-0 win against Azad Sporting Club in the days' only match of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. With the...

Sharapova desperate for repeat of Paris glamour

2014-01-29 00:00:00

PARIS, Jan 28: Maria Sharapova swaps sweltering Melbourne for wet and chilly Paris on Monday hoping her love affair with the French capital will help bury her Australian Open nightmare. The world number three was a shock fourth-round loser at...

Photo: FOZ DO IGUAÇU, (Brazil): Picture of the Borbon Hotel in Foz do Iguaçu

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Five envoys meet 3 govt sceys to get updates on RMG safety, rights

Syful Islam | 2014-01-29 00:00:00

Ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, and the Netherlands in Dhaka will sit with three government secretaries on February 13 to get updates on progresses made in the country's ready-made garment (RMG) sector related to...

Diversifying export products, markets govt\\\'s main objective, says Tofail

FE Report | 2014-01-29 00:00:00

The main objective of the government is to diversify the export products and markets to help boost the foreign trade, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said. The minister said this while talking to reporters of different media after a meeting with...

LGED meet proposes \\\'service lanes\\\' in regional roads

FE Report | 2014-01-29 00:00:00

The Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) has stressed introduction of `service lanes' in the country's regional roads enabling the slow-moving vehicles to ply by avoiding accidents.   The topic was raised by speakers as the two-day review meeting of LGED...

Support to develop CMA profession sought

2014-01-29 00:00:00

A delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) headed by its President AKM Delwer Hussain called on Kurshed Alam Chowdhury, Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism at the latter's office in the city...

Plastic goods makers seek govt support to recover losses due to political unrest

FE Report | 2014-01-29 00:00:00

Country's plastic goods manufacturers sought necessary supports including regaining GSP facilities in the US market to help recoup the losses they sustained due to the recent political turmoil. They put forward the demand Tuesday at a press conference ahead of...

Emerging currencies hit as time runs out for US easy-money

2014-01-29 00:00:00

LONDON, Jan 28 (AFP): Emerging economies scrambled to prop up their currencies on Tuesday as time runs out for US Federal Reserve stimulus, exposing them to capital outflows. The prospect of a further tightening of US monetary policy on Wednesday...

News Briefs

2014-01-29 00:00:00

New office-bearers of BAPEX Officers Welfare Assoc A new executive committee (EC) of BAPEX Officers Welfare Association has recently been formed with Engr Md Fazlul Haque as its president and Md Mahbubur Rashid as general secretary. Other elected officials of...

Photo: A board meeting of Modhumoti Bank Limited

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Photo: Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL)

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Photo: INDONESIA: An Indonesian farmer harvests dragon fruit

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Body agrees on guideline for sweater factory workers

Monira Munni | 2014-01-29 00:00:00

Sweater factory owners and labour leaders agreed on framing a guideline for workers to resolve the prevailing dispute over payment, grades of workers and other related benefits, sources said Tuesday. The consensus came in the first meeting of the 12-member...

25 missions fail to meet July-Dec export target

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Twenty-five of the Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve respective export targets for the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal (FY), (2013-14), mostly because of moderate growth of export and also slow growth over target, reports UNB. The...

Eco-friendly industrial equipment expo begin in city on Mar 12

FE Report | 2014-01-29 00:00:00

A three-day commercial conclave on eco-friendly industrial equipment and sustainable development named 2nd Global Greentrade Investment Summit and 5th International Eco-Industrial Engineering Technology Expo will begin in the city on March 12. Bangladesh-based Exponet Exhibition (pvt) Ltd. and India-based Green...

Hong Kong’s exports, imports increase in 2013

2014-01-29 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Jan 28 (Xinhua): Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department (CSD) released the external merchandise trade statistics Monday, according to which the value of total exports of goods rose by 3.6 per cent in 2013 over 2012, and the...

Spain upgrades ‘14 economy outlook

2014-01-29 00:00:00

MADRID, Jan 28 (AFP): Spain's government upgraded the economic growth outlook for 2014 Tuesday as the nation shook off five years of stop-start recession that have pushed the unemployment rate above 26 per cent. Economy Minister Luis de Guindos told...

Philippine govt targets 3pc rise in 2014 farm output

2014-01-29 00:00:00

MANILA, Jan 28 (Xinhua): The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) said Tuesday that it is targeting to increase farm output by 3 per cent in 2014. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the growth of the agriculture sector will be...

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Photo: Janata Bank

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Photo: BRUSSELS: (From left) Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque and European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Britain posts fastest annual growth since pre-crisis

2014-01-29 00:00:00

LONDON, Jan 28 (AFP) :  Britain's economy grew at the fastest rate last year since before the financial crisis but output dipped in the final quarter of 2013, official data showed on Tuesday. Gross domestic product expanded by 1.9 per...

Fed seen on taper track as Bernanke bows out

2014-01-29 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (AFP) : The Federal Reserve is expected to keep on the stimulus tapering track Wednesday, with most analysts predicting another "modest" $10 billion cut in monthly asset purchases. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke heads up the final monetary...

Philips reports sharp switch into annual profit

2014-01-29 00:00:00

THE HAGUE, Jan 28 (AFP) : Electrical appliance and household goods group Philips switched back into profit in the whole of 2013 and in the last quarter, the company said on Tuesday. The group, which has developed rapidly in the...

Global Commodity Prices

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Photo: Sonali Bank

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Honda first Japan automaker to be net exporter from US

2014-01-29 00:00:00

MARYSVILLE, Jan 28 (Reuters) :  Honda Motor Co (7267.T) last year exported more cars out of the United States than it imported into the country, claiming a first among major Japanese automakers. More than 30 years after it began building...