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NZ traders urged to become more engaged with China

2011-05-11 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, May 10 (Xinhua): New Zealand traders need to become more active and engaged in trading with China, according to the head of the New Zealand China Trade Association (NZCTA). NZCTA chairman Stuart Ferguson dismissed perceptions that China was a...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

3-G mobile phone by this year: Minister******

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu said Tuesday that 3-G mobile phone would be introduced in the country by this year for further development of the mobile phone sector. "The 3-G mobile phone would bring revolutionary changes in the...

Oil drops from three-day high

2011-05-11 00:00:00

LONDON, May 10 (Bloomberg): Oil fell from a three-day high in New York on speculation US crude stockpiles increased to near the highest level in two years. Futures dropped as much as 2.4 per cent before an American Petroleum Institute...

India allocates more funds to boost power sector

2011-05-11 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 10 (Commodity Online): Continuing its effort to revamp country's power sector, India has allotted additional Rs 40.29 billion under the Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R- APDRP). According to india's Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, projects...

Russia in need of coal-fired power plants

2011-05-11 00:00:00

MOSCOW, May 10 (Commodity Online): The large amount of coal deposits at inaccessible areas of Russia seems to have put the country in a tricky situation, even creating fuel shortages in such an energy rich country. Russia has been forced...

Weekly tea sale sees fair demand

2011-05-11 00:00:00

The weekly tea sale started with positive note Tuesday but soon demand weakened and prices declined by a fair margin. As a result, the market experienced fairly heavy withdrawals, said a press release. According to a market report, there was...

NCDEX lowers transaction fee to boost trade volumes******

2011-05-11 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 10 (PTI): Leading agri-commodity bourse NCDEX has lowered the transaction fee for members, a move aimed at boosting trade volumes in non-agricultural items. In a circular issued last week, NCDEX said with effect from May 6, 2011,...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-05-11 00:00:00

The Benchmark General Index DGEN retraced back by 2.11% to end in the red following previous days recovery. Market trend looks quite bearish at this moment with lack of adequate liquidity one of the key reason for the bearish trend....

Australia's trade balance returns to surplus****

2011-05-11 00:00:00

SYDNEY, May 10 (AFP): Australia Tuesday reported a trade surplus for March as it bounced back from a deficit in February on the back of a boom in exports, adding weight to expectations of a possible interest rate rise. Overseas...

NZ traders urged to become more engaged with China

2011-05-11 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, May 10 (Xinhua): New Zealand traders need to become more active and engaged in trading with China, according to the head of the New Zealand China Trade Association (NZCTA). NZCTA chairman Stuart Ferguson dismissed perceptions that China was a...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Dhaka mulls water transport protocol deal with Yangon

2011-05-11 00:00:00

The government is going to sign an Inland Water Transport Protocol (IWTP) agreement with Myanmar to boost connectivity aimed at increasing Dhaka-Yangon trade, a source in the Ministry of Shipping told BSS Tuesday. "We are now at the final stage...

High-level Russian energy co team due in country next week

2011-05-11 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Russian oil and gas firm Gazprom will send a high-level technical team to the country next week to get acquainted with its planned project works, before inking a bilateral energy cooperation deal, officials said Monday. The Gazprom team...

Indian economy likely to slow down, says OECD

2011-05-11 00:00:00

LONDON, May 10 (PTI): India's economy is likely to lose pace even as China and the US are expected to see good expansion in the coming months, says Paris-based think tank OECD. The latest assessment comes amid concerns that spiralling...

Economic risks of disasters soar over $1.5 trillion: UN

2011-05-11 00:00:00

GENEVA, May 10 (AFP): More than $1.5 trillion of the world's wealth is exposed to harm from natural disasters, as the economic risks soar despite signs that efforts to reduce the human toll are working, the UN said Tuesday. A...

Italy industrial production up 0.4pc

2011-05-11 00:00:00

MILAN, May 10 (AFP): Italian industrial production inched up 0.4 per cent in March from the February level in line with analyst expectations while the rise was 3.1 per cent on a 12-month comparison, official data released on Tuesday showed....

NCDEX lowers transaction fee to boost trade volumes******

2011-05-11 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 10 (PTI): Leading agri-commodity bourse NCDEX has lowered the transaction fee for members, a move aimed at boosting trade volumes in non-agricultural items. In a circular issued last week, NCDEX said with effect from May 6, 2011,...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-05-11 00:00:00

The Benchmark General Index DGEN retraced back by 2.11% to end in the red following previous days recovery. Market trend looks quite bearish at this moment with lack of adequate liquidity one of the key reason for the bearish trend....

Australia's trade balance returns to surplus****

2011-05-11 00:00:00

SYDNEY, May 10 (AFP): Australia Tuesday reported a trade surplus for March as it bounced back from a deficit in February on the back of a boom in exports, adding weight to expectations of a possible interest rate rise. Overseas...

NZ traders urged to become more engaged with China

2011-05-11 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, May 10 (Xinhua): New Zealand traders need to become more active and engaged in trading with China, according to the head of the New Zealand China Trade Association (NZCTA). NZCTA chairman Stuart Ferguson dismissed perceptions that China was a...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Monday). Day temperature may rise slightly...

weather

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Boro harvesting begins in Brahmanbaria

2011-05-11 00:00:00

Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, May 10: Harvesting of Boro paddy in eight upazilas of Brahmanbaria has started in full swing. Farmers started it from last week and it will continue till 3rd week of current month. As a result, huge job...

Teacher jailed for 46 years for violating girl

2011-05-11 00:00:00

JESSORE, May 10 (BSS): A court here sentenced a schoolteacher to 46 years' rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a schoolgirl. Court sources said ASM Zahirul Islam, judge of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal of Jessore, announced the verdict...