MELBOURNE, Apr 28 (Reuters): Private equity firms looking to sell some of their mid-size Australian businesses are finding strong enough interest from trade buyers so that they may be able to avoid IPOs, after a poor run for recent stock...
THIMPHU, Apr 28 (AFP): The leaders of India and Pakistan will hold direct talks Thursday at a regional summit in Bhutan, as the rival nations inch their way towards resuming a dialogue frozen since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.The meeting between...
BANGKOK, Apr 28 (AFP): Thai troops opened fire on "Red Shirt" protesters Wednesday during a tense confrontation on a highway in Bangkok's northern suburbs that left one soldier dead and 18 people injured.The demonstrators hurled rocks at soldiers and police...
WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (AFP): United States (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged Iraqi leaders to resolve rows over the March elections and form a new government quickly, as more winning candidates risked being disqualified.With a major US...
TEHRAN, Apr 28 (AFP): The wife of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Western countries of using the United Nations to promote illicit affairs, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday."Westerners exploit the United Nations structure to promote illicit affairs,"...
The Conservative leader arrived at a soft-drinks bottling plant in Outwood, West Yorkshire as part of a Tory plan to 'expand the battlefield' of the election and target Labour heartlands, reports Internet. The foray into the seat fought by Mr...
Mohammedan SC lost valuable points in the Citycell Bangladesh League when they were forced to a 2-2 draw by minnows Farashganj SC in the day's lone match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.With this...
Bangladesh Police AC beat East End Boys Club in straight sets (25-16, 25-8, 25-10) in the National Bank Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.
The main opposition BNP Wednesday announced a programme of demonstrations and processions towards the Election Commission (EC) on May 3 demanding immediate resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda and two other commissioners, reports UNB.The demonstration towards the...
Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir is not a part of Jamaat-e-Islami, claimed a delegation of the religious fundamentalist party on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.The Jamaat delegation made the claim at a meeting with chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda at his office.The...
Seven lawyers of BNP and one of Jamaat-e-Islami Wednesday strongly protested the statement made by the law minister over the developments in the investigation for the trial of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity during the 1971 War of Liberation,...
GQ Ball Pen: Spot market trading and block/odd lot transactions of the shares of GQ Ball Pen will be settled as per spot settlement cycle with cum benefit between today (Thursday) and May 3, '10. Trading of the shares of...
Trial of 256 mutineers of BDR Hospital Unit began Wednesday at the makeshift special court at the Darbar Hall of BDR Headquarters where 73 people were killed in the Feb 25-26 carnage last year, reports UNB.BDR Director General Maj General...
BAGERHAT, Apr 28 (UNB): A day labourer was slaughtered by unknown assailants at Bhasa village in Kachua Upazila Wednesday.
THIMPU (Bhutan), Apr 28 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday requested Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to encourage his country's investors to invest in Bangladesh's RMG, plastic, house building and CI sheet sectors. Bangladesh provides various facilities for the foreign...
MUNSHIGANJ, Apr 28 (UNB): A mugger was killed and another three were injured in a lynch-mob attack at Panchasar in Sadar Upazila Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain (34), of Sipahipara area of the upazila.Quoting witnesses police said...
A 16-day 'National River Festival 2010' will begin at Suhrawardy Uddyan in the city today (Thursday) for creating awareness among people for saving country's rivers and other water-bodies, reports UNB.Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan is expected to inaugurate the festival as...
FE ReportFood and disaster affairs minister Abdur Razzaque Wednesday urged the donor community to come up with appropriate development aid for people vulnerable to disasters, spurning the practice of what he called support for 'software' activities. "I do want more...
HONG KONG, Apr 28 (Agencies): A global markets sell-off spread to Asia Wednesday, sending the region's stocks lower amid fears the worsening European debt crisis would throw the world economic recovery off track. Selling was widespread across Asia after European...
The 25th annual general meeting (AGM) of the United Insurance Company Limited (UICL) was held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city recently, said a press.During 2009, the company's pre-tax profit was Tk 74.26 million. As on 31st...
MUMBAI, Apr 28 (Economic Times): Equities ended near day's lower levels Wednesday in line with sell-off in global markets after the Standard & Poor's downgraded Greece's rating to junk and lowered Portugal two notches. Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at...
Peoples Insurance Company Limited (PICL) declared 20 per cent bonus share in its 25th annual general meeting (AGM) held at the Ladies Club in the city Tuesday, a press release of the company said. Acting Chairman Nazmul Ahsan Khaled and...
THIMPHU, April 28: Amid fragile peace, shaky economies and destabilising climatic conditions, leaders of the south Asian countries rallied for a more potent South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) body, to tackle pressing issues in the region -- home...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe row over the country's growth rate continues with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projecting the current fiscal year's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth downward again. But Finance Minister AMA Muhith has refused...
FE Report The government Wednesday urged the garment workers to refrain from violence, saying that their wages will be increased within the next three months.The announcement came following two recent violent unrests at Mirpur and Narayanganj that jolted the country's...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday presented two innovative proposals - setting up Himalayan Council on the model of the Artic Council to help the climate-victim nations in South Asia and an International Adaptation and Research Centre (IARC) in Bangladesh to...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a project to hand over two incomplete jetties of Mongla Port Authority to private management for long-term development under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), reports UNB.The approval was given in the 7th meeting...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed marginally higher amid choppy trading Wednesday as profit taking on some heavyweights capped early gains. Steepest rise in banking and leasing issues put the market on the positive terrain despite telecommunications, fuel and power, and pharmaceuticals...
Nazmul AhsanThe government is likely to amend the Bankers' Book Evidence Act, 1891 and the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 soon to make them time-relevant, official sources said.The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has undertaken the move last week as both...
BNP will march towards the Election Commission (EC) on May 3 demanding cancellation of the Bhola-3 by-election, bdnews24.com reports. The main opposition also demands resignation of the election commissioners. The party's standing committee member, Nazrul Islam Khan, announced the programme...
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