FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
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...
SHANGHAI, May 6 (AFP): China has more than doubled its target for solar power capacity to 50 gigawatts by 2020, state media said Friday, as the world's largest polluter steps up efforts to boost clean energy sources. The increased target...
NEW DELHI, May 6 (PTI): Intensifying its expansion, Bharti Walmart Pvt Ltd Thursday said it will open up to 12 new wholesale stores across India by end of 2011. While the firm, a 50:50 joint venture between India's Bharti Enterprises...
DUBAI, May 6 (PTI): The Middle East's leading telecommunications operator Zain has announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, showing robust growth in several key performance indicators. The Kuwait-headquartered company said for the first quarter of...
WASHINGTON, May 6 (AP): The number of people applying for unemployment benefits surged last week to the highest level in eight months, a troubling sign a day ahead of the government's report on April employment. The Labour Department said Thursday...
SEOUL, May 6 (Reuters): The global 3D television market will grow more than five-fold to account for 11 per cent of flat-screen TV sales this year, as prices fall sharply and manufacturers add the function as an add-on feature, research...
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Xinhua): Malaysia's exports hit a new high of 64.06 billion ringgit (21.35 billion US dollars) in March 2011, up 7.8 per cent year on year, said its trade ministry here Friday. The Malaysian International Trade and...
PARIS, May 6 (AP): Alcatel-Lucent SA says its net loss narrowed to 10 million ($15 million) in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, when a components shortage caused the telecommunications gear maker's losses to balloon. In a statement,...
The meteorological department (MeT) has asked Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla sea ports to keep hoisted cautionary Signal-3 because of lingering low pressure as well as deep convection over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas. A MeT office statement...
Experts in the fisheries department expect that hilsha production this fiscal would climb up to 0.35 million tonnes because of the strict `jatka' conservation drive undertaken by the government during the spawning season. The department of fisheries with the help...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Barisal divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
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...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country's lawmakers are actively lobbying to resist imposition of higher tax on bidi in the budget for upcoming fiscal, ignoring its harmful affect on public health and bidi factory workers. Every year a number of lawmakers start...
Jubair HasanPrices of premium brand cigarette--Gold Leaf and Benson and Hedges--have shot up by nearly 10 per cent in the retail market, although other brands remain almost unchanged. Both the brands are produced by British American Tobacco (BAT). Cigarette sellers...
FE ReportPrices of onion, garlic, sugar and fish showed an upward trend while those of flour and rice decreased in the city's kitchen markets, traders said Friday. Sugar traders said the shortage created an artificial crisis in the market. Explaining...
SEOUL, May 6 (Xinhua): South Korea and Japan are scheduled to hold next week working-level talks aimed at restarting negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), the trade ministry here said Friday. The talks, to be held next Monday...
Shah Alam NurBangladesh has the potential to earn US$400 million by exporting apparels to three Latin American nations by 2012, exporters said. The country can secure a slice of $4.0 billion apparel markets of Chile, Brazil and Mexico, they said....
LONDON, May 6 (Bloomberg): Jaguar Land Rover, the luxury-car unit of India's Tata Motors Ltd. (TTMT), said it will begin production of the C-X75, an electric supercar priced from 700,000 pounds ($1.2 million) and able to reach 60 miles per...
LONDON, May 6: According to local media reports from Vietnam, the country's Ministry of Science and Technology will collaborate with the United Kingdom's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in a project on rice genomics research. According to the...
DELHI, May 6: India based Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), famous for developing 82 new rice varieties during its 64 years of existence has announced that it has successfully developed two new high-yielding varieties of rice that are awaiting the...
BERLIN, May 6 : German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom Friday announced a sharp drop in first-quarter net profits, mainly because of poor showings by its T-Mobile USA subsidiary, which it is selling. Net profits were down 37.4 per cent on...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Barisal divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
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...
FE ReportBearish trend at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to affect the general investors for the fourth straight weeks amid lowest average daily turnover in this year till date through the much talked 'Bangladesh Fund' started its operation Thursday....
FE ReportAircel, one of the leading operators in India, has selected Ericsson to provide mobile positioning systems for its 2G and 3G subscribers. Aircel users can now get real time tracking, navigation information and information services while on the move....
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh disclosed net asset value (NAV) of two unit funds Thursday, said press releases. The unit funds are- ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit Fund and ICB AMCL...
MUMBAI, May 6 (Business Standard): Markets bounced back after posting losses for nine consecutive sessions as commodity prices plunged overnight and buying emerged in banking and auto counters. Nifty opened in the green and touched a high of 5,564 in...
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