LONDON, Sept 26 (BBC): Japan posted a trade surplus for the seventh straight month in August, compared to a deficit in the same month the previous year, the finance ministry said recently.The surplus was 185.7 billion yen ($2.04 billion) against...
Earnings from export of delicious Hilsa fishes have increased in Barisal three times due to fixation of export price by the government, reports UNB.Abdul Hye, manager of Barisal fish landing centre of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation, said the earnings from...
HONG KONG, Sept 26 (AFP): Asian shares fell Friday as dealers looked to weak data from the United States that suggests a recovery in the world's biggest economy may not be as strong as previously thought. Tokyo led the way...
Ericsson has recently unveiled its new mobile broadband module specifically designed to bring high-speed wireless connections to a new generation of consumer electronic devices, said a press release.As demand increases for the freedom and mobility which embedded broadband enables, Ericsson's...
SHANGHAI, Sept 26 (AFP): Ford and its Chinese partner announced Friday they will build a third plant in China as the US automaker struggles to improve its weak performance in the world's strongest market.Ford will run the new 490-million-dollar plant...
FE ReportTapan Kumar Ghosh has been promoted as deputy managing director of Janata Bank Limited, said a press release.Prior to the new posting, he was general manager of Sonali Bank.Mr Tapan began his career in 1977 as senior officer in...
Mr MA Majid has assumed the office of managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Meghna Life Insurance Company Limited, said a press release. Prior to taking his new charge, he was the adviser and director (Administration, Finance...
Grameenphone LimitedNature of BusinessGrameenphone Ltd. is the largest mobile telecommunications operator in BangladeshSubscription OpenOctober 4, 2009Subscription CloseOctober 8, 2009For Non resident BangladeshiOctober 4, 2009 to October 18, 2009Offer PriceTk 70.00Face ValueTk 10.00Market lot200 SharesSponsors Portion1,215,174,797 SharesSponsors PortionTk 12,151,747,970.00Initial Public Offering69,439,400...
VIENNA, Sept 26 (AP): Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment plant is a heavily guarded, still-unfinished underground facility in the arid mountains near the holy city of Qom that will be able to produce nuclear fuel - or the payload for...
PESHAWAR, Sept 26 (AP): Two car bombs killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan Saturday, just days after the Taliban warned more suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an...
PITTSBURGH, Sept 26 (Reuters): Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday he will call off his decision to deploy missiles in the enclave of Kaliningrad, his response to the United States scrapping missile shield plans in Europe.US President Barack Obama last...
BERLIN, Sept 26 (AFP): Germany's rival politicians made their final pleas for votes Saturday, the last day of campaigning for a tense election that is forecast to hand Chancellor Angela Merkel a second term in office.Merkel, 55, has won plaudits...
OTTAWA, Sept 26 (Reuters): Canada is close to signing a deal with India to sell nuclear technology and materials, Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Friday, adding he was confident that remaining security concerns would be resolved.Day made similar comments in...
KABUL, Sept 26 (AP): Rising violence ahead of Afghanistan's disputed presidential election made August the deadliest month of the year for civilians, the UN said, warning in a new report that attacks could spike again when the final vote results...
YANGON, Sept 26 (AFP): Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi has eased her stance on sanctions, her lawyer said Saturday, as the country marked the second anniversary of the junta's bloody crackdown on monk-led protests.The detained Nobel laureate has...
'Nine dead, missing' as storm hits PhilippinesMANILA, Sept 26: At least nine people were reported dead or missing in massive floods in the Philippine capital as a tropical storm lashed the eastern side of the country Saturday, radio reports said....
FE SpecialSHAMIM is a student of class eight in a high school. He works very hard all the year long. He finishes lessons of every course before final examination, but he spends little time in revising the chapters. What happens...
M A IslamMANY students take tea/coffee or even smoke in order to keep themselves awake and study for long hours. May be these help them remain awake, but driving away sleeping conditions through taking tea/coffee or smoking cigarette do have...
The birthday studyIt is proven that the celebration of birthdays is healthy. Statistics show that those people who celebrate the most birthdays become the oldest. -- S. den Hartog, Ph D. Thesis Universtity of Groningen.Visiting a rural farmRush Limbaugh and...
Two terrorists were killed in separate encounters with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police in Kushtia and Bagerhat districts respectively Saturday, reports UNB. In Kushtia, an outlawed party cadre was killed in a shoot-out with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 26 (bdnews24.com): A factional clash marred a public rally organised by Chittagong City Awami League (AL) president ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury near Shah Amanat Bridge Friday, the police said. The clash ensued as followers of local MP Akhtaruzzaman Babu...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four Jama'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) activists including a JMB cadre in two districts-Joypurhat and Khagrachhari-during Thursday and Friday night, reports BSS.RAB-5 arrested an absconding top ranking cadre of the banned extremist outfit-Jama'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB)-from...
PABNA, Sept 26 (bdnews24.com): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami are still trying to raise Islamist militants by abusing religious sentiments.State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku allegedly said Friday after visiting more than 100 puja pavilions in the...
The present government is working to adopt necessary measures to overcome the adverse impacts of the climate change due to global warming caused by the developed countries, reports BSS.The government has allocated Tk 7.0 billion in the budget for the...
RANGPUR, Sept 26 (bdnews24.com): Rangpur district Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) convener Ashraf Hossain has resigned on the grounds that he did not get cooperation from party leaders, local BNP leaders said Friday. Former Rangpur district BNP office secretary Salekuzzaman Salek...
NILPHAMARI, Sept 26 (UNB): A madrasah teacher was arrested at Khutamara village in Jaldhaka Upazila Friday for his alleged link with the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).The arrested was identified as Azizul Islam, son of late Shamsuddin of the village.The...
The 25th death anniversary of Shaheed Moizuddin, former vice-chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and one of the organisers of the War of Liberation, will be observed today (Sunday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.Awami League (AL) and its front...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 26 (BSS): Commerce Minister Faruq Khan today said necessary measures would be taken to keep prices of essentials at the buying capacity of common people. He said this while visiting Durga Puja mandaps at Maksudpur Upazila of the...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced Saturday 16-memebr Under-19 squad for the upcoming home series against England and Zimbabwe Under-19 in October and November this year, reports UNB.Visiting England U-19 team will play a four-day youth Test and seven-match youth ODI...
A spicy Wanderers pitch and some hearty late-order striking from Mitchell Johnson added heat to what could easily have been a one-sided contest between Australia and the second-string West Indies side. Johnson's unbeaten 73 from 47 balls put Australia back...
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