MIRPUR, Nov 19 (APP): The trade across both sides of the line of control (LoC) between Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Indian-occupied Kashmir touches Rs 17.6 million. Official sources told the reporter Friday that as many as 16 trucks rolled...
COLOMBO, Nov 19 (LBO): Sri Lanka has signed a deal with India to restore part of a northern railway line that was damaged during the ethnic war under project funded by soft loans from New Delhi. The agreement between Sri...
Arafat Ara Raw jute export earnings marked a decline by around Tk 1.0 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current financial year compared to the corresponding period of last year due to low price quotation by the buyers....
BALI (Indonesia), Nov 19 (PTI): Raising the issue of a big trade imbalance in favour of China, India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday told his counterpart Wen Jiabao it needs to be corrected for a "more conducive" business environment even...
Talha Bin Habib Bangladesh will contest the prestigious election for membership of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Executive Council to be held this month in London aiming to preserve the country's interest in the international shipping industry sector, officials said....
LONDON, Nov 18 (AFP): Commodity prices were mostly lower this week, in line with tumbling stock markets as traders sought cover from the escalating eurozone debt crisis. Financial markets fell sharply days as Italy, Spain and France faced a sharp...
FE Report Bangladeshi business conglomerate Intraco Group and prominent Indian car manufacturer Hindustan Motors (HM) signed a memorandum of understanding Saturday at a city hotel for marketing 'Ambassador' car in Bangladesh. The five-year marketing contract with Intraco has a target...
Yasir Wardad The country is expecting another "bumper" Aman output this year, but farmers stand to gain little as the price is lower compared to the production cost, farmers and officials said. Aman production totalled 12.7 million tonnes last year,...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 19 (AFP): China wants to cooperate with the United States in the Asian region, assistant foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said Saturday in positive comments after a week of wrangles. "We are looking forward to cooperating with...
TOKYO, Nov 19 (AFP): Japan's two major bourses have agreed to merge in about January 2013, creating the world's second-largest stock exchange, reports said Saturday. The presidents of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) reached a...
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Xinhua): The US dollar rose against most major currencies last week against the backdrop of the ongoing European debt crisis and upbeat economic data. The auction of Italian five-year government bonds Monday produced a yield of...
NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (AFP): Indian police Saturday raided offices of two of the nation's biggest telecom firms, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, in a widening probe into alleged wrongdoing in the awarding of mobile spectrum. India's top federal police...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 19 (AFP): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Saturday that Asian economies were unlikely to be affected by the eurozone crisis because of large surpluses and hefty foreign reserves. "We understand the eurozone crisis is in...
SHAKTIKHOR CANTONMENT, Nov 19 (AFP): Nepal's Maoist fighters Saturday began the process of leaving the camps they have called home since the end of their insurgency in 2006, to join the regular army or start new lives. The historic transition...
NUSA DUA, Nov 19 (AFP): United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon said today he planned to visit Myanmar "as soon as possible", after talks with President Thein Sein where he urged progress on nascent reforms. "I am also planning to visit...
DAMASCUS, Nov 19 (AFP): Syrian security forces killed at least 12 civilians Friday including two children, on the eve of an Arab League deadline for Damascus to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters. The latest bloodletting came as Turkey and...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 19 (AFP): US President Barack Obama left Indonesia's Bali Island today after an Asian summit where he sought to underscore his administration's foreign policy shift towards the Pacific. Obama, the first US president to take part...
NUA DUA (Indonesia), Nov 19 (AFP): US President Barack Obama held previously unscheduled talks Saturday with China's Premier Wen Jiabao, after a week of sharp exchanges between the two nations. Obama and Wen met on the sidelines of the East...
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says he is close to reaching a deal which would allow British judges to overrule European human rights legislation. Mr Clarke says the agreement would prevent individuals repeatedly challenging deportation rulings, says the Daily Telegraph. Last...
An indigenous leader in southern Brazil has been shot dead in front of his community, officials say. Nisio Gomes, 59, was part of a Guarani Kaiowa group that returned to their ancestral land at the start of this month after...
The man who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July planned to kill three leaders of the ruling Labour Party, a newspaper reports according to BBC. Anders Behring Breivik told police he had memorised a speech to be...
KABUL, Nov 19 (AFP): A meeting of Afghan elders, or loya jirga, Saturday agreed to a long-term strategic partnership with the United States while citing certain conditions, an official declaration said. "The jirga has decided that the strategic partnership, for...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (Reuters) : The UN General Assembly Friday condemned an alleged plot -- blamed by US authorities on Iranian agents -- to kill Saudi Arabia's envoy to the United States and urged Iran to obey international law....
India pays tributes to Indira Gandhi on her 94th birthday NEW DELHI, Nov 19: The nation remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 94th birth anniversary Saturday with President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari among prominent personalities...
SET amidst the flood-prone City Corporation area of Chittagong, Nazir Bari Government Primary School, a 100- year old educational legacy is not among the proud institutions of historical significance for the reason that it is the victim of negligence. Situated...
Salahuddin Ahmed In their book Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, renowned writers Thomas W. Zimmerer and Norman M. Scarborough mention a recent study by the Small Business Administration (USA). One major finding of the study is: small firms...
RANGPUR, Nov 19 (BSS): Large-scale farming of short duration paddies has brought revolutionary success in combating monga fulfilling another pre-election pledge of the present government, officials, agri-experts and scientists said. "There is no monga for the third consecutive time this...
CHUADANGA, Nov 19 (UNB): A madrasah student was killed as a trolley knocked down him on Ghoshabila-Zamzami road in Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon Hossain, son of Afzal Ali of Ghoshabila village....
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Nov 19: The 40th National Co-operative Day was observed in the district in a befitting manner today. The programmes included hoisting of flags, colourful procession, discussion meeting and cultural function to commemorate the day. Sheikh Masudur Rahman,...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 19: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 10 people including 5 women and 2 children from Sadipur border on Friday. The arrested persons are Salma Khatun, wife of Nazrul of village Baniakhali, Saleha Khatun, wife of Sekender...
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