Grameenphone Ltd. handed over a cheque of BDT 1.5 billion to the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as installment of advance income tax for FY 2009-10 Tuesday. The cheque was handed over to Dr. Nasiruddin Ahmed, Chairman,...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Tuesday sought Danish investment in large volume in the gas exploration sector of Bangladesh, reports UNB. She also urged the government of Denmark to help Bangladesh install windmills in the coastal areas, including Patharghata, Bhola...
French Lafarge Group Co-President (Cement Division) Isidoro Miranda will arrive in the city on an official visit today (Wednesday).During his visit, Mr Miranda will be reviewing the business and strategies of Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd (LSC) in Bangladesh. He will...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's export processing zones are expecting a buoyant growth this year despite negative performances by the industrial units during the first few months of the fiscal year. Officials said export earnings from the country's eight export...
Banglalink and United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) have recently signed a nation-wide distributor sales collection agreement at Banglalink head office in the city recently, said a press release. Banglalink Managing Director and chief executive officer (CEO) Ahmed Abou Doma and...
LONDON, June 29 (PTI): A weaker pound and robust economies at home have made Asians the largest investors in Central London's real estate market, a global property consultancy firm, Knight Frank said recently.The report said Asians, who spent 761 million...
HONG KONG, June 29 (Reuters): Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank) is likely to set a lower price for its Shanghai initial public offering (IPO) than it set for the Hong Kong portion of the IPO, according to sources, reflecting weaker...
JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (AFP): Brazil set up a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final clash against the Netherlands with a convincing 3-0 win over Chile Monday at Ellis Park.First-half goals by centre-back Juan and striker Luis Fabiano gave Dunga-coached Brazil a 2-0...
JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (AFP): Brazil swept into a World Cup quarter-final showdown with the Netherlands after a clinical and uncompromising 3-0 victory over Chile at Ellis Park Monday.Bert van Marwijk's Dutch side saw off Slovakia 2-1 earlier in the day,...
JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (AFP): Ghana have injury and suspension headaches ahead of a World Cup quarter-final against Uruguay at Soccer City here Friday.Star striker Asamoah Gyan joined the casualty queue after taking a knock at training near the north-west Sun...
JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (AFP): England and Mexico received a fulsome apology from FIFA President Sepp Blatter Tuesday over refereeing errors during their World Cup last 16 matches as he announced that FIFA would discuss the introduction of goal-line technology at...
PRETORIA, June 29 (AP): South Africa's police commissioner says seven World Cup replica trophies have been stolen from FIFA headquarters in Johannesburg.Gen. Bheki Cele said at a security briefing Tuesday "we know that there was a burglary at the FIFA...
OBERHAUSEN, June 29 (AFP): An octopus in Germany who has shot to fame for correctly predicting the result of all of the country's World Cup matches so far Tuesday forecast a win over Argentina in the quarter-finals.Two plastic boxes containing...
JOHANNESBURG, June 29 (AFP): Coach Dunga admitted Kaka's flurry of yellow cards was giving him concern as five-time world champions Brazil charged into the quarter-finals at the World Cup at Ellis Park Monday.The former world player of the year picked...
Tehran, June 29 (Agencies): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will freeze nuclear talks with world powers until August in a bid to 'punish' the West.Iran also said Tuesday its decision to delay talks for two months relates only...
NEW DELHI, June 29 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday there was 'some hope' that Pakistan would crack down on militant activity targeting India following talks between the two countries.The comments came after Pakistan and India announced last...
MOSCOW, June 29 (AFP): Russia angrily hit back Tuesday at US claims that it had smashed a Moscow-organised spy ring, warning the spat could damage efforts to improve relations.US authorities said 10 'deep-cover' suspects, accused of infiltrating policymaking for the...
KABUL, June 29 (AFP): Sixteen people including civilians and policemen have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan blamed on the Taliban over the past 24 hours, police said Tuesday.Seven Taliban fighters were also killed after ambushing a police convoy...
SRINAGAR, June 29 (AFP): The police in Indian-ruled Kashmir placed more towns under curfew and banned mobile phone text messages Tuesday in an attempt to dampen protests over the killing of civilians by security forces.In a separate incident in the...
BEIJING, June 29 (Reuters): China's military officers have added matchmaking to their duties, after the government banned troops from online dating over fears that lonely hearts might let sensitive information slip, state media said Monday.Commanders of the 2.3 million strong...
Kyrgyz leader meets observers after voteBISHKEK, June 29 : Kyrgyz interim President Roza Otunbayeva was to meet with representatives of foreign observer missions Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly backed a new constitution in a controversial referendum.More than 90 PER CENT of...
Jatiya Party Chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad has defined 'hartal' as a destructive political culture which is not practised in any civilised country in the world.He called hartal an 'organisational democratic right' but sought to know how democratic right could be...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun has said action would be taken if the elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) engaged in any 'unjust and unlawful' act inside the house of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Leader Mirza Abbas during hartal hours Sunday."I...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has demanded a judicial inquiry into the attacks on its senior leaders during the hartal Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque at a press briefing at the city's parliament media centre Tuesday criticised...
International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) put forward a set of recommendations Tuesday to improve the city governance in a study on 'City Governance and Private Sector Development'.The main purpose of the study is to demonstrate the importance of city...
A special judge's court Tuesday has postponed the date for the framing of charges in the Zia Orphanage Trust case for the third time. Following an application by defence lawyers for additional time, special court-3 acting Judge Nasiruddin Mahmud set...
Ismat Jahan, the Bangladesh candidate for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), has been elected Bangladesh Representative securing the highest votes.The election was held at the United Nations (UN) in New York Monday, according to a...
The flood situation is likely to deteriorate in northern and northeastern regions of the country amid forecasting of heavy to very heavy rainfall in most parts of the country in next 24 hours, reports BSS.According to the latest weather forecast,...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jun 29: The Power Development Board (PDB) Chittagong region has restored power connection to Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) after 26 hours of snapping it.The officials said the power connection was restored at 5pm today (Tuesday) following negotiations between...
Industries Minister Dilip Barua has stressed the need for developing herbal and Unani treatment methods to reach healthcare services to the doorsteps of the people."People of many developed countries have been preparing to take herbal and Unani treatments instead of...
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