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...
Monira MunniThe government has extended moratorium on term loan repayment but scrapped weight-based cash incentive system to help make the country one of top global exporters of shrimp and white fish, officials said. The decision comes after the government formed...
SINGAPORE, May 18 (AFP): Oil was higher in Asian trade today but lingering concerns over waning US demand will limit prices, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for June delivery advanced 80 cents to $97.71 a barrel...
CHICAGO, May 18 (Xinhua): Chicago grains yesterday enjoyed sharp gains, as a government report showed that the U.S. crop planting progress is still slow due to adverse weather, which threatened to cut the crop yield in the next year. The...
FE ReportThe weekly tea sale in Chittagong witnessed Wednesday strong demand for a small weight of good liquoring types that were often substantially dearer following competition. The remainders were absorbed at around last levels, according to a market report. There...
DUBAI, May 18 (The Times of India): The value of a 63.856 kg, 21-carat gold ring on display in Dubai has shot up due to the spiralling price of the yellow metal, its owner has said. The ring, which has...
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...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 18: The Western Marine Shipyard launched EMSWAVE and EMSTIDE, the third pair of vessels from a series of 12 yesterday (17 May) built for the German buyer Grona Shipping GmbH. The sister vessels having capacity of 10,400...
TOKYO, May 18 (AFP): Some of Japan's biggest firms remain unable to forecast their prospects for the coming months due to the impact of March's massive earthquake, which is expected to plunge the economy into recession. Automakers such as Toyota,...
NEW DELHI, May 18 (Bloomberg): Indian shipping lines stand to gain from higher iron-ore exports to China as rebuilding from Japan's earthquake signals a $30 billion jump in demand for steel. The likely rise in shipments from India, the mineral's...
LAS VEGAS, May 18 (AFP): China, India and Brazil are poised to fuel an explosion in international tourism in the coming years, showering money and jobs on countries ready for it, and trouble for those that aren't, industry leaders say....
BOTEN, Laos, May 18 (AFP): The language is Chinese, change is given in yuan and the time is set for Beijing -- but the Boten casino is in Laos, not China. This impoverished country is overrun by investments from the...
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...
Our Correspondent PABNA, May 18: Severe power outage in sultry summer heat has made life miserable in Pabna. The situation is critical for last several weeks as load shedding reached the highest ever, alongside rise in day temperature. This is...
KHULNA, May 18: A Youngman, Fuad Khondoker (27), died of heart attack after stabbing his mother, nephew and maidservant at his house at Khalishpur of the city on Tuesday. Police said that Fuad asked his mother Monju Begum (50) for...
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