Md Jamal Uddin The government is contemplating issuing more Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network (NTTN) licences to promote the unified networking system as the sector did not develop by this time as desired, said a high official of the regulatory authority....
FE Report A Dutch-Bangla joint venture inland container depot (ICD) in the port city of Chittagong would be launched into commercial operation December 13 next, company officials told the FE Sunday. The depot named BM Container Depot in the Sitakunda...
5 mobile operators achieve growth in subscriber base The country's five out of six mobile phone operators achieved a substantial growth of subscribers in October this year, telecom regulator's data show. However, the operator Citycell experienced a massive subscriber cut...
Micromax Informatics Limited has launched new touch-screen handset 'Micromax X222' with multiple features. The handset will be available across the country at a price of Tk 3500. Micromax's latest offering comes with various features like a 2.4 inch resistive touch-screen,...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov 27 (AFP): Cosmetics are smuggled by donkey through Afghanistan, chemicals and medicines track through Dubai. But only a fraction of legal trade travels directly from India to Pakistan. A baffling array of legal and practical barriers to...
GENEVA, Nov 27 (AFP): The Swiss watch industry is in rude health, the latest figures show, with exports leaping once again last month and watchmakers set to notch up a record year thanks to hungry Chinese consumers. Despite the strong...
BADEN-BADEN, Germany, Nov 27 (Reuters): Russia will consider shifting the tax burden for high cost off-shore oil drilling from taxes on revenues to taxes on profits to encourage development of the Arctic, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov said Sunday. "(Regarding...
MUMBAI, Nov 27 (PTI): Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said India is a victim of the Eurozone crisis which is hurting export growth. "We are not the makers of that (Eurozone debt) crisis... but we are a victim of...
TOKYO, Nov 27 (AFP): Japan's auto industry has taken a triple hit from the global downturn, strong yen and a catastrophic quake, but is hoping the Tokyo Motor Show, starting Wednesday, can mark a fresh start. With a reputation for...
BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters): Combined profits of industrial enterprises across China rose 25.3 per cent in the first ten months of 2011 from the same period last year to 4.12 trillion yuan ($646 million), the National Bureau of Statistics said...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN experienced sharp fall to decline by almost 6 percent on the first trading day of the week. Defying expectations of a stable market following declaration of rescue package by the regulator, market shred more than...
Ismail Hossain The relocation of tannery units from Hazaribagh in the city to suburb Savar has thrown into renewed uncertainty as the relevant project is seeking extension for another three years. "We're still undecided . But extension can be sought...
Bangladesh's state grains buyer issued a tender Sunday to import 50,000 tonnes of wheat as part of efforts to boost reserves, a procurement official said, reports Reuters. The last date for submission of offers is December 12, with validity until...
Syful Islam back from Daudkandi, Comilla Many women in several villages of Daudkandi upazila under Comilla district now do not need to be puzzled every morning from where they will feed their family members, thanks to micro finance that helped...
BADEN-BADEN, Germany, Nov 27 (Reuters): Russia will consider shifting the tax burden for high cost off-shore oil drilling from taxes on revenues to taxes on profits to encourage development of the Arctic, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov said Sunday. "(Regarding...
TOKYO, Nov 27 (AFP): Osamu Tamaki is one of the few rice farmers in Japan who see an Asia-Pacific free trade deal as a window of opportunity rather than the death knell for a highly cosseted industry. "The TPP (Trans-Pacific...
Pijush Chandra Bhowal has been promoted to the post of General Manager of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) recently. Prior to his promotion, he served the Bank as Deputy General Manager since 2003, said a press release. Mr Pijush started his...
M Azizur Rahman The country will have to import 1.60 million tonnes of furnace oil at a cost of around US$ 1.2 billion (Tk 91 billion) in 2012, up by 60 per cent from the current year's requirement of 1.0...
DUBLIN, Nov 27 (AFP): Hammered by austerity measures a year after a massive EU-IMF bailout, Ireland is now being hailed as a eurozone poster boy for the way it is coming to terms with the consequences of its boom to...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 27: About 16,833 tonnes of jute goods worth about Tk. 470 million (47 crore) have been laying unsold at Jessore Jute Industries (JJI) and Carpeting Jute Mill as the jute mills are facing financial crises. In...
Our Correspondent BOGRA, Nov, 27: Anser Ali 60, from Bujruk Shokra village under Shibganj upazila of Bogra district, a grower of exotic vegetables, has brought a tremendous change in his life cultivating uncommon vegetables like asparagus in his land. He...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Nov 27: Quilt makers in the district have started their seasonal business in full swing as the winter has set in the northern region. Workers at different quilt shops across the district have been passing busy time...
MAGURA, Nov 27 (UNB): A local businessman was killed in a road accident at Belnagar on Magura-Kamarkhali road in Magura district town on Saturday night. The deceased was identified as Anisur Rahman Anju. Police said a speedy truck collided head...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 27: Eight shops were burnt in a fire at Andermanik Batala Market under Kachua thana of Bagerhat district Saturday evening. The shop owners said the fire originated from a short circuit in a shop and engulfed...
Our Correspondent NARSINGDI Nov 27: A press conference organized by slain Mayor Lokman Hossain's family members demanding immediate arrest of the killers of Lokman and exemplary punishment for them was held at their house premises today (Sunday). Mazeda Bagum, mother...
Our Correspondent HABIGANJ, Nov 27: Death anniversary of former lawmaker (Habiganj-1) Dewan Farid Gazi was held at Nabiganj upazila in the district Saturday. Tahirpur madrasa authority arranged a memorial meeting at madrasa premises while its president Kazi Obaidul Qader Helal...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 27: A female college student committed suicide by taking poison at village Karlia under Paickgacha Upazila of the district Saturday. The deceased was identified as Joyosri Sana (17), daughter of Swapon Sana. She was a 2nd...
FORME business confce held A daylong business conference organised by FORME Communications Technology Limited was held at a hotel in Rangpur city Saturday. The channel partners, dealers and distributors of the company from Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions took part in...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27 (agencies): Pakistan Sunday conveyed its "rage" to the United States over cross-border NATO air strikes that killed 24 soldiers, as it ordered a full-scale review of its frosty alliance with the US and NATO. The United States,...
CAIRO, Nov 27, (agencies): Egypt braced for fresh demonstrations Sunday amid a tense standoff between the country's military rulers and pro-democracy protesters on the eve of the first elections since its revolution. Egyptians go to the polls Monday to cast...
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