FE ReportFinance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has disagreed with the forest department's claim of having 17 per cent forestry in the country saying that the percentage would be no more than 9.0 per cent. He said density of population...
Turkey Tuesday said it will discuss opening up of their markets with India under a free trade agreement (FTA), reports Business Standard. "We will be discussing issues relating to non-tariff and tariff barriers under FTA with Indian authorities," Turkish Trade...
Apr 19, 2011: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), the fifth-biggest U.S. bank, posted a 21 percent drop in first- quarter profit, a smaller decline than analysts estimated, as fixed-income trading revenue more than doubled from a weak fourth quarter. Net...
Apr 19, 2011: General Motors Co. (GM) and Volkswagen AG (VOW) expect to boost vehicle sales in China faster than the nation's economic growth rate, defying government policies to curb sales and threatening Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)'s standing as the...
GUWAHATI, April 19 : At least 18 people died and five others were badly burnt on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed and exploded as it tried to land in a mountainous region of northeast India. "The number of those killed...
LUTZ (Florida), Apr 18: John Cook birdied the first hole of a playoff against Jay Don Blake to win the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Sunday, his second Champions Tour title of the year. Cook, also the winner of the season-opening Mitsubishi...
SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Apr 18: The New Orleans Hornets shocked the two-time defending NBA champion Lakers and upstart Memphis edged top-seeded San Antonio Sunday in a pair of Western Conference playoff opener upsets. Seventh-seeded New Orleans beat the Lakers 109-100...
MEXICO CITY, Apr 18: Francisco Palencia scored twice and assisted on a third goal to help UNAM Pumas defeat Queretaro 3-0 to stay atop the Mexican Clausura championship. Palencia scored in the 10th and 19th minutes before setting up Dante...
SINGAPORE, Apr 18: Australian hopefuls Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC are facing a make-or-break week as they bid to ignite their flagging AFC Champions League campaigns. As the pool stage passes the halfway mark, Melbourne, with just one point, will...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
A Correspondent JHENIDAH, Apr 19: An imitation jewellery maker, based in Jhenidah, has widened his market reach by offering low-priced but quality ornaments. Located in Moheshpur upazila in the district, Milon City Gold Ltd produces an array of imitation ornaments...
Our CorrespondentPABNA, Apr 19: Two persons including a young girl were killed and 25 others injured when their house collapsed on them during a storm at Bhadaliapara village and Bouitola under Karamza union of Santhia Upazila of Pabna Monday night....
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Apr 19: A house wife was beaten to death by her husband at village Kashimnagar under Paikgachh Upazila of the district Monday night. The deceased was identified as Jharna Begum (36).
Another message adds: Police recovered a decomposed body from a septic tank of district police line mosque under Khanjahan Ali thana of the city this morning. The deceased was identified as Insan Ali Gazi of nearby village Jogipoll. Police and...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Apr 19 (BSS): Neglected rural people are now getting information and other technical services at ease from Union Information and Service Centres (UISCs). The UISCs are providing people with various government forms, circulars, rules, advertisements and documents, birth registration...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Apr 19: Sale of narcotics has registered a sharp rise in different areas of the district recently, endangering the future of the young generation. Sources said that the drug sellers are doing brisk business selling various kinds of...
JU CorrespondentJAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Apr 19: Protesting show cause notice on a columnist and teacher of Jahangirnagar University (JU), the general teachers formed a human chain on the administrative building premises. Sources said Anwarullah Bhuiya, associate professor in Philosophy department wrote...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 19: A four-day long Seed and Agriculture Technology fair began at Pirganj Upazila in Rangpur district Sunday. Department of Agriculture Extension, Pirganj, organised the fair. Abdul Kalam Azad MP formally inaugurated the fair as the chief...
Mongla coast guard seized a cargo ship with 150 sacks of OMS rice while being smuggled to Mongla Bazar from Lowdob area of the Poshur river Sunday. They arrested Nazrul Islam (30) in this connection. Five other persons managed to...
A housewife was strangulated to death by some miscreants in Hemangon residential area in the Gopalganj town Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Sultana Parvin alias Rekha, wife of retired habildar Akbar Ali of the area.Police said a gang...
A man was killed and another injured when a truck hit a motorbike near Kolagachhi area on Jessore-Benapole highway in Jessore Monday.The deceased was identified as Jahangir Hossain (40) of Boladanga village in Sadar Upazila. Witnesses said, a Jessore-bound truck...
Police recovered the body of an unidentified youth from a waterbody at Alkinagar village in Sadar Upazila of Sylhet Sunday evening.Police said, local people found the body of the youth floating in the waterbody and informed police. Police said the...
A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...
A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...
A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...
KANO, (Nigeria), Apr 19 (agencies) - Christian youths burnt a mosque in Nigeria's north early Tuesday after deadly rioting that followed presidential elections, prompting Muslims to destroy shops in response, residents said. The reprisal attacks occurred in Nigeria's main northern...
BENGHAZI, (Libya), Apr 19: (agencies): Western powers committed to helping rebels overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi face increasingly difficult choices on the military, economic and diplomatic front as the conflict enters its third month. A NATO military official says it...
ISLAMABAD, April 19 (AFP): Pakistan's military Tuesday said it had successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The military said in a statement that the "Hatf 9" missile with a range of 60 kilometres...
TOKYO, Apr 19 (AFP): Workers at a quake-hit nuclear plant in Japan on Tuesday began removing highly radioactive water from a reactor turbine building, a key step towards restoring cooling systems, the government said. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that...
Laos has deferred a decision to build a controversial dam across the Mekong River in the face of opposition from other countries in the region, reports BBC. Delegates from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam said a decision should be made...
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