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Radisson Hotel introduces midnight buffet

2011-11-04 00:00:00

FE Report Radisson Hotel in Dhaka has introduced Midnight Buffet, making a special restaurant service plus live music available deep at night when regular service is closed, for the customers who would feel to have a relax. "The Midnight Buffet...

Gold, oil rise on Greek election hopes

2011-11-04 00:00:00

LONDONKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Reuters): Spot gold and crude oil edged up Thursday as investors bet a possible collapse of Greece's government would kill plans for a referendum on the country's bailout package, forcing it to accept EU aid and...

BPPL to get more engine generator sets from Rolls-Royce

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced a US$22 million contract to supply eight Bergen B32:40 16V reciprocating engine generator sets to Baraka Patenga Power Limited (BPPL). The engines will power BPPL's 50mw power plant under construction at Patenga,...

India's SAIL Q2 profit halves

2011-11-04 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Reuters): Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), the country's largest domestic steel producer, blamed a halving of quarterly profit on rising costs and a strong dollar on Thursday, and maintained demand would rise during the rest...

Poor economy strikes at heart of Obama support

2011-11-04 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AFP): The state of the US economy matters, but President Barack Obama's hopes of reelection may hinge on the economic fate of a small group of voters in key states who handed him the keys to the...

Russia clinches final deal to join WTO

2011-11-04 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Nov 3 (AFP): Russia stood today on the verge of ending its tortuous 18-year wait to get into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after accepting a Swiss-mediated deal that removed reservations by its arch-foe Georgia. The decisive breakthrough with...

Indonesia approves Genting Oil's NW Natuna project

2011-11-04 00:00:00

JAKARTA, Nov 3 (Reuters): Indonesia has approved an $800 million oil and gas development project on Northwest Natuna block run by Genting Oil Natuna Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Malaysia's Genting Bhd , the energy minister said on Thursday. The...

Bill Gates asks G20 to boost dev efforts

2011-11-04 00:00:00

CANNES, Nov 3 (AFP): Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is asking the Group of 20 nations to step up development efforts to ease poverty, saying this is an important investment despite economic woes in wealthy countries. "Development isn't just good for...

Professional skills in banking sector underscored

2011-11-04 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Nov 3 (BSS): Speakers asked the newly recruited officers of Sonali Bank Limited to perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to brighten the image of the bank side by side with bolstering the economic activities. They were...

Cattle abundant in Khulna markets

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Our Correspondent KHULNA, Nov 3: Sale of sacrificial animals in the city's makeshift market is gathering momentum with thousands of cattle arriving on the eve of Eid ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims. Although cattle prices were...

Aman harvest in Panchagarh shortly

2011-11-04 00:00:00

PANCHAGARH, Nov 3 (BSS): Aman paddy was cultivated on 81,000 hectares in the district with a production target of 3,22,000 tonnes during the current season. According to Department Agriculture Extension (DAE), the paddy was cultivated on 22,000 hectares in Debiganj...

Pabna outlaw held with firearm

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Our Correspondent PABNA, Nov 3: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged top leader of an outlawed party with a firearm at village Bilbhiduri in Pabna s adar upazila of Pabna on Thursday. The arrestee is identified as Shimul Hossain,...

RU anthropology dept to celebrate 12 years of inception

2011-11-04 00:00:00

RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 3: The Department of Anthropology of the Rajshahi University (RU) is going to celebrate its 12 years of inception on Dec 2 and 3 amid enthusiasm at the university campus. To mark the occasion, the...

Robbers loot valuables from 2 houses in Sylhet: 5 held

2011-11-04 00:00:00

MOULVIBAZAR, Nov 3 (UNB): Armed robbers looted cash and valuables from a house at Chandagram village in Borolekha upazila in Moulvibazar early Wednesday. Police quoting local people said a gang of dacoits numbering 810 stormed into the house of Shafiquddin...

9 killed in separate road accidents

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Our Correspondent PABNA, Nov 3: An unidentified man aged about, 45, was killed in a road accident when he was crossing the road at Chinakhara on a Pabna-Dhaka highway in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna Wednesday. The police recovered the body...

