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Prime Bank to introduce phone banking soon

2011-04-20 00:00:00

The Prime Bank Limited is going to introduce phone banking at the end of this month with a view to providing its customers with high quality services. The bank will also take the number of its ATM booths to 100...

GP AGM okays 85 pc cash dividend

2011-04-20 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Grameenphone (GP) Limited approved 85 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2010. The approval came at the 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the company held at the Bangabandhu International Convention...

DGEN down by 69 points

2011-04-20 00:00:00

FE ReportThe approval of largest ever mutual fund which have been approved by SEC mainly to bring back stability in stock market failed to spur the investors sentiment as the major index shed 68.23 points Tuesday. Investors showed their enthusiasm...

MTB Capital launched

2011-04-20 00:00:00

FE ReportMutual Trust Bank (MTB) has launched MTB Capital Limited (MTBCL), a fully owned subsidiary of the bank, aiming to meeting the growing demands for merchant banking services. MTB Group Chairman Samson H Chowdhury inaugurated the company as the chief...

DSE halts two cos' trading

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) halted the trading of shares of two listed companies for unusual price hike Tuesday. The two companies are Monno Jutex and Gemini Sea Food. Monno Jutex gained 4.97 per cent or 149.25 to settle at Tk...

Response to DSE queries

2011-04-20 00:00:00

ICB Employees Provident MF 1: Scheme 1: In response to a DSE query, the asset manager of ICB Employees Provident MF 1: Scheme 1 has stated that there is no undisclosed price sensitive information of the fund for the recent...

S&P lowers US creditworthiness

2011-04-20 00:00:00

From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Apr 19: Standard and Poor lowered America's creditworthiness from "stable" to "negative" yesterday. The credit agency has, however, left untouched country's triple AAA rating. The stock market did not react much though "it is acquainted...

CPA did not send barge to rescue drowned ship

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, April 19: Owner's representative of the North Korean flag vessel MV Hyang Ro Bong Captain Mohiuddin Abdul Kadir has alleged today that the ship has been drowned in the Bay waters of Chittagong Port. His allegations came during...

850 Bangladeshis cross Egypt border

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Some 850 Bangladeshis have crossed Egypt border and are now at Al Salloum point. A foreign ministry press release said the foreign ministry Tuesday approached the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Dhaka to provide flights to bring the Bangladeshis...

18 die in Guwahati helicopter crash

2011-04-20 00:00:00

GUWAHATI, April 19 : At least 18 people died and five others were badly burnt on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed and exploded as it tried to land in a mountainous region of northeast India. "The number of those killed...

Cook birdies playoff hole to win Outback

2011-04-20 00:00:00

LUTZ (Florida), Apr 18: John Cook birdied the first hole of a playoff against Jay Don Blake to win the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Sunday, his second Champions Tour title of the year. Cook, also the winner of the season-opening Mitsubishi...

Grizzlies stun Spurs, Hornets sting Lakers

2011-04-20 00:00:00

SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Apr 18: The New Orleans Hornets shocked the two-time defending NBA champion Lakers and upstart Memphis edged top-seeded San Antonio Sunday in a pair of Western Conference playoff opener upsets. Seventh-seeded New Orleans beat the Lakers 109-100...

Palencia scores twice as Pumas beat Queretaro

2011-04-20 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY, Apr 18: Francisco Palencia scored twice and assisted on a third goal to help UNAM Pumas defeat Queretaro 3-0 to stay atop the Mexican Clausura championship. Palencia scored in the 10th and 19th minutes before setting up Dante...

Make or break for Australian sides

2011-04-20 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Apr 18: Australian hopefuls Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC are facing a make-or-break week as they bid to ignite their flagging AFC Champions League campaigns. As the pool stage passes the halfway mark, Melbourne, with just one point, will...

Man held with fake notes

2011-04-20 00:00:00

A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...

Realtors eye LPG amid piped gas shortage

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Jubair HasanLiquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has come to the rescue of the country's realtors after the government stopped new piped gas connections for cooking to reduce pressure on natural gas use. The alternative thinking of the housing and real estate...

