Our CorrespondentGOPALGONJ June 8: The profit in lemon cultivation changed the destiny of Faruque Ahmed Mollah (48), an HSC completed farmer of Gobra village under Sadar Upazila in Gopalganj district. Faruque become self-reliant by farming lemon on a large scale...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, June 8: Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) Deputy General Manager (DGM) Md Lokman Hossain has been conferred PhD degree on Human Resource Management by the National University of California, USA recently.
M Azizur RahmanThe government has decided to engage the private sector for the first time to build oil depots for ramping up the country's overall petroleum storage capacity to ensure uninterrupted fuel supply to the new fuel-run power plants, officials...
SINGAPORE, June 8 (Bloomberg): Gold climbed to within 0.3 per cent of a record in London as investors sought an alternative to currencies as concern over Europe's debt crisis mounts. The metal climbed to all-time highs in Swiss francs and...
SINGAPORE, June 08 (Commodity Online): Global oil prices rose marginally in Asian trade Tuesday mainly on euro recovery that boosted investor demand. Light sweet crude for July delivery was seen trading at $ 71.59 a barrel at 11.30 am Singapore...
Exchange Rate June 08, Tuesday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Tuesday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.550083.6187101.01600.766760.204866.203657.1624Agrani Bank69.550083.6070101.11710.768760.226666.206757.1866FCBsStanChart69.6787.16101.080.7961.0666.3758.97HSBC 69.617584.3892102.01890.785860.404565.772857.3312Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.640085.1862103.16020.788161.195166.730559.8208PCBsUttara Bank69.600086.3666102.64820.769460.482567.402659.1843AB Bank69.650084.9485102.28890.7781NANANABuying rates ...
ISTANBUL, June 8 (AFP): Iran will reject talks on its nuclear programme if slapped with new sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday as the UN Security Council geared up for fresh talks on a fourth sanctions resolution."I have said that...
TOKYO, June 8 (AFP): Japan's new centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan unveiled his cabinet Tuesday and vowed to create a 'vigorous country', restore its public finances and mend strained US relations.Kan, a one-time left-wing activist who takes over as Japan's...
MANILA, June 8 (AFP): Benigno Aquino was declared the winner of the Philippine presidential election Tuesday, nearly a month after voters went to the polls embracing his pledge to fight corruption and ease deep poverty.Following a drawn-out vote tallying process,...
BEIJING, June 8 (AFP): A top South Korean envoy arrived in China Tuesday to seek Beijing's support for a UN censure of North Korea over the sinking of a warship, but reaffirmed Seoul would not ask for new sanctions.There would...
NEW DELHI, June 8 (AFP): Indian politicians, campaigners and newspapers vented outrage Tuesday at two-year prison terms handed to those found guilty over the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster that left thousands dead.Anger focused on the 25-year delay in the...
MADRID, June 8 (AFP): Garbage went uncollected and hospital care was reduced in Spain Tuesday as tens of thousands of public workers went on strike to protest austerity cuts intended to rein in a public deficit that has rattled global...
Czech jobless rate keeps fallingPRAGUE, June 8: Czech unemployment fell to a rate of 8.7 per cent in May from 9.2 per cent in April, posting the third straight decline as the country kept recovering from the global crisis, official...
Raihan M ChowdhuryA private sector move has been initiated to spur the development in infrastructure and energy sector through floating sectoral mutual funds in the country's stock market.Under the move, first of its kind in the stock market, Prime Bank...
Munima SultanaThe Financial Times, London-based FDI magazine, has ranked the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) as the 3rd best cost competitive zone in the world and 4th in best economic potential for 2010-11.The magazine's Global Ranking Competition of Economic Zones...
Standard Chartered Bank has started evening banking services at its Mirpur branch for the greater convenience of the customers. Customers can withdraw and deposit cash and cheques from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm during the weekdays (Sunday to Thursday) at...
FE ReportThe listing sub-committee of Dhaka stock exchange (DSE) Tuesday recommended for allowing RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Limited to be traded on the main bourse of the country. "A DSE board meeting scheduled today (Wednesday)will fix the debut trading date of...
S M JahangirThe outstanding debts of government, semi-government and autonomous bodies have swelled to Tk 726.94 billion mainly due to their poor response to an ongoing official recovery drive, finance ministry officials said."The overall liability of servicing debts by state-owned,...
Bangladesh's BRAC Bank has been awarded as the Sustainable Bank of the Year 2010 at the FT Sustainable Banking Awards-2010, said a press release.The award was jointly announced by Financial Times (FT) newspaper and IFC at a function held in...
The preliminary phase of the 36th National Chess Championship, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, will begin in the city Sunday (June 13) at the hall room of Bangladesh Chess Federation, reports UNB.Players with rating of 2100 and above as well...
JOHANNESBURG, June 8(AP): Nelson Mandela will likely greet fans and players for 10 to 15 minutes at the World Cup opening ceremony before watching the rest of the game from home, his grandson said Tuesday."We believe that maybe before the...
ERASMIA, June 8 (AFP): Germany's next generation of stars is ready to step up into the breach left by captain Michael Ballack, who was ruled out of the World Cup with an ankle injury, centre-back Arne Friedrich said Tuesday.Chelsea midfield...
BIRMINGHAM, June 8 (AFP): India's Sania Mirza made a winning return to action after her wedding to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik as she defeated Chan Yung-Jan 6-1, 6-4 in the first round here Monday.Mirza had taken several months off from...
Wari Club edged past North Baridhara Club by a solitary goal in the lone match of the Metropolises Senior Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.Shamim scored...
Abdullah Al Saif took solo lead in the 31st BASIC Bank National Junior Chess Championship securing full six points after the 6th round matches at Bangladesh Chess Federation hallroom in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.In the day's 6th round matches,...
PRETORIA, June 8 (AFP): s Argentina blew hot and cold in their World Cup qualifiers but if Carlos Tevez has his way Diego Maradona's men will go in all guns blazing in their Group B opener against Nigeria Saturday.By Tuesday...
JOHANNESBURG, June 8 (AP): For health workers, South Africa's World Cup isn't just about football."We know when people are partying, sex happens," said Miriam Mhazo, whose independent Society for Family Health provides AIDS virus testing and counseling across South Africa....
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold a four-hour mass sit-in in the capital today (Wednesday) from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.BNP Chief Khaleda Zia will lead the sit-in on the premises of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh, reports UNB.The mass...
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said Tuesday that a full-fledged National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with a permanent chairman, one permanent member and four non-permanent members would be constituted this month, reports UNB.
A scrutiny committee has recommended the withdrawal of 411 more cases on the grounds that they were 'politically motivated' cases filed under previous regimes.The 19th inter-ministerial meeting on withdrawal of political harassment cases made the recommendation Tuesday, reports UNB.State minister...
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