NEW DELHI, May 8 (Business Standard): Tea exports declined by nearly half in March this year to 11.90 million kg due to low overseas demand and payment problems from importing countries. The country had shipped 23.49 million kg of the...
CANBERRA, May 8 (Xinhua): Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan on Sunday said the 2011-12 federal budget, to be released next week, will get more Australians into jobs and spreading the opportunity of the mining boom. Swan is due to release the...
HAVANA, May 8 (Xinhua): The Cuban government said Saturday it will soon release the new version of the economic reform plan promoted by President Raul Castro to "upgrade" the country's socialist economic model. The economic reform plan was amended and...
MUMBAI, May 8 (Economic Times): With a view to develop a global footprint, state-run Central Bank of India is mulling an entry into markets such as Bhutan, Mozambique, Hong Kong and Kenya this year by adopting multiple routes. "We have...
JAKARTA, May 8 (Xinhua): Trade ministers of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to provide access to financing and to set product standard for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), a minister said here Sunday. "Related to SMEs,...
KHAIRAT, May 8 (Business Recorder): Iraq does not plan to lower its 12 million barrel per day oil output capacity goal or to contracts with oil firms over their plateau targets, Deputy Prime Minister for energy Hussain al-Shahristani said Sunday....
KOLKATA, May 7 (PTI): Fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly polls held peacefully Saturday, no untoward incident was recorded. in 38 constituencies in Bankura, Purulia, West Midnapore and parts of Burdwan districts where the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly...
'Qaeda' cleric Awlaqi escapes Yemen drone attack ADEN, (Yemen), May 7 : US-Yemeni cleric and terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaqi escaped unhurt from a US drone attack which killed two local Al-Qaeda members in restive southern Yemen, a tribal source told...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in next 24...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
RANGPUR, May 8 (BSS): About 1.2 million kgs of tea are expected to be produced in the gardens in Panchagarh this year where small-scale tea farming is on the rise. Small-scale tea farming got further boost after Panchagarh district administration,...
SAVAR, May 8 (BSS): A minor boy was killed in a road accident at Srirampur in Dhamrai Upazila this morning. Police said the accident occurred when the boy was run over by a sand-laden truck as he tried to cross...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, May 8: The Brahmanbaria Sahitya Academy, other socio-cultural organisations, government and non-government organsations including the district administration celebrated the 150th birth anniversary-1418 of Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate poet and litterateur, novelist, educator, composer, singer, dramatist and artist,...
Our CorrespondentPABNA, May 8: Farmers in Pabna have started harvesting Boro paddy with hope for a good output, but the joy of reaping may remain an elusive one, especially for the marginal farmers and sharecroppers, as paying off loans, irrigation...
JAMALPUR, May 8 (UNB):A housewife was burned to death allegedly by her in-laws at Togarchar village in Melandaha Upazila Friday night. The victim was identified as Sabina Akther, daughter of Alaluddin Fakir of Baghadoba village of the same upazila. Family...
KHULNA, May 8 (UNB) :A fishermen was killed and another injured in separate tiger attacks in Nolia area of Sundarbans in Dakope Upazila Saturday evening. The deceased was identified as Faruk Gazi (37), son of Nurul Islam Gazi of Nolia...
NARAIL, May 8 (BSS): The government has allocated Tk 347 million against 2nd phase of special 40-day employment generation programme for the ultra-poor and seasonal unemployed people of Narail district. The objective of the programme is to assist poor, particularly...
KOLKATA, May 7 (PTI): Fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly polls held peacefully Saturday, no untoward incident was recorded. in 38 constituencies in Bankura, Purulia, West Midnapore and parts of Burdwan districts where the fifth phase of West Bengal Assembly...
'Qaeda' cleric Awlaqi escapes Yemen drone attack ADEN, (Yemen), May 7 : US-Yemeni cleric and terror suspect Anwar al-Awlaqi escaped unhurt from a US drone attack which killed two local Al-Qaeda members in restive southern Yemen, a tribal source told...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions in next 24...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
CAIRO, May 8, (agencies) - Egypt's cabinet was in crisis talks Sunday and the prime minister delayed a Gulf visit after Cairo clashes between Muslims and Christians killed 10 people, injured at least 186 and set a church ablaze. Prime...
KANDAHAR, May 8 (agencies): Sporadic gunbattles raged for a second day in Kandahar on Sunday as Afghan forces fought to snuff out Taliban attacks that have killed 18 people, including 14 insurgents. Nearly 50 people have been wounded in 24...
BAGHDAD, May 8 (Reuters): At least 18 people were killed in fighting between security officers and prisoners at an Iraqi Interior Ministry jail complex in Baghdad on Sunday, a security official said. The dead included an al Qaeda leader known...
JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters): Southeast Asian leaders failed to achieve any breakthrough on Sunday to end deadly border skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia that overshadowed a regional summit in Jakarta that had been supposed to showcase progress toward economic integration....
BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP): Muammar Gaddafi's troops unleashed a salvo of Grad rockets on towns in Libya's western mountains, and destroyed key fuel supplies in Misrata, aggravating a desperate humanitarian crisis in the besieged city. The rebels, meanwhile, said Italy will...
Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was in active control of the terror network from his compound in northern Pakistan, US intelligence services now believe, reports BBC. Reversing assessments that Bin Laden lived a nomadic existence, the US now says his...
Pope celebrates Mass for 300,000 in Venice VENICE, May 8: Pope Benedict XVI is celebrating an open-air Mass for 300,000 faithful in Venice, the spiritual highlight of his two-day pastoral visit. Benedict greeted worshippers from his popemobile as he arrived...
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