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Gazprom, Japan Co eye LNG plant in Russia

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MOSCOW, April 26 (Reuters): Russia's top energy producer Gazprom and Japan Far East Gas Co consortium signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study on possible construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Russia. Gazprom also said Tuesday...

Ford earns $2.6b in 1Q

2011-04-27 00:00:00

DEARBORN, Mich, April 26 (AP): Ford Motor Co says it earned $2.6 billion in the first quarter, helped by new vehicles like the Ford Explorer. It was Ford's best first-quarter performance since 1998. The company earned 61 cents per share,...

Indonesian cos urged to enter ME, African markets

2011-04-27 00:00:00

JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua): Indonesia's trade ministry continues to encourage the country's companies to expand their export markets in the Middle East and Africa despite the political turmoil in the two regions, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. "The political situation...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The rate of decline of the Benchmark General Index DGEN declined on the third trading day of the week although the bearish trend continued as the market lost 0.98%. News of BD Fund registration taking place this Thursday probably led...

UBS net profit down 18pc

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ZURICH, April 26 (AFP): Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that its net profit fell 18 per cent to 1.8 billion francs (1.4 billion euros, $2.0 billion) in the first quarter, hurt by a tax charge and higher personnel costs....

UAE's switch to digital may spark TV boom

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ABU DHABI, April 26 (Arabian Business.com): The UAE will switch to fixed digital television by 2013 offering new opportunities to operators and broadcasters and diversifying TV content, the country's telecoms regulator said Tuesday. The move from analog broadcasting will smooth...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...

RMG exporters fail to benefit from Japan's duty-free offer

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Shah Alam NurCountry's RMG (readymade garments) exporters could not capitalise on the duty-free market facility provided by Japan failing to cope with fast changing fashion there, high lead time with the competitors and lack of confidence in the Bangladeshi entrepreneurs,...

US biggest banks post 13pc drop in revenue

2011-04-27 00:00:00

NEW YORK, April 26 (Bloomberg): The biggest percentage drop in quarterly revenue in three years, driven by lower lending and reduced fees, is damping investor appetite for shares of the six largest US banks. Net revenue at the six lenders...

Sony takes on Apple in tablet war

2011-04-27 00:00:00

TOKYO, April 26 (BBC): The Japanese electronics maker Sony has announced its first foray into the popular tablet PC market, unveiling two new devices. The gadgets will use Google's Android operating system, according to the company's deputy president Kunimasa Suzuki....

Rising prices to push 64m Asians into extreme poverty: ADB

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MANILA, April 26 (Agencies): Soaring global food prices threaten to push tens of millions of Asians into extreme poverty and cut the region's economic growth this year, the Asian Development Bank(ADB) warned in a report Tuesday. The ADB in its...

China, US hope to solve yuan issues

2011-04-27 00:00:00

BEIJING, April 26 (BBC): China and the US will hold economic talks next month as the two countries work towards reaching a common ground on currency policy. The US has accused of China on keeping the value of its currency,...

Ford earns $2.6b in 1Q

2011-04-27 00:00:00

DEARBORN, Mich, April 26 (AP): Ford Motor Co says it earned $2.6 billion in the first quarter, helped by new vehicles like the Ford Explorer. It was Ford's best first-quarter performance since 1998. The company earned 61 cents per share,...

Indonesian cos urged to enter ME, African markets

2011-04-27 00:00:00

JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua): Indonesia's trade ministry continues to encourage the country's companies to expand their export markets in the Middle East and Africa despite the political turmoil in the two regions, the Jakarta Post reported Tuesday. "The political situation...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The rate of decline of the Benchmark General Index DGEN declined on the third trading day of the week although the bearish trend continued as the market lost 0.98%. News of BD Fund registration taking place this Thursday probably led...

UBS net profit down 18pc

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ZURICH, April 26 (AFP): Swiss banking giant UBS said Tuesday that its net profit fell 18 per cent to 1.8 billion francs (1.4 billion euros, $2.0 billion) in the first quarter, hurt by a tax charge and higher personnel costs....

UAE's switch to digital may spark TV boom

2011-04-27 00:00:00

ABU DHABI, April 26 (Arabian Business.com): The UAE will switch to fixed digital television by 2013 offering new opportunities to operators and broadcasters and diversifying TV content, the country's telecoms regulator said Tuesday. The move from analog broadcasting will smooth...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...