2.5m pilgrims prepare for Hajj

2011-11-04 00:00:00

MAKKAH, Nov 3 (AFP): Around 2.5 million Muslims begin Friday the rituals of the hajj pilgrimage, the world's largest annual assembly, leaving Saudi authorities with a daunting security and safety challenge. Saudi authorities have mobilised some 100,000 security and civil...

Pressure on Syria's Assad to implement peace deal

2011-11-04 00:00:00

CAIRO, Nov 03 (Reuters): Syria is under pressure from its Arab neighbours to end months of bloodshed, after agreeing to a plan to pull its military out of cities, release political prisoners and hold talks with the opposition. "We are...

Karzai seeks help from neighbours to combat 'terror'

2011-11-04 00:00:00

ISTANBUL, Nov 3 (AFP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Wednesday there would be no hope for peace in his war-ravaged nation without help from its neighbours, particularly Pakistan, to combat "terror groups". Karzai was speaking at a one-day conference in...

Nepal Maoists hail 'historic' deal as path to peace

2011-11-04 00:00:00

KATHMANDU, Nov 3 (AFP): Nepal's former Maoist rebels said Wednesday that a deal to integrate thousands of their fighters into the army will finally set the country on the road to peace, five years after the end of civil war....

India court denies bail to MP Kanimozhi

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Indian MP Kanimozhi, arrested in May in connection with the country's biggest corruption scandal, has been refused bail by a court in the capital, Delhi, reports BBC. She denies conspiracy and accepting bribes in the alleged mis-selling of telecoms licences,...

Malaysia bans Islamic Sex book

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Malaysian officials have banned a controversial book that offers sex tips to Muslim women, reports say. The book, entitled Islamic Sex, is believed to have been read by a few hundred people. It was published by a group known as...

Four Pak cricketers, agent jailed over fixing scam

2011-11-04 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 3 (AFP): Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif and agent Mazhar Majeed were all jailed on Thursday in Britain for their role in fixing parts of a Test match against England. Cricket agent Majeed, 36,...

Sangakkara ton lifts Sri Lanka in 3rd Test

2011-11-04 00:00:00

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Nov 3 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara notched his 27th Test hundred to propel Sri Lanka to an imperious 245-2 on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan on Thursday. The 34-year-old stylish...

Dhaka Metro leading points table in NCL

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Dhaka Metro staging a comeback now enjoys the top spot as they are leading the points table with a flattering all-win run along with bonus points in the 4th Walton National Cricket League securing 41.16 points after the third round...

Preliminary squad for SAFF Championship announced

2011-11-04 00:00:00

The National Team Management Committee of Bangladesh Football Federation announced Thursday a 26- member preliminary squad for the 9th SAFF Championship to be held in New Delhi December 2-11, reports BSS. Bangladesh are placed in a very tough group and...

Beckham saves best for last in MLS final bow

2011-11-04 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES, Nov 3 (AFP): English star midfielder David Beckham is set for the final bow in his five-year Major League Soccer adventure, and he hopes to go out a winner by making the Los Angeles Galaxy a championship side....

DSE news in brief

2011-11-04 00:00:00

Dividends Al-Haj Textile: The board of directors of Al-Haj Textile has recommended 20 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on June 30, 2011. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on December 22,...

ICB AMCL discloses NAV of two unit funds

2011-11-04 00:00:00

ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh disclosed net asset value (NAV) of two unit funds Thursday, said press releases. The funds are- ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit Fund and ICB AMCL Unit...

Fu-Wang Ceramic EGM venue shifted

2011-11-04 00:00:00

The company has further informed that due to unavoidable circumstances the venue of EGM of the company has been shifted to Council Hall, Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (IDEB), IDEB Bhaban, 160A Kakrail VIP Road, Dhaka-1000 instead of Carnival Hall,...

Economic situation remains on track, says Muhith

2011-11-04 00:00:00

FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Thursday that the government might opt for floating sovereign bonds to help ease pressure on the country's foreign exchange (forex) reserve. "We have to go for introducing the sovereign bond as many countries...