BAGHDAD, Apr 25 (AFP): Iraq is to auction 12 gas and oil fields to foreign firms in January 2012, in the fourth opening of its energy sector since Saddam Hussein's fall, Oil Minister Abdelkarim al-Luaybi announced Monday. "The auction will...
Bangladeshi restaurant Balaka has received invitation to provide catering at one of the events to celebrate the marriage ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton to be held on April 29, said a press statement. Balaka will provide food items...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank Group, arrives in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for high level meetings on development priorities of Bangladesh. Officials said during her three-day visit Dr Ngozi will hold high-level meetings with the government on...
Nazmul Hassan Shahin, chairman of Bangladeshi American Democratic Caucus (BADC), has received Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Award recently. The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has given the prestigious award to Mr Shahin for his contribution to promoting equality and inclusion...
COLOMBO, April 25 (LBO): Sri Lanka has raised import duties on several categories of petrol-engined cars and three wheelers with steeper increases seen in larger hybrid vehicles, which had exceptionally low taxes earlier, officials said. A senior treasury official said...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Nilur Kahmar village in Nageshwari upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Lucky, 25, wife of Azim Uddin of the village. Police quoting local people said following a quarrel with...
Police arrested five highway robbers including a ringleader at Shimultoli diversion on Sherpur-Jamalpur highway early Monday while taking preparation to commit robbery. Police nabbed notorious ringleader of Morakandi area of sadar upazila Ajad alias ZKalu Dakat,30 and his associates-Mobarak Ali,22,...
A mobile court here on Monday awarded a youth one month imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl. Police said Sumon Hawlader gave bad proposal to Shapla Akter, daughter of Liton Hawlader of Dabhit Co. Para in front of Hawkers' market...
A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to different terms of jails-from five to nine years- for committing robbery at Jabra village in Gheor upazila in 2008. The convicts are Raja Mia, Rezaul Karim, Bachchu Mia, Alauddin, Lavlu, Mostafa,...
Outraged by persistent power outages, local people attacked two officials of Sarsha palli bidyut office, leaving them injured Tuesday morning. The injured were-Mafijur Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Shariful Islam, Assistant General Manager of the power office. Local people said...
As per un-audited quarterly accounts for the 3rd quarter that ended on March 31, 2011 Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd has stated profit after tax and preference dividend of Tk 243.47 million with EPS of Tk 48 as against...
HONG KONG, Apr 25 (AFP): Asian stocks were mixed in quiet trade on Monday as dealers locked in profits from recent gains while two of the region's major markets were closed. Tokyo's Nikkei ended 0.11 per cent, or 10.25 points,...
Marico Bangladesh: The board of directors of Marico Bangladesh Limited has recommended 20 per cent final cash dividend (Tk 2.0 per share of Tk 10.0 each) for the period that ended on March 31, 2011. The annual general meeting (AGM)...
Aramit Cement: A meeting of the board of directors of Aramit Cement will be held on April 30, 2011 at 2:30pm to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the company for the year that ended on December 31, 2010....
Trading of the shares of Dhaka Insurance Limited will be allowed only in the spot market and blockodd lot transactions will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle with cum benefit from today (Tuesday) to April 28. Trading of...
BSRM Steels: Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Ltd, one of the corporate sponsorsdirectors of BSRM Steels Limited, has expressed its willingness to sell 100,000 shares (bonus shares) out of its total holdings of 9,034,105 shares of the company at prevailing market...
Bangladeshi restaurant Balaka has received invitation to provide catering at one of the events to celebrate the marriage ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton to be held on April 29, said a press statement. Balaka will provide food items...
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank Group, arrives in Dhaka today (Tuesday) for high level meetings on development priorities of Bangladesh. Officials said during her three-day visit Dr Ngozi will hold high-level meetings with the government on...
Nazmul Hassan Shahin, chairman of Bangladeshi American Democratic Caucus (BADC), has received Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Award recently. The Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has given the prestigious award to Mr Shahin for his contribution to promoting equality and inclusion...
COLOMBO, April 25 (LBO): Sri Lanka has raised import duties on several categories of petrol-engined cars and three wheelers with steeper increases seen in larger hybrid vehicles, which had exceptionally low taxes earlier, officials said. A senior treasury official said...
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Nilur Kahmar village in Nageshwari upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Lucky, 25, wife of Azim Uddin of the village. Police quoting local people said following a quarrel with...
Police arrested five highway robbers including a ringleader at Shimultoli diversion on Sherpur-Jamalpur highway early Monday while taking preparation to commit robbery. Police nabbed notorious ringleader of Morakandi area of sadar upazila Ajad alias ZKalu Dakat,30 and his associates-Mobarak Ali,22,...
A mobile court here on Monday awarded a youth one month imprisonment for sexually harassing a schoolgirl. Police said Sumon Hawlader gave bad proposal to Shapla Akter, daughter of Liton Hawlader of Dabhit Co. Para in front of Hawkers' market...
A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to different terms of jails-from five to nine years- for committing robbery at Jabra village in Gheor upazila in 2008. The convicts are Raja Mia, Rezaul Karim, Bachchu Mia, Alauddin, Lavlu, Mostafa,...
Outraged by persistent power outages, local people attacked two officials of Sarsha palli bidyut office, leaving them injured Tuesday morning. The injured were-Mafijur Rahman, Deputy General Manager and Shariful Islam, Assistant General Manager of the power office. Local people said...
Opposing the High Court (HC) ruling declaring fatwa (religious edict) illegal, noted jurist Rafique-ul Huq Monday said that fatwa is a kind of opinion that has no legal force, reports UNB. "Fatwa cannot be barred as the freedom of thought,...
FE Report Speakers at a seminar Monday laid emphasis on investment and promotion of entrepreneurship in rural areas of the country to generate employment. They also said non-farm activities in the rural areas have a great contribution in the country's...
Ershad-led Jatiya Party (JP) has opposed banning the religion-based political parties, but favoured ban on the misuse of religion in politics, reports UNB. The views came at a meeting of the special parliamentary committee on constitution amendment with Jatiya Party,...
FE ReportNewly formed Insurance Development Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has launched its website regarding their various activities to oversee the insurance sector. IDRA started its journey in January this year aiming to regulate the insurance sector. Shefaq Ahmed, the country's lone...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one of the top leaders of Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) along with his aide in Keraniganj in the outskirts of the city early Monday. The arrested were identified as Nayeb-e-Ameer of...
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