MELBOURNE, Nov 5 (Bloomberg): Global sugar production may increase in the second half of 2010, driven by higher prices and improved weather conditions, JPMorgan Chase & Co said.Output may rise to 165 million tonnes in 2010, compared with consumption of...
KABUL, Nov 5 (Agencies): The United Nations said Thursday it would temporarily evacuate hundreds of its international staff from Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilize the country.Spokesman Aleem Siddique said the United Nations...
MIRANSHAH, Nov 5 (AFP): Suspected US missiles killed five in Pakistan's Al-Qaeda-infested tribal belt Thursday, not far from where 30,000 troops are battling a major offensive against homegrown Taliban.The attack, which Pakistani officials said was carried out by a US...
Nearly 40pc of breast cancer tumours change form when they spread, a UK study shows, reports BBC.The researchers say this could mean that patients require changes to their treatment regime.They analysed 211 tumours which had spread to the lymph nodes...
Hezbollah denies link to arms ship seized by IsraelBEIRUT, Nov 5 : Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group denied Thursday any connection with a shipment of weapons that Israel said it had intercepted on the high seas. Israeli officials said on Wednesday...
FE ReportIFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has pledged to increase its investments and advisory services in Bangladesh to help the country strengthen its private sector, create jobs, and better mitigate climate change.During her official visit to Dhaka,...
Mercantile Bank Foundation handed over a cheque for Tk 2.5 million as donation to Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital at a simple ceremony in the city Wednesday.Dhaka Ahsania Mission President Kazi Rafiqul Alam received the cheque on behalf of the organisation.Speaking...
The ICB Asset Management Company (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has declared the Net Asset Values (NAV) of its two unit funds, the company said in a statement.The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood...
FE ReportDr. Mohammed Abdullah Mamun has joined Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) as Chief Executive Officer.Before joining CSE, Dr. Mamun worked as faculty of Business School in International Islamic University, Malaysia and Curtain University of Technology, Australia (offshore campus in Malaysia).Born...
FE ReportNational Bank Ltd has got the ICMAB Best Corporate Performance Award 2008 in the private banking category. The award is the testimony to transparency, accountability, good corporate governance and soundness of the bank.Md Abdur Rahman Sarker, managing director of...
FE ReportCiti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Citigroup, Thursday launched the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards (CMA) programme for the fifth consecutive time in Bangladesh to recognise and honor leadership, entrepreneurial skills and best practices of individual micro entrepreneurs. This year the...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday lifted trade suspension order on Arafat Securities Ltd taking into account of investors' interest.The securities regulator suspended trading of the brokerage house for one month on October 19 as Arafat was found...
FE ReportCanadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert McDougall Wednesday urged the government and the private entrepreneurs to explore the potentials of working with Canadian companies for expanding renewable energy projects in Bangladesh.He cited four specific areas - small hydro, small...
Industries Minister Dilip Barua Thursday invited the Japanese investors to invest in Bangladesh's prospective sectors like textiles, leather goods, food processing and real estate, reports UNB."We will welcome the Japanese investors if they invest their capital in the country. We...
Mashiur RahamanOverseas employment has started showing 'signs of recovery' in October 2009, fuelled by job-surge in Middle East and North African countries as the impact of global recession starts easing, official said.A total of 43,334 Bangladeshi secured overseas employment last...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has taken initiative to extend loans for setting up solar power, biogas and effluent treatment plants, said a press release.It is pledge in bound to promote solar power and alternate energy sources to face electricity and...
Dhaka Bank Limited (DBL) has recently launched a remittance banking in Comilla with the assistance of its partner PAGE Development Centre. The money will be remitted through Western Union Money Transfer. In this connection, the clients' get-together and traditional Mezban...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 5 (BSS): All rounder Naeem Islam with a priceless unbeaten 73 pulled back Bangladesh from the jaw of defeat to hand them a sensational one wicket win over Zimbabwe in the 5th One-day International at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury...
The fire and ice combination of Shane Watson and Shaun Marsh took Australia to a huge total on a true and flat Hyderabad pitch. Watson provided the early impetus, converting a conservative start into a boundary-fest towards the end of...
Gopibagh Friends Associa-tion, LT SK Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd and Jatrabari KC won their match of the First Division Cricket League in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Gopibagh Friends Associa-tion (64/2 in 18.2 overs) posted an eight-wicket win over Uttara...
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct 5 (AP): Roger Federer reached the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors by beating Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday.The three-time defending champion was solid on serves to make it six matches against the 51st-ranked Seppi without...
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC emerged champions in the Philosophia 2nd Division Chess League with one round in hand securing 16 points after beating Royal Electronics by 2.5-1.5 points in the 8th round match at the Chess Federation Thursday, reports UNB.Nebula Chess...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment and Forests has recommended enacting a law with a provision of penalising the offenders to check environmental pollution by individuals or organisations, reports UNB. Held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban Thursday, the meeting discussed different...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad has said the electoral pledges to build Digital Bangladesh by 2021 had installed Awami League to power with a huge majority and steps were now underway to fulfil the promise."We promised to build a digital...
The Public Procurement (second amendment) Bill-2009 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad Thursday to ensure transparency and accountability in buying goods, works and services with public money.Planning Minister Air Vice Marshall (retd) AK Khandakar proposed that the bill in an...
Anisul Haque, chief counsel for the state in the appeal hearing on Bangabandhu murder case, in his last day's submission Thursday stated that capturing the radio station after operation in Bangabandhu Bhaban is an integral part of the conspiracy of...
NARSINGDI, Nov 5 (UNB): Vice President of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central unit SM Qaiyum was arrested from his residence in the district town early Thursday.The police said they arrested Mr Qaiyum from his residence at Paschim Kandapara of the...
RANGAMATI, Nov 5 (BSS): Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) pushed back 58 Myanmar nationals through Ashartali-Chakdhala frontier under Naikhyongchhari Upazila of Bandarban district between Tuesday and Wednesday, sources said. Of them, Roangchhari police arrested 38 people while Alikadam and Lama...
BENAPOLE (Jessore), Nov 5 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), in a drive Wednesday night, arrested two JMB cadres along with two pistols at Navaran on the Jessore-Benapole Road in Sharsha Upazila.The arrested were identified as Shimul (26), son of Mr...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 5 (BSS): Speakers at a climate change awareness programme urged the developed countries to stop playing unconventional acts in the current climate negotiations and to support the stand of most vulnerable countries.They also laid emphasis on the conscious...
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