TOKYO, Sept 29 (Reuters): Japan will likely avoid a deep slump from the global credit crisis but faces "considerable uncertainty" and downside risks to growth, a top central bank official said Monday. The possibility of a dive on the back...
BIRMINGHAM, Sept 29 (Xinhua): Britain's main opposition, the Conservative Party, unveils here yesterday its reconstruction plan for a stronger economy. In a 40-page pamphlet, the party which is largely regarded as the one to lead the next government, sets out...
FRANKFURT, Sept 29 (AFP): The European Central Bank (ECB) announced Monday a special 38-day loan to provide Eurozone banks with more cash in a bid to balance conditions on tense interbank money markets. The amount of the operation was not...
WELLINGTON, Sept 29 (AFP): New Zealand's trade deficit narrowed in the year to August as exports rose, boosted in recent months by a decline in the local currency, official figures showed today. The trade deficit for the year to August...
HANOI, Sept 29 (AFP): Vietnam's economy grew 6.5 per cent in the first nine months of the year, lower than its target rate but still "encouraging" in the "context of a deteriorating world economy", the government said today. To reach...
TOKYO, Sept 29 (AFP): The cabinet of Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso today approved a 17-billion-dollar emergency budget to stimulate Asia's largest economy, which contracted in the last quarter, officials said. The plan includes measures to help consumers, companies...
SINGAPORE, Sept 29(AFP): World oil prices fell in Asian trade today after US policy- makers outlined a 700 billion dollar government bailout of the financial sector, dealers said. In afternoon trade New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November...
Our CorrespondentFARIDPUR, Sept 29: Milk production has sharply fallen in the district as the number of milch cows has rapidly decreased in all the eight upazilas.The poor cultivators of the district till their lands with the help of milch cows...
YANGON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua): Myanmar has targeted to cultivate 81,000 hectares more of rubber to boost export of the industrial crop in the fiscal year of 2008- 09, which began in April, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported...
BUSAN, South Korea, Sept 28 (AFP): The global financial crisis will weigh heavily on the minds of filmmakers when they gather in South Korea this week for Asia's premier film festival. Money troubles have increased pressure on Asian filmmakers, who...
TOKYO, Sept 29 (AFP): The dollar rose against other major currencies in Asian trade today but came off early highs after US lawmakers reached a consensus on an unprecedented bailout of Wall Street, dealers said. They said the euro was...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua): Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al-Khalifa Saturday called for the establishment of a global energy organisation. "Given their universal effects and implications, energy and its various sources are in need of a...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29 (AFP): Japan is worried about a severe credit crunch, India wants regulations tightened while China expects the situation to get worse before it gets better-the US financial crisis has been haunting Asian leaders as they took...
FE ReportHealth and Family Welfarw Adviser AMM Shakhawat Ali said Monday stern action will be taken against those who are responsible for the import of melamine-mixed baby food in the country from abroad.Relevant rules are going to be amended soon...
The High Court (HC) Monday de-listed the scheduled hearing on a pending writ petition challenging the Election Commission's (EC) gazette notification that recast the parliamentary constituencies under electoral reforms ahead of the national elections, reports UNB.It put the writ hearing...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to sue 24 persons, including seven engineers of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) and 17 contractors, for alleged misappropriation of about Tk 8.0 million from a project fund, reports UNB.ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif...
The treatment of BNP chief Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman will start towards the end of this week probably at London's Wellington Hospital, his lawyer says, reports bdnews24.com.Advocate Ahmed Azam Khan said at a press briefing Monday that all expenses...
BNP joint secretary general Nazrul Islam Khan Monday met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda and requested him not to drop DemocracyWatch from the list of the election observers, reports UNB.DemocracyWatch, a non-governmental watchdog, is run by Taleya Rehman,...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have felicitated German President Horst Kohler and Chancellor Angela Merkel on the occasion of the day of German unity which falls on October 3, reports BSS."I take this opportunity to express...
Awami League's (AL) Suranjit Sengupta sees the High Court's (HC) refusal Monday to grant party chief Sheikh Hasina bail in the Noor Ali extortion case as 'not a good sign,' reports bdnews24.com."Allow Sheikh Hasina to return home or we will...
BNP joint secretary general Nazrul Islam Khan was admitted Monday to National Heart Foundation hospital after meeting with chief election commissioner (CEC) over the DemocracyWatch issue, reports bdnews24.com."My father was having irregular heart beats on our way to Sirajganj to...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told the OIC ministers that the media and the civil society in Islamic countries had an important role in projecting Islam as a religion of peace and tolerance, reports BSS. He said this while participating...
A three-day summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Scientific, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will begin in New Delhi on November 11, a foreign ministry source said Monday, reports BSS.This will be the second summit of the...
Commodore ASMA Awal of Bangladesh Navy was Monday promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, reports UNB.Naval Chief Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam formally adorned him with the badges of rank of Rear Admiral at Naval Headquarters Monday morning.High officials...
Awami League (AL) joint general secretary Obaidul Kader left Dhaka for New Delhi Monday morning to seek medical treatment after he was stopped from flying two days ago, reports bdnews24.com.Kader's lawyer AKM Amin Uddin told the news agency that his...
The recent focus on a meeting between the two former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina could have an adverse impact on the Dec 18 election, a senior Kallyan Party (KP) leader said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com."The Dec 18 polls...
Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will exchange Eid greetings with foreign diplomats and eminent personalities at 11.00 am on the Eid day at the Ladies Club auditorium at Eskaton in the city, reports BSS.She will also exchange...
The Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) Monday heard pleas of eight corrupt individuals who have applied for clemency in return for their ill-gotten wealth, reports UNB.According to TAC sources, those who were heard are employees of Titas Gas and Ministry...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Thousands of peoples mainly from the capital are expected to spend their Eid vacation in Cox's Bazar triggering tour business to a new height, Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) and transport operators told the FE.The local visitors are...
FE ReportThe price of beef in retail markets increased by over 30 per cent from that of last year, due to short supply of cattlehead.The demand for beef usually increases before festivals as it is a common item specially for...
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