HELSINKI, April 21 (Reuters): Chinese regulators have approved Nokia Siemens Networks' (NSN) acquisition of Motorola Solutions' telecom network gear business, clearing the last major hurdle for the deal to go through. The closing of the deal has been delayed twice...
COLOMBO, April 21 (LBO): Labour productivity in Sri Lanka's industry rose 10.6 per cent in 2010 racing ahead of economy-wide gains which were dragged down slower increases in agriculture and services, according to official data. Overall labour productivity in all...
WASHINGTON, April 21 (BBC): Latest profits for the computer giant Apple beat hopes, including a higher-than-expected rise in iPhone sales. Net income for the three months to March jumped 85 per cent on the same period a year ago, with...
BEIJING, April 21 (AFP): The European Union Chamber of Commerce has accused China of trade protectionism for refusing to grant EU companies a level playing field in the lucrative government procurement market. China responded Thursday by insisting that the government...
BRUSSELS, April 21 (AFP): The European Commission (EC) tightened the code of conduct for top officials Wednesday in the wake of conflict-of-interest scandals, but anti-corruption groups say the measures do not go far enough. The new code bars European Union...
LONDON, Apr 21 (Bloomberg): UK retail sales unexpectedly rose in March as the biggest jump in spending on food in 10 months outweighed a decline at other shops. Sales rose 0.2 per cent from February, when they dropped 0.9 per...
NEW MEXICO, Apr 21 (Commodity Online): Rising need for alternate fuels due to sky high petroleum prices have resulted in an anomaly where Chevron group has decided to evaluate economic viability of emerging concentrating solar photovoltaic (CPV) technology. Chevron, with...
TOKYO, April 21 (AP): The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is recommending that Japan as much as quadruple its sales tax rate to deal with a crushing deficit that's bound to grow as it spends on reconstruction from...
Events: After five days of downtrend the Benchmark General Index DGEN reversed to post gain of 0.98% on the last day of trade this week. The Index at 6100 level was tested twice recently from where it bounced back and...
Our Correspondent KHULNA, Apr 21: An initiative has been taken to implement the project for the development of communication system of Khulna town at a cost of Tk. 1 billion with the financial assistance of City Development Initiative for Asia...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 21 (BSS): The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has been implementing a Tk 1.55 billion uplift project in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts aiming at bringing dynamism into the railway transportation. According to the officials concerned, the one and...
SUNAMGANJ, Apr 21 (UNB) : Eighty posts, including eight official positions, at Jamalganj Upazila administration are lying vacant for a long time hampering normal administrative activities. Upazila administration sources said the posts of Assistant Commissioner (land) remained vacant for a...
GAZIPUR, Apr 21 (UNB) : A police constable was killed as a microbus of robbers ran over him at Pubail Meerer bazar in Sadar Upazila Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Mamunur Rashid (25) of Shyemnagar village in Kushtia....
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Apr 21: The authority of the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) served show cause notice to its11 students over the February 23 incident. RUET reopened on April 17 amid tight security after 54 days of...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 21: A corruption case was filed against executive engineer of Rangpur Water Development Board (WDB) Shahidul Islam on Sunday. Contractor Shahadat Hossain brought an allegation of bribery against the executive engineer four days after Shahidul had...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Apr 21: Seventeen persons including women and children were rescued by Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) from Vuidoba village under Panchbibi Upazila in the district Thursday noon. They were being trafficked to India. On information BGB members...
GAIBANDHA, Apr 21 (UNB) : Thousands of agitated Jamuna river eroded victims Thursday ransacked Gaibandha Water Development Board office to press for implementing Saghata Upazila Protection Project. The agitated people also enforced a half-day hartal in Saghata Upazila today in...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Apr 21: The quarterly conference of branch managers of National Bank Limited, Rajshahi region was held at the hallroom of Rajshahi office at Shaheb Bazar recently. Presided over by Wasif Ali, Chief Executive Vice President of NBL, Rajshahi...
Events: After five days of downtrend the Benchmark General Index DGEN reversed to post gain of 0.98% on the last day of trade this week. The Index at 6100 level was tested twice recently from where it bounced back and...
MISRATA (Libya), Apr 21 (AFP): NATO warned civilians to stand clear of its bombing blitz on Moammer Gaddafi's troops, as Libyan rebels called for "major" air strikes and two top photographers were killed in besieged Misrata. NATO's warning came as...
NEW DELHI, Apr 21 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted today that corruption had become a cause of serious public discontent, as he pledged to introduce an anti-graft bill in parliament soon. Singh, credited with kickstarting India's economic boom...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 21 (AFP): Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani vowed to defeat terrorism and rejected the notion of Islamabad "not doing enough" in the war against terrorism, the military said today. His comments followed remarks by Admiral Mike Mullen,...
TOKYO, Apr 21 (AFP): Japan's Prime Minister (PM) Naoto Kan today declared the 20-kilometre (12-mile) evacuation area around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant a legal no- entry zone, Kyodo News reported. The move, due to come into effect at midnight...
LONDON, Apr 21 (AFP): A string of opinion polls have backed Prince William and his bride-to-be leapfrogging Prince Charles to the throne-an improbable step that would shake the monarchy to its foundations. One survey showed a third of Britons calling...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 21: A corruption case was filed against executive engineer of Rangpur Water Development Board (WDB) Shahidul Islam on Sunday. Contractor Shahadat Hossain brought an allegation of bribery against the executive engineer four days after Shahidul had...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Apr 21: Seventeen persons including women and children were rescued by Border Guards of Bangladesh (BGB) from Vuidoba village under Panchbibi Upazila in the district Thursday noon. They were being trafficked to India. On information BGB members...
GAIBANDHA, Apr 21 (UNB) : Thousands of agitated Jamuna river eroded victims Thursday ransacked Gaibandha Water Development Board office to press for implementing Saghata Upazila Protection Project. The agitated people also enforced a half-day hartal in Saghata Upazila today in...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Apr 21: The quarterly conference of branch managers of National Bank Limited, Rajshahi region was held at the hallroom of Rajshahi office at Shaheb Bazar recently. Presided over by Wasif Ali, Chief Executive Vice President of NBL, Rajshahi...
Events: After five days of downtrend the Benchmark General Index DGEN reversed to post gain of 0.98% on the last day of trade this week. The Index at 6100 level was tested twice recently from where it bounced back and...
MADRID, Apr 21 (AFP): Tens of thousands of euphoric Real Madrid fans welcomed their team home to the Spanish capital in the early hours of Thursday after they clinched their first Spanish Cup win since 1993. Supporters, many wrapped in...
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