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Australia extends deadline for broadband network

2011-03-26 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Mar 25 (AFP): Australian senators have extended by two-and-a-half years the deadline for completion of the country's national broadband network in order to connect an extra million homes. The company building the Aus$36 billion ($36 billion) system, NBN Co,...

Malaysian car production may face Japan hitch

2011-03-26 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 25 (AP): Malaysia's auto sales are on track to grow two per cent to a record 618,000 vehicles this year, although production could be disrupted in coming months by parts shortages following Japan's earthquake and tsunami. Sales...

Big queues for iPad 2 in Australia

2011-03-26 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Mar 25 (AFP): Hundreds of people queued for up to two days to get their hands on the iPad 2 which went on sale in Australia Friday for the first time. Apple's latest touchscreen tablet computer hit stores in...

Brazil airplane giant posts $341m 2010 profit

2011-03-26 00:00:00

SAU PAULO, Mar 25 (AFP): Brazil's Embraer, the world's third largest commercial airplane manufacturer, Thursday announced over $340 million in profits in 2010. The company said in a statement that it had posted profits of 600.2 million reals, or $341...

India cancels 14 more 'fake' pilot licences

2011-03-26 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 25 (AFP): India's aviation regulator said Friday it had cancelled the licences of 14 more commercial pilots caught forging their qualifications in a spreading scandal that has rocked passenger confidence. Cases of pilots exaggerating their flying time...

Dangerous breach suspected at Japanese nuke plant

2011-03-26 00:00:00

TOKYO, Mar 25 (agencies): A suspected breach in the reactor core at one unit of a stricken Fukushima nuclear plant could mean more serious radioactive contamination, Japanese officials said Friday, revealing what may prove a major setback in the mission...

Strong quake kills more than 120 in Myanmar

2011-03-26 00:00:00

YANGON, Mar 25 (AP): A strong earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 120 people, and there were fears Friday the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known. The Thursday night quake,...

Saleh willing to quit under conditions

2011-03-26 00:00:00

SANAA, Mar 25 (Reuters): President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Friday he was ready to cede power to prevent more bloodshed in Yemen but only to what he called "safe hands" as a massive "Day of Departure" street protest against him...

Syrians press protests despite reform pledge

2011-03-26 00:00:00

DARAA, (Syria), Mar 25 (AFP): Syrian activists vowed to push on with rallies against "injustice and repression" Friday after weekly Muslim prayers, dismissing reform pledges announced by the authorities. Facebook group The Syria Revolution 2011, which has attracted almost 78,000...

Gunmen kill 8 in Pakistan

2011-03-26 00:00:00

PARACHINAR, (