Thai rice prices are expected to come under pressure in the remaining months of the year, particularly as India will resume its rice shipments in July, according to Internet.Rice prices may weaken slightly in the second half of this year...
TOKYO, May 21 (AFP): Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday that it would stop making mobile telephones in Japan as part of efforts to recover from its biggest ever loss.Toshiba will end production of mobile phones at its Hino...
WELLINGTON, May 21 (Reuters): New Zealand power firms reaped extraordinary gains of more than NZ$4 billion ($2.4 billion) from consumers by exploiting their size and market structure, but they did not breach competition rules, a regulator said Thursday.The Commerce Commission...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 21: Prices of different brands of soybean oil have increased by Tk 5 to Tk 8 per litre in the markets of the port city, which is higher than the price fixed by the government adding miseries...
LONDON, May 21 (AFP): Sugar prices are up 30 per cent since the start of the year and are set to climb further in the wake of a poor Indian harvest that has dented supplies after years of overproduction, analysts...
SINGAPORE May 21 (Internet): The Clean Energy Programme Office has awarded the Solar Pioneer Award to the first five private sector projects under the S$20 million Solar Capability Scheme (SCS).The five are City Developments Limited's Tampines Grande, Lend Lease's 313@Somerset,...
Copper Bid/Ask 2.0117 -2.0162 Change -0.0594 -2.87% Low/High 2.0117 -2.0847 NickelBid/Ask 5.5421 -5.5875 Change -0.1066 -1.89% Low/High 5.5421 -5.6941 AluminumBid/Ask 0.6493 -0.6539 Change -0.0109 -1.65% Low/High 0.6493 -0.6647 ZincBid/Ask 0.6485 -0.6530 Change -0.0163...
Commodity Prices Month Last WTI Light Crude Jul '09 60.7200 Brent Crude Jul '09 59.2900 RBOB Gasoline Jun '09 1.8095y Heating Oil Jun '09 1.5411y Nat Gas (NBP) Jun '09 27.5000 Soybeans ...
BOMBAY, May 21 (Bloomberg): India's benchmark stock index fell for the second day, led by ICICI Bank Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro Ltd., on speculation Monday's record advance was excessive.ICICI Bank, India's second largest, dropped 3.1 per cent, paring its...
BOMBAY, May 21 (Bloomberg): India's benchmark stock index fell for the second day, led by ICICI Bank Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro Ltd., on speculation Monday's record advance was excessive.ICICI Bank, India's second largest, dropped 3.1 per cent, paring its...
LONDON, May 21 (Bloomberg): UK stocks fell for a second day after the Federal Reserve said the US economy faces "significant downside risks" and Alan Greenspan signaled the financial crisis is not over.HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's largest bank, retreated more...
A Hepatitis Study Group in Bangladesh ran an advertisement last Tuesday, ostensibly, to create awareness, informing the reading public about the prevalence of various liver diseases in the country and what people could do to protect themselves effectively. Although the...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanCorruption fighting was one of the major hallmarks of the immediate past caretaker government. And the same was not for nothing. The media was noted to be screaming before the takeover by that government for taking anti corruption...
Ahmed AliTHE Jatiya Sangshad last month passed a legislation, Consumers Rights Act, which is full of positive potentials for the millions and millions of consumers in the country. The latter have been, so far, left hardly protected against the unconscionable...
Md. Ashraf HossainAWAMI League (AL) has assumed executive responsibility of the government since the beginning of the 2009. The majority people in Bangladesh are poor. Most of them along with middle class and rich voters cast their votes in favour...
ON May 14 last, the High Court Division laid down the guidelines against sexual harassment of women. The guidelines came following a writ petition filed by Advocate Salma Ali after the sexual harassment of a female student in Jahangirnagar University...
Students have certain duties towards society. They should teach the unlettered. During the vacation, they can go to villages and teach the rural folk. Female students can teach the uneducated women. They also can be acquainted with house keeping and...
EXPENDITURE in education always helps a country develop. The allocation for education is insignificant in Bangladesh. Moreover, we misuse the allocation for the education sector.Nationally, 7185 educational institutions await enlistment in the MPO. It has been reported about 4000 educational...
POOR solid waste management, effluent treatment, noise and air pollution and related health problems in the capital city and other urban centres, are areas of serious concern. Deteriorating urban environmental condition, the threat from global warming and rising sea level...
Billy I Ahmed OUR global culture does not have the great benefit of being able to see or understand all the damage it is doing around the world.The so-called global culture is held together and connected by our economic system...
Prof. Lutfor RahmanVILLAGE-Ikrail is located at the centre of a circular-past the western and southern borders of Gopalgonj, the birthplace of the Father of the Nation, Sheikh Mujibur Raman. From close observation of the global advancement, it is clear that...
An Indonesian military transport plane carrying troops and their families has crashed on the island of Java, killing at least 97 people, officials say, reports BBC.At least two people died on the ground as the plane hit houses before skidding...
Sri Lanka is marking a holiday Wednesday to celebrate the defeat of Tamil Tiger rebels. "The government has also asked all state institutions to fly the national flag for one week," an official said ,reports AP.However state security forces said...
Spending more time in the sun could help older people cut their risk of heart disease and diabetes say experts, reports BBC.Sun exposure helps the skin make vitamin D - a vitamin older people are generally deficient in due to...
TEHRAN, May 20 (AP): Iran says it has successfully test launched a mid-range surface-to-surface missile, state media has reported.President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Sajjil-2 missile used "advanced technology" and had "landed exactly" on the unspecified target.He was speaking in Semnan,...
Officials in Burma have unexpectedly announced that a group of journalists will be able to cover the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, report agencies.Diplomats will also be allowed to observe the trial, in what a BBC correspondent...
Airstrike kills 8 Afghan civiliansKABUL, May 20: NATO says an airstrike by one of its warplanes has killed eight civilians in southern Afghanistan, in the midst of a controversy over civilian casualties. The NATO-led international military force on Wednesday said...
LONDON, May 20 (Reuters): World stocks rose for the fourth session in a row Wednesday and Wall Street looked set to open higher, although European shares fell on weaker banking stocks.The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 was down 0.5 per cent...
Ericsson has received recognition for its continuous efforts and was awarded the title of "China Green Company" for the second consecutive year, said a press release.Sweden-based Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The...
FE Report Banglalink has recently signed an agreement with TK Group of Industries to establish nationwide voice and data communication among the group's concerns, said a press release. Banglalink Chief Commercial Officer Omer Rashid and TK Group Director Mohammad Mustafa...
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