A 14-member team of the UK Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) arrived in the city Sunday on a week's visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The aim of the RCDS tour is to examine and assess the country's vulnerabilities to...
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...
Sonia H MoniBangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) is going to set up an industrial estate for the first time in Barguna district of Barisal division to boost up small and medium enterprises. BSCIC Chairman Fakhrul Islam told the...
NEW DELHI, May 15 (AFP): India's state-owned fuel firms Saturday hiked petrol prices by nearly nine percent to help stem revenue losses from a rise crude prices, a record rise that will fuel stubbornly high inflation. The increase marked the...
MANILA, May 15 (Commodity Online): World's largest rice importer, the Philippines is desperately looking for self sufficiency in rice production after country's production grew by nearly five per cent in the first quarter. According to Philippines's Agriculture ministry, the increase...
BAGHDAD, May 15 (AFP): Iraq insisted Saturday it will boost oil production fivefold in the coming years, despite IMF predictions that it will fall short, and that power supplies would meet fast-rising demand by 2013. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussein...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN started the new week from where it left off previous day as another session of buying spree witnessed the Index register gain of 3.13%. Market reacted positively to the news that Mr Khairul Hossain was...
Sonali Bank Ltd., the largest commercial bank of the country, received best brand award from Bangladesh Brand Forum, a wing of international survey organization NIELSEN. Mustaque Ahmed, Managing Director and CEO (additional charge), received the award on 7th may on...
Talukdar Noman Anwar is joining HSBC, Bangladesh as Head of Marketing and Communications with effect from today (Monday). A marketing graduate from the University of Dhaka, he has over 15 years of professional experience including 10 years of marketing and...
FE ReportA 17-member executive committee (EC) of Bangladesh Agricultural Reporters' Forum (BARF) has recently been formed for 2011-13, according to a press statement. Staff correspondent of Daily Samakal Altab Hossain, senior reporter of Daily Kaler Kahtha Shafiqul Islam Jewel and...
Older people can bring about a positive change in society, making a difference in living, by applying their expertise and experience in the best possible ways in all sectors of development in the country. That is why, they must be...
A 14-member team of the UK Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) arrived in the city Sunday on a week's visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The aim of the RCDS tour is to examine and assess the country's vulnerabilities to...
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...
Arafat AraThe export earning from jute and jute goods has increased in terms of value, but not in volume due to unrest in the Middle East and some North African countries, the major importers of the products, claimed the sector...
BERLIN, May 15 (AFP): The German government is prepared to pay a billion euros ($ 1.4 billion) in subsidies over the next two years to help its industry develop electric cars, Welt am Sonntag newspaper said Sunday. Chancellor Angela Merkel,...
ROME, May 15 (AFP): Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou has said privatisation is now a top government priority aimed at convincing investors that debt-wracked Greece can respect the EU-IMF bailout terms. "In the beginning privatisations were not a priority," the...
NEW DELHI, May 15 (Economic Times): Officials of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) will meet private airline officials May 25 to seek their explanation on the sudden hike in fares during the 10-day strike by Air India pilots, an...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN started the new week from where it left off previous day as another session of buying spree witnessed the Index register gain of 3.13%. Market reacted positively to the news that Mr Khairul Hossain was...
Sonali Bank Ltd., the largest commercial bank of the country, received best brand award from Bangladesh Brand Forum, a wing of international survey organization NIELSEN. Mustaque Ahmed, Managing Director and CEO (additional charge), received the award on 7th may on...
Talukdar Noman Anwar is joining HSBC, Bangladesh as Head of Marketing and Communications with effect from today (Monday). A marketing graduate from the University of Dhaka, he has over 15 years of professional experience including 10 years of marketing and...
FE ReportA 17-member executive committee (EC) of Bangladesh Agricultural Reporters' Forum (BARF) has recently been formed for 2011-13, according to a press statement. Staff correspondent of Daily Samakal Altab Hossain, senior reporter of Daily Kaler Kahtha Shafiqul Islam Jewel and...
Older people can bring about a positive change in society, making a difference in living, by applying their expertise and experience in the best possible ways in all sectors of development in the country. That is why, they must be...
A 14-member team of the UK Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) arrived in the city Sunday on a week's visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The aim of the RCDS tour is to examine and assess the country's vulnerabilities to...
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...
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