The Governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Atiur Rahman said Thursday that the country's biggest economic challenge was taming inflation, which in September hit a record high, reports Reuters. In September, annual inflation rose to 11.97 per cent, from 11.29 per...
Bangladesh's state grains buyer will defer the process of a tender to buy 50,000 tonnes of wheat by two weeks due to storage constraints, a procurement official said Thursday, reports Reuters. "The new date for the opening of bids will...
MANILA, Nov 17 (Reuters): The Philippines, among the world's biggest rice buyers, plans to buy more of the grain in 2012 than earlier forecast after typhoons damaged crops, and may start its purchases as early as next month, the Agriculture...
Badrul Ahsan Handloom units of the country are facing virtual closure due to unavailability of cotton, dyes and chemicals at fair price, shortage of capital and absence of modern cloth processing centres, industry insiders have said. According to a recent...
Kevin Yao of Reuters BEIJING, Nov 17: Europeans searching for a bazooka to blast away euro zone debt problems might well eye China's US$3.2 trillion foreign exchange (FX) arsenal with envy, but Beijing has far less firepower available than many...
FE Report The coal-based 1,320 mega watt (mw) Khulna power plant to be built under a joint venture between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and the India's state-run NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation) has hit snag over...
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund's crucial head of its European Department, which oversees its giant bailouts of Greece, Portugal and Ireland, has resigned, the Fund announced Wednesday. Antonio Borges, who led the unit only since November 2010,...
BERLIN, Nov 17 (AFP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Italy's new prime minister Mario Monti Thursday to move fast to implement "crucial" reforms, as he was set to unveil an economic crisis plan. "You enter office at a difficult time...
RANGPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): The government through the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 63,92,194 tonnes Boro rice from 16,21,682 hectares land this season in northern Bangladesh, officials said. To make the programme successful, the...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 17 (BSS): Speakers at a function in Gaibandha on Wednesday underscored the need for turning the sanitation campaign into social movement for building a healthy nation through achieving 100 percent sanitation coverage of the country by 2013. "Successful...
PABNA, Nov 17 (UNB): Hides of sacrificial animals, bought during the Eid-ul-Azha, worth about Tk 20m remain unsold worrying the traders of Ishwardi upazila in Pabna. They are frustrated for not getting due prices of the hides. Asaduzzaman Asha, trader...
SATKHIRA, Nov 17 (UNB): A mobile court convicted a college student Wednesday morning and sentenced him to three months imprisonment for trying to violate a schoolgirl at Mahatpur village in Kaliganj upazila in Satkhira on Tuesday night. The convict was...
Our Correspondent TANGAIL, Nov 17: Followers and admirers in thousands thronged Santosh in Tangail on 17 today (Thursday) to pay homage to legendary politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani on the 35th anniversary of his death. Bhashani, popularly known as...
MAGURA, Nov 17 (UNB): A mobile court in Sadar upazila in Magura on Wednesday realized Tk 0.150m in fine from 10 brickfields for violating government prohibition in burning bricks. Sources said the mobile court led Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and...
SYLHET, Nov 17 (UNB): A man was arrested on charge of killing his wife in Kumarpara area of Sylhet city on Wednesday morning. Receiving information, police broke into the first floor rented residence of Sohel Ahmed Masud and found the...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 17: Six Jamaat-e-Islami activists including one leader have been sent to jail in an anti state activities case. The accused are Mahabubul Alam, secretary of district unit Jamaat, Asaduzzaman Mukul, Amir of Debhata thana, Yakub Ali,...
One jailed for taking drugs A man was arrested in Sadar pourashava area in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday on charge of taking anti-histamin injection, which is generally used for treatment of cattle. Police said they raided the PTI slum and held...
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 17 (AFP): Thousands of Kuwaitis stormed parliament Wednesday after police and elite forces beat up protesters marching on the prime minister's home to demand he resign, an opposition MP said. The demonstrators broke open parliament's gates and...
DAMASCUS, Nov 17 (AFP): Arab leaders have given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad three days to halt his "bloody repression" of protests or risk sanctions, but activists said security forces shot dead a nine-year-old girl Thursday. The youngster was killed during...
CANBERRA, Nov 17 (Reuters): US President Barack Obama said on Thursday Myanmar had opened a dialogue on reform but needed to do more to improve human rights in his first remarks about the authoritarian regime after the Southeast Asian nation...
ATHENS, Nov 17 (Reuters): The leader of Greece's conservatives, reluctant partners in a unity government, signaled on Thursday his main focus was on winning an election expected in February and reversing policies prescribed under an emergency bailout. Antonis Samaras has...
Three suicide bombers, two policemen killed in Pakistan KARACHI, Nov 17 : Three suicide bombers blew themselves up in their car when intercepted by police Wednesday in the southern Pakistan port city of Karachi, also killing two policemen, the home...
West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands have almost ensured their super-six berth in the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier beating their respective rivals at separate city venues Thursday, reports UNB. On the day's group B match, strong West...
Ethiopia reach 2nd round of WC qualifying ADDIS ABABA, Nov 17: Ethiopia became the final team to reach the second round of African qualifying for the 2014 World Cup after beating Somalia 5-0 in the second leg of their first-round...
KOLKATA, Nov 17 (AFP): Pragyan Ojha and Ravichandran Ashwin shared four wickets as India beat a resilient West Indies by an innings and 15 runs in the second Test to clinch the series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata Thursday. The...
Hosts Bangladesh will take on Ireland in their do-or-die group B match of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier that will be held at the BKSP ground-3 in Savar today (Friday), reports UNB. The match starts at 9 am. Bangladesh...
DUBAI, Nov 17(AFP): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq hopes his team can learn from its mistakes and show improvement in the third one-day international against Sri Lanka Friday. Pakistan won the first of five matches by eight wickets last week but...
A 10-men Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club of Dhaka moved into the final of Safal Pokhara Cup Football Tournament in Nepal eliminating hosts Pokhara Eleven by 3-0 goal at the Pokhara Stadium Thursday, reports UNB. Bangladesh League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi...
LONDON, Nov 17 (AFP): Britain's sports minister led calls for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to resign Thursday after the global football supremo played down the extent of racism in the sport. Hugh Robertson said Blatter's position as head of world...
India dominated both the boy's and girl's doubles semi-finals of the Sony-Rangs 25th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Championship at Ramna National Tennis Court Complex in the city Thursday, reports UNB. In the day's boy's doubles semi-final, Agarwal and Mandlekar of...
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