WASHINGTON, Feb 24: US conservative champion Sarah Palin, who has faced charges of a lack of foreign policy experience as she considers a White House run, will visit India next month, an aide said Wednesday. Rebecca Mansour, a top adviser...
KANDAHAR, Feb 24: A suicide car bomb attack killed an intelligence agent and wounded 26 other people in an Afghan town on the Pakistan border Thursday, officials said, in the latest in a wave of blasts. The explosives-packed vehicle with...
DUBAI, UAE, Feb 24 (AP): Saudi Arabia's rulers answered the Arab world's winter of rage with money: throwing US$ 36 billion into housing and other social assistance channels in attempts to quell rumblings of dissent. Iran's president offered more bombast...
Entrust Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with Tusuka Technotrade Limited (TTL) of Bangladesh to provide identity-based security solutions in government, financial and enterprise verticals. Entrust president and chief executive officer Bill Conner said, "Bangladesh is one of the world's...
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FE ReportA six member delegation from Myanmar led by the Chairman of Myanmar Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Entrepreneurs' Association Dr Win Si Thu called on President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Asif Ibrahim at DCCI Thursday to...
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FE Report Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan called upon the BIMSTEC member-states to move forward for utilising their potential to increase trade and investment among them. "Greater integration of trade and investment in the region is needed considering their huge...
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Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Feb 24: The Urban Partnerships for Poverty Reduction Programme (UPPR), UN Habitat and Coca-Cola led multi stakeholder partnership project arranged the launching ceremony at Lutfunnesa Government Primary school in Comilla Wednesday to improve access to drinking water and...
GAIBANDHA, Feb 24 (BSS): Boro cultivation target fixed by Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has already been exceeded in the district during the current season. Office sources said the department set a target to bring 1, 18,950 hectares of land...
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Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Feb 24: Mechanized cultivation of arable land is gradually gaining pace in Nilphamari district. Use of bullock in cultivating cropland has decreased drastically and it has come down to less then 60 per cent. On the other hand,...
FARIDPUR, Feb 24 (UNB): Two children were killed and four others injured in a collusion between a passenger bus and a tempo at Pukuria on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Bhanga Upazila Wednesday evening. Police said the accident occurred at about 6pm...
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Our CorrespondentPABNA, Feb 24: An operative of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP- Lal-Pataka) was found dead at Khairsuti village under Pabna Sadar Upazila Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abdul Aziz (40), an activist of PBCP-Red Flag of...
SATKHIRA, Feb 24 (UNB): Some local 157 women and children were trafficked to India through different points of 138 kms border here in last three years from 2007 to 2010. After they were trafficked, 85 victims were later rescued. A...
SYLHET, Feb 24 (UNB): A young girl was stabbed to death by robbers during a robbery at Habidpur village of Jaowa area in Chhatak Upazila early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mili Rani Das (16). Mili's aunt bank officer...
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Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Feb 24: A discussion meeting was held on anti-drug and Eve-teasing at Bangabandhu College auditorium in Gopalganj town recently. The discussion meeting was organised by Sundarban regiment, BNCC, Khulna. G.M. Kamrul Islam NDC, PSC, DG, Bangladesh National Cadet...
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FE Report Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan called upon the BIMSTEC member-states to move forward for utilising their potential to increase trade and investment among them. "Greater integration of trade and investment in the region is needed considering their huge...
The board of directors of Bank Asia Limited has recommended 40 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on December 31, '10. The board of the bank has also decided to offer 1:4 rights shares at par subject...
As per regulation 30 of DSE Listing Regulations, the authorities of Bd Welding Electrodes have stated that a meeting of the board of directors of the company will be held on March 5 at 11am to consider, among others, audited...
Mutual Trust Bank: Normal trading of the shares of Mutual Trust Bank Limited will resume on February 27 after record date for AGM and EGM. HR Textile: Normal trading of the shares of HR Textile will resume on February 27...
Trading of the shares of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited will remain suspended on record date on February 27.
Dhaka Bank: Trading of the shares of Dhaka Bank Limited will be allowed only in the spot market and block/odd lot transactions will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle with cum benefit from February 27 to March 1....
EHL: Manzurul Islam, one of the sponsors/directors of Eastern Housing Limited (EHL), has stated that he has completed his purchase of 19,180 shares of the company at prevailing market price through stock exchange as announced earlier. Dacca Dyeing: Giasuddin Quader...
Feb 24, 2011 Overview: The DGEN went down by 3.6% to close at 5800.94 points. The total transaction was worth BDT 5.6 bn. Price of 16 Issues appreciated whereas 231 Issues declined and 2 issues remained unchanged.Events: Market suffered from...
FRANKFURT, Feb 24 (AFP): German insurance giant Allianz said Thursday that it foresees an operating profit of eight billion euros (US$11 billion) this year, give or take half a billion. Allianz chief executive Michael Diekmann told a press conference in...
SHANGHAI, Feb 24 (Xinhua): China's export sales of mechanical and electrical products topped the world at US$933.4 billion in 2010, said officials with China's Ministry of Commerce Thursday in Shanghai. In 2010, China' s total value of imports and exports...
MUMBAI, Feb 24 (AFP): Indian shares fell 2.78 per cent Thursday, below the key 18,000-point mark, on growing concerns about rising interest rates and inflation. The benchmark 30-share Sensex index was down as much as 506.37 points or 2.78 per...
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan expects Bangladesh's arsenal of spin bowlers and experience in the local conditions to give the World Cup co-host a big advantage in today's (Friday's) Group B match against Ireland, reports AP. Shakib remained wary of the...
DOHA, Feb 24 (AFP): Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva stayed on course for a possible title clash after they survived the cull of seeded players at the 721,000-dollar event here Wednesday. World number one and top seed Wozniacki posted a...
Bangladesh Under-23 National Football suffered a o-2 goals defeat to hosts Kuwait in the qualifying round away match of the London Olympic Games2012 at the Qadsia Sports Club ground of Mohammad Al Hamad Stadium Wednesday, reports UNB. Hamad Aman put...
NAGPUR, India, Feb 24 (AFP): Australia captain Ricky Ponting said it was his box, employed to protect a batsman's most sensitive area, and not his bat which damaged a World Cup dressing room television set. Ponting accepted an International Cricket...
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Feb 24 (Reuters): Pakistan put a host of problems behind them to launch their World Cup with a 205-win over Kenya but they are not without some still to solve ahead of their next far bigger test...
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