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Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...

Amendments to labour law, policy facing setback

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Syful IslamProposed amendments to Bangladesh Labour Law and Bangladesh Labour Policy are facing setback as the Tripartite Council for Counselling (TCC) meeting could not be held during the last two months, officials said Tuesday. Both the law and the policy...

Govt under pressure to hike bus, minibus fares

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Munima Sultana Transport owners have stepped up pressure on the government to raise bus and mini-bus fares in the capital ahead of the much anticipated hike in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) price, officials said Tuesday. Finance Minister AMA Muhith last...

China to put new fighter aircraft to test soon

2011-04-27 00:00:00

From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, April 26: China will soon put to test its newest fighter aircraft J15 Flying Shark in an indisputable evidence of its growing mastery of military technology. 'Media in China' splashed the close photograph of the fighter...

Strengthening supervisory capacity of BB suggested

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE Report Experts have suggested strengthening supervisory and monitoring capacity of the central bank to ensure financial stability, while pointing out that the quality of financial reporting should be improved to know the actual position of the business entities. The...

Experts for 'independent securities regulator'

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportLaw, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed has backed "independence" of the securities regulator for the development of the country's stock market. His comment came at a seminar titled "Effectiveness of Regulatory Bodies: Manipulation and Anomalies in...

Turkey slaps safeguard duty on apparel products

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Monira MunniTurkey has slapped a provisional safeguard duty at the rate of 17 per cent on import of apparel products from the least developed countries (LDCs), including Bangladesh, with an aim to protect its domestic manufacturers. Turkey announced the tariff...

Two Indian coastguard ships in Ctg port

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 26: Two Indian Coastguard ships Vajra and Raziya Sultana with modern armament and equipment are on a five-day goodwill visit to the Chittagong Port. The coastguard ships with 25 officers and 155 crews arrived at the port's...

VLCC starts operations in Bangladesh

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Talha Bin Habib VLCC, known for its scientific weight loss solutions and its therapeutic approach to beauty treatments across the globe, started its operations in Bangladesh to help gain people physical fitness by reducing their bodies overweight. "We are very...

Govt bans corporal punishment

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The government has formulated a new guideline banning corporal punishment in educational institutions. The government decision follows a High Court ruling on Jan 13 that declared such punishments 'unconstitutional'. The 'Guidelines to Stop Corporal Punishment to Students in Educational Institutions...

Eight killed in road accident

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Apr 26: At least eight passengers of a Nasimon were killed and 15 others wounded at Parkola in Shahjadpur upazila when it tumbled into roadside ditch after it was hit hard from behind by a bus this afternoon. Hafizul,...

Roadside bombs kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

2011-04-27 00:00:00

KABUL, Apr 24: Roadside bombs killed three NATO service members and a gunman shot dead a prominent local official in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of Afghan and international troops are bracing for an expected spring resurgence of Taliban attacks, officials...

N Korea threatens to destroy US

2011-04-27 00:00:00

SEOUL, Apr 24 : North Korea has again threatened to destroy the United States and South Korea. The communist North issued its latest war rhetoric on the eve of its army's anniversary. The official Korean Central News Agency says that...

Spanish photographer calls parents from Libya jail

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 24: The parents of a Spanish photojournalist who was captured by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi say they received a phone call from him in which he said he was well but in a Tripoli jail....

Five women murdered in Mexico beach resort

2011-04-27 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 24: Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlor, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Saturday morning, state police said. The semi-naked and bound bodies of two women and a...

Housewife's body found hanging

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a housewife named Ferdousi Begum (20), from her house at Gokornaghat of the Brahmanbaria town Saturday. Ferdousi was wife of Shahin Mia of Gokornaghat. Her body was hanging from the ceiling of the room. Sadar Thana...

Body recovered in Sirajganj

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Police recovered body of a young man, aged about (24) from Bakua area on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Ullapara Upazila of Sirajganj Saturday morning. Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police suspected that miscreants following a previous enmity...

Smuggled drugs destroyed in Benapole

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed smuggled drugs worth about Tk 90 million at the BGB office in Jessore Saturday.The destroyed drugs include 15,690 bottles of phensidyl, 2400 bottles of foreign liquor, 65.5 litres of stolen liquor, 4.5kg of hemp...

Dhaka stocks fall for third day

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks Tuesday plummeted for the third straight session due to lack of confidence among the investors and absence of institutional buyers as well in the capital market. The daily turnover also declined substantially to Tk 4.47 billion in...

SEC issues directive to enlist MI Cement

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportThe share market regulator -- the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday issued a directive to the bourses to enlist MI Cement as soon as possible. The SEC issued the directive after a special meeting held at the SEC...

BRAC Bank now at Bonosree, Rokeya Shoroni

2011-04-27 00:00:00

BRAC Bank, one of the country's fastest growing banks, is now in Bonosree and Rokeya Shoroni, Dhaka with its modern banking facilities. Mr. Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Managing Director & CEO of BRAC Bank Limited, inaugurated Bonosree Branch and Rokeya Shoroni...

New Chairman of Mercantile Bank EC elected

2011-04-27 00:00:00

M. S. Ahsan has been elected the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Mercantile Bank Limited. The election took place at the time of re-constitution of the Board of the Bank recently. Mr. M. S. Ahsan is one of the...

HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards ceremony held

2011-04-27 00:00:00

FE ReportStalwarts, a team from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University with their business idea CocoCrete, an eco-friendly, high-strength concrete for making earthquake resistant buildings won the Gold Award of the Bangladesh Finale of HSBC Young Entrepreneur...

New company secy, head of legal of BAT Bangladesh

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Md. Azizur Rahman has been appointed Company Secretary of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited recently. Rahman is a faculty member and fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretary. He is also a member of institute of Internal Auditors and...

Two Indian coastguard ships in Ctg port

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 26: Two Indian Coastguard ships Vajra and Raziya Sultana with modern armament and equipment are on a five-day goodwill visit to the Chittagong Port. The coastguard ships with 25 officers and 155 crews arrived at the port's...

VLCC starts operations in Bangladesh

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Talha Bin Habib VLCC, known for its scientific weight loss solutions and its therapeutic approach to beauty treatments across the globe, started its operations in Bangladesh to help gain people physical fitness by reducing their bodies overweight. "We are very...

Govt bans corporal punishment

2011-04-27 00:00:00

The government has formulated a new guideline banning corporal punishment in educational institutions. The government decision follows a High Court ruling on Jan 13 that declared such punishments 'unconstitutional'. The 'Guidelines to Stop Corporal Punishment to Students in Educational Institutions...