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India, Pakistan may enter wheat market: CWB

2011-05-05 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (Commodity Online): A day after India and Pakistan restarted trade talks, both could be poised to test their wheat export records, signalling that nearly eight million tonnes in extra supplies could hit the market, according to...

Gold set for seventh weekly gain as dollar sags

2011-05-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 29 (Reuters): Gold steadied Friday, just shy of fresh record highs and set for its seventh successive weekly gain, driven largely by the decline in the dollar to its lowest in nearly three years. The dollar fell to...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-05-05 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

2011-05-05 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...

Metro rail route may not go beyond Motijheel point

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Munima SultanaThe cost of the first-ever metro rail construction in the city's busiest corridor is likely to drop due to cut in its length by two kilometres, the metro rail study team said. The study team earlier found the 21.5...

Forex reserve falls following ACU payment

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Siddique Islam Bangladesh has made a routine payment of nearly US$ 1.0 billion to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) against imports during the March-April period of this calendar year. The payment pushed the country's foreign exchange reserve down to $...

Rooftop garden in city's Baridhara draws visitors

2011-05-05 00:00:00

An environment-friendly retired military officer and his spouse have developed a garden of diverse trees and plants on 2,400-square feet rooftop of their six- storey building at Baridhara DOHS in the city, reports BSS. In the midst of concrete jungle...

Book reading competition launched at DIU****

2011-05-05 00:00:00

To enhance English language proficiency of the students of Daffodil International University (DIU), the department of English has launched a book reading competition recently, said a press release. Daffodil International University and British Council jointly organised the competition at the...

BB urges all to abstain from writing on currency notes*****

2011-05-05 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) Wednesday urged all concerned not to write anything on currency notes to keep their original features intact and visible. A statement, signed by the central bank deputy general manager A F M Asaduzzaman, said it...

32 police officers given new posting

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Thirty two police officers, ranking from Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Superintendent of Police (SP), have been given new posting, reports UNB. The Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday gave the new postings in a notification, according to the police...

Global Integrity report points out lack of progress in Bangladesh

2011-05-05 00:00:00

FE Report Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh's accountability and transparency institutions since 2008, a report released Wednesday by the US-based Global Integrity (GI) said. "An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns,...

Govt rejects Santos-Oakland plea to explore blocks 17, 18

2011-05-05 00:00:00

M Azizur RahmanThe government has rejected a plea of Australian Santos and its partner US's Oakland to explore jointly two gas blocks and sell output to private buyers, officials said Wednesday. The energy ministry has informed Santos and Oakland officially...

India, Pakistan may enter wheat market: CWB

2011-05-05 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (Commodity Online): A day after India and Pakistan restarted trade talks, both could be poised to test their wheat export records, signalling that nearly eight million tonnes in extra supplies could hit the market, according to...

Gold set for seventh weekly gain as dollar sags

2011-05-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 29 (Reuters): Gold steadied Friday, just shy of fresh record highs and set for its seventh successive weekly gain, driven largely by the decline in the dollar to its lowest in nearly three years. The dollar fell to...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-05-05 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

2011-05-05 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...

Corporal punishment must stop

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Sir Frank PetersAny teacher or headmaster who engages in corporal punishment is an enemy of student, family and state, now that corporal punishment has been outlawed. "Corporal punishment is torture, not discipline, that's imparted by terrorists who strike fear into...

Japan, thy name is tsunami

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Dr Shahed HassanIn Japan, March and April are the months of Sakura (Cherry) blossom. People in Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, Nagoya, Yokohoma and Tokyo enthusiastically wait to watch the great gift of nature. Unfortunately, the landscape has lost its beauty...

Rooftop garden in city's Baridhara draws visitors

2011-05-05 00:00:00

An environment-friendly retired military officer and his spouse have developed a garden of diverse trees and plants on 2,400-square feet rooftop of their six- storey building at Baridhara DOHS in the city, reports BSS. In the midst of concrete jungle...

Book reading competition launched at DIU****

2011-05-05 00:00:00

To enhance English language proficiency of the students of Daffodil International University (DIU), the department of English has launched a book reading competition recently, said a press release. Daffodil International University and British Council jointly organised the competition at the...

BB urges all to abstain from writing on currency notes*****

2011-05-05 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) Wednesday urged all concerned not to write anything on currency notes to keep their original features intact and visible. A statement, signed by the central bank deputy general manager A F M Asaduzzaman, said it...

32 police officers given new posting

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Thirty two police officers, ranking from Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Superintendent of Police (SP), have been given new posting, reports UNB. The Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday gave the new postings in a notification, according to the police...

Global Integrity report points out lack of progress in Bangladesh

2011-05-05 00:00:00

FE Report Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh's accountability and transparency institutions since 2008, a report released Wednesday by the US-based Global Integrity (GI) said. "An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns,...

Govt rejects Santos-Oakland plea to explore blocks 17, 18

2011-05-05 00:00:00

M Azizur RahmanThe government has rejected a plea of Australian Santos and its partner US's Oakland to explore jointly two gas blocks and sell output to private buyers, officials said Wednesday. The energy ministry has informed Santos and Oakland officially...

India, Pakistan may enter wheat market: CWB

2011-05-05 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (Commodity Online): A day after India and Pakistan restarted trade talks, both could be poised to test their wheat export records, signalling that nearly eight million tonnes in extra supplies could hit the market, according to...

Gold set for seventh weekly gain as dollar sags

2011-05-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 29 (Reuters): Gold steadied Friday, just shy of fresh record highs and set for its seventh successive weekly gain, driven largely by the decline in the dollar to its lowest in nearly three years. The dollar fell to...

Myanmar, China to build rail link

2011-05-05 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

2011-05-05 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...

Saving agriculture from deadly agro-inputs

2011-05-05 00:00:00

Enayet Rasul BhuiyanA newspaper report -- sometime ago -- was startling and should cause righteous indignation among all concerned. It stated that police had seized huge quantities of date-barred insecticides with the owner of the company distributing the stuff, admitting...

The demise of Osama bin Laden

2011-05-05 00:00:00

"One nation's hero is another nation's goon," so said John F Kennedy, one of the most celebrated Presidents of the USA, while underscoring the problem of perception in assessing individuals or institutions. Thus, Palestinian freedom fighters can appear like heroes...