NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Reuters): India will allow exports of common rice beyond an informal cap of two million tonnes as the government looks to trim huge grain stocks to make room for the winter harvest, official sources said on...
JAKARTA, Jan 12, 2012 (AFP) - Indonesia kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at six percent for a second month on Thursday, with inflation under control but amid worries about the impact of a global economic slowdown."The board of governors...
MOSCOW, Jan 12, 2012 (AFP): Russia's growth ticked up to 4.2 per cent in 2011 from 4.0 percent in 2010, making it one of the three best performing major economies in the world, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday."Russia is...
COPENHAGEN, Jan 12 (Reuters): Danish wind turbine maker Vestas will cut 2,335 jobs in a bid to restore profitability after rising costs wiped out its 2011 earnings. Vestas Wind Systems A/S said the cuts, about a tenth of its workforce,...
Chittagong PortBerthing positionJanuary 13 2012Berth No. NV Cargo LC LA DA Leaving I/DJ/3 Banglar Mookh Log Yang Mtsc 02/01 17/01 1800J/5 Ocean Blue Vehicle Koah Everett 11/01 12/01 230J/6 Ismar Gi(St. Bill) Korea Litmond 27/12 15/01 2179J/9 Tenora Cont ...
ROME, Jan 12 (AFP): Europe must make a greater effort to ensure growth, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Thursday, hinting that the European Central Bank should do more to help in the future once new budget rules are in...
January 12, 2012Overview:The DGEN was down by 2.06 per cent to close at 5114.49 points. The total transaction was worth Tk 3.28 billion.Price of 15 Issues appreciated whereas 241 Issues declined and 5 others remained unchanged.After previous day's relief rally,...
TOKYO, Jan 12 (AFP): The euro was steady in Asia Thursday ahead of a closely watched meeting of the European Central Bank and bond auctions by debt-ridden Spain and Italy.The single currency bought $1.2717 and 97.75 yen in Tokyo afternoon...
MILAN, Jan 12 (Reuters): World food prices are likely to fall in 2012 as fears of economic recession sap demand and supplies remain adequate, but they can rebound if weather hits crops in main producers and demand picks up, a...
SEOUL, Jan 12 (AFP): South Korea's competition watchdog said Thursday it has fined two top electronics makers a total of 44.64 billion won ($38.5 million) for fixing prices of their main home appliances.Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics were fined 25.81...
BEIJING, Jan 12 (AFP): Chinese inflation rose at its slowest pace in more than a year in December, official data showed Thursday, giving Beijing leeway to further ease credit restrictions to spur economic growth.The country's consumer price index, a key...
jobs at investment armLONDON, Jan 12 (AFP): State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said Thursday it would cut about 3,500 more jobs over the next three years as the group shrinks its investment banking activities as part of a major...
AGARTALA (Tripura), Jan 12 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday said Bangladesh and India could move ahead in improving the condition of the two peoples if both work together leaving the past behind."Though unfortunate, I like to say that lack...
Law Ministry is scrutinising the draft of a proposed law titled 'Identification of the Convicted, Arrested, Suspected and Crime Scene Related Persons Act' replacing Prisoners' Identification Act-1920 to protect evidences of serious crimes, reports BSS.Bangladesh Police has prepared the draft...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Jan 12 (BSS): Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have adopted tough measures to restore peaceful academic atmosphere on the campus and prevent all kinds of violence.Narrating the measures in an exclusive interview with the news agency Thursday, JU vice...
bdnews24.com reports, JU Proctor Arju Mia, who is under fire following the murder of a student, had a fracas with the teachers' association president MA Mamun on Thursday.After Wednesday's tussle, eyewitnesses said the supporters of VC and their rivals began...
Another report adds: The family of JU student Zubayer Ahmed demand a judicial investigation into Monday's murder that reportedly followed hostility between rival groups of the ruling party's student wing.Mamun said his family will file another case once the family...
FE ReportApproximately 13 per cent of the total students currently enrolled in public vocational training institutions are female, according to a survey of International Labour Organization (ILO).The ILO in a press statement called for gender equality in vocational and technical...
The scheduled recording of the testimony of another prosecution witness (PW) against detained Jama'at-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who faces the charge of the 1971 war crimes, could not take place on Thursday due to his illness, reports UNB.The three-member...
The High Court scrapped the Feni trial court verdict sentencing Joynal Hazari, an ex-MP of Awami League, to seven years' imprisonment in an arms case Thursday, reports UNB.An HC division bench, headed by Justice M Rezaul Haque, delivered the judgment...
RAJSHAHI, Jan 12 (BSS)- The Inspector General of Police (GP) Hasan Mahmud Khandaker has said proper enforcement of traffic rules and action against outdated vehicles and unlicensed drivers are vital for safe and dynamic road traffic system.In this context, he...
Senior BNP leader Saluddin Quader Chowdhury has appealed to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to acquit him of charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 liberation war, reports bdnews24.com. His counsel Mohammad Badiuzzaman submitted a petition in this...
FE ReportState Minister for Science and Technology Yafesh Osman on Thursday said that Bangladesh may face a catastrophe in the coming days if the country's meritorious youth force cannot be engaged in different productive sectors.He was addressing the inaugural session...
Two people were killed and three others injured in a road crash in Bogra Thursday while a college student died in separate crash in Brahmanbaria Wednesday night, reports UNB. The college student's death sparked violent protest in Ashuganj and the...
FE Report Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will add three new fuel-saving computerised dredgers to its present fleet to maitain smooth navigability of river routes in the country,officials said.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inagurate the function of...
NARAYANGANJ, Jan 12 (UNB): Robbers looted cash and gold ornaments from a jewellery shop at Nayapur Bazar in Sonargaon Upazila early Thursday.Harun-or-Rashid, officer-in-charge of Sonargaon thana said a gang of armed robbers entered 'Rita Jewellers' owned by Tapan Kumar Das...
The two-week CAPSTONE Course-2012 of National Defence College (NDC) concluded at the Mirpur cantonment in the city Thursday, reports BSS.Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal (Retd) AK Khandaker, Bir Uttam, distributed certificates among the participants as the chief guest.A total of...
DU Correspondent 'Bashira Mannan Memorial Lecture Trust Fund' has been set up at Dhaka University (DU) in memory of late Prof Bashira Mannan.Son of the professor, Bangladeshi Ambassador to Germany, Mosud Mannan ndc Thursday handed over a cheque worth Tk...
Today (Thursday) is the 19th death anniversary of Ostad Hasan Ali Khan, eminent artist, composer and music director of Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television. He was a former teacher of Bulbul Lalitkola Academy (BAFA), Shuravi Sangit Niketon and Jahangirnagar University...
The second death anniversary of Md Nurul Hassan (FCMA), former President of ICMA & SAFA, former editor of the ICMA journal "The Cost & Management", former Finance Director of BSEC and author of profession related books and feature writer was...
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