JORDAN, Oct 23 (Business Recorder): The popular uprisings that have swept the Arab world this year have slowed economies across the region, and jobs, better governance and investment are needed, speakers at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Jordan said...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN ended in the green to register gain of almost 2% on the first trading day of the week. However, aggressive profit taking during the second half of the trading session led to the Index trimming...
BAGHDAD, Oct 23 (Reuters): Foreign investors eager to snap up development projects in key oil producer Iraq are unlikely to balk after the United States withdraws all its troops at the end of the year as long as security does...
FE Report Software-based association-BASIS- has taken initiative to make people acquainted with software technology in different sectors for bringing dynamism in the areas, said its president Mahboob Zaman. He told the FE Sunday that the organisation would hold one-day software...
MUMBAI, Oct 23 (AFP): High prices are likely to deter Indians from heavy gold buying this week during the Hindu festival of Diwali, normally an auspicious time to splurge on the metal, experts say. Gold demand is expected to be...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Oct 23: About 2 lakh metric tonnes of Aman paddy in 8 northern districts under Rangpur division goes to the stomach of rats every year, sources said. Besides, rats eat up 8 to 10 percents of potato,...
A Correspondent HABIGANJ, Oct 23: National Sanitation Month October 2011 was observed in a befitting manner in Habiganj Sunday. District administration and public health engineering department jointly organized the programme. A colourful rally paraded from Habiganj collectorate at Nimtala to...
KUSHTIA, Oct 23 (UNB): Two alleged auto-rickshaw lifters were killed in a shootout between their cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Bhadalia in Sadar upazila in Kushtia on Kushtia-Jhenidah highway early Sunday. The deceased could not be identified immediately....
MUNSHIGANJ, Oct 23 (UNB): A motorbike rider was killed and another injured serioulsy as a bus hit their bike at Ramerkhola in Sirajdikhan upazila on Dhaka-Maowa highway in Munshiganj this (Sunday) morning. Another co-rider whose indetity could not be known...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 23: owners of the unauthorized diagnostic centres across the district are cheating innocent patients capitalizing on the helplessness of them. Patients have to pay 30 to 50 percent more for pathological tests, ultrasonogram and X-ray, etc....
Our Correspondent PABNA, Oct 23: A rickshawpuller was beaten to death for only Tk. 2 at Jugipara mohallah in Pabna municipal area on Saturday afternoon. The victim Hassan Mollah Hassu, 45, son of Johir Uddin of village Goyeshpur in Pabna...
Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Oct 23: Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Nilphamari Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) was held on Saturday. Held at the Silpakola Academy, the meeting was presided over by NCCI president Abdul Wahed Sarkar and was attended...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Oct 23: A spectacular boat race on the river Rupsha was held today. Thousands of people assembled on the both side of the river and the Rupsha Bridge. "The Banglalink 5th Khulna Boat Race" was arranged by...
880 bottles of phensidyl recovered Acting on secret information Directorate of Narcotics Control Natore district recovered 880 bottles of phensidyl from a Rajshahi-Dhaka route truck at Bonbelghoria bypass under Natore police station on Friday. Driver and helper managed to leaving...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (Reuters): Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast Saturday. The remarks were in sharp...
KOLKATA, Oct 23(AP): Officials say the death toll has risen to 31 in the collapse of a wooden bridge in the northeastern Indian district of Darjeeling. The 100-foot-long (30-metre-long) bridge gave way as more than 150 mountain villagers gathered on...
DAMASCUS, Oct 23 (AFP): Syria's under-fire president Sunday appointed two new governors in flashpoint provinces that have seen staunch protests against his regime, as security forces reportedly killed two more civilians. State television said President Bashar al-Assad named new governors...
MISRATA, Libya, Oct 23 (Reuters): Libya's interim prime minister said he was resigning Saturday and urged new leaders to seize a "very limited opportunity" and resolve rivalries now surfacing after Muammar Gaddafi's death. With regional differences emerging about what to...
TASHKENT, Oct 23 (Reuters): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Saturday that efforts to crack down on religious freedom might backfire. She said this could lead to increased sympathy for radical views in Central Asia, a...
Power Development Board (PDB) earned a facile 25-11, 25-11, 25-11 points victory over Fire Service in the National Bank Premier Division Volleyball League at the Volleyball Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. In the day's other match, Wari Club...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 23 (UNB): Overnight rain ensured that there is no chance of play on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies Sunday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. Umpires Nigel Long and...
The Prime Bank 25th National Swimming Championship began at Mirpur National Swimming Complex in the city Sunday with one national record created in the 12 events decided on the first day. Commerce Minister M Faruk Khan formally inaugurated the three-day...
MUMBAI, Oct 23 (AFP): World champions India produced a dazzling display in the field to bowl England out for 220 in the fourth one-day international in Mumbai Sunday. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin shattered the top order with 3-38, before 21-year-old debutant...
Bir Muktijoddha Shaheed Hafizur Rahman Oli Academy clinched the zonal titles of both the boys' and girls' groups in Meizan National School Kabaddi competition beating their rivals in the finals at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB....
MADRID, Oct 23 (AFP): Lionel Messi missed an injury time penalty as Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw by nine-man Sevilla on Saturday, a result which saw the champions surrender top spot to Real Madrid who beat Malaga 4-0....
FE Report Senior vice president of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Ahasanul Islam Tito left Dhaka for Germany Saturday as member of the entourage of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Mr Tito will meet the German business leaders and non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs)...
FE Report Exponet Exhibition (Pvt.) Ltd. in association with BRAC EPL Investments Limited (BEIL) will organize a three-day long trade show on Green Industrial Equipment, Biodiversity & Renewable Energy Technology. The event, titled "Showcase Clean Development Mechanism Bangladesh (CDMB)" is...
Cos to hold board meet Atlas Bangladesh: As per regulation 30 of DSE Listing Regulations, a meeting of board of directors of Atlas Bangladesh will be held on October 26, 2011 at 4:00pm to consider, among others, audited financial statements...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has disclosed net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds. The total NAV of different mutual funds managed by the ICB AMCL at the close of...
FE Report Grameenphone's revenue grew by 18 per cent to Tk 22.83 billion in the the third quarter (Q3) of 2011, an increase of Tk 3.49 billion from the same period last year, the country's biggest cellphone company said. The...
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