BRUSSELS, April 2 (AFP): NATO welcomed Albania and Croatia Wednesday as the 27th and 28th members of the military alliance, after their ambassadors filed their instruments of accession with the US government. The move, held up by a border dispute...
COLOMBO, April 2 (AP): Sri Lankan troops have surrounded dozens of Tamil Tiger separatist rebels during fierce fighting in the island's north in a drive to end a 25-year civil war, the military said Thursday. The rebels - who once...
LONDON, April 2 (AFP): Thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of London ahead of Thursday's G20 summit here in angry protests that descended into violent battles with police and saw one man collapse and die. After a day of...
The 101st meeting of the board of directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) was held at its board room in the city recently.The meeting was presided over by the Chairman of board of directors Akkas Uddin Mollah. The board...
DILI, April 2 (AFP): International donors to East Timor kicked off a three-day meeting today to discuss how to lock in security gains and promote development in the young nation, one of the world's poorest. The meeting includes foreign governments,...
YANGON, April 2 (Xinhua): Myanmar's gross domestic product ( GDP) increased by 10.4 per cent to reach 13,354.2 billion Kyats (13. 35 billion US dollars) in the first 10 months (April-January) of the 2008-09 fiscal year which ended in March,...
SINGAPORE, Apr 2 (AFP): Oil rebounded in Asian trade today after overnight declines in reaction to a surprise rise in US gasoline reserves, analysts said, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for May delivery rose 47 cents to 48.86...
SAN JOSE, Apr 2 (AFP): Costa Rica has said that a contract with China to jointly build an oil refinery was valid, despite objections from the government's own legal watchdog.The government's decision "is clear and definitive: we will tell the...
TOKYO, Apr 2 (AFP): Domestic new auto sales in recession-hit Japan dropped to a 38-year low in just-ended fiscal year 2008, an industry body said Wednesday, piling more pressure onto the ailing sector.The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said 2,891,901 new...
Our CorrespondentFARIDPUR, Apr 2: Farmers of Faridpur district are apprehending power shortage for irrigation during the current boro season resulting in a huge financial loss after their incurring losses in potato production.Power Development Board (PDB) office of Faridpur also admitted...
NEW DELHI, Apr 2 (Reuters): Reliance Petroleum will take at least a week to repair its fire-hit coker plant in its new 580,000 barrels per day refinery, traders said Thursday.A Reliance spokesman declined comment but a company official, who did...
LONDON, Apr 2 (AFP): British house prices rose for the first time in 17 months during March, a survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed on today. The cost of a home in Britain increased by 0.9 per cent last month...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank governor rejected grim growth prognosis by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), saying the economy is poised to grow around six per cent this fiscal despite global meltdown.The World Bank said Bangladesh would clock...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury stepped down Thursday, saying that there is no need to spell out the reason for his resignation, report UNB and bdnews24.com. "I think you all know the prevailing situation, there's no need for...
FE ReportThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Bangladesh's economic growth rate at 5.0 to 5.5 per cent in calendar 2009 and 2010."Slowdown in export and remittance will affect the growth rate as pressure from the global recession continues to...
LONDON, APR 2 (AP): Global leaders pledged an additional $1 trillion to restore credit, growth and jobs in the world economy on Thursday, exceeding expectations in their plan to deal with the financial crisis.The Group of 20 nations also agreed...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday asked for tapping surplus electricity from neighbouring countries like Bhutan, India, Nepal and Myanmar, as the country faces severe power crisis in the wake of a growing demand, reports UNB.Addressing the officials of Power and...
The ruling Awami League (AL) won three seats while BNP and Jatiya Party (JP) bagged two and one respectively in the by-polls held Thursday in Rangpur, Kurigram, Kishoreganj and Bogra districts, report agencies. AL candidate Abul Kalam Azad bagged Rangpur-6...
FE ReportThe country's leading economists Thursday opposed the idea of allowing sweeping legalisation of black money at a pre-budget meeting with the Finance Minister AMA Muhith.Most of the economists observed that such opportunity would not yield any positive results unless...
FE ReportThe benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse dipped to a seven-week low Thursday as the investors remained worried over the market's direction amid the deepening global financial downturn.Before starting to slide at a stretch from around the mid-session, indices...
FE ReportThe government should further reduce the prices of coarse rice sold at OMS (open market sale) outlets so that the low-income group of people could benefit more from the initiative, buyers and dealers in the city said. The government...
Impoverished Bangladesh will strictly enforce a new ban on begging that aims at fully eliminating it within five years, an official said Thursday. Mir Md Aslam, a spokesman for the Ministry of Social Welfare, said they were now preparing enforcement...
The Malaysian government has withdrawn levy on the recruitment of foreign workers, Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry sources said. Earlier, every foreign worker had to pay 1800 ringit as levy to the Malaysian government. Though the employers were supposed...
SM Monir Ahmed has resigned as a member of the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC), an official said Thursday. A BTRC official, asking not to be named, said the member submitted his resignation letter Wednesday. — bdnews24.com
Mahmudur RahmanThe global economic meltdown has provided an interesting conundrum for the government. Massive subsidies have to be ensured for the farmers, food safety ensured for the poor-meaning more subsidies in food and -- essential items while on the other...
FE ReportPlanning Minister Air Vice Marshal (retd) AK Khandker said Thursday the most vulnerable and disadvantaged areas of the country should be identified first for drawing up pragmatic poverty alleviation programmes."Without lessening poverty it will not be possible to change...
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director General (DG) Major General Mainul Islam Thursday said the Border Security Force (BSF) Director General ML Kumawat has confirmed that no BDR personnel with arms has been arrested in India, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Rifles has also...
At least 66 Bangladeshis were among 350 people rescued from a boat off the Libyan coast, the Tripoli Post reported Thursday, according to bdnews24.com. The boat was rescued by Libyan coastguards with 17 very sick people who were immediately taken...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Apr 2: The inevitability of the global financial architecture being redrawn is becoming loud and clear. The United States has been the driving machine of the global economy. The global financial principle that the US will...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2(AFP): Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned Thursday after six years in office, clearing the way for his deputy to take over the task of steering the nation out of economic crisis.Najib Razak will be sworn...
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