(photo: GFDL / Douglas J. McLaughlin, September 5, 2006)
Bhutan still wary of law and order in Assam DNA India | GUWAHATI: Bhutan today said it has not given clearance to its citizens to visit Assam since the crackdown on northeast militants seven years ago as it is still wary of the law-and-order situation in the northeastern state. | "We have not yet given the nod to students and patients who earlier ...
Bangladesh to Import 25,000 Tons of Rice from Burma Narinjara | Dhaka : Bangladesh will import 25,000 metric tons of sunned rice from Burma in order to meet domestic demands for the staple, according to a report published by Bangladesh news agency UNB. | The Bangladesh cabinet committee on public purchase, chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, yesterday appr...
Banking group plans to expand social benefits network The Guardian DHAKA, March 9 (Reuters) - An international group of banks pledged on Tuesday to expand their social benefits network to 1 billion people by 2020 as part of a campaign to serve the unserved and those vulnerable to climate change. At the end of a thre...
Bangladesh to get three new luxury hotels Samachaar Dhaka: Bangladesh's Unique Group, which owns Westin Dhaka, has signed a deal with Starwood Hotels and Resorts to set up two more five-star hotels in Dhaka and a third in Chittagong. | Two hotels to come up in downtown Dhaka are Le Meridien and The We...
Bhutan still wary of law and order in Assam DNA India | GUWAHATI: Bhutan today said it has not given clearance to its citizens to visit Assam since the crackdown on northeast militants seven years ago as it is still wary of the law-and-order situation in the northeastern state. | "We have not yet g...
Third of India's MPs to be women as equality gap closes The Times | A third of seats in India's Parliament are to be reserved for women under a law to be put before the legislature today - International Women's Day - in one of the country's boldest steps towards gender equality since independence in 1947. | The Wom...
Bangladesh to Import 25,000 Tons of Rice from Burma Narinjara | Dhaka : Bangladesh will import 25,000 metric tons of sunned rice from Burma in order to meet domestic demands for the staple, according to a report published by Bangladesh news agency UNB. | The Bangladesh cabinet committee on public purchase, chai...
South Asia China Trade Fair 2010 on the anvil The Himalayan | KATHMANDU: Nepal-China Executive Council (N-CEC) along with Nepal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (N-CCCI) will be organizing the South Asia China Trade Fair 2010 which will commence on April 8. | This will be the fourth major trade fair org...
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SYRIA: Severe food shortages in parched eastern region IRINnews web | Photo: UN DAMASCUS, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled drought-affected eastern Syria and those that remain are struggling to survive on limited food stocks,...
42 million date palms planted in UAE Khaleej Times His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, there are continual efforts to increase UAE date palm productivity in order to make better use of the date palm industry and to pr...
Indian textile professionals eye SE Asia for better opportunity The Times Of India AHMEDABAD: At the age of 28, Jaspal Singh, a technocrat from Ludhiana, left India for an opportunity that offered him more than a grand designation and a jump in salary. He took a ...
Govt to consider exports of grains: Pawar The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India, sitting on a huge stockpile of grains, will soon discuss lifting a ban on exports of wheat and common grades of rice, the farm minister said on Thursday. Sharad Pawar told reporters a panel of ministers headed by Finance Minister Pr...
Global rice trade to rise by nearly 6% The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Global rice trade will likely to rise by nearly 6% this year, to a three-year high of 30 million tonnes, the International Grains Council has said. I | A recent report of the Council said that rice trade would be higher than the five-year ...
SYRIA: Severe food shortages in parched eastern region IRINnews web | Photo: UN DAMASCUS, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled drought-affected eastern Syria and those that remain are struggling to survive on limited food stocks, according to a UN report released at the end of February. | The third...
Global rice trade to rise by nearly 6% The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Global rice trade will likely to rise by nearly 6% this year, to a three-year high of 30 million tonnes, the International Grains Council has said. I | A recent report of the Council said that rice trade would be higher than the five-year average due to a rebound in shipments to Asia Deliveries to Far East Asia are forecast to rise 20%, ...
