MADRID, Mar 7 (AFP): Spanish property sales climbed 5.9 per cent in 2010 after three years of sharp declines in the collapse of the real estate market, the government said Monday, in a boost for the battered economy. There were...
PATNA, Mar 7 (PTI): Information technology giant Infosys is likely to set up its first software development centre in Bihar and the state government is planning to provide it with land, an official said Sunday. "Infosys officials approached the state...
NEW DELHI, Mar 7 (PTI): Auto component maker Jamna Auto today said it will set up two new manufacturing units at Hosur and Chennai to produce parts for commercial vehicles, entailing a total investment of Rs 800 million. The Hosur...
FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
FE ReportBangladesh fetched US$7.0 million last year from freelance computer programming and the volume will be several times more if the talents of the young generation are utilised properly, said Mostafa Jabbar, president of Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS). Addressing a...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Mar 7: The scheme of elevating Birol land port to a full-fledged one has been lying unimplemented for years. Situated at Pakura under Bhandara of Birol Upazila in Dinajpur district, the land port a has huge prospects...
RANGPUR, Mar 7 (BSS): The fast achievement of socioeconomic development in recent years in the remote Char areas on the river basins have substantially improved child education side by side with enhancing women empowerment. The char women, who lived in...
A Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
A CorrespondentMYMENSINGH, Mar 7: Mymensingh Mayor Ikramul Haque Titu has asked household owners in the city to cultivate every inch of unutilised land for growing fruits and vegetables to meet the growing demand of food. He said this while inaugurating...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Mar 7: A workshop of Trust Bank on Financing Product Delivery and Lending Analysis (SME Financing) was held at Party Centre of the town Saturday. T.I.M. Rawshon Jadid, Head of SME Department, Trust Bank, Tanvir Hossain, Cluster Manager,...
MAGURA, Mar 7 (BSS): A total of 9850 hectares of land have been brought under wheat cultivation with an output target of 26 thousand 5 hundred 64 tonnes in the district in the current season. District Agriculture Extension Department (AED)...
FARIDPUR, Mar 7(BSS): An elaborate programme has been chalked out to observe the 91st birthday of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children Day on March 17. A meeting was held in the conference room...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our Correspondent PANCHAGARH, Mar 7: Until recently the people of Panchagarh and other areas knew that tea plantation is only possible in the hilly regions of Bangladesh like Sylhet and Chittagong and that only these regions are suitable for tea...
Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Mar 7: Speakers at a commemorative meeting of Udichi Shilpi Goshthi marking the 12th anniversary of the terror attack on its convention in Jessore which had left 10 people killed and scores injured, demanded fresh investigation in two...
RU Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Mar 7: The election of the executive body of Rajshahi University Teachers' Association (RUTA) will be held on March 10 (Thursday), from 8.00 am to 2.00 pm, RU administrative sources said. In the election the teachers will...
RAS LANUF, (Libya), Mar 7 (agencies): Libyan government forces are advancing towards the oil port of Ras Lanuf, checking the rebels' westward progress. Government troops seeking to dislodge rebels from Libya's coast advanced on an oil town Monday amid accelerating...
ABIDJAN, (Ivory Coast), Mar 7 (AP): Rebels in Ivory Coast claim to have seized a town after a fierce battle in the country's volatile west near the border with Liberia, panicking tens of thousands of refugees who already had fled...
CAIRO, Mar 7 (agencies): Pro-democracy activists in Egypt have been attacked by men in plain clothes, armed with knives, outside the interior ministry in Cairo, reports say. It is the first such attack since the fall of Hosni Mubarak last...
JALALABAD, Mar 7: Two people died and 19 were wounded, including police, in two bomb blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Monday, a provincial official said. The first explosion went off in front of a mosque and, when...
RAS LANUF, (Libya), Mar 7 (agencies): Libyan government forces are advancing towards the oil port of Ras Lanuf, checking the rebels' westward progress. Government troops seeking to dislodge rebels from Libya's coast advanced on an oil town Monday amid accelerating...
ABIDJAN, (Ivory Coast), Mar 7 (AP): Rebels in Ivory Coast claim to have seized a town after a fierce battle in the country's volatile west near the border with Liberia, panicking tens of thousands of refugees who already had fled...
CAIRO, Mar 7 (agencies): Pro-democracy activists in Egypt have been attacked by men in plain clothes, armed with knives, outside the interior ministry in Cairo, reports say. It is the first such attack since the fall of Hosni Mubarak last...
JALALABAD, Mar 7: Two people died and 19 were wounded, including police, in two bomb blasts in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Monday, a provincial official said. The first explosion went off in front of a mosque and, when...
New DELHI, Mar 7: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has admitted in parliament that he made an "error of judgement" when he appointed the head of India's anti-corruption watchdog. -BBC
TOKYO, Mar 7: Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has brushed off calls for his resignation, after the foreign minister stepped down over a funding scandal at the weekend. Mr Kan told parliament that he intended to fulfil his duties until...
ALGIERS, Mar 7: Thousands of community police officers rallied Monday in Algiers to demand higher wages, breaking through heavy security cordons to reach parliament, an AFP journalist said. -AFP
BEIJING, Mar 7 : The United States will put improved relations with Beijing at risk if it does not stop selling arms to Taiwan, China's Foreign Minister said on Monday. The world's two biggest economies have sought to steady ties...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 7 : The new US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan met with the Pakistani prime minister in Islamabad on Monday during his first trip to the region since taking the position held by the late Richard Holbrooke....
Misbah-ul-Haq believes Pakistan can, and must, improve further if they are to orchestrate a strong challenge for the World Cup, according to website cricinfo. Pakistan are the only side in the tournament who can still boast of a 100 per...
HONG KONG, Mar 7 (AFP): Brazilian football legend Pele warned Monday that soaring players' salaries and powerful agents who squeeze clubs for higher fees represent a "danger for the future" of the game. Speaking to reporters in Hong Kong, the...
MADRID, Mar 7 (AFP): French international Karim Benzema made it four goals in his last two league matches with a brace as Real Madrid moved back to within seven points of league leaders Barcelona with a 3-1 win at Racing...
PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Mar 7 (AFP): Skipper Daniel Vettori said Monday that New Zealand would focus on their own game and not worry about formidable Pakistan in their World Cup match Tuesday. Pakistan, inspired by captain Shahid Afridi, who has...
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