FE Report The flow of inward remittance decreased by over 11 per cent in this April over that of the previous month, mainly due to ongoing crisis in the Middle East countries, officials said. Bangladeshi nationals working abroad sent US$976.14...
NEW DELHI, May 5 (AFP): India is aiming to more than double its merchandise exports in three years, it said Wednesday, adding it would step up a drive to diversify its markets to achieve the goal. "This (target) is achievable,...
JAKARTA, May 5 (Xinhua): Indonesia and the European Union (EU) announced that they agreed to double trade and strengthen the investment climate through capacity building and increasing funding, local media reported here Thursday. Indonesia Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said...
ISLAMABAD, May 5 (PTI): The Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, could be cruising on Pakistani roads if the governments of India and Pakistan remove bottlenecks standing in the way of joint ventures and investments between the two countries. The...
LOS ANGELES, May 5 (Bloomberg): Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) and Honda Motor Co., the automakers hardest hit by Japan's record earthquake, managed U.S. sales gains in April that may be their last for a few months. The increases, reported Wednesday,...
SINGAPORE, May 5 (Commodity Online): World oil prices extended losses in Asian trade Thursday mainly on demand concerns in the US, world's largest oil consumer. Light sweet crude for June delivery was seen trading at $108.64 a barrel at 12.00...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN returned back to negative territory by losing 1.23% after previous day's uptrend. The decline is probably a bit of an anti-climax on a day when the much talked about BD Fund officially started its investment...
Crown Agents new Chief Executive Terence Jagger arrives in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a three-day visit. This is his first official visit to the Asia region. During his visit, he will meet with government officials, international financial institutions and other...
Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) has shifted its Corporate Office from Taranga Complex to Eunoos Trade Centre (Level 22) at 52 53 Dilkusha CA in the city. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank AQ Siddiqui inaugurated the...
The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...
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...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, May 5: Export of potato from greater Rangpur and Dinajpur districts has created a ray of hope for the farmers and traders of the region. Traders have set a target to export about 0.2 million tonnes of...
Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, May 5: In the shoal areas of the rivers of Nilphamari district the ultra-poor people have succeeded in cultivating sweet pumpkin in huge quantity. Pumpkin cultivation in the sands of the shoals are said to have a...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, May 5: Summer vegetables have been successfully produced by applying the organic method and modern technology in 9 upazilas of the district this season, sources said. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) encouraged the vegetable farmers to cultivate...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, May 5: A motorbike run over a child and killed him on the spot at Bankra under Jhikargachha Upazila in Jessore Thursday. The motorbike took away the life of the child as he came out of his home...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, May 5: Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) members seized huge quantity of various kinds of Indian saree worth about Tk. 40 million from Batiaghata Upazila ferry ghat area Wednesday. BGB -7 (Nildumur) Commander Major Hasibul Haq said that...
NETRAKONA, May 5 (UNB) : Over 100 thatched houses were razed to the ground and large number of trees uprooted in a nor'-wester that swept over different areas of the district Tuesday night. Classrooms of Netrakona High School in the...
RAJSHAHI, May 5 (BSS): A bumper production of Irri-Boro paddy is expected during the current season in all the eight districts under Rajshahi Division, official sources said. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said as a result of...
Crown Agents new Chief Executive Terence Jagger arrives in Dhaka tomorrow (Saturday) on a three-day visit. This is his first official visit to the Asia region. During his visit, he will meet with government officials, international financial institutions and other...
Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) has shifted its Corporate Office from Taranga Complex to Eunoos Trade Centre (Level 22) at 52 53 Dilkusha CA in the city. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank AQ Siddiqui inaugurated the...
The parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment will give formal reaction Monday on the outcome of its opinion exchange meetings with political parties, constitutional experts, lawyers, intellectuals and editors, reports UNB. Special committee co-chairman and spokesman Suranjit Sengupta told this...
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...
ABBOTTABAD, May 5 (AP): Pakistan has warned America of the "disastrous consequences" if it carries out any other unilateral raids against suspected terrorists in its country. The Pakistani army and the government have been criticized for Monday's raid on the...
NEW DELHI, May 5 (Reuters): India may nervously wonder if Osama bin Laden's death will hasten a triumphalist US withdrawal from Afghanistan and leave New Delhi exposed to an unfriendly, Pakistan-dominated neighbourhood and unfettered militancy in its backyard. For India,...
BEIJING, May 5 (AFP): China reaffirmed its support on Thursday for efforts by its ally Pakistan to combat terrorism after the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US forces, and urged the world to help Islamabad. Foreign ministry...
HILLA (Iraq), May 5 (AFP): A suicide attacker blew up a bomb-filled car at a police station south of Baghdad, killing 21 policemen Thursday, as Iraqi forces braced for Al-Qaeda revenge attacks after Osama bin Laden's death. The attack, which...
LONDON, May 5 (AFP): Britain votes Thursday on changing the electoral system after a viciously fought campaign for the first national referendum in more than 30 years put the ruling coalition under strain. Polls indicate Britons will opt to keep...
TOKYO, May 5 (AFP): Workers entered a reactor building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant today for the first time since an explosion hit the facility a day after the March 11 tsunami and quake, officials said. Wearing gas masks and...
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