Marlowe Hood of AFP from Durban A draft global pact on climate change released December 10 boosted UN talks already deep into overtime, but negotiators worried that the late delivery could jeopardise a deal. More than 120 ministers spread across...
Human rights in Bangladesh are not properly protected. Our lives and properties are under constant threat. This has led to large-scale emigration of people to other countries, mostly the skilled and educated, who have no intention to return. Weak implementation...
Britain's euro-sceptic press on December 10 hailed David Cameron's decision to veto a new EU treaty to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, but other commentators warned London was now dangerously isolated. "The Day He Put Britain First" cheered the mass-selling...
KOLKATA, Dec 10 (BSS): A court in West Bengal Saturday ordered six directors of the city's AMRI Hospital, where fire claimed 90 lives, to 10 days in police custody. Six of the seven directors arrested Friday were presented before the...
Khalilur Rahman Finding out a black cat in the dark without light is not only extremely difficult but almost impossible. Veteran politician Sree Suranjit Sengupta will exactly have to do so in the vast expanse of country's ailing railways as...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday said her government has been relentlessly working to bring down the poverty rate to 21.5 per cent from the existing 31.5 per cent within the next four years by developing the country's agriculture and industrial...
Nizam Ahmed Bangladesh is expected to play the role of coordinator for 31 least developed countries (LDCs) at the upcoming ministerial conference of the World Trade Orgaisation (WTO) to be held in Geneva, officials said on Saturday. Civil Aviation and...
FE Report Speakers at a seminar Saturday at the Faculty of Business Studies (FBS) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) at Savar underlined the need for transforming the country's traditional agriculture into an industrial agricultural one, in order to attain food security...
FE Report The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Professor M Khairul Hossain said Saturday small investors could be swindled by the rogue traders again if they lack knowledge about the nitty-gritty of the capital market. "The general investors are...
FE Report Bangladesh needs develop skills of its garments workers, both technical, educational and leadership, to produce high end products and managing the factories, if it wants to achieve the target of earning $ 30 billion by exporting its garment...
FE Report Speakers at a dialogue said arbitration can help emerging economies like Bangladesh to take off. Expeditious resolution of disputes through arbitration can generate confidence to invest in Bangladesh, they said. The comments came at the dialogue on 'Arbitration...
FE Report National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Dr Nasiruddin Ahmed said Saturday that the draft Value Added Tax (VAT) Act 2011, which will be finalised after consultation with the stakeholders, will ensure businessmen's interests. "The draft VAT Act will...
Experts call for improved urban governance The just-concluded Bangladesh Urban Forum (BUF) has underlined the need for better urban governance and reform. Ideas were disseminated about education, urbanisation, urban land tenure and housing, international best practices and transport in the...
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters): The prospect of European heavyweights like Italy or Spain turning to the IMF for rescue loans is worrying the United States and other nations that fear they could suffer losses on funds they have extended to...
NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters): An index of consumer sentiment rose to its highest in six months in early December and the trade deficit narrowed in October in the latest signs that the US economy's health is slowly improving. The...
TOKYO, Dec 10 (AFP): Japan's securities watchdog has urged that the Japanese arms of Citigroup and US be penalised for trying to manipulate the short-term interest rates for interbank trading. Former staff members at UBS Securities Japan and Citigroup Global...
BEIJING, Dec 10 (AFP): Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies says it will cut back its business in Iran, where it aids state-run telecom operators, due to the "increasingly complex situation" there. Iran keeps close tabs on its citizens, aided...
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Economic Times): Despite some recent signs the sluggish US economy might be improving, President Barack Obama warns it could be years before the country is on a sound footing. In excerpts from an interview with CBS' "60...
Gerrit Wiesmann in Berlin and James Wilson in Frankfurt FT Syndication Service Commerzbank looks increasingly likely to ask the government for a bail-out, according to government and parliamentary officials in Berlin. Three other German banks may also need taxpayer support....
FE Report Federation of Women Entrepreneurs & Industry (FEDWEI) has planned to create 20 thousand woman entrepreneurs within two years across the country in a bid to increase empowerment of women in the society. President of FEDWEI Mousumi Islam said...
CHENNAI HYDERABAD, Dec 10 (Business Standard): With China, Brazil and India becoming the growth centres for aluminium-based products, the demand for primary aluminium is set to reach 75 million tonne by 2020, according the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), a UK-based...
Bangladesh expects to earn 30 per cent more foreign currency through software export compared to the amount the sector fetched last year as ICT is growing in line with the government's Vision 2021, officials and ICT business sources said, reports...
Yasir Wardad Reopening of three potato flakes and starch factories is set to use nearly 0.6 million tonnes of potato annually, which could ensure better prices for farmers. The industrial units can also fetch nearly $50 million per annum in...
Badrul Ahsan Volatility in exchange rate, high transportation cost and increased price of ingredients have pushed prices of all types of bakery items further up by around 15 per cent over the last one and a half months, sector insiders...
Hit hard by gas crisis, industries in Savar industrial belt have been counting huge losses in two ways-additional spending on liquid fuel and paying the minimum mandatory charge to Titas 'without having the gas supply', reports UNB. According to industry...
The government should immediately put emphasis on sustainable agriculture considering the effects of light, soil nutrients and different dimensions of soil utilisation to ensure the country's food security, according to an expert. "We should explore long-term sustainable technology to ensure...
The 32nd annual general meeting (AGM) of Jute Spinners Limited has approved 20 per cent dividend for the year 2010-2011. The AGM was held in the city Saturday, said a press release. Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...
COLOMBO, Dec 10 (Xinhua): International market research company Nielsen expressed optimistic views on 2012 economic progress in Sri Lanka, noting that rapid growth and consumer spending would be seen. Nielsen, launching its 2012 Outlook this weekend, remarked upon the aggressively...
MOSCOW, Dec 10 (agencies): At least 20,000 people have thronged into a Moscow square to protest against alleged electoral fraud and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party. In an unusual concession to opposition supporters, police gave permission...
KOLKATA, Dec 10 (AFP): Indian police were Saturday investigating the cause of a fire that killed 90 people in a hospital in Kolkata when poisonous fumes spread from the blaze in the building's basement. Patients were lowered down the outside...
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