Maintaining conformity with the home ministry's Human Trafficking (Prevention and Protection) Act', the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry has directed authority concerned to formulate a new 'Immigration Act' soon. The home ministry has already taken initiatives to formulate Human...
GENEVA, May 17: A rare translucent pink diamond worth millions of euros goes on auction in Switzerland Tuesday in a highlight of a sale of fine jewellery, Sotheby's auctioneers said. The pure colour of the diamond, mounted in a ring,...
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will provide all possible support for flourishing tourism in Bangladesh as the country can use tourism as one of its major tools to cut poverty, reports BSS. "UNWTO secretary-general assured me that his...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
Shah Alam NurBangladesh apparel can grab some 40 per cent of South Africa's US$1.2 billion clothing market if local exporters make an aggressive foray into the fast-growing economy, a study said. The study commissioned by German International Cooperation, better known...
Md Mazadul HoqueBangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) is going to take up a new programme to make textile mills profitable and to save foreign currency by supplying quality yarn domestically, a high official said. "As the textile sector in the...
Two local firms have leased tens of thousands of hectares of farmland in Africa as part of a government drive to improve food security in Bangladesh, an official said Tuesday. The companies have leased 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres) of land...
Arafat AraThe government's policy support will help double the country's income from leather goods and footwear exports within the next three years, industry people said. The country is yet to grab 'sizable' share of locally manufactured leather goods and footwear...
FE Report Businessmen at a seminar said Wednesday tariff and non-tariff barriers, lack of trade facilitation and slow progress towards regional connectivity are the main roadblocks to trade expansion in South Asia. With 22 per cent of the world population,...
Women leaders Wednesday urged the government for keeping adequate budget allocation to implement National Women Development Policy 2011 which is in line with the millennium development goals (MDGs). The country's population has become more than double over the last 40...
The government of Malaysia has announced a scholarship programme called "Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS)" for talented students with excellent academic records and outstanding co-curricular backgrounds to further their postgraduate and postdoctoralPhD studies, on full time basis in any selected and...
Bangladesh and Bhutan Wednesday signed an agreement for improving the air services between the two countries. Chairman of the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority Air Commodore Mahmud Hossain and Director General of Bhutan's Civil Aviation Phala Dorji signed the deal on...
Maintaining conformity with the home ministry's Human Trafficking (Prevention and Protection) Act', the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry has directed authority concerned to formulate a new 'Immigration Act' soon. The home ministry has already taken initiatives to formulate Human...
GENEVA, May 17: A rare translucent pink diamond worth millions of euros goes on auction in Switzerland Tuesday in a highlight of a sale of fine jewellery, Sotheby's auctioneers said. The pure colour of the diamond, mounted in a ring,...
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will provide all possible support for flourishing tourism in Bangladesh as the country can use tourism as one of its major tools to cut poverty, reports BSS. "UNWTO secretary-general assured me that his...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
A day-long Embassy Open House programme of Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC drew a large number of visitors from all over the United States (US) and tourists from other countries, reports UNB. The programme was organised in coordination with Cultural...
NEW DELHI, May 18 (Business Standard): India Yamaha Motor is planning to set up a third plant in an effort to garner a larger share of the world's second-largest motorcycle market. The company, which sold 250,000 motorcycles last year, is...
BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua): The European Union (EU) has replaced Japan as China's No 1 import source region based on trade figures in the first four months, China's Ministry of Commerce (MoC) announced Tuesday. Trade between China and the EU...
SYDNEY, May 18 (AFP): Moody's downgraded the debt ratings of Australia's big four banks to Aa2 Wednesday, citing their dependence on volatile global lending markets. The move was well-flagged, with Moody's placing the banks on a negative ratings watch in...
TOKYO, May 18 (AFP): Japan's service sector activity shrank by the fastest pace in 22 years in March as the massive earthquake and tsunami hampered trade and dampened consumer sentiment, official data showed Wednesday. The tertiary index, which measures spending...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN retraced back by 0.53% to end in the red zone. Market witnessed range bound trading for most part of the day with the Index fluctuating between 5770 to 5820 points. Traders were cautious for most...
Women leaders Wednesday urged the government for keeping adequate budget allocation to implement National Women Development Policy 2011 which is in line with the millennium development goals (MDGs). The country's population has become more than double over the last 40...
The government of Malaysia has announced a scholarship programme called "Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS)" for talented students with excellent academic records and outstanding co-curricular backgrounds to further their postgraduate and postdoctoralPhD studies, on full time basis in any selected and...
Bangladesh and Bhutan Wednesday signed an agreement for improving the air services between the two countries. Chairman of the Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority Air Commodore Mahmud Hossain and Director General of Bhutan's Civil Aviation Phala Dorji signed the deal on...
Maintaining conformity with the home ministry's Human Trafficking (Prevention and Protection) Act', the expatriates welfare and overseas employment ministry has directed authority concerned to formulate a new 'Immigration Act' soon. The home ministry has already taken initiatives to formulate Human...
GENEVA, May 17: A rare translucent pink diamond worth millions of euros goes on auction in Switzerland Tuesday in a highlight of a sale of fine jewellery, Sotheby's auctioneers said. The pure colour of the diamond, mounted in a ring,...
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) will provide all possible support for flourishing tourism in Bangladesh as the country can use tourism as one of its major tools to cut poverty, reports BSS. "UNWTO secretary-general assured me that his...
Leaders of different social and environmental organisations Sunday demanded increase of tax on bidi, cigarette and all tobacco products in the upcoming budget for protecting public health and saving lives from their harmful effects, reports BSS. Tobacco and tobacco products...
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