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The car of the future today
AFP, Detroit :Cars that park themselves, radar- guided safety sensors and infotainment systems with web access; automakers are competing for customers who now expect constant...
Tofail advocates regional transit
bdnews24.com :Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said facilitation of transit and transshipment facilities to each other could help South Asian nations achieve greater economic integration.He...
Grameen license fee / Railways incur Tk 8.25cr loss in two fiscal
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh Railway has incurred a loss of over Tk 8.25 crore in two fiscal years (FY07 and FY08) for realising license fee at...
‘Budget implementation main challenge’
bdnews24.com :Implementation of budget for the current fiscal is the major challenge before the new government, says former adviser to a caretaker government ABM Mirza...
Int’l tourist arrivals worldwide in 2013 surpass expectations: UNWTO chief
Xinhua, Madrid :With just under a week before the FITUR international tourism exhibition’s opening in the Spanish capital city, Taleb Rifai, secretary general of the...
‘Troika’ takes flak from EU lawmakers over crisis conditions
AFP, Brussels :EU lawmakers put the Troika under the microscope this week, wanting to know how and why the trio of international creditors imposed eurozone...
Japan’s economy ‘recovering’, first time in six years: Abe
AFP, Tokyo :A Japanese government report Friday said the economy was “recovering”, its first use of the word since the 2008 global financial crisis, as...
UAE sees sharp rise in foreign direct investments in 2014
Xinhua, Dubai :The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to attract 14.4 billion U.S. dollars foreign direct investments in 2014, representing a 20 percent year-on-year...
Emerging markets launch ratings agency rival
AFP, London :ARC Ratings, five credit ratings agencies mainly from emerging markets, launched Thursday a rival to the sector’s main players including Fitch and Moody’s.Pitching...