LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters): General Motors (GM) Co prepared for a dramatic return to the stock market Thursday with what is set to become the world's largest initial public offering, less than a year and a half after emerging from...
Dhaka will seek duty-free market access for its 533 items to seven South Asian countries under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) accord, a top commerce ministry official said.The countries along with Bangladesh are signatories to the same agreement.The...
Dhaka wore a deserted look Friday as thousands of its residents were still enjoying an elongated vacation at their ancestral homes as the three-day public holiday coincided with the weekends.Most people left the city on November 11 taking Sunday and...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has assured the government of bankrolling the ailing Bangladesh Railway (BR) to upgrade its services that will help facilitate regional connectivity, officials have said.Finance ministry officials said the ADB has recently said that it would...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly to Dubai en route to Moscow tonight (Saturday) on a 12-day visit to Russia, Belgium and Japan, reports BSS.A number of deals, including one relating to installing Roopur nuclear power plant, are expected to...
Two cocktails were hurled inside the official residence of Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque Thursday night but no damage was reported, reports UNB.Ramna OC Shibly Noman said that the cocktails were exploded on the lawn of the Chief Justice's residence...
Tanners are taking a 'go slow policy' in purchasing raw hides as 'seasonal' traders charge much higher than the price fixed by the authorities for the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.Such traders, who have embarked upon a quick business on raw hides...
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Thursday arrested four people, including a top listed female drug trader, for their alleged involvement in the killing of a former banker at North Basabo in the capital's Sabujbagh area Wednesday midnight.A team of...
Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two biggest religious festivals of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Wednesday amid religious fervour, spirit of sacrifice and festivity, reports UNB.Well-off Muslims sacrificed animals and shared the sacrificial meat with relatives, neighbors and...
HABIGANJ, Nov 19 (UNB) - Dewan Farid Gazi, ruling Awami League MP of Habiganj-1, passed away at Dhaka city's Square Hospital early this (Friday) morning.The Awami League lawmaker breathed his last at 5:40 am. He was 86.Veteran politician Dewan Farid...
Two alleged criminals have died and six have been injured in mob beatings, in two separate incidents across the country. Mob beating killed one and injured six in Abdullahpur area of South Keraniganj in the capital. The seven were allegedly...
DINAJPUR, Nov 19 : Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through Hili land port will resume Sunday, Nov 21 after five days suspension from November 16 on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha. Banglahili Customs C & F Agent Association took...
Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Barisal and Khulna divisions and weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country today (Saturday).Night temperature may fall slightly over the...
M Azizur RahmanThe country's acute gas crisis is set to prolong for at least next two years dimming the prospects for a fresh bout of industrialisation as the existing pipeline networks and compression stations are unable to support additional growth...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued its bullish mood for the ninth straight week that ended Monday, thanks to investors' enthusiasm to buy shares of banks.The week witnessed only two days of trading, as the stock exchange remained closed for three...
The government is going to activate Ashuganj customs station shortly to facilitate transshipment of Indian cargos destined for that country's Tripura state.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will issue an order in a couple of days on reopening of the...
PARIS, Nov 19 (AFP): Eurozone growth is set for 1.7 per cent, rising to 2.0 per cent in 2012 the OECD forecast yesterday, and also said that Ireland would boost confidence in the crisis-hit euro by accepting help.The eurozone, hit...
At least 40 people were killed in separate road accidents across the country during the Eid holidays, reports UNB.Five unidentified motorcycle riders were killed in a tragic road accident in Shakpala area of the Bogra town Thursday midnight.Witnesses said a...
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 19 (UNB): Thousands of holidaymakers from home and abroad are now crowding different tourist spots with top attractions being romantic, sun-kissed beach-town Cox's Bazar and Saint Martin's Island.Many nature-loving people once again selected the world's longest beach...
BEIJING, Nov 15 (AFP): The foreign ministers of developing giants China, India and Russia pledged on Monday to step up cooperation in trade, energy and geopolitical affairs including climate change.The pledges were made in a joint communique after two days...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Wednesday urged all to learn from the essence of sacrifice of the Eid-ul-Azha and give up their personal interests for the betterment of the common people, reports UNB."We have to learn from this religious festival...
Main opposition BNP Friday warned of launching movement to oust the government as they alleged that the government had failed in all fronts, reports UNB.The party's Senior Joint Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Vice Chairman MK Anwar and Goyeswar...
NARAIL, Nov 19 (bdnews24.com): At least 30 people have been injured in a clash between Awami League and its youth wing Juba League in Narail.Several law enforcers were also injured when they were trying to disperse the feuding pro-government activists.Among...
BNP Vice Chairman Nazmul Huda has slammed his party Chairperson's counsels for not seeking to stay a High Court (HC) order regarding the cantonment house, reports bdnews24.com."The counsels should have appealed for a stay order on the High Court order...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun has said those who are trying to destabilise the country were behind the bomb attack at chief justice's residence, reports bdnews24.com.Some unidentified criminals hurled two Molotov cocktails at Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque's residence at around...
LALMONIRHAT, Nov 19 (BSS): Efforts are being made to keep Tinbigha corridor open for 24 hours every day for the movement of the inhabitants of Dahagram and Angarpota enclaves. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Karim said this during...
The law enforcers are on the hunt for BNP ward commissioner Monwar Hossain Dipjol. They, however, could not get hold of him until Friday 6 pm, reports bdnews24.com.Dipjol, known for the notorious characters he plays on screen, assaulted a police...
Aquaculture and Aquatic Food Safety Centre will formally kick off its activities at the beginning of next year, said Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) Chairman Syed Mahmudul Huq.Mr Huq said, "The centre will provide training on good aquaculture practices...
Some structural changes in the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) are underway, Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Syed Ashraful Islam said Friday.The LGRD minister said DCC polls would be held after putting into effect those changes through enactment...
Uprooted families celebrated the Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, by collecting meat from different areas of the city. Most of these families are from the surrounding areas of the capital, reports bdnews24.com.The well-off people of the...
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