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Super Star to launch CFL bulbs

2011-10-09 00:00:00

FE Report Super Star Group is going to launch more energy savings bulbs in the country. The company thinks this light with latest technology LED (light-emitting diode) will play important role to reduce energy deficiency. They declared this at a...

Tour operators call for tourism board overhaul

2011-10-09 00:00:00

FE Report Tourism in Bangladesh can be taken to the next level if the sector is managed through a partnership between public and private agencies, tour operators said Saturday. They called upon the government to ramp up issuance of on-arrival...

Motorbike sale surges by 10pc: Dealers

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Arafat Ara The number of motorbikes plying the city roads has gone up significantly in recent years due to unbearable gridlock and insufficient public transports, causing a serious concern among the road safety experts. Vehicle experts fear that the growing...

Gas crunch hits Gorai industrial units

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Badrul Ahsan At least fifty export-oriented factories of Gorai industrial area under Tangail district have been facing closure due to low pressure of gas for the last couple of months, insiders said. Due to the crisis, most of the factories...

Ctg housing fair from Wednesday

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 8: Bangladesh Real Estate Directory (BD-RED) starts its four-day housing fair at Chittagong from October 12 at the Institution of Engineers compound in the city. Organisers disclosed this at a press conference at a hotel in...

Prof MR Khan's wife dies

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Anwara Khan, wife of noted child specialist and National Prof Dr MR Khan, died of old-age complications in the city's Central Hospital at 9:10am Saturday. She was 77, reports BSS. Mrs Khan left behind her only daughter and husband and...

4 Indians still 'missing' in Sylhet

2011-10-09 00:00:00

SYLHET, Oct 8 (bdnews24.com): Authorities of a private medical college in Sylhet have said that one of their teachers, who was 'missing' since Thursday, has returned. North East Medical College authorities filed a general diary with Dakkhin Surma police after...

Kishoreganj Jail Super, 2 others hurt by inmate

2011-10-09 00:00:00

KIRHOREGANJ, Oct 08 (UNB): Kishoreganj Jail Super, a jail guard and a prisoner were severely injured in an attack by an inmate over a trifling matter in the district jail on Saturday. Injured Mahbub Alam, 50, superintendent of the district...

Govt for welfare of disabled children

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...

GCC technology market to reach $9.8b this year

2011-10-09 00:00:00

DUBAI, Oct 8 (PTI): Despite many global markets experiencing a slowdown in consumer technology spending, demand in the entire Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) region is on the rise, a new research report has claimed. Business Monitor International (BMI), in its...

US business leaders call for more investment from India, China

2011-10-09 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (AFP): US officials and business leaders stressed the need Friday to encourage China, India, Brazil and other countries to increase their investments in the United States as a means to create US jobs. "In 2009 the United...

Indian car sales struggle in S African market

2011-10-09 00:00:00

CAPE TOWN, Oct 8 (Economic Times): Indian vehicle manufacturers saw their market share of the total South African new vehicle market drop below one per cent in September, despite the month being a buoyant one for most manufacturers. New vehicle...

China property market remains gloomy during 'Golden Week'

2011-10-09 00:00:00

BEIJING, Oct 8 (Xinhua): China's big cities, notorious for their skyhigh housing prices, reported decreases in apartment sales during the weeklong National Day holiday, signalling continous downturn in a traditionally boom season for the real estate market. Apartments sales in...

China's Sept services sector grows 59.3pc

2011-10-09 00:00:00

BEIJING, Oct 8 (Reuters): China's services sector grew 59.3 per cent in September, quickening from 57.6 per cent in August, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) showed Saturday. Growth in consuming sectors, like retail sales, contributed...

Iran's non-oil exports to Turkey hit $497m in five months

2011-10-09 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Oct 8 (Xinhua): Iran has exported nearly 497 million US dollars worth of non-oil goods to Turkey during the first five months of the current Iranian year starting from March 21, local satellite Press TV reported Friday. Cathode, propylene...

Fire Capital plans $100m investment in H2 in realty projects

2011-10-09 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Oct 8 (PTI): The New Delhi-based private equity player Fire Capital plans to invest around $100 million (about Rs 4.50 billion) during the remaining part of this fiscal, a top company official said. "In the first half, we invested...

