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...
A Magura court Monday issued arrest warrant against acting editor of daily Amar Desh and two of his colleagues on charge of publishing 'false report' about Prime Minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and energy adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, reports UNB.Two...
Prof Muhammad Harunur Rashid, PhD, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of West Florida USA, handed over a cheque for Tk 0.2 million (2 lakh) to Prof Dr Abu Rayhan Md Ali, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering,...
Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ, Dec 21: Begum Rokeya Day was observed in a befitting manner in Gopalganj recently.On the occasion, Urban Partnership Poverty Reduction Project (UPPRP) and Gopalganj pourashava brought out a procession and arranged a discussion in Shilpakola Academy premises.DC of...
Mohammedan SC clinched the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea Dhaka Premier Division Cricket title after long eight years beating arch-rival Abahani Limited by three wickets in the title-deciding Super League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Monday, reports UNB.With...
KARACHI, Dec 21 (AFP): Former Pakistan captain Younus Khan returned to first-class cricket on Monday after a month-long absence, raising hopes for a swift international comeback by the big-hitting batsman. The 32-year-old was featuring in the five-day final of Pakistan's...
Tillakaratne Dilshan blazed his way to 41 from just 18 balls, and with Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara building on that, Sri Lanka were on course for another massive total after deciding to bat first in Cuttack, according to website...
Paul Collingwood completed the job he had begun at Cardiff in the opening Test of the Ashes, and the No. 11 Graham Onions repelled a fiery final over from Makhaya Ntini, as England survived a massive collapse against the second...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
