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2011-05-10 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...

Green banking

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Mamun RashidA green bank is a bank that promotes environmental and social responsibility but operates as a traditional community bank and provides excellent services to investors and clients. Its progressive approach to the community and the earth makes it different...

DAP fertiliser factory nearly non-functional

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Asaduzzaman PallabTk 11 billion di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertiliser factory remains virtually non-functional due to shortage of raw materials and working capital. Sources in Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) said, so far only 32,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser was produced in...

So where's the compensation?*****

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Mahmudur RahmanJust days after the launching of the Tk. 50 billion Bangladesh Fund in the share market the stocks keep going down. The sight of a man with a placard on his chest saying "Pl shoot me" can hardly be...

Bangladesh likely to get lands of Kenya, Uganda for farming

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Kenya and Uganda have agreed to give lease of land to Bangladesh government for farming, report agencies. Kenya will offer lands for 99 years at a very cheap price of 19 cents per bigha annually. The Ugandan authorities informed that...

Raid was a violation of sovereignty: Pak PM

2011-05-10 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, May 9(Agencies): Pakistan said Monday it was "absurd" to level accusations of complicity or incompetence over the discovery of Osama bin Laden in a garrison city and announced an official probe into the affair. In a speech to Islamabad's...

Summer fruits still too sour

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Mazadul HoqueVarious kinds of summer fruits have started pouring in the city markets and the prices are higher than expected. City's fruits sellers of different areas told the FE Monday though the most succulent fruit for summer season-mangoes which are...

Wazed Miah's 2nd death anniversary observed

2011-05-10 00:00:00

The second death anniversary of Dr MA Wazed Miah, an internationally renowned nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina was observed Monday, said a press release. Dr Wazed Miah passed away on this day in 2009 at...

Abduction of GB staff protested***

2011-05-10 00:00:00

FE ReportHundreds of employees of Grameen Bank Monday observed one-hour work abstention at the bank's headquarters in Mirpur to protest abduction and attack on one of its staff. Nearly 800 employees of the Nobel peace prize winning organisation under the...

Appeal for help****

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Murad Hossain Masum, an employee of The News Today has been suffering from cancer. The doctors have advised his family to send him abroad for better treatment immediately. But the family is unable to bear the expenses of his treatment....

weather

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...

weather

2011-05-10 00:00:00

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

weather

2011-05-10 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...

Stocks close higher amid low turnover

2011-05-10 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks closed higher amid high volatility on Monday although early slump prompted the angry investors to stage demonstrations for the second consecutive day. The small investors took to the street coming out from the different brokerage houses at...

Novartis celebrates Community Partnership Day

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Novartis Bangladesh Limited, a multinational medicine producing company based in Basel of Switzerland, hosted a programme at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar recently marking the 15th anniversary of the Community Partnership Day, said a...

New chairman of Mercantile Bank audit body ******

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Alhaj Akram Hussain (Humayun) has been elected chairman of the Audit Committee of Mercantile Bank Limited. The election took place after re-constitution of the Board of Directors of the Bank recently, said a press release. A Freedom Fighter, Mr Humayun...

GMG Airlines inks deal with United Hospital

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Bangladesh's largest private carrier GMG Airlines signed a corporate agreement with United Hospital in the city Sunday, said a press release. Under the agreement, all GMG employees and their family members will get special corporate facilities on medical services from...

Raid was a violation of sovereignty: Pak PM

2011-05-10 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, May 9(Agencies): Pakistan said Monday it was "absurd" to level accusations of complicity or incompetence over the discovery of Osama bin Laden in a garrison city and announced an official probe into the affair. In a speech to Islamabad's...

Summer fruits still too sour

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Mazadul HoqueVarious kinds of summer fruits have started pouring in the city markets and the prices are higher than expected. City's fruits sellers of different areas told the FE Monday though the most succulent fruit for summer season-mangoes which are...

Wazed Miah's 2nd death anniversary observed

2011-05-10 00:00:00

The second death anniversary of Dr MA Wazed Miah, an internationally renowned nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina was observed Monday, said a press release. Dr Wazed Miah passed away on this day in 2009 at...

Abduction of GB staff protested***

2011-05-10 00:00:00

FE ReportHundreds of employees of Grameen Bank Monday observed one-hour work abstention at the bank's headquarters in Mirpur to protest abduction and attack on one of its staff. Nearly 800 employees of the Nobel peace prize winning organisation under the...

Appeal for help****

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Murad Hossain Masum, an employee of The News Today has been suffering from cancer. The doctors have advised his family to send him abroad for better treatment immediately. But the family is unable to bear the expenses of his treatment....

weather

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Comilla and Noakhali in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Tuesday). Weather...

weather

2011-05-10 00:00:00

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

weather

2011-05-10 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...

Micro credit's magic wand lifts many out of poverty trap

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Kamrun NaharSubol Majumder's life in 1995, with two children and a wife to feed, was not easy. He lived at Dhamuisa, a hindu dominant village at Laksham upazila in Comilla. His future looks bleak as he hails from a group...

Fix up rice price, procurement target for this Boro season

2011-05-10 00:00:00

Yasir Wardad Farmers' representatives and experts have made a strong plea to the government to fix up rice price and the procurement target for this Boro season which is likely to give a bumper production. Failure in procurement will require...

PM for better ties between LDCs and dev partners*****

2011-05-10 00:00:00

ISTANBUL, May 9: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for reinforcing partnership between the LDCs and the development partners to ensure production of more goods and services in the least developed countries, reports BSS. "To uplift LDCs from their precarious...

Nordic team seeks joint ventures

2011-05-10 00:00:00

FE ReportAgriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said Monday that the private sector investment in agro-business would create new opportunities for Bangladesh. She said the overseas investors were maximising the returns from their investment in Bangladesh. "At the same time our country...

Finlay chief off to Turkey *****

2011-05-10 00:00:00

On invitation from UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, A.Q.I. Chowdhury, OBE, Chief Executive and Managing Director of Finlay (International) Limited left Sunday for Istanbul to participate in the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) taking...