DHOLERA, (India), Oct 26 (Reuters): Chotubhai Raghani's fields in a dry, salty strip of Indian coastline on the Arabian Sea never yielded much wheat but he feels like a lucky man now he's started selling them at a juicy markup....
SHANGHAI, Oct 26 (Reuters): Giant movie screen maker Imax Corp expects the number of Imax screens in China to more than double in the next two to three years as disposable incomes rise and more Chinese movies are made for...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN ended in the red registering a fall of c. 2.6%, in a reversal of the modest recovery of the previous day. Turnover stood at BDT 343 Crore. The market dip is indicative of investors remaining...
Syful Islam Middlemen are active in destabilising the sugar market through transferring supply order (SO), the system which replaced the much talked about delivery order (DO) for commodities' trading, refiners alleged. Sugar refiners have recently complained to the commerce minister...
FE Report Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume its flight operation to Manchester in the United Kingdom from coming November with its newly purchased Boeing aircraft --- Palki, its managing director said. Biman's Managing Director (MD) Muhammad Zakiul Islam made the...
FE Report Almost 24 thousand passengers travelling through Kamalapur Railway Station everyday will be provided safe drinking water by mobile operator Robi. A water plant set up for the purpose will supply 4000 liters of safe drinking water each hour...
LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters): Nokia unveiled its long-awaited first Microsoft Windows phones on Wednesday, betting on the two sleek new models to get it back into the race with Apple and Google. The two new smartphones will go on sale...
LONDON, Oct 26 (AFP): World oil prices stablilised Wednesday as dealers awaited the outcome of an EU summit aimed at resolving the debt crisis before embarking on risky trades. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December,...
A two-member delegation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) led by its Councillor Mario Kakabadse held a meeting with the leaders of FBCCI and representatives of other trade associations on 'WTO Trade Policy Review' in the city Tuesday. Acting President...
BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (BBC): EU leaders are gathering for an emergency summit in Brussels aimed at tackling the eurozone debt crisis. But with disagreement on how to expand the EU's bailout fund for debt-ridden countries, there is growing doubt a...
PARIS, Oct 26 (AFP): French auto giant PSA Peugeot Citroen Wednesday said it planed to slash thousands of jobs in Europe as part of an 800-million-euro cost-cutting plan amid a stagnating European car market. Nearly 6,800 jobs among group employees...
RANGPUR, Oct 26 (BSS): As per commitment of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the government launched coronary angiogram at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) yesterday to provide modern treatment easily to heart patients of the region. After launching angiogram machine at...
JU correspondent JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Oct 26: The Chairman of Archaeology Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Professor Dr Mohammad Abdul Hye passed away at the National Heart Foundation on Tuesday night at 11.30 pm. He was suffering from heart related diseases....
CHANDPUR, Oct 26 (UNB): A housewife, who sustained severe burn injuries on Monday, succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Fatema Begum, 22, wife of a farmer of Khonerchar village in...
GAIBANDHA, Oct 26 (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...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 26: Speakers have asked the newly appointed senior officers of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for making the banking services farmers-friendly. Besides, they also asked them to gain professional...
BENAPOLE, Oct 26 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of ruling party Awami League over snatching stolen goods at Dighirpar village in Benapole Tuesday evening. Rashed Ali, no.5 Dighirpar ward councilor, was among...
BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 26 (UNB): A man was killed and 10 others were injured in a road accident at Nandanpur BSCIC industrial area on Comilla-Sylhet highway in Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Khadiruzzaman,...
COMILLA, Oct 22 (UNB): Nineteen jail-guards of Comilla Central Jail and Sylhet Jail were dismissed on charges of fraudulence on Tuesday. Among the punished 12 are of Comilla Central Jail and seven from Sylhet Central Jail. Sources at the headquarters...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Oct 26: Armed pirates of Gama Bahini committed a mass dacoity in 40 to 45 fishing trawlers at Dublar Char area of Sundarbans Tuesday and looted fish, diesel and fishing nets worth about Tk 10 million. They...
Our Correspondent NARSINGDI, Oct 26 : A discussion meeting on the National Sanitation Month -2011 Jointly organised by District Administration and Public Health Engineering Department was held at Deputy Commissioner's conference room here with Deputy commissioner of Narsingdi Obaidul Azam...
Huge Indians goods seized BGB seized huge Indian's goods worth Tk 11.6 million from different areas under the BGB circle. BGB sources said that on a tip off its members of different camps seized huge smuggled goods in last 4...
TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (AFP): Libya's new rulers were under growing pressure Wednesday to respect the rights of their prisoners after a captured Muammar Gaddafi was felled by a bullet to his head and their fighters accused of summary executions. The...
JAKARTA, Oct 26 (AFP): An Indonesian court cut the jail term of radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a vocal advocate of violent jihad convicted of funding terrorism, from 15 years to nine, a spokesman said Wednesday. Bashir is regarded as...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 26 (AFP): Pakistani officials Wednesday accused NATO helicopters of violating Pakistan's air space over the Taliban and Haqqani stronghold of North Waziristan, along the Afghan border. "Two helicopters intruded several kilometres inside Pakistan territory in Datta Khel...
ERCIS, Turkey, Oct 26 (AFP): Homeless survivors of Turkey's devastating earthquake shivered in sub-zero temperatures Wednesday as the government admitted that it was struggling to cope with the demand for shelter. As the death toll neared 500 and complaints mounted...
BEIRUT, Oct 26 (AP): Tens of thousands of Syrians packed a Damascus square Wednesday in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, a few hours ahead of a visit by senior Arab officials probing ways to start a...
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct 26 (AFP): Bomb and gun attacks in Iraq have killed nine people, including a mayor, four soldiers and two family members of a Shiite cleric, and wounded 22 others, security officials said Wednesday. "A car bomb targeted...
LONDON, Oct 26 (AFP): Following is a snapshot in statistics of the world's population, which will officially reach seven billion on October 31. SOURCE: The State of World Population 2011, published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - Around...
BANGKOK, Oct 26 (AFP): Thais enduring the nation's worst floods in decades have faced marauding crocodiles and threat of snake bites and electrocution, but health experts say the top risks are drowning and disease. Three months into a crisis that...
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