FBCCI proposes JEC with Lanka

2011-04-20 00:00:00

FE Report The chief of the country's apex trade body AK Azad Tuesday proposed to establish a Joint Economic Council (JEC) on trade and investment to formulate a comprehensive economic agreement between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The president of the...

KL may lift ban on B'desh labour

2011-04-20 00:00:00

Syful Islam Malaysia may resume hiring of Bangladeshi workers soon lifting a ban of three and a half years, officials said. A delegation of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) is now in Kuala Lumpur to intensely lobby the...

Ctg cop murder suspects on remand

2011-04-19 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Apr 18 (bdnews24.com): A Chittagong court has granted the police to take on remand two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Borhan. District senior judicial magistrate Farida Yasmin passed the remand order Monday for...

Factional clash hurts 6 BNP men in Bogra

2011-04-19 00:00:00

BOGRA, Apr 18 (UNB): At least six BNP activists were injured in a factional clash over forming ward committees at Mazira Bandar in Shajahanpur Upazila Sunday noon. The police said there was a long-running conflict between Mazira union BNP president...

Fire in Kurmitola army base supply depot

2011-04-19 00:00:00

A fire broke out at an army base supply depot at Kurmitola in the city. The fire erupted at around 7:45pm Monday, a fireman said. He said 10 units of fire brigade doused the fire at around 9pm. He, however,...

Inclusion of PWDs in mainstream society urged

2011-04-19 00:00:00

FE ReportOrganisations of people with disabilities (PWDs) Monday demanded a 10 per cent allocation of the total national budget. The representatives from the PWDs organizations demanded to fix a specific development goal for the development of the PWDs with a...

Trapped youths are not port workers, probe report today

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 18: Investigation officials today confirmed that two youths trapped inside an empty container including the dead one were neither port workers, nor were they employed by any private berth operator. "The two men entered the port reserved...

Foam factory gutted in Ctg

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 18: Finished goods and raw materials were gutted in a fire at a foam factory at Pahartali in the city outskirts Sunday night. Fire fighters at Agrabad said Nurani Foam Industries in Jungle Selimpur caught fire from...

BCU protests harassment to Baul singers

2011-04-19 00:00:00

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSTIY, Apr 18, (BSS): Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU), Jahangirnagar University Unit, today formed a human chain on the university premises protesting against harassment to Baul singers at Rajbari. Speaking on the occasion, participants blamed some fundamentalists for harassing the...

Ramkrishna Mission chief dead

2011-04-19 00:00:00

Leading spiritual personality and principal of Ramkrishna Mission in Dhaka Swami Akshyrananda died of brain hemorrhage at Apollo Hospitals in the city Monday morning at the age of 85, reports BSS. Swami Akshyrananda had been suffering from a prolonged illness....

President, PM condole death

2011-04-19 00:00:00

President Zillur Rahman has expressed profound shock at the death of the Principal of Ramkrishna Mission. In a condolence message, the President said Swami Akshyrananda had made immense contribution to practicing indigenous religion as well as upholding the communal harmony...

Pahela Boishakh observed in Jordan

2011-04-19 00:00:00

FE Report Pahela Boishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year-1418, has recently been observed in a festive manner in Jordan by the Embassy of Bangladesh in the country, according to a press release. Cultural programme, comprising of Bangla songs,...

Two-member probe body on OMS rice scam

2011-04-19 00:00:00

The government Monday formed a two-member body to investigate the reported scam on illegal sale of OMS rice in commercial market in the city, reports BSS. The committee, which has already started functioning, will submit the report within three days,...

Tk 0.1m compensation to family of each victim

2011-04-19 00:00:00

KHAGRACHHARI, Apr 18 (UNB): A young man fatally wounded in Sunday's clash in a land dispute at remote village of Ramgarh Upazila died today raising the casualty figure in the incident to four. Badiuzzaman (25), died in Manikchhari Hospital today....