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AIM Alumni delegation calls on APUB

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A joint delegation of Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Alumni of Malaysia, Bangladesh and India led by Haji Zul Hahram called on the officials of the executive committee of Association of Private Universities of Bagladesh (APUB) recently, said a press...

Coastal areas are under threat of 'natural calamities' ****

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 29: Tens of thousands of people in the coastal areas of the port city are exposed to threat of natural calamities as erosion along the coastal belt continues unabated due to lack of maintenance of cross dams...

Mobile court fines 5 fast food shops, restaurant

2011-04-30 00:00:00

BARISAL, Apr 29 (UNB): A mobile court operated in the city Thursday noon realized Tk 20,000 in fine from five fast food shops and one restaurant for selling date-expired and rotten items and preparing food in unhygienic process. Ghosh Mistanya...

US storm toll tops 310

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ALABAMA, April 29 (AFP): Shocked Americans Friday sifted through the rubble from the worst US tornadoes and storms in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south claiming at least 313 lives. Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi tomorrow

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A 16-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi tomorrow (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank to be held in the Vietnamese capital on May...

5 kms of BD-India border fencing completed

2011-04-30 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said that along India-Bangladesh border five kilometres (kms) of fencing and 11 kilometres of road works were completed in April under phase II of a project. "Four kms of fencing...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Saturday). Day temperature may remain nearly...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-04-30 00:00:00

YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Philips : technical innovator

2011-04-30 00:00:00

"You need to imagine the future to see possibilities that aren't there at the moment, but might be in five years' time. Some people call that vision, but what it actually amounts to is not getting into a rut and...

Asia losing $16-30b a year for gender gaps in edn: Report

2011-04-30 00:00:00

FE ReportAsia was estimated to be losing US$ 42-47 billion a year because of limits on women's access to employment opportunities and another $ 16-30 billion a year as a result of gender gaps in education, according to a report....

RTI can best establish transparency

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Jubair HasanThe Information Commission (IC) is contemplating including the private sector under the purview of Rights to Information Act (RTI) to ensure transparency and accountability, officials said Friday. The decision was taken in the light of concerns raised by common...

AIM Alumni delegation calls on APUB

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A joint delegation of Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Alumni of Malaysia, Bangladesh and India led by Haji Zul Hahram called on the officials of the executive committee of Association of Private Universities of Bagladesh (APUB) recently, said a press...

Coastal areas are under threat of 'natural calamities' ****

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 29: Tens of thousands of people in the coastal areas of the port city are exposed to threat of natural calamities as erosion along the coastal belt continues unabated due to lack of maintenance of cross dams...

Mobile court fines 5 fast food shops, restaurant

2011-04-30 00:00:00

BARISAL, Apr 29 (UNB): A mobile court operated in the city Thursday noon realized Tk 20,000 in fine from five fast food shops and one restaurant for selling date-expired and rotten items and preparing food in unhygienic process. Ghosh Mistanya...

US storm toll tops 310

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ALABAMA, April 29 (AFP): Shocked Americans Friday sifted through the rubble from the worst US tornadoes and storms in decades, which carved a trail of destruction across the south claiming at least 313 lives. Communities like Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi tomorrow

2011-04-30 00:00:00

A 16-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi tomorrow (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank to be held in the Vietnamese capital on May...

5 kms of BD-India border fencing completed

2011-04-30 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said that along India-Bangladesh border five kilometres (kms) of fencing and 11 kilometres of road works were completed in April under phase II of a project. "Four kms of fencing...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Saturday). Day temperature may remain nearly...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-04-30 00:00:00

YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...

weather

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...

Spain's jobless rate hits new eurozone record******

2011-04-30 00:00:00

MADRID, April 29 (Agencies): Spanish unemployment, officially the highest in the European Union, is at a 14-year peak latest data show, just as the government attacks illegal jobs which experts say cast doubt on the figures. The government was to...

aIndia, Pakistan agree to enhance trade

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, April 29 (AFP): India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to set up a joint working group to enhance trade, in a further move designed to ease tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, officials said. A joint statement released by...

India tops list of foreign investors in Ghana

2011-04-30 00:00:00

ACCRA, April 29 (IANS): India topped the list of overseas investment in Ghana with 19 projects out of a total of 109 registered by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) for the first quarter of this year, a top official...

Sri Lanka exports up 37pc in Feb

2011-04-30 00:00:00

COLOMBO, April 29 (LBO): Sri Lanka's exports rose 36.8 per cent to 860.3 million US dollars in February with apparel exports rising 47.5 per cent to 366.6 million US dollars while imports rose 27 per cent to 1.23 billion US...

China to tap individual businesses in boosting economy

2011-04-30 00:00:00

BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua): The state council, or China's cabinet, released new regulations Thursday that will benefit the country's privately-owned businesses in an effort to further promote their role in boosting economic growth and employment. The "Regulations on Individual Businesses,"...

Myanmar-China border trade fair launched

2011-04-30 00:00:00

MUSE, Myanmar, April 29 (Xinhua): A Myanmar-China border trade fair was launched in Myanmar's Muse 105th mile border trade zone Friday, aimed at enchanting the bilateral trade between the two countries. With a total of 230 booths from the two...

Four LatAm nations to jointly explore Asian markets

2011-04-30 00:00:00

LIMA, April 29 (Xinhua): Presidents of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico would sign a trade agreement here Thursday in a bid to formulate a common strategy for the four Latin American nations to explore Asian markets. The so-called Pacific Accord...

Micromax X266 makes debut

2011-04-30 00:00:00

Micromax Informatics Limited ("Micromax"), a leading Indian domestic mobile handsets company recently launched a new phone- X266 in Bangladesh market. The set is available at Tk 2850 only, said a press release. The phone is designed to provide users with...

Bahrain loses edge as financial hub, firms eye Dubai*****

2011-04-30 00:00:00

DUBAI, April 29 (Arabian Business.com): Bahrain is unlikely to regain its status as a financial hub losing out to Dubai in the wake of the political turmoil in the Gulf state, analysts said Wednesday. Dubai, on the brink of a...