Brazil inflation hits six-year high but rate cut seen

2011-10-09 00:00:00

MEXICO CITYSAO PAULO, Oct 8 (Reuters): Inflation in Brazil climbed further out of the central bank's comfort zone in September but higher prices are not likely to prevent more rate cuts for Latin America's biggest economy or the rest of...

4 Indians still 'missing' in Sylhet

2011-10-09 00:00:00

SYLHET, Oct 8 (bdnews24.com): Authorities of a private medical college in Sylhet have said that one of their teachers, who was 'missing' since Thursday, has returned. North East Medical College authorities filed a general diary with Dakkhin Surma police after...

Kishoreganj Jail Super, 2 others hurt by inmate

2011-10-09 00:00:00

KIRHOREGANJ, Oct 08 (UNB): Kishoreganj Jail Super, a jail guard and a prisoner were severely injured in an attack by an inmate over a trifling matter in the district jail on Saturday. Injured Mahbub Alam, 50, superintendent of the district...

Govt for welfare of disabled children

2011-10-09 00:00:00

Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...

Govt to import 120,000 tonnes furnace oil from Vietnam

2011-10-09 00:00:00

The government will import 120,000 tonnes of furnace oil from Vietnam to meet its growing demand particularly for the rental and quick power plants, reports UNB. According to official sources, the Energy Ministry has forwarded a proposal to the Cabinet...

Iraq expects oil output to touch 3m bpd this year

2011-10-09 00:00:00

DUBAI, Oct 8 (Gulfnews): Iraq's oil output has been exceeding predicted output rates. On Monday, Iraq's crude oil output surpassed 2.9 million barrels per day. This has increased from the average 2.7 million barrels per day since the beginning of...

India's coffee exports grow 29pc

2011-10-09 00:00:00

BANGALORE, Oct 8 (Commodity Online): India's Coffee exports for the first nine months (January to September) in 2011 grew 29 per cent to 295,269 tonnes as against 228,399 tonnes exported during 2010. According to the Coffee Board Officials, good domestic...

Tourism revenue grows during China's Nat'lDay holiday

2011-10-09 00:00:00

BEIJING, Oct 8 (Xinhua): Tourism revenue in China reached 145.8 billion yuan (22.94 billion US dollars) during the week-long National Day holiday, an increase of 25.1 per cent year-on-year, official data showed Saturday. Scenic spots around China received a total...

Commodities up on hopes for euro debt solution, US data

2011-10-09 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 8 (AFP): Commodity prices mainly rose this week as traders tracked central bank efforts to steady the global economy, growing speculation over the recapitalisation of European banks and upbeat US data. The European Central Bank unveiled plans Thursday...

Iran's non-oil exports to Turkey hit $497m in five months

2011-10-09 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Oct 8 (Xinhua): Iran has exported nearly 497 million US dollars worth of non-oil goods to Turkey during the first five months of the current Iranian year starting from March 21, local satellite Press TV reported Friday. Cathode, propylene...

Fire Capital plans $100m investment in H2 in realty projects

2011-10-09 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Oct 8 (PTI): The New Delhi-based private equity player Fire Capital plans to invest around $100 million (about Rs 4.50 billion) during the remaining part of this fiscal, a top company official said. "In the first half, we invested...

Brazil inflation hits six-year high but rate cut seen

2011-10-09 00:00:00

MEXICO CITYSAO PAULO, Oct 8 (Reuters): Inflation in Brazil climbed further out of the central bank's comfort zone in September but higher prices are not likely to prevent more rate cuts for Latin America's biggest economy or the rest of...

4 Indians still 'missing' in Sylhet

2011-10-09 00:00:00

SYLHET, Oct 8 (bdnews24.com): Authorities of a private medical college in Sylhet have said that one of their teachers, who was 'missing' since Thursday, has returned. North East Medical College authorities filed a general diary with Dakkhin Surma police after...

Kishoreganj Jail Super, 2 others hurt by inmate

2011-10-09 00:00:00

KIRHOREGANJ, Oct 08 (UNB): Kishoreganj Jail Super, a jail guard and a prisoner were severely injured in an attack by an inmate over a trifling matter in the district jail on Saturday. Injured Mahbub Alam, 50, superintendent of the district...