BEIJING, Apr 16 (Xinhua): China's electrical grids will connect 90 million kilowatts of wind power capacity by 2015, said China's largest power grid company Friday. The figure will rise to 150 million kilowatts by 2020, said the State Grid Corporation...
WASHINGTON, Apr 16 (AFP): The Group of 20 leading economies said Friday that despite the push upward on energy prices from unrest in the Arab world and Japan's earthquake disaster, energy supplies were enough to meet global demand. "Events in...
SINGAPORE, Apr 16 (Bloomberg): Wheat futures declined for the fifth straight day on speculation that higher shipments of the grain from Ukraine may boost global supply. Corn and soybeans also fell. Ukraine has the potential to boost grain exports to...
Edison (New Jersey), Apr 16 (PTI): India has emerged as one of the leading vaccine manufacturer in recent times, producing 60 per cent of the global health vaccines. India had revenue of USD 665 million in this space which was...
OTTAWA, April 16 (Xinhua): The Asia/Oceania region's share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Canada more than doubled in the past ten years, with China contributing the most, Statistics Canada said Friday. A newly-released report by the agency showed that...
ZURICH, April 16 (AFP): Swiss food giant Nestle said Friday its first quarter sales fell 9.3 per cent to 20.3 billion francs (15.7 billion euros, $22.7 billion), hit by the strong Swiss franc and costs arising from its sale of...
WASHINGTON, April 16 (The Economic Times): The G-20 Friday announced that International Monetary Fund (IMF) would review policies of the world's seven largest economies, including India and China, with the objective of rectifying flaws before they imperil growth. The US,...
BEIJING, April 16 (AFP): China will continue to tighten monetary policy for some time as the world's second-largest economy tries to tame inflation, the central bank chief was quoted by state media saying Saturday. People's Bank of China governor Zhou...
DETROIT, April 16 (Reuters): Nissan Motor Company Limited said Friday it would repair more than 5,000 of its Nissan Leaf cars for a software glitch that has caused a number of the new electric vehicles to fail to start. "This...
MUMBAI, April 16 (PTI): English sports brand Aston Martin today vroomed into the domestic market with a bang, offering as many as 10 models from its luxury cars. To begin with these completely built units will be available in the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
M Azizur RahmanIndia's state-run NTPC has completed a feasibility study on construction of a 1,320 megawatts (mw) coal-fired power plant in Khulna jointly with BPDB, said a top government official. The Indian National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) submitted the report...
Monira Munni | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
Monira MunniManufacturers of diversified jute products fail to enter the global market due to lack of government's policy support including international market information and technology, and shortage of raw materials. They said due to the rising demands for eco-friendly and...
Two of South America's most iconic cities will soon have a faster link to Dubai and over 100 destinations worldwide when Emirates commences its daily nonstop service to Rio de Janeiro and extension to Buenos Aires from 3rd January 2011,...
The new strategy calls for stronger systems to improve the quality and reach of education in three areas, said a press statement. First, the Bank Group will prioritize and finance reform of countries' education systems as a whole to improve...
Southeast Bank Ltd (SEBL) organised a daylong workshop on 'Minimum Capital Requirement and Reporting under Basel-II' for its officials in the city recently, said a press statement. Syed Imtiaz Hasib, Deputy Managing Director while inaugurating the workshop highlighted the basic...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's ship breakers have prepared a detailed guideline for the ship breaking industry to undertake safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in the country. The ship breakers have prepared it in light of the Prime Minister's...
FE Report | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
FE ReportBangladesh's exports of electrical products are picking up as shipments grew 92 per cent in nine months of the current financial year, the Export Promotion Bureau said. Bangladesh exported electric goods such as bako-light products, cables, bulbs, fan, and...
Shanghai, the most populous city in China, is set to join Emirates' expanding list of Airbus A380 destinations, when the superjumbo begins its non-stop service from Dubai on 27th April 2011, said a press statement. Shanghai will be Emirates' third...
BEIJING, April 16 (AFP): China will continue to tighten monetary policy for some time as the world's second-largest economy tries to tame inflation, the central bank chief was quoted by state media saying Saturday. People's Bank of China governor Zhou...
DETROIT, April 16 (Reuters): Nissan Motor Company Limited said Friday it would repair more than 5,000 of its Nissan Leaf cars for a software glitch that has caused a number of the new electric vehicles to fail to start. "This...
MUMBAI, April 16 (PTI): English sports brand Aston Martin today vroomed into the domestic market with a bang, offering as many as 10 models from its luxury cars. To begin with these completely built units will be available in the...
ASIF Rauf is a key human resources development (HRD) official working for a leading telecommunication company in Bangladesh. Throughout his career, he interviewed hundreds of candidates. I asked him what the first and foremost thing he notices about a candidate...
Jasmine Jaim | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
Jasmine JaimI woke up with a noise! Then realised - that was the noise of the children. Just in front of the house there was a school. The school boys were playing with a ball in the play ground and...
Two of South America's most iconic cities will soon have a faster link to Dubai and over 100 destinations worldwide when Emirates commences its daily nonstop service to Rio de Janeiro and extension to Buenos Aires from 3rd January 2011,...
The new strategy calls for stronger systems to improve the quality and reach of education in three areas, said a press statement. First, the Bank Group will prioritize and finance reform of countries' education systems as a whole to improve...
Southeast Bank Ltd (SEBL) organised a daylong workshop on 'Minimum Capital Requirement and Reporting under Basel-II' for its officials in the city recently, said a press statement. Syed Imtiaz Hasib, Deputy Managing Director while inaugurating the workshop highlighted the basic...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's ship breakers have prepared a detailed guideline for the ship breaking industry to undertake safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in the country. The ship breakers have prepared it in light of the Prime Minister's...
FE Report | 2011-04-17 00:00:00
FE ReportBangladesh's exports of electrical products are picking up as shipments grew 92 per cent in nine months of the current financial year, the Export Promotion Bureau said. Bangladesh exported electric goods such as bako-light products, cables, bulbs, fan, and...
Kamrun Nahar | 2011-04-16 00:00:00
Kamrun NaharThe government's various initiatives to explore alternative labour markets abroad have failed to bring about the desired results during the last seven months, though five delegations were formed in late 2010 to visit 17 countries, said industry insiders. "The...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2011-04-16 00:00:00
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is yet to receive any application seeking tax benefit for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities so far this fiscal year (FY) even though the government expanded the areas of CSR for tax...
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