KABUL, Nov 30 (AFP): An Afghan border police officer opened fire on US troops during a training mission in eastern Afghanistan Monday, killing six of them in one of the worst such attacks in the past year, according to Afghan...
ZURICH, Nov 30 (AFP): Man-made and natural disasters generated worldwide economic losses of US$ 222 billion in 2010, more than three times last year's figure, the world's biggest reinsurer Swiss Re estimated on Tuesday. This year's major catastrophes claimed 260,000...
Teen shoots self, ending US school hostage drama CHICAGO, Nov 30: A 15-year-old youth took 23 students and a teacher hostage situation at a high school in a small Wisconsin town before turning the gun on himself, police said. The...
NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (AFP): India's economy grew a forecast-beating 8.9 per cent year-on-year in the July-September quarter, data showed today, underscoring the country's recovery from the global financial crisis. The fiscal second-quarter boom beat expectations of growth of around...
BANGKOK, Nov 30 (AP): World markets were lower Tuesday as Chinese shares slid on fears of an interest rate hike and the European Union's bailout of Ireland failed to convince investors the continent's debt crisis has been contained.Oil prices hovered...
MUMBAI, Nov 30 (Agencies) : Telecom value-added services provider One97 Communications Ltd has delayed its initial public offering (IPO) by about two weeks due to the current market volatility, a top official said. The company's IPO to raise as much...
SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (AP): Oil prices hovered below $86 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as traders looked to US supply reports for clues about the strength of demand for crude.Benchmark oil for January delivery was down 8 cents to $85.65...
ASEAN chief warns 2015 single market goal in perilKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30: ASEAN chief Surin Pitsuwan Tuesday urged member states to step up intra-regional trade, saying it was "difficult" otherwise to see the bloc reaching its goal of economic integration...
Chittagong PortBerthing positionDecember 1, 2010Berth No. NV Cargo LC LA DA Leaving I/DJ/2 Yong Jiang Gi S. Hai Cosco 07/11 30/11 1732J/3 Dong Phu Gi Sing Jf 28/11 02/12 1485 J/4 Vtc Phoenix Rice Hochi Seacom 02/11 02/12 1084J/5 Qin...
November 30, 2010 The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction TuesdaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBs Sonali Bank70.750094.0916110.67430.849771.082469.648168.5014Agrani Bank70.780093.3855110.64870.851171.116769.709868.1408FCBsStanChart69.9092.14109.670.8571.1369.0866.89HSBC 70.710596.2192112.61930.880371.617470.026869.1919Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon70.890094.7878112.95690.876372.544070.362371.6627PCBsUttara Bank70.800094.6269110.85910.858470.737369.681568.5831AB Bank70.950094.5192111.55860.8610NANANABuying rates from public...
CONSTRUCTION of a deep-seaport in the Bay of Bengal has been high on the agenda of the government in recent years. But the main constraints to starting its implementation have been finding out a suitable location and lining up necessary...
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhurySimmering tension in the Korean peninsula is nothing new since the end of the Korean war in 1953 as occasional clashes between the contending parties are a common feature of the bitter relations between the democratic South Korea...
Mourtaza KamalThe leaders of the business community have voiced their concern about the hartal programme that is called by the country's opposition party -- no matter which particular party is there in the opposition -- from time to time. 'Hartal'...
The best international practice nowadays is to sort out the garbage and make best use of them that include recycling. Advanced garbage management involves separating them into different categories and making commercial products out of them. For example, kitchen refuses...
Dhaka city is the biggest point of urban concentration in Bangladesh. It is also the hub or staging area for the greater part of the economic and commercial activities of the country. It should be obvious, therefore, that its thoroughfares,...
RANGPUR, Nov 30 (BSS): The farmers are sowing mustard seeds with much enthusiasm this year. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) fixed a target of producing 0.55 million tonnes mustard in the country during this season. The fields where mustard...
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Nov 30: The farmers of the district have started harvesting of T-Aman paddy of current season in the district with much festivity and happy mood as they are getting high price rate against the crop.Official sources said Department...
Our Correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Nov 30: The age-old traditional weaving units in Bancharampur and Nabinagar Upazila of the district are now on the verge of closure due to price hike of cotton, yarn, shuttle, reel, strain, lack of sufficient capital, unstable...
Our CorrespondentJOYPURHAT Nov 30: The BNP-backed forum has bagged 13 seats including those the President and Secretary in the Joypurhat Bar Association election held Saturday. The Awami League panel bagged only four seats including the position of the member.A total...
Our CorrespondentPABNA, Nov 30: An outlawed activist was gunned down in a gunfight between two groups of extremists at Alokdiar village of Santhia Upazila in Pabna Monday. The deceased was identified as Jiarul Islam (30), of village Alokdiar in Santhia...
A CorrespondentMAGURA, Nov 30: About 25 teams of stick-fighters (lathials) coming from different parts of Magura district exhibited a charming stick-fighting (Lathi khela) arranged by the Bangladesh stick-fighters team, Saturday last at noon in Magura Textile Mills premises. The lathi...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 30: Allegations have been brought up against a multinational cigarette manufacturing company for its alleged tax evasion by lowering the prices of products on the local market.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued a show cause...
One crushed under wheels of truckA bhanagri scrap businessman was crushed in a road accident on Natore-Pabna highway at Godra under Lalpur Upazila in Natore district Sunday at 9 pm. The deceased was identified as Abbas Ali (35) son of...
PALLEKELE, Nov 30 (AFP): Skipper Kumar Sangakkara expects Sri Lanka to put in a solid performance as they seek to clinch the series with a win in the third and final Test against the West Indies starting Wednesday.The series is...
LAHORE, Nov 30 (AFP): Pakistan left under- suspicion wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf out of the Twenty20 and Test squads announced Tuesday for next month's tour of New Zealand. Shahid Afridi will lead the Twenty20 team while...
ZURICH, Nov 30 (AFP): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday that it would examine any evidence of corruption, after one of its members was named in a BBC report targeting three FIFA officials."The IOC has taken note of the...
ADELAIDE, Nov 30 (AFP): England want to capitalise on the lingering fatigue of Australia's bowlers in this week's second Adelaide Ashes Test, coach Andy Flower said Tuesday.There are only three days of recovery time between the drawn Gabba Test which...
FE ReportA total of 154 foreign and local investment proposals worth Tk 42.70 billion were registered with the Board of Investment (BoI) in October, up by 23 per cent in September, the BoI said. Of the proposals, BoI data showed,...
FE ReportConcord Entertainment Co Ltd, a sister concern of Concord Group, signed an agreement with MM Ispahani Limited recently, said a press release.Under the agreement, MM Ispahani Ltd will get the opportunity of supply and branding of its products (Ispahani...
Siddique Islam The US dollar gained against the Bangladesh Taka (BDT) Tuesday despite intervention in the market through selling of the greenback to the commercial banks by the central bank. "We've sold US$16 million at market rate to three commercial...
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