The rising floodwaters of the Mississippi River, threatening towns and farms between Memphis and the Gulf of Mexico, may affect 10 percent of Louisiana's onshore crude oil production, reports Bloomberg. A total of 2,264 oil wells are responsible for about...
HSBC expects to accelerate the Bank's growth in the Asia Pacific region while driving India, Singapore and Malaysia Indonesia - each to deliver over US$1 billion in profit before tax in the medium term, joining Hong Kong and mainland China...
Austerity measures "don't work" and prevent countries from creating jobs needed to generate economic growth, said Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. "Austerity is an experiment that has been tried before with the same results," Stiglitz said today in a...
Three construction workers were electrocuted and another injured when they came in contact with a live electric wire at Tanti Bazar in the city behind Chitra Mahal Cinema Friday morning. The deceased were identified as Akmal Haque (25), Saiful Islam,...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a private car with 1,071 bottles of phensidyl during a raid at Manikdihi village in Jessore Sadar Upazila here Wednesday. RAB sources said acting, on a tip-off, a team of the force...
Police arrested two people along with 20 sacks of OMS rice at Parajpur Mistripara village in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday. Police said OMS rice dealer Zahurul Haque hired a shallow engine driven van to carry 20 sacks of government rice...
Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...
A mobile court of Bogra Tuesday convicted a youth and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for teasing a college girl.The convict was identified as Shaheb Ali (24), son of Golam Rabbani of Bhutbari village in Dhunat Upazila. Police said...
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua): Home sales in Beijing plummeted over 30 per cent in the first four months of 2011, partially as a result of the government's actions to cool down the city's red-hot property market. New residential apartment units...
HONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua): Hong Kong's total exports volume increased by 17.7 per cent year on year in the first quarter in 2011, said the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) of the city government Thursday. During the first three...
NEW DELHI, May 13 (PTI): Tata Housing Development Company today said it will invest Rs 20.0 billion in the next three years to build a luxury housing project in Gurgaon and also announced its plans to foray into the overseas...
MOSCOW, May 13 (APP): Pakistan and Russia Thursday agreed to promote trade, investment and pursue joint projects particularly in energy, infrastructure development, metal industry and agriculture. In a joint communique issued after the meeting of President Asif Ali Zardari and...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Reuters): Malaysia's state-run Petronas will build a 20-billion-dollar integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex that will raise the country's total refining capacity by half to 935,300 barrels per day (bpd), the oil company said Friday. The new...
NEW YORK, May 13 (AP): Fixed mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest levels this year, giving Americans more incentive to buy homes or refinance their loans. Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year loan fell to 4.63...
BEIJING, May 13 (AFP): China has halted diesel shipments and restricted exports of refined oil products, in a bid to ensure domestic supply and stabilise fuel costs amid surging inflation in the country. The National Development and Reform Commission said...
FRANKFURT, May 13 (AFP): The biggest European carmaker, Volkswagen, reported annualised sales growth of 14.5 per cent in April and said Friday it expected to sustain its momentum in the coming months. The group, which also owns brands like Audi,...
BRASILIA, May 13 (Reuters): Brazil will apply non-tariff trade barriers on cars in an effort to protect domestic manufacturers, the government said Thursday, in a new example of escalating protectionism in South America. The move comes as Brazil's currency is...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized a private car with 1,071 bottles of phensidyl during a raid at Manikdihi village in Jessore Sadar Upazila here Wednesday. RAB sources said acting, on a tip-off, a team of the force...
Police arrested two people along with 20 sacks of OMS rice at Parajpur Mistripara village in Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Wednesday. Police said OMS rice dealer Zahurul Haque hired a shallow engine driven van to carry 20 sacks of government rice...
Police seized a foreign made pistol from a goods laden truck at Shekari on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar Upazila of the district yesterday. Acting on a tip off, a team of the police intercepted the Sherpur- bound truck from Dhaka...
A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Para village in Domar Upazila of Nilphamari early Tuesday.The deceased was identifies as Putul (25), wife of Dulal Hossain of the village.Police said Dulal married Putul nine...
A mobile court of Bogra Tuesday convicted a youth and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for teasing a college girl.The convict was identified as Shaheb Ali (24), son of Golam Rabbani of Bhutbari village in Dhunat Upazila. Police said...
KOLKATA, May 13 (AFP): To her followers, the Indian politician who is set to end the rule of the world's oldest democratically elected communist government is known simply to her followers as "didi" or elder sister. The diminutive Mamata Banerjee,...
SANAA, May 13 (AP): Qatar has pulled out of an effort to mediate an end to Yemen's political crisis, blaming the country's embattled president Friday for the impasse and potentially leaving his regime even more isolated among his neighbours. Qatar...
CAIRO, May 13 (AFP): Thousands of people rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday calling for unity and the rule of law to be enforced after attacks on churches, state television reported. Footage aired from the iconic square, the epicentre of...
The US is to tighten security around the elite military unit that killed Osama Bin Laden, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said, reports BBC. Mr Gates revealed that the US Navy Seal team had expressed concerns over their safety...
GAZA CITY, May 13 (AP): Hamas, the Islamic militant group known for suicide bombings, rocket attacks and hatred of Israel, is sending subtle signals of moderation as it prepares to join a Palestinian unity government. Hamas officials speak of reconciliation...
13 rebels, bandits killed in Philippines MANILA, May 13: Philippine forces have killed 13 communist guerrillas and rebels-turned-bandits in separate clashes over two days, police officials said on Friday. In the latest incident, soldiers and police on Friday shot dead...
BEIJING, May 13 (AFP): China has halted diesel shipments and restricted exports of refined oil products, in a bid to ensure domestic supply and stabilise fuel costs amid surging inflation in the country. The National Development and Reform Commission said...
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