LONDON, Mar 29 (Commodity Online): International Grains Council said world rice trade is likely to fall marginally to 30.3 million tonnes due to slowing demand from the Philippines, world's largest importer of the commodity. In a monthly report, IGC said...
NEW YORK, Mar 29 (Commodity Online): The US corn acreage, estimated at about 91.751 million acres (37.1 million hectares), may fail to meet the surging demand for livestock feed and grain- based ethanol, according to Bloomberg report. Animal feed use...
FE ReportShare prices of two listed companies-- Chittagong Vegetables and Pharma Aid have been rising abnormally again despite having no price sensitive information. According to the market data, in the last one month price of both Pharma Aid and Chittagong...
HONG KONG, Mar 29: Asian stock markets were mixed on Tuesday, with Tokyo falling for a second straight day as fresh concerns emerged over a meltdown at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. Jitters among already cautious traders were made...
TOKYO, Mar 29 (agencies): Plutonium found in soil at the Fukushima nuclear complex heightened alarm Tuesday over Japan's battle to contain the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years, as pressure mounted on the prime minister to widen an evacuation...
The Appellate Division has adjourned until April 4 the hearing on the petition filed by Muhammad Yunus seeking a stay order on the High Court judgment upholding his dismissal as the Grameen Bank managing director. A full bench, led by...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has added nine more sectors to its monthly import statement, aiming to know the country's actual import trend better. The sectors are telecom, energy and power, ceramic, food processing, steel and engineering, healthy service, ship building,...
BAGERHAT, Mar 29 (UNB): A Tk 1.27 billion project has been taken up to arrange alternative source of income for 1 million people who are dependant on the forest for their livelihood with a view to protecting the world's largest...
RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 29: Due to Inadequate infrastructural facilities, shortage of manpower and fund crisis the Teachers-Students Cultural Centre (TSCC) of the Rajshahi University (RU) has been going without any activities for years. The present condition of TSCC...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 29 (BSS): Speakers at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day science and information and communication technology (ICT) fair here Sunday called for making the students and others science-minded for building a technology and knowledge-based nation. Terming science and...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Mar 29: Joypurhat Nari and Sishu Nirjaton Damon Tribunal-2 court sentenced a person for life term jail and fined Tk 20 thousand and in default 6 month jail more. Mohammad Monjur Hossain, Judge of the special court...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Mar 29: The anti-smoking law of government is not being followed anywhere in the district, where common people and even the law enforcers are violating the law by smoking at public places. According to sources, at the...
JU CorrespondentJAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Mar 29: A seven day-long debate contest concluded on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus Sunday night. Titled "Rakter Dame Krito Shadhinota, Juktir Bane Pabe Purnata", Jahangirnagar University Debate Organisation (JUDO) organised the festival marking the Independence Day....
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Mar 29: A colourful rally was brought out in Gopalganj town Tuesday morning to create awareness about corruption among the people. Gopalganj District Corruption Resistance Committee organised the rally. Officials of local administration, political leaders, teachers, students, journalists,...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 29 (BSS): The speakers at a function stressed the need to cultivate more chilli at Char areas and ensuring its proper marketing to help the cultivators to get economic benefit. The speakers said chili is being produced at...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Mar 29: Massive preventive measures have been taken following an outbreak of bird flu in this region by the District Livestock Department Khulna. Security measures have been strengthened surrounding the bird-flu affected areas. No bird-flu was detected after...
SENDAI, (Japan), Mar 29 (agencies): Japan said Tuesday the government is on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where highly radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil. The earthquake and tsunami that...
NEW DELHI, Mar 29 (AFP): India and Pakistan have agreed to set up a "hotline" to share information about terror threats, a joint statement said Tuesday after talks between their home secretaries in New Delhi. "Both sides agreed to set...
PESHAWAR,, Mar 29 (AP): Friendly fire killed 11 Pakistani troops and two officers caught up in a militant ambush close to the Afghan border, a top commander said Tuesday. The incident was an unusually deadly one for Pakistani security forces...
BEIJING, Mar 29 (AFP): China has formally arrested two activists on charges of "inciting subversion" amid a widening crackdown on dissent linked to calls for "Jasmine" protests, rights groups said Tuesday. Ding Mao and Ran Yunfei were both detained in...
DAMASCUS, Mar 29 (agenciers): Thousands of supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad poured into central Damascus in a show of support for their leader, who is facing unprecedented domestic pressure amid a wave of dissent. All roads leading to Sabeh...
CUERNAVACA, (Mexico), Mar 29: Police found the bodies of six men and one woman inside a car abandoned Monday in an exclusive gated community near the picturesque central Mexican city of Cuernavaca. Morelos state police said officers found three bodies...
ADEN, Mar 29: The number of people killed in a massive blast and fire at an ammunition plant in south Yemen that was looted by Al-Qaeda has shot up to 150, a local official said Tuesday. The final toll for...
KATHMANDU, Mar 29: Criminal gangs and armed groups operating in Nepal's restive southern plains are abducting children for ransom and sometimes murdering them, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. At least 28 children were abducted in the Terai region during 2010,...
BEIRUT, Mar 29: The abductors of seven Estonians kidnapped a week ago at gunpoint in Lebanon have been identified and a raid is underway to arrest them, a top security official told AFP Tuesday. "We know who is behind the...
MANAMA, Mar 29: Bahrain's parliament on Tuesday accepted the resignations of 11 out of 18 Shiite MPs who stepped down in protest at violence against pro-democracy demonstrators, exposing them to prosecution. The house in a unanimous vote "accepted the resignations...
OSAKA, Mar 29: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Japan Thursday to show solidarity by the G8 and G20 groups he currently chairs with the disaster-hit country, the foreign ministry in Tokyo said. Sarkozy, after a two-day China visit, will...
MOHALI, India, Mar 29 (AFP): India need to raise their performance in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final against "dangerous" Pakistan if they aim to win the showpiece event, coach Gary Kirsten has said. He also added Pakistan were known for playing...
MOHALI, India, Mar 29 (AFP): It has been six hours since Harpreet Kaur last sat down for a meal, but she is not fasting for India's success against traditional foes Pakistan in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. She is...
Bangladesh has spent a total of Tk 4.8 billion on the ICC World Cup, state minister for sports Ahad Ali Sarker revealed Monday, reports bdnews24.com. Of the total amount, sports ministry spent Tk 3.04 billion on renovation of five stadiums...
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