NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (Commodity Online): India being short of uranium deposits, and other energy commodities, has a new friend in Zambia as the country is offering uranium, oil and gas for the nation. This offer came from Allan D...
MANILA, Dec 9 (Commodity Online): World's largest coconut and coconut oil producer Philippines said country's total coconut products export to reach $1.57 billion this year, up 78 per cent from $884 million in 2009. According to Philippine Coconut Authority, the...
MUMBAI, Dec 9 (Reuters): Telecom value-added services provider One97 Communications Ltd has further delayed its initial public offering (IPO) to raise as much as 1.2 billion rupees, said two sources close to the development. Earlier, the company had already delayed...
CANCUN, Dec 9 (Commodity Online): In order to help developing countries set up carbon markets, the World Bank opened a fund to collect $100 million. Launching the fund here, WB president Robert Zoellick said the Bank expected a growing number...
PHNOM PHEN, Dec 9 (Commodity Online): Cambodia opened its first cashew nut processing plant to boost a growing industry that could create thousands of jobs. Cambodia's Mekong Rain Natural is set to invest $5 million to build the plant, which...
India needs upto $400b investment in power in 2012-17NEW DELHI, Dec 9: India's power sector needs investment of upto $400 billion in five years to end-March 2017, power secretary P Uma Shankar said Thursday. India plans to add 62 gigawatts...
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The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction ThursdaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBs Sonali Bank70.750094.6178112.19210.852672.304070.413770.1367Agrani Bank70.980095.0673112.92590.857872.472870.602970.1431FCBsStanChart69.9092.14109.670.8571.1369.0866.89HSBC 70.955596.8277113.58170.894872.907071.025670.8978Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon70.990096.3340115.04700.882973.886371.110973.5740PCBsUttara Bank70.900095.4360112.08300.871372.693870.827570.2602AB Bank71.200096.3602113.92950.8684NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali Bank69.800092.3768110.10580.824470.587568.729368.4648Agrani...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Dec 9: The production of fish has been trimmed down in five Upazilas of Gopalganj district as the water bodies of the area are reducing day by day. About 17,884 fish cultivators have been cultivating different types of...
CHANDPUR, Dec 9 (BSS): Production of mustard may exceed target in the district this year due to suitable climatic condition and less pest attack in the crop fields.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 16,500 hectares of...
RANGPUR, Dec 9 (BSS): Speakers at Pairaband village here Thursday termed the ideals, social conscience and thoughts of Begum Rokeya as useful for all the time in establishing an advanced society by ensuring equal rights of the womenfolk.They said Rokeya...
KISHOREGANJ, Dec 9 (UNB): A young man was killed and six others were injured in a bloody clash between two groups over land dispute at Saheber char village in Hossainpur Upazila Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Nazmul Islam (20), son...
MAGURA, Dec 9(UNB): a stalker was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment by a mobile court for harassing a schoolgirl during a function at Nomani ground in the district town recently.Police said, Shadhin Ali (20), son of Shaheb Ali of Nijnanduali...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Dec 9: The daylong drizzle, coupled with cold wind, made most owners of makeshift shops on footpath suffers, as they had to keep their shops shut because of it. Day labourers, however, were the worst sufferers as they...
GAIBANDHA,Dec 9 (BSS) : National Youth Day-2010 was celebrated in all the seven Upazilas in the district Wednesday in a befitting manner.In the celebration of the day, the Department of Youth Development (DYD) chalked out an elaborate programme. The programme...
Shops gutted in Faridpur At least 26 shops were gutted in a devastating fire, which broke out at Kuladia Shaheednagar Bazaar in Nagarkanda Upazila early Wednesday.Witnesses said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop at about...
KATHMANDU, Dec 9 (AFP): Nepal has lifted a ban on women travelling to Gulf countries to work and introduced new rules designed to protect them, the employment ministry said yesterday. Thousands of people leave impoverished Nepal every year to seek...
LONDON, Dec 9 (AFP): Britain's coalition government faced its biggest test yet Thursday in a parliamentary vote on whether to let English universities treble tuition fees, as thousands of students geared up to protest the measures.The controversial proposals -- which...
JERUSALEM, Dec 9 (Reuters): Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on the Gaza Strip Thursday hours after its top soldier warned troops to be prepared for possible "wider action" on the enclave's volatile border.An Israeli military spokeswoman said the strikes were...
BEIJING, Dec 9 (AFP): China launched Thursday a final salvo ahead of a ceremony honouring Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, calling US lawmakers "arrogant" for supporting him and saying most of the world opposes the move.The fresh round of criticism,...
Heavy rains close Panama CanalPANAMA CITY, Dec 9: The Panama Canal was closed to ships for the first time in over two decades after heavy rains swelled nearby lakes flowing into the key transport route that handles five percent of...
Bangladesh play their 4th ODI of the Micromax five-match One Day International (ODI) series against visiting Zimbabwe today (Friday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, hoping to seal the series with a victory, reports UNB. The mach will...
NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (AFP): Pakistan's chances at the cricket World Cup will depend on the verdict reached against bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer in the match-fixing inquiry, former captain Imran Khan said Thursday."We must wait for the verdict...
The first round matches of the EXIM Bank 21st National Women Handball Competition begins tomorrow (Saturday) at the two separate venues in the city, reports UNB.State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar will formally inaugurate the meet as...
Four more foreign teams - Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and India - arrived in the city Wednesday to play in the first-ever SAFF Women's Football Championship that begins in the country's tourist town of Cox's Bazar on December 12 (Sunday),...
NEWCASTLE, Dec 9 (AFP): Former West Ham boss Alan Pardew was Thursday appointed the new coach of Newcastle, the Premier League club announced.Pardew succeeds Chris Hughton, who was dismissed Monday in the wake of last weekend's 3-1 loss to West...
ROME, Dec 9 (AFP): Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez has set his sights on the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi to give his faltering side a much-needed boost.An injury-ravaged and under-strength Inter crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Werder...
MILAN, Dec 9 (AFP): Ajax beat AC Milan 2-0 at the San Siro here Wednesday to ensure they take their place in the Europa League knockout stages.With Milan already guaranteed second place in Group G and Real Madrid assured of...
New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed its concern over the killing of people along Bangladesh-India border and urged both countries to take immediate steps for its resolution, reports UNB.HRW in its report published on Thursday said it found...
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