Bangladesh to import diesel from Egypt DNA India | Dhaka: State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will buy 60,000 tonnes of diesel from a supplier in Egypt for consumption during January-June period of next year, a senior energy official said on Saturday. | "The BPC will import the diesel from Egypt-based Middle East Oil Refineries (MID...
UAE, Bangladesh ink deal to avoid double taxation Khaleej Times ABU DHABI - In its efforts to streamline economic and investment cooperation with other countries across the world and to strengthen the UAE's investment and economic development potential, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) signed a draft agreement with the People's Republic of Bangladesh to avoid doubl...
W’Bank: Nigerians remit $10bn home Joy Online With an estimated $10 billion inflow of foreign exchange from its citizens abroad this year, Nigeria yesterday emerged the sixth highest destination of remittances from citizens of developing nations in the Diaspora. | The World Bank, which gave the ...
Two ULFA leaders produced in court The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Outfit calls 12-hour Assam bandh tomorrow demanding their unconditional release | United Liberation Front of Assam leaders, Sashadhar Choudhury (right) and Chitraban Hazarika (centre) arrive at the Chief Judicial Magistrate ...
Police Produces ULFA Leaders at a Guwahati Court Voa News | ULFA Rebels in Assam.The police in India’s north-eastern state of Assam produced two top leaders of the banned separatist outfit ULFA in a Guwahati court on Saturday. | The chief judicial magistrate in Guwahati sent the du...
Muhammad Yunus brings Bangladesh business model to Europe Zeenews Wolfsburg: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus brought on Saturday ideas for creating micro "social businesses" from Bangladesh to Germany, with backing from several of the world's leading corporations. | Yunus, who was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize f...
Bangladesh to import diesel from Egypt DNA India | Dhaka: State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will buy 60,000 tonnes of diesel from a supplier in Egypt for consumption during January-June period of next year, a senior energy official said on Saturday. | "The BPC will import the diese...
'Godrej will focus on fewer, but bigger innovations' DNA India | Godrej Consumer Products Ltd is focusing on a strategy of investing in a smaller portfolio and has plans to grow its international and domestic businesses. Dalip Sehgal, managing director of the consumer goods firm talks about the company's plans a...
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Export demand will help red chilli farmers, says TNAU The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Take up sowing of chilli during north-east monsoon period, farmers told | Price expected to be in the range of | Rs. 4700 - Rs. 4,800 per quintal | Coimba...
Dozens hurt in Bangladesh textile factory protest The Star | DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP): At least 50 people were injured in a violent clash Saturday as Bangladeshi textile workers demanded unpaid wages at an industrial town outside the capital...
Global warming could create 150 million 'climate refugees' by 2050 The Guardian | Environmental Justice Foundation report says 10% of the global population is at risk of forced displacement due to climate change | People displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up by their tents for a visit from UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in 2008 ...
Much to lose from import ban The Star | THERE is a proposal to ban the import of used auto parts by June 2011. I honestly think this proposal should be reconsidered. | Although I suspect the reason behind it is to protect the local industry, the loss that will result from the ban is quit...
Lebanon prosperity ranks 86th globally, 8th in MENA Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, November 03, 2009 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The Legatum Institute 2009 Prosperity Index ranked Lebanon in 86th place among 104 countries around the world and in eighth place among 13 countries in the Middle East and North...
India sees Pakistani hand in fake note flood Khaleej Times NEW DELHI - When India's central bank admitted discovering 400,000 fake notes in its currency reserves, many here woke up to the scale of the country's counterfeit money problems. | Worse still, the embarrassing admission related to a survey from the last financial year to March 2009 and authorities say the problem has since got worse. | Police and...
