KOLKATA, Oct 4 (AFP): India's Tata Group announced yesterday it was scrapping a plant in eastern India slated to turn out the world's cheapest car after weeks of violent demonstrations by farmers whose land was seized. The row over the...
LONDON, Oct 4 (Xinhua): British Prime Minister Gorden Brown launched yesterday a new National Economic Council (NEC) that "will advise on measures to steer the economy through the current global crisis." Speaking to journalists in Number 10, the prime minister...
NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (Internet): Inflation fell below 12 per cent mark at 11.99 per cent for the first time in the last two months as some food items turned cheaper amidst expectations of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintaining...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (AFP): Malaysia's Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government was ready to hold talks on sensitive areas including the thorny government procurement issue in trade talks with the United States. "Earlier, it was a no-talk issue...
YANGON, Oct 4 (Xinhua): Two Vietnamese oil companies have reached a production sharing contract with Myanmar to explore oil and gas in the country's offshore area, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. Under the contract signed in...
LONDON, Oct 4 (AFP): Commodity prices slumped across the board this week as markets were roiled by growing anxiety over whether an emergency United States (US) bailout of ailing banks will get through Congress. OIL: The price of oil nose-dived...
TORONTO, Oct 04 (PTI): After capturing European and Japanese markets, India's Premier's Tea company, has entered the North American market. "Take Premier's Tea and See," Hasmukh A. Shah, Chairman of the Kolkata-based company said while launching the famous Indian major...
TEHRAN, Oct 4 (AFP): Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossiein Nozari said today that a price of under 100 dollars for a barrel of crude oil is 'unsuitable'. "An oil price of less than 100 dollars is unsuitable for anyone, either...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 4: There is a huge rush of traders and businessmen to become members of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) as the election of the chamber is nearing.Every year, just before the RCCI elections, a huge...
LHASA, Oct 4 (Xinhua): Around 8:00 am, Puqung, a farmer in Zongxia Village in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, turns on a methane stove in the kitchen to begin preparing her family's breakfast. Looking at the blue flame, she seems happy....
Our Correspondent FARIDPUR, Oct 4: Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) Faridpur region deployed 15 water pumps to save thousands of houses, business centres, bazar and Aman paddy of about hundred acres from acute waterlogging. Water of the Padma went through...
FE Report Holcim (Bangladesh) Limited has recently organised a mason meet in Noakhali district. Holcim is providing cement to Noakhali district from the very beginning. Holcim always actively performs its corporate social responsibility (CSR) along with its business activities. Under...
Habib Mohammad Ali AS a student of Bangladesh, I have nurtured since my childhood the desire to go to different destinations to learn something different. This stimulated me to learn English at first and communicate with people from anywhere in...
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The 'rebel' cricketers, led by former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar, left Dhaka Saturday morning for the Indian city of Chandigarh via Delhi to take part in the breakaway Indian Cricket League (ICL) with hopes of qualifying for the semifinals, reports...
MUMBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters): Five veteran Indian players have been told to plan their retirements by December to avoid unceremonious exits from the national team, Indian cricket board officials said Wednesday."They have been given the next two home series to...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (AP): A Lahore court has postponed a decision until Oct. 8 on whether fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar must pay an outstanding 7 million Pakistan rupee ($90,660) fine in order to be eligible for domestic or international cricket."The...
HYDERABAD, Oct 4 (Cricinfo): It was a day of contrasting halves. The Australians lost five wickets for 27 runs in the morning session before Michael Hussey and Stuart Clark defied the Board President's XI for more than 40 overs and...
MUMBAI, Oct 4 (AP): India's former captain Sourav Ganguly was chosen in the squad Wednesday for the first two Tests against Australia despite not featuring in the domestic Irani Trophy, which is the traditional trial for Test selection.Ganguly was included...
WARSAW, Oct 4 (AFP): oland's Sports Ministry demanded Friday that FIFA drop its Monday deadline for the reinstatement of the suspended national football federation (PZPN) in a row which could see Poland serve a two-match World Cup ban."The talks between...
STUTTGART, Germany, Oct 4 (AFP): Jelena Jankovic, set to regain the world number one slot next week, defeated Vera Zvonareva in the quarter-finals of Stuttgart's WTA event Friday to book a semi-final with Venus Williams.Jankovic held her nerve to win...
Victoria allrounder Cameron White has been named as the replacement for the injured Bryce McGain in the Australian Test squad in India. He will join the squad on October 6 in Bangalore, reports Cricinfo."We feel that Cameron's right-arm legspin and...
Former Pakistan offspinner Zulfiqar Ahmed, 81, has died of cardiac arrest in Lahore. Ahmed was ill for the last few months and his health deteriorated suddenly Friday. He was Pakistan second-oldest cricketer after Mohammad Aslam who is 88, reports Cricinfo.Ahmed...
TANGAIL, Oct 4 (UNB): A traditional boat race was held in the Singna Kurumbhi Beel in Kalihati upazila Friday on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr. Haider and his team placed first while Juran and his team second and Shah Alam...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday hoped that a free, fair, neutral and acceptable election with participation of all political parties would be held to transfer power to an elected government, reports UNB."The country is advancing towards the election. An...
Bangladesh prides itself on consistently being a major global peacemaker under the United Nations (UN), foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Thursday after meetings with top UN officials in New York, reports bdnews24.com.The foreign adviser spoke to the media after...
Awami League (AL) acting President Zillur Rahman Thursday said, the meeting between the two top leaders is no doubt a good initiative, reports BSS. "But AL chief Sheikh Hasina, who is still under parole, herself will take decision weather she...
BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Thursday expressed her optimism that nation would soon return to democracy ending their sufferings through a free, fair and acceptable general elections, reports BSS.Khaleda Zia was exchanging Eid greetings with political leaders,...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) will press charges either today (Sunday) or tomorrow (Monday) against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, 10 powerful ministers of her cabinet and five others in the Barapukuria graft case, reports UNB.Sources said investigation officer (IO) of...
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