FE ReportAftab Automobiles Limited, a sister concern of Navana Group, has started building body of the luxurious Hino RM-2 air-conditioned buses for the first time in the country, cutting down its cost up to 30 per cent against the imported...
SEOUL, July 12 (AFP): The global economy will likely avoid sliding back into crisis despite Europe's debt problems and uncertainty over the US and Chinese economies, South Korea's finance minister said yesterday. "The global recovery... now stays on its upward...
DUBAI, July 12 (AFP): Emirates and Etihad, the two major carriers of the United Arab Emirates, plan to create almost 60,000 new jobs over the next decade to meet their rapid growth, a newspaper reported yesterday. "It took us 25...
PARIS, July 12 (AFP): As Spain returned to Madrid on Monday to a welcome befitting their status as freshly-crowned world champions FIFA president Sepp Blatter delivered a glowing appraisal to World Cup hosts South Africa.Spain added the global crown to...
JOHANNESBURG, July 12 (AP): Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was awarded the Golden Ball as the World Cup's best player Sunday, and Germany forward Thomas Mueller won the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer with five goals.Forlan was voted the...
Eight picks, eight correct, eight tentacles. Paul the Oracle Octopus is clearly the biggest winner of the World Cup after recording a perfect prognostication record whether he knows it or not (he probably doesn't), sources Internet.The big question was whether...
JOHANNESBURG, July 12 (AFP): Nelson Mandela crowned South Africa's World Cup with an appearance from the field at the closing ceremony, as 700 million viewers tuned in to watch the Dutch play Spain. He flashed his famous smile and waved...
Argentina coach Diego Maradona went after World Cup referees on Friday, saying that Germany and Spain have benefited from "horrible" officiating to reach the quarterfinals.Spain's goal in the 1-0 win over Portugal in the round of 16 should have been...
MADRID, July 12 (AFP): Just under 14 million people in Spain watched their team win the World Cup for the first time on television with a 1-0 extra-time win over Holland, ratings firm Barlovento Comunicacion said Monday.Free-to-air Telecinco, part of...
JOHANNESBURG, July 12 (AFP): Sunday's World Cup final will be remembered for a record 13 yellow cards and one red as well as for Andres Iniesta's winning goal in extra-time for Spain.English referee Howard Webb handed out eight yellows to...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Monday asked the government to immediately trace out the missing DCC ward councillor Chowdhury Alam. Otherwise, she warned the government of further agitation, reports UNB.Khaleda's demand and warning came while talking to the reporters at 6:30...
Visiting UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan has announced that the new British coalition government would remain strong with its aid commitment to Bangladesh, reports UNB."Our aid commitment to Bangladesh remains very strong and the new coalition...
FE ReportBarrister Moudud Ahmed MP Monday said, providing commodities at fair price to people and maintaining the peace in the country should be the main duty of a government.He added the present government has forgotten about its main duties and...
NOAKHALI, July 12 (UNB): A court here sent three Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders to jail in an extortion case Sunday.The accused are Khaled Saifullah Rahat, vice president of the district BCL, and two other leaders Chhuttu and M Belal.Court...
The condition of former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, suffering from lung cancer, still remains unchanged, reports bdnews24.com. Duty doctors at Square Hospital intensive care unit (ICU) said Monday after visiting him that Bhuiyan was under close observation. The...
KHULNA, July 12 (UNB): Police today submitted charge sheet in the court against 47 Jamaat, Shibir leaders of Khulna accusing them of attacking and wounding on-duty police and obstructing traffic movement in the city on June 30.Jamaat had organised demonstration...
NARSINGDI, July 12 (UNB): Police arrested 13 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) along with arms and Jihadi books from the dormitory of Jameya Kasemia Madrasha at Gabtali in Sadar Upazila Sunday night.The arrested ICS activists were identified as Tauhidul...
FE ReportTwo varieties of salt and two drought tolerant rice have been developed by BRRI and BINA considering the extreme weather conditions of Bangladesh, agricultural ministry officials revealed at a press conference Monday.Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) is now...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 12: The BCL has won all the 20 posts in the election of Chittagong Medical College Students’ Union (CMCSU) held yesterday.Dipankar Das and Mafizur Rahman were elected vice president and general secretary respectively of the CMCSU, chief...
President M Zillur Rahman Monday asked the country's private universities to ensure quality education with less tuition fees for paving the way for access to higher education to the poor students, reports BSS. The president made the remark while a...
Food Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said Bangladesh makes a 'paradigm shift' in policies to attain food sufficiency from local agriculture, reports BSS."We are now talking about a 'paradigm shift' in policies to attain hundred per cent self sufficiency in cereal...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) and Asian University for Women (AUW) will share academic activities with each other to promote their research and standard of education.A delegation of teachers of AUW met DU VC AAMS Arefin Siddique Sunday.Dr Georgia Guldan (USA),...
The Bangladesh Den-mark Friendship Bridge constructed over Arpan-gshia river under Kalapara Upazila of Patuakhali district was opened to traffic recently by State Minister for Water Resources Md. Mahbubur Rahman. Amba-ssador of Denmark in Bangladesh Einar Hebo-gard Jensen and Chief Engineer...
FE Report'Sonar Tari', a special train of Indian Railway, will arrive in the city with Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on August 7 as part of its tour commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.The five-coach train...
FE ReportBangladesh Roads Transport Authority (BRTA) has started receiving large number of applications for driving licences ahead of its drive against plying of vehicles over 20 years old and driving with fake licences.The BRTA launches the drive from July 15...
FE ReportActivities of the country's rural post offices have remained suspended since Sunday when the Extra Departmental Union Workers of Bangladesh Postal Department called strike demanding higher monthly honorarium.Secretary General of Extra Departmental (ED) Union Workers of Bangladesh Postal Department...
FE ReportA trawler carrying labourers and ready-made garment workers collided with a cargo boat and capsized in river Turag at Ashulia Sunday night, leaving about 14 people missing. A Fire Service official said that some 12 to 14 passengers were...
Parliament Monday passed the Public Procurement (Amendment) Bill, 2010 raising the domestic procurement cost limit to Tk 20 million from Tk 5.0 million under limited tender procedure, reports UNB.According to the Bill, there will be no requirement of previous work...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has restricted cash transaction of over Tk 0.1 million for local manufacturers enabling them to get value added tax (VAT) rebate on procurement of raw materials in a bid to check tax evasion.Local manufacturers have to...
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