BEIJING, June 12 (PTI): Bilateral trade between India and China rose 53.7 per cent to USD14.2 billion during the first five months of the year, witnessing the fastest growth rate among the Communist nation's top ten trading partners. China-India bilateral...
FRANKFURT, June 12 (AFP): Workers in the former East Germany still earn up to 40 per cent less than their counterparts in the west of the country nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, according to a...
SINGAPORE, June 12 (AFP): Oil prices were lower in Asian trade today after sharp gains overnight on fresh concerns over US gasoline (petrol) supplies, dealers said. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July, was...
NEW DELHI, Jun 12 (PTI): India, Pakistan and Iran are likely to sign an agreement for a tri-nation gas pipeline costing over USD seven billion by end of next month, Petroleum Secretary M.S.Srinivasan said yesterday. "India and Pakistan will have...
HANOI, June 12 (Xinhua): Vietnam is estimated to ship abroad some 1 billion U.S. dollars worth of tra and basa, two most common types of catfish in the country, in 2007, up from 661 million dollars in 2006 and 328...
HARARE, June 12 (Xinhua): The Zimbabwean government is set to boost agricultural production through provision of requisite equipment to farmers in a bid to reduce the country's spiralling inflation, an official said yesterday. Speaking at the handover ceremony of agricultural...
KATHMANDU, June 12 (Xinhua): The Nepali Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) has launched the second phase of the Energy Sector Assistance Program (ESAP) to promote the use of alternative energy in the rural areas of the country, The Himalayan Times...
UCBL signed a corporate agreement with banglalink in the city recently, said a press release.Under the agreement, the post-paid subscribers of the banglalink will get international roaming for UCB dual currency credit cards at a special discount rate and UCBL...
RIYADH, June 12 (AFP): The Saudi cabinet yesterday awarded the kingdom's third mobile phone licence to Mobile Telecommunications Co (MTC) of Kuwait, the state news agency SPA reported. It said the contract went to MTC's consortium which will operate under...
Speakers at a workshop Monday underscored the need for providing agro subsidy directly to farmers using power tillers and threshing machines, for enhancing agricultural production in the country, reports BSS.For optimum use of the subsidy being provided to the agriculture...
FE ReportDBBL organised a 'Treatment Card' distribution programme among the HIV-positive patients at a city hotel Monday as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR).Health and Social Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman was present on the occasion and distributed the...
FE ReportHeidelbergCement Bangladesh Limited approved 16 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividends for 2006 at the annual general meeting (AGM) of the company in the city recently.HeidelbergCement Managing Director Jean-Claude Jamar presided over the AGM, while directors...
FE ReportThe board of directors of NCC Bank Ltd, in its recent meeting, has elected Tofazzal Hossain and ASM Mainuddin Monem as the bank's chairman and vice-chairman respectively.Both of them are sponsor directors of the bank.Tofazzal Hossain was born in...
FE ReportFirst Security Bank Ltd and the UK-based exchange house M/S JR Money Transfer and Travel signed an agreement for remittance facility purpose in the city recently.Under the deal, Bangladeshi expatriates will be able to send remittances to their relatives...
Warid Telecom Tuesday handed over prizes to winners of the first ever Warid Cricket Quiz, said a press release.Muneer Farooqui, CEO of Warid Telecom, along with other officials of the company, gave away gift-hampers including handsets to 13 winners at...
FE ReportMutual Trust Bank Ltd organised a day-long workshop on "Small Enterprise Financing and Consumer Financing" in the city recently, said a press release.Managing Director of the bank Kazi Md Shafiqur Rahman inaugurated the workshop participated by SME officers of...
Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has termed the proposed national budget for 2007-08 fiscal as realistic and time-befitting, reports BSS from Rajshahi. In a statement, RCCI President Hasen Ali said, different need-based sectors like education, technology and agriculture...
FE ReportTata Motors and its distributor Nitol Motors recently announced the setting up of a new distribution network for Tata Genuine Parts (TGPs), used in various Tata commercial vehicles in Bangladesh. The proposed network, consisting of 30 authorised parts outlets...
NEW YORK, Jun 12 (BSS): Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Chairman Ashraf Abdullah Yusuf called upon expatriate Bangladeshis to invest in the country taking advantage of the current congenial investment climate, especially in the EPZs.Addressing a press briefing in...
FE ReportONE Bank Limited opened the 26th branch of the bank at Court Hill Lane in Cox's Bazar recently.Chairman of the bank Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury formally inaugurated the branch office.Managing Director (current charge) Farman R Chowdhury, members of board of...
FE ReportThe Westin Dhaka Hotel and Resorts signed an agreement with Transcom Beverages Limited in the city Sunday.The Westin Dhaka General Manager Sun Amalan and Transcom Beverages Key Accounts Manager Kazi Abdul Haider signed the deal on behalf of their...
The board of directors of the Sonargaon Textiles Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held at the Barisal Club in Barisal...
Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Ltd Nature of Business: Lease Finance & Term Finance Subscription Opens: June 10 2007Subscription Closes: June 14 2007 Subscription for NRB: June 10, 2007 to June 23, 2007 Offer Price (Tk.): 100.00 Market lot (Share):...
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (AFP): The Security Council Monday reiterated "deep concern" at mounting reports of "illegal movements of arms" across the Lebanese Syrian-border, amid fears of escalating strife. The 15-member council also renewed its full support to Lebanese Prime...
GAZA CITY, Jun 12 (AFP): Palestinian gunbattles rocked Gaza Tuesday, killing 17 people in 24 hours as mortar shells slammed into the home of premier Ismail Haniya and the seafront compound of president Mahmud Abbas. Amid the apparent no-holds barred...
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (AFP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon is willing to consider "an expanded (UN) role and presence in Iraq," provided "adequate protection and security arrangements" are put in place, according to a report released Monday. Citing growing calls...
JALALABAD, Jun 12 (AFP): US-led soldiers and warplanes killed seven Afghan policemen in a midnight battle that erupted when both sides mistook each other for Taliban rebels, officials said Tuesday. The foreign soldiers, who had been on an anti-Taliban operation,...
SYDNEY, Jun 12 (AFP): Looters raided abandoned houses, businesses and cars during four days of violent storms in Australia, stealing everything from iPods to alcohol and cigarettes, outraged victims said Tuesday. As a massive clear-up operation got into full gear...
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (AFP): The United States welcomed Monday Pakistan's decision to join a global programme led by Washington and Moscow to combat nuclear terrorism. Islamabad Saturday announced its intention to join the "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism" although...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jun 12 (AP): The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted a wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs of murder, torture and persecution Tuesday and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign of...
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