Rajshahi regional office of National Bank Limited organised a managers' conference at a hotel in Bogra recently. Development of distribution system and recovery of SME loan by the branches were discussed at the meeting, says a press release. NBL Managing...
LONDON, Apr 28 (AFP): Crude prices retreated below 50 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, hit by worries that the swine flu outbreak could dent demand for airline travel and hinder a global economic recovery, analysts said.Brent North Sea crude for...
Radisson Water Garden Hotel Dhaka organised a ten-day long Chinese Food Festival which began April 24, says a press release.The festival is an initiative by the Embassy of The People's Republic of China, China Eastern Airlines and Radisson Water Garden...
MANILA, Apr 28 (AFP): The Philippines plans to reduce its energy dependence on coal over the next five years to lessen carbon emissions which contribute to climate change, an energy official said Tuesday."Part of the plan is to reduce the...
WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (AFP): US Senators have crafted legislation aimed at choking off Iran's gasoline imports to break its defiance of global demands to freeze its suspect nuclear program, their offices said yesterday. The bill, which has the support of...
PARIS, Apr 28 (AFP): The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday urged France to rein in its ballooning public deficit as soon as a recovery is underway, using spending cuts instead of tax hikes.France has said it expects...
TOKYO, Apr 28 (AFP): Japan Airlines, Asia's largest carrier, said Tuesday it would post a net loss of about 63 billion yen (656 million dollars) for the past year to March, almost twice as much as expected. Previously JAL had...
WASHINGTON, Apr 28 (AFP): Home prices in major US cities fell again in February but the pace of decline eased slightly, a survey showed Tuesday.The Standard & Poor/Case-Shiller index showed an 18.6 per cent year-over-year decline in home prices in...
NEW DELHI, Apr 28: Stock prices crashed on the major Indian bourses today with the bears, aided by weak Asian and European markets, thronged the ring and dominated it till the very end of the session according to Internet. Save...
Stocks and commodities fell around the world on concern swine flu will damp the global economic recovery and US regulators will make banks raise capital after failing so-called stress tests, reports Bloomberg.The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index of European shares...
A five- day long training course for the branch managers of Agrani Bank Limited titled "branch management course" conducted by Agrani Bank Training Institute (ABTI) concluded recently, said a press release . Managing Director and CEO of Agrani Bank Syed...
KARACHI, April 28 (agencies): The bearish trend prevails in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Tuesday as benchmark KSE 100-Index shed 122 more points to plunge at 7223 points level. Market pundits attributed this bout of pessimism in the market to deteriorating...
SEC issues show-cause notice to cos, menAmam Sea Food: The SEC has issued show-cause-cum-hearing notice to Amam Sea Food, its directors, managing director, company secretary and M/s Ahmed Zaker and Company (statutory auditor of the company) for non-compliance of securities...
MEXICO CITY, April 28 (AFP): World health officials stepped up warnings of a possible pandemic of swine flu as governments released millions of antiviral drugs and the number of cases rose, spreading into Europe.With the likely death toll in Mexico,...
ISLAMABAD, April 28 (Reuters): Pakistan warned the Taliban Tuesday it would expand a military offensive to Buner, a district northwest of Islamabad, if the guerrillas did not withdraw from the area.Interior Minister Rehman Malik said around 450 Taliban were reported...
MOSCOW, April 28 (AFP): Russian and US officials will meet in Moscow next month for the first round of negotiations to replace a Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty, the Russian foreign ministry said Monday.The two sides "agreed to organise...
TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters): Leaders of Japan and China will be seeking to send an upbeat economic message when they meet this week, tiptoeing around a feud over a Tokyo shrine for war dead, to focus on countering the global...
TEHRAN, April 28 (AP): A reformist candidate in Iran's upcoming presidential race has vowed to reverse current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's policies if he is elected.Mahdi Karroubi, a moderate cleric, also criticises Ahmadinejad for pushing Iran into international isolation and says...
SYDNEY, April 28 (AFP): The UN will stop using Fijian soldiers on peacekeeping operations, depriving the military-ruled nation of an important source of revenue, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said.The move was aimed at sending a clear-cut message to the...
KABUL, April 28 (AFP): Afghan police clashed with Taliban fighters outside the capital Kabul, leaving a dozen militants and an officer dead, while four more policemen were killed in a bomb blast, the government said.The militants were killed in a...
S Lanka forces accused of shelling Tamil civiliansCOLOMBO, April 28: A pro-Tamil Tiger website has accused Sri Lankan government forces of continuing to pound civilians trapped in rebel-held territory despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons. The military immediately...
Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury Tuesday said, the government would ensure the interests of the farmers and protect them from any distressed situation, reports BSS.The Agriculture Minister urged the entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector for serving the farmers by doing business...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Tuesday stressed the need for stepping up development activities to build Bangladesh as a happy and prosperous country, reports BSS."We will have to be more active to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh and we...
RAJSHAHI, April 28 (BSS): Speakers at a pre-budget discussion here Tuesday underscored the need for giving priority towards agriculture, food security, separate power generation and agro-based industries in the forthcoming national budget for Rajshahi region. They said, it is an...
Novelist Imdadul Haque Milon has been awarded the first 'Bibek Literary Award' of Bibek Barta in Japan, reports UNB. Milon was invited to Tokyo to receive the award in connection with the celebration of Bangla New Year, said a press...
Dr Md Mosharraf Hossain, a renowned nuclear scientist, has recently been appointed chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), said a press release.After receiving the Government Order, Dr Mosharraf has taken over the charge of Chairman, BAEC in addition to...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Apr 28: Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL), a subsidiary of gas producing company of Petrobangla, donated Sunday financial grant in aid of the three schools of Titas gas fields adjacent area.BGFCL gave the financial assistance among three...
FE ReportKhanquah-e-Shaheed (Quddesa Siffahul Aziz) Mia Saheb Maidan Khanquah Sharif, situated at Luxmibazar, in the old city, will hold religious discussion, Hamd and Nat-e-Rasul (SM), milad and doa malifil marking the holy Urs after Maghrib prayers today (Wednesday).A discussion and...
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Tuesday said, the government was proceeding with caution in staging the 1971 war criminals trial and expected the process to be completed by the yearend, reports BSS."We are proceeding with caution to ensure the trial...
As change of guards in different tiers of the former ruling party was in the offing, former Dhaka city BNP president and mayor Sadeq Hossain Khoka Tuesday said after the chairperson the secretary general has an important role in keeping...
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