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Jessore UP election timetable announced

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent JESSORE, Apr 24: The timetable for election of 91 union councils under eight Upazilas in Jessore was announced in a meeting chaired by Nurul Amin, Deputy Commissioner, Jessore Friday. The schedule will be announced within a very shot...

OMS rice seized

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 400 sacks OMS rice, a truck and a motorcycle and arrested 4 criminals who were connected to trafficking of rice from Barokandi Bazar under Panchbibi Upazila in the Joypurhat district...

Two youths crushed under trains

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Two young men were crushed under the wheels of trains in separate incidents of Gazipur Sunday.Sub-Inspector of Tongi railway police camp Abul Khair said Dhaka-bound Dhumketu inter-city express train knocked down Ripon (28), when he was crossing the rail line...

Young man's body dumped in garden

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Police recovered a body of a young man from Taltala garden in Kusumdi village of Mithapukur Union in Alfadanga Upazila Saturday.The victim was identified as Liton Munsi (28), son of Late Saikat Munsi of Kusumdi village. He was a cargo...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-25 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

2011-04-25 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

2011-04-25 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...

Oil majors look to Barents Sea for the future

2011-04-25 00:00:00

OSLO, Apr 24 (AFP): The oil and gas majors are looking to the promise of the Barents Sea, attracted by Norway's political stability against a backdrop of unrest in the Middle East and falling North Sea output. Of 24 offshore...

Gas supply suspension worsens power crisis in Balochistan

2011-04-25 00:00:00

QUETTA, Apr 24 (Business Recorder): Habibullah Coastal Power House Quetta has completely stopped power production after the suspension of natural gas supply to it on Saturday. In a handout issued by the Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) here, after the...

India food inflation likely to be around 8.5pc

2011-04-25 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 24 (The Economic Times): Food inflation is expected to hover around 8.5 per cent in the remaining months of 2011, if the monsoon remains normal as predicted by the meteorological department, according to a report. Normal monsoon...

Green energy development gets Obama's support

2011-04-25 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (Gulfnews): President Barack Obama says one answer to high petrol prices is to spend money developing renewable energy sources. Obama raises the issue of rising fuel prices during almost every public appearance and says that he understands...

S Arabia to keep oil production capacity at 12.5m barrels

2011-04-25 00:00:00

JEDDAH, Apr 24 (Bloomberg): Saudi Arabia, holder of the world's largest crude oil reserves, has no plans to raise production capacity beyond 12.5 million barrels a day, a Saudi Arabian oil official said. Reports that the country may boost its...

Silver approaching highest price in India

2011-04-25 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 24 (Business Standard): The white metal, which is in short supply, is trading at $47.70 an ounce and fast approaching the highest price of $49.45 reached in January 1980. Silver, currently the highest profitable investment product, is...

East China province moves to ease vegetable oversupply

2011-04-25 00:00:00

JINAN, Apr 24 (Xinhua): Some super markets, school and company canteens are on a buying spree in east China's Shandong Province as the government urged them to help relieve farmers from an oversupply of vegetables. Municipal authorities should take immediate...

Petrol supply situation at Emarat pumps improving

2011-04-25 00:00:00

ABU DHABI, Apr 24 (Gulfnews): The petrol supply situation at Emarat pumps is improving, a source said Saturday. "The supply situation continues to improve. One more petrol tanker has landed today ... the product is coming in continuously and it's...

Asian Tiger Capital Partners market update on DSE

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Events: After only a single day of rally the Benchmark General Index DGEN returned to its usual orbit as the market registered loss of 1.88% on the first trading day of the new week. Rally of all Beximco group shares...

Youth fined for harassing girl student

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNATORE, Apr 24: A mobile court in Bagatipara Upazila fined a youth Tk 5 thousand for harassing a girl student of Rahimanpur High School in Bagatipara Upazila of Natore district. The convict was identified as Bidyut, son of Mansur...

Jessore UP election timetable announced

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Our Correspondent JESSORE, Apr 24: The timetable for election of 91 union councils under eight Upazilas in Jessore was announced in a meeting chaired by Nurul Amin, Deputy Commissioner, Jessore Friday. The schedule will be announced within a very shot...

OMS rice seized

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 400 sacks OMS rice, a truck and a motorcycle and arrested 4 criminals who were connected to trafficking of rice from Barokandi Bazar under Panchbibi Upazila in the Joypurhat district...

Two youths crushed under trains

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Two young men were crushed under the wheels of trains in separate incidents of Gazipur Sunday.Sub-Inspector of Tongi railway police camp Abul Khair said Dhaka-bound Dhumketu inter-city express train knocked down Ripon (28), when he was crossing the rail line...

Young man's body dumped in garden

2011-04-25 00:00:00

Police recovered a body of a young man from Taltala garden in Kusumdi village of Mithapukur Union in Alfadanga Upazila Saturday.The victim was identified as Liton Munsi (28), son of Late Saikat Munsi of Kusumdi village. He was a cargo...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-25 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

2011-04-25 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

2011-04-25 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...

Luxury carmakers see golden age in China

2011-04-25 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, Apr 24 (AFP): One of Rolls Royce boss Torsten Muller-Otvos' most memorable auto show moments came last year in Beijing when a man walked through the crowd to the carmaker's stand and set down a suitcase. "Millions of renminbi,"...

Germany clears path for 'Super Mario' as ECB chief

2011-04-25 00:00:00

BERLIN, Apr 24 (AFP): Germany appears to be coming round to the idea of a former Goldman Sachs executive from Italy as Europe's top banker, having failed to install its own choice as the next European Central Bank chief. While...

Investors look to Vietnam's long-term promise

2011-04-25 00:00:00

HANOI, Apr 24 (AFP): Despite Vietnam's persistent economic woes, a record deal this month has shown foreign investors are still lured to the frontier market by its young, growing population and rising disposable incomes. The sealing of the communist country's...

S Africa wineries tap tourism as marketing scheme

2011-04-25 00:00:00

FRANSCHHOEK, South Africa, Apr 24 (AFP): The busload of Swedes sweep onto the 326-year-old South African wine farm for a wine tasting visit that marries vineyard tourism with bottom- line marketing. Sweden is now the third biggest buyer of wine...

S Arabia to keep oil production capacity at 12.5m barrels

2011-04-25 00:00:00

JEDDAH, Apr 24 (Bloomberg): Saudi Arabia, holder of the world's largest crude oil reserves, has no plans to raise production capacity beyond 12.5 million barrels a day, a Saudi Arabian oil official said. Reports that the country may boost its...

Silver approaching highest price in India

2011-04-25 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 24 (Business Standard): The white metal, which is in short supply, is trading at $47.70 an ounce and fast approaching the highest price of $49.45 reached in January 1980. Silver, currently the highest profitable investment product, is...