ASTANA, Nov 10 (AFP): Kazakhstan was on course today to hold snap parliamentary polls in January following a controversial presidential vote this year that cemented veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's grip on power. Some 53 ruling party members in the 107-seat...
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (AFP): At least 18 people including two children were killed in southeastern Nepal Thursday when a tractor pulling a trailer packed with pilgrims fell into a roadside canal, police said. Around 40 Hindu worshippers were heading to...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Nov 10: The small scale traders and middlemen here have incurred huge losses due to lack of demand for cow hides in the district. Leaders of the hide traders association blamed syndicate of some greedy tannery owners...
Badrul Ahsan The central bank could not popularise its re-finance scheme for adopting solar energy, bio-gas and effluent treatment plant (ETP) mainly due to high cost of the items, lack of awareness and security problem, a high official of the...
Talha Bin Habib The government has planned to open a specialised market in the capital this month to ensure 'fair prices' of products made by rural womenfolk, officials said. "We are going to open such a market in mid-November at...
The US ambassador designate to Bangladesh, Dan W Mozena, will be arriving in Dhaka on Nov 19. He was sworn in at the US capital on Nov 7, reports bdnews24.com. Mozena will replace James F Moriarty, who left Dhaka in...
FE Report The city was still in a holiday mood Wednesday amid resumption of work in banks, government and private offices after five-day long weekly and Eid holidays. The city dwellers, who went to villages to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha with...
Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 09: Membership Committee of the UN Security Council was unable to arrive at consensus on Palestinian bid for full UN membership. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had submitted the application in September last. Nine out of...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman left Dhaka Monday for United Kingdom (UK) to attend the "Defence IQ's 11th Annual International Fighter Conference", which began in London Tuesday, reports BSS. The three-day conference is taking place at...
A four-member delegation of Islamic Science University of Malaysia (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia-USIM) led by its Vice-Chancellor Prof Dato' Dr Muhammad Muda called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's official residence recently, reports UNB.
Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka will celebrate the 123rd birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as ICCR Day at 7:00 pm today (Thursday), in the centre's auditorium in Gulshan, reports UNB. Maulana Abul...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
LONDON, Nov 9 (Economic Times): Oil prices could reach $150 per barrel in the near term if investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) oil-producing region falls significantly, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. "If between...
BANGKOK, Nov 9 (Xinhua): Longstanding and widespread inundation would trim prediction of gross domestic product (GDP) growth for this year to below 2.60 per cent, Suchada Kirakul, deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand said Tuesday. Previously in July, the...
BERLIN, Nov 9 (AFP): The eurozone debt crisis looks set to slam the brakes on growth next year in the German economy, Europe's biggest, a panel of economic advisers to the German government warned Wednesday. The so-called "Five Wise Men...
TOKYO, Nov 9 (AP): Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide - mostly in the United States - for problems that could make it harder to steer. The recall affects 447,000 vehicles in North America,...
TOKYO, Nov 9 (Reuters): The euro fought stiff chart resistance Wednesday following a rally after Italy's premier said he would resign, but its outlook remained gloomy amid the political turmoil engulfing both Greece and Italy, with those countries' borrowing costs...
SEOUL, Nov 9 (Reuters): Samsung Electronics plans to invest a record 38 trillion won (US$33.9 billion) in facilities and R&D next year, a 27 per cent jump from an estimated 30 trillion won this year, local media reported Wednesday, citing...
HANOI, Nov 9 (Xinhua): Deputies to the second session of the Vietnamese 13th National Assembly (NA) adopted here Wednesday three important resolutions on the socio-economic development plan for 2012, the government's bond capital for 2011-2015, and the country's key projects...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman left Dhaka Monday for United Kingdom (UK) to attend the "Defence IQ's 11th Annual International Fighter Conference", which began in London Tuesday, reports BSS. The three-day conference is taking place at...
A four-member delegation of Islamic Science University of Malaysia (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia-USIM) led by its Vice-Chancellor Prof Dato' Dr Muhammad Muda called on Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's official residence recently, reports UNB.
Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre of Indian High Commission (HC) in Dhaka will celebrate the 123rd birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad as ICCR Day at 7:00 pm today (Thursday), in the centre's auditorium in Gulshan, reports UNB. Maulana Abul...
ATHENS, Oct 6 (AFP): Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos met top bankers after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested a possible revision of the July 21 eurozone rescue plan for Greece, a source at his ministry said Thursday. Venizelos met with...
SHANGHAI, Nov 9 (Reuters): The yuan touched a record trading high against the dollar Wednesday, playing catch-up with the Chinese central bank's mid-point, but the currency closed off the high amid caution over its potential to appreciate in the future,...
COLOMBO, Nov 9 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals in the first 10 months of the year has surpassed 2010's record as visitors to the island nation has continued to rise every month on a year-on-year basis since a 25-year civil...
NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (Xinhua): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday that he will move forward on the process of liberalisation of trade in South Asia. The prime minister, who left for Maldives to attend the South Asian Association...
BANGKOK, Nov 9 (Reuters): Advanced Info Service Pcl (AIS), Thailand's top mobile phone operator, reported a better-than-expected 26 per cent rise in quarterly earnings on Wednesday due to rising revenue in both voice and data services. AIS, Southeast Asia's largest...
BANGKOK, Nov 9 (Reuters): Thai Airways International Pcl said Wednesday it returned to a net profit for the third quarter, helped by gains from foreign exchange. The national carrier said it made a net profit of 2.45 billion baht ($79.8...
NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (Reuters): Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), country's leading software services exporter, said Wednesday it won a $2.2 billion order, boosting its shares more than 3.5 per cent in a flat market. The 15-year order from UK-based pensions...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 9 (APP): Pakistan's export of engineering goods registered an increase of 75.25 per cent during first quarter of current year over the same period of last year. The country has exported the commodities worth US$ 85.39 million during...
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