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Japan Sept exports beat forecasts despite strong yen

2011-10-25 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 24 (Reuters): Japan's exports rose at a faster pace than expected in the year to September, suggesting that resilience in exports is underpinning the economic recovery despite a global slowdown and the strong yen. Finance ministry data published...

Euro zone industry orders rise in August

2011-10-25 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Oct 24 (Reuters): Euro zone industrial new orders rose more than expected in August from the previous month, data showed Monday, signalling an underlying strength in manufacturing that could help the region avoid the deep recession some investors forecast....

Expo Pakistan fetches $ 517m orders

2011-10-25 00:00:00

KARACHI, Oct 24 (APP): Export orders worth $ 517 million have been finalised for various products at the 6th Pakistan Expo 2011, which was opened last Friday at Karachi Expo Centre. This was stated by the chief executive of Trade...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-10-25 00:00:00

The Benchmark General Index DGEN ended in the red to register loss of more than 3%. The shooting star candle formed on the previous day along with intraday price action suggested possibility of price correction which materialized with a great...

Uncertainty looms large over REHAB poll

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Shah Alam Nur Election of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has become uncertain as the rival parties could not come to any amicable decision after a temporary injunction over postponement of the poll by the court....

China manufacturing hits five-month high: HSBC

2011-10-25 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, Oct 24 (AFP): Manufacturing activity in China hit a five-month high in October, lifted by a pick-up in output and orders despite global economic turmoil, HSBC said today. The preliminary HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI) stood at 51.1 in...

Oil prices up in Asian trade

2011-10-25 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Oct 24 (AFP): Crude prices rose in Asian trade today as regional equities markets surged on optimism sparked by a European summit aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for...

Gold rises 1pc on Europe prospects

2011-10-25 00:00:00

LONDONSINGAPORE, Oct 24 (Reuters): Gold rose more than 1 per cent Monday, as European leaders edged towards a solid plan to resolve the euro zone debt crisis and signs that China's economy is in better shape than feared. In recent...

Diversification of jute products stressed

2011-10-25 00:00:00

FE Report Jute Secretary Md Ashraful Mokbul Monday stressed the need for diversifying jute products besides the traditional ones to boost earning from this sector. While addressing an inaugural programme as the chief guest he said: "Bangladesh is a major...

Nissan eyes 1.5m electric cars by '16

2011-10-25 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 24 (AFP): Japanese auto giant Nissan is aiming to sell 1.5 million electric vehicles around the world by 2016, the company said today, as it looks to capitalise on growing demand for green products. Japan's second-largest automaker behind...

Europe scrambles to finalise debt crisis solution

2011-10-25 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Oct 24 (AFP): Europe laboured to put the finishing touches on a lasting defence against the debt crisis by tomorrow (Wednesday) as leaders homed in on a deal and Italy pledged reforms to prevent a devastating contagion. European Union...

Japan wants Tepco to cut at least $33b in costs

2011-10-25 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 24 (Reuters): Japan's trade minister said Monday he told Tokyo Electric Power Co to cut at least 2.5 trillion yen ($33 billion) in costs over 10 years, more than double the amount planned several months ago by the...

Drug firm GSK fined $2.6m for collusion

2011-10-25 00:00:00

SEOUL, Oct 24 (AFP): South Korea's anti-trust agency has fined drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline three billion won ($2.6 million) for conspiring with a Seoul rival over the sale of drugs, an official said today. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said GSK in...

Sanitation coverage by 2013 to promote social dignity

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 24: The district administration and the public health department jointly arranged a grand discussion meeting for aiming to create public awareness for sanitation, on the occasion of National Sanitation Month October-2011 in Brahmanbaria town Sunday. Deputy...

Workshop on ITends at RUET

2011-10-25 00:00:00

RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 24: A three days long workshop on 'Information Technology' ended at Rajshahi university of Engineering and Technology (RUET) on today. The workshop organized by RUET information engineering department was inaugurated by Dr.Md. Rafiqul Islam Sheikh,...

Three alleged war criminals re-arrested

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent KHULNA, Oct 24: Kachua thana police arrested three persons accused in war crime case from village Jessordi under Kachua Upazila of Bagerhat district on Saturday night. The accused are Moksed Dhider (72) son of Goni Dhider, Idris Ali...

Pabna rickshaw pullers protest colleague's killing

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent PABNA, Oct 24: Rickshaw pullers of Pabna staged a demonstration demanding punishment of killers of Hassan Mollah Hassu, 45, a rickshaw puller of the district headquarter. The victim's wife filed a case against two passengers of the rickshaw....

Ansar-VDP DG for expediting welfare programmes

2011-10-25 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 24 (BSS): Director General of Anser-VDP Major General Zahidur Rahman has asked the field level officials to perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for successful implementation of the government-sponsored development programs. In this context, he said...

Body of a man recovered in Munshiganj

2011-10-25 00:00:00

MUNSHIGANJ, Oct 24 (UNB): Police on Monday morning recovered body of a man in a basement of a clinic at Ichhapur bazaar in Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj. The identity of the deceased, aged about 50, could not be known immediately....

6 killed in separate incidents

2011-10-25 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Oct 24 (BSS): Four persons including three minor girls were killed in separate incidents at different places in Rangpur district during the past 48 hours till Sunday night, police sources said. Minor girl Khadija, 3, daughter of Feroz Ahmed...

Bumper Aman production expected in Gaibandha

2011-10-25 00:00:00

GAIBANDHA, Oct 24 (BSS)- Farmers of all the seven upazilas in Gaibandha district are expecting bumper production of Transplanted (T) Aman Paddy during this current season. Office sources said Department of Agriculture of Extension (DAE) set a target to bring...

SB opens 1194th branch in Modhupur

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent TANGAIL, Oct 24: Sonali Bank Limited has opened its 1194th branch at Garo Bazar in Modhupur Upazila Sunday. Minister for Food and Disaster Management Dr. Abdur Razzak inaugurated the branch as chief guest. Present on the occasion were...

Tk 650m loan being distributed among Khulna farmers

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent KHULNA, Oct 24: A sum of Tk. 650 million (65 crore) is being distributed as loan among the farmers in ten districts of Khulna division under the Crop Multipurpose Project of Agriculture Extension Department (AED) to bring solvency...

Raw hide traders seek govt intervention

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Oct 24: Ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, the raw hide traders of the northern region urged the government to curtail the absolute domination by the non bonafide hide and skin traders. The urged the authorties to introduce licence...

Girl raped and killed, child drowns in Rangpur

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent RANGPUR Oct 24: A seven-year-old girl was brutally killed after being raped allegedly by a stalker at Darsona Binodpur area under Rangpur Sadar upazila on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shimu, daughter of Shamsul Haq of Darsona...

News in brief

2011-10-25 00:00:00

250 bottles of phensidyl recovered in Natore Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Sunday arrested one person and recovered 250 bottles of phensidyl from a Dhaka bound truck on Natore-Rajshahi high way at Chandpur Bazar area in Natore...

Turkey quake death toll exceeds 260, hundreds missing

2011-10-25 00:00:00

ERCIS, Turkey, Oct 24 (Reuters): Rescuers clawed through rubble on Monday to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey. Hundreds more were feared dead,...

Nusrat Bhutto passes away

2011-10-25 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (AFP): Pakistan's former first lady and mother of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto died on Sunday after a protracted illness, the Pakistan government said. "With profound grief and sorrow it is announced that former first lady...

Libya declared free, but Gaddafi death questioned

2011-10-25 00:00:00

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct 24 (AP): Libya's interim rulers have declared the country liberated after an 8-month civil war, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy. But they laid out plans with an...

US-North Korea nuclear talks start in Geneva

2011-10-25 00:00:00

GENEVA, Oct 24 (AP): US and North Korean diplomats began talks Monday on Pyongyang's nuclear program, the second direct encounter between the two sides in less than three months. Mobbed by reporters as they left their lakeside hotel for a...