China encourages high-tech imports, R&D to upgrade “Made in China”
Xinhua, Beijing :China will use tax breaks to encourage enterprises to upgrade their equipment and increase research and development (R&D) efforts to improve the manufacturing...
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Britain eyes Libor abuse powers for oil, gold markets
AFP, London :Britain Thursday said new powers to punish rigging of Libor interest rates with criminal sanctions should be extended for seven major benchmarks, drawing...
Bangladesh won’t extend IMF loan term : finance minister
bdnews24.com :Finance Minister AMA Muhith says he does not want an extension on the term of International Monetary Fund’s Extended Credit Facilities programme.Speaking to reporters...
BD discusses Dhaka-Tokyo direct flight
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh is in talks with Japan to have direct flight between Dhaka and Tokyo to make the communications between the two countries easier...
Saradha scam / TMC MP grilled
TNN, Kolkata :The CBI questioned Trinamool Congress MP Subhendu Adhikari on Wednesday over allegations made by his arrested party colleague Kunal Ghosh that he got...
Pak cops kills Christian accused of blasphemy
Reuters, Islamabad :A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail on Thursday, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another condemned to death on the...
Brazil releases ‘good’ mosquitoes to fight dengue fever
BBC Online :Brazilian researchers in Rio de Janeiro have released thousands of mosquitoes infected with bacteria that suppress dengue fever.The hope is they will multiply,...
CID must prove Tapas Pal hate speech: Kolkata HC
IANS, Kolkata :In a setback to Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, the Calcutta high court on Thursday directed filing of an first information report...
We can stop flow of foreign fighters to Syria: Erdogan
AP, United Nations :The president of Turkey on Wednesday accused the international community of doing too little to stem the flow of foreign fighters to...