BEIJING, Oct 9 (AFP): China Sunday urged Washington to stop pressuring Beijing as the US Senate prepares to vote on a controversial bill aimed at punishing the Asian nation for alleged currency manipulation. The proposal, powered by a tide of...
BEIJING, Oct 9 (AFP): China Saturday said it would cut the price of diesel and petrol by 300 yuan ($47) a tonne, its first price reduction in 16 months. Petrol prices would be cut by 0.22 yuan per litre (13...
ABU DHABI, Oct 9 (Gulfnews): The UAE residents can expect more locally-produced fruits and vegetables in the market, thanks to a new initiative in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi has already announced its plan to increase the market share of local...
NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (AFP): Every lunchtime at a McDonald's on the corner of one of central New Delhi's biggest streets, queues of hungry young patrons, often four-wide and unruly, snake towards the counters. The majority of those standing in...
MUMBAI, Oct 9 (Economic Times): Gold will witness further bullishness and prices are expected to cross Rs 29,000-30,000 per 10 grams by Diwali, according to the Bombay Bullion Association. "We expect gold prices to shoot up to Rs 29,000-30,000 per...
ZURICH, Oct 9 (Reuters): The Swiss authorities have convened a crisis committee set up after the 2008 government bailout of UBS to discuss the possible impact on the big banks of the euro zone debt crisis, the NZZ am Sonntag...
JEDDAH, OCT 9: Saudi Arabia's inflation levels are not worrying and will continue to decline, the country's central bank governor Muhammad Al-Jasser said on Saturday. "Inflation levels are not worrying. Inflation has become stable since the beginning of the year...
Bangladesh and India will hold a joint military exercise from October 9 to Oct 22 in Sylhet, reports UNB. An ISPR release said the two-week joint military exercise titled 'Sampriti-II' will be conducted between a team of Bangladesh Army and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FE Report The state-owned Bangladesh Biman Airlines is poised to expand its international network and flight frequency as two new generation Boeing aircraft are scheduled to join the fleet by next month, Biman officials said on Saturday. The first of...
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) has opened a booth at Hajj Camp in the city's Ashkona to facilitate the hajis recently. Md. Hashem Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director of MTB, inaugurated the booth through exchange of foreign currency for a hajj...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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