Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Dec 21: Commercial cultivation of Darjeeling variety of orange has started in greater Dinajpur, particularly in Panchagarh district. Sources said, it is expected that the plants would bear fruit from 2011 and the cultivators would start supplying it...
DUBAI, Dec 21 (Commodity Online): The outlook for gold investment remains positive and will continue to be underpinned by inflation, economic uncertainty and investors' search for diversification, Rozanna Wozniak, Investment Research Manager at the World Gold Council stated in a...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Dec 21: Poor production of Aman paddy marked the current harvesting season in the Barind region due to scanty rainfall, change in climatic pattern, drought and pest attacks.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, a total of...
TOKYO, Dec 21 (AFP): The dollar fell against the yen in Asian trade Monday as traders locked in recent gains, while heightened concerns about Europe's debt woes weighed on the euro, dealers said. The dollar eased to 90.29 yen in...
LONDON, Dec 21 (Bloomberg): Raw-sugar futures and refined-sugar contracts may rise this week on speculation that supplies will remain tight, according to a survey.Six out of 10 traders, analysts and brokers surveyed last week forecast that raw sugar traded in...
TOKYO, Dec 21 (Bloomberg): Corn and wheat declined as the dollar traded near the highest in more than three months, eroding the appeal of US supplies. Soybeans climbed.Grains fell as the dollar traded near a three-month high against the euro...
December 21, Monday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Monday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.4500100.0753112.47000.775766.926165.426761.9590Agrani Bank69.3500102.6051111.16000.794267.597065.992162.6260FCBsStanChart69.50106.77117.300.8371.8367.7965.84HSBC 69.6305102.2410114.95700.820367.219365.646062.9907Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.5400101.5797115.21650.798368.858365.927264.5053PCBsUttara Bank69.5000100.4730112.71300.783766.762665.432661.9964AB Bank69.5500103.9210115.15670.8026NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
WARSAW, Poland, Dec 20 (AP): Snowstorms and subfreezing temperatures have battered Europe, killing 29 people in Poland alone and wreaking havoc on air, train and car travelers from the Nordics to Italy on the last weekend before Christmas. France's civil...
TOKYO, Dec 21 (AP): Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has called for the disarmament of all nations with atomic weapons, but said all countries have the right to develop nuclear energy.Jalili insisted that his country's nuclear programme is for civilian...
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (AP): Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all but assures its passage this week."Let's make history," said Democratic...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (AP): Pakistan will not go as far as Washington wants, and there's nothing the U.S. can do about it: That's the sobering reality as the U.S. tries to persuade a hesitant Pakistan to finish off the fight...
CARACAS, Dec 21 (AP): President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused the U.S. of violating Venezuela's airspace with an unmanned spy plane, and ordered his military to be on alert and shoot down any such aircraft in the future.Speaking during his...
SYDNEY, Dec 21 (AFP): Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna left hospital on Monday, after Australian doctors who separated their fused brains decided they should celebrate their third birthday at home. The girls, who were born joined at the...
TAIPEI, Dec 21 (AP): A senior Chinese envoy has arrived in Taiwan for talks with local officials that some on the island fear could lead to unification.Chen Yunlin's arrival Monday comes a day after the island's opposition led tens of...
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (AFP): The United States said Sunday it has sent 12 more Guantanamo detainees home to Afghanistan, Yemen and a breakaway region of Somalia-volatile nations where Al-Qaeda havens have fuelled concern over such repatriations. The transfers bring the...
KABUL, Dec 21 (AP): The Afghan Defense Ministry says 21 militants have been killed in three separate operations in the Central Asian country's fight to combat the resurgent Taliban. The ministry said in a statement that attacks by Afghan and...
Basescu to be sworn in for 2nd term in RomaniaBUCHAREST, Dec 21: Traian Basescu is to be sworn in as president of Romania for a second five-year term and a new coalition government has been named that should lead to...
FE ReportThe introduction of ATA Carnet System in Bangladesh will have a positive impact on the country's foreign trade by ensuring that the local exporting firms are able to compete with those of other trading nations under equal terms on...
FE ReportMd Yeasin Ali, managing director of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL), has asked the officials of the bank to put special emphasis on increasing fee-based income. He was speaking at the end-of-the-year managers' conference of the bank at a city...
FE Report A four-day international trade show for the engineering industry will start from January 7 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. Some 25 international engineering goods manufacturers, mainly from India and China, will showcase their...
M Azizur Rahman A row over delineation of gas blocks between the government and the international oil companies (IOCs) is delaying signing of deals to initiate exploration in the country's prospective offshore structures in the Bay of Bengal, officials said...
FE Report Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement with Exim Bank Limited for expansion of its Trade Finance Facilitation Programme (TFFP) in Bangladesh.Exim Bank Managing Director Kazi Masihur Rahman and ADB Country Director (Bangladesh Resident Mission) Paul Heytens...
The lottery for distribution of units of ICB Employees Provident Mutual Fund One: Scheme One was held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city Monday, said a press release. Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) of BUET conducted...
FE ReportMahabub Ali and Kamran Uddin have been elected chairman and senior vice chairman respectively of Shippers Council of Bangladesh (SCB), the association said in a statement Sunday.Mahabub Ali is the managing director of Valiant Garments and Kamran Uddin is...
FE ReportSonali Bank has sanctioned loan worth Tk 300 million to Midas Financing Ltd to help flourish the SME sector of the country.A loan agreement was signed between the two companies in this regard recently in the city.Managing Director and...
Newly-appointed Chief Justice of the country M Tafazzul Islam will take oath of office on December 23, reports BSS. President Zillur Rahman will administer the oath at a ceremony at 9.30 am at Bangabhaban in the city, official source said.The...
A Department of Environment (DoE) drive saw nine Gazipur factories fined by a mobile court Monday for failure to use Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) and allowing pollutants to enter the surrounding waters, reports bdnews24.com. The drive will continue against those...
FE ReportFire gutted valuables worth Tk 5.0 million at a yarn and dying factory at Kanchpur in Narayanganj Monday, fire-fighters said.Witnesses said the fire originated from the ground floor of five-storied Sinha Yarn and Dying Unit at about 4:40pm, and...
The 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) 2009 began at the Bashundhara Campus of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in the city Monday. IUB and Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) jointly organised the three-day conference. IUB...
Eminent members of the Australian Bar Association (ABA) Monday presented a cheque for TK2,334,000 to sponsor underprivileged working children of the UCEP general and technical schools, reports UNB.The funds were raised primarily by the Queensland Bar Association from members of...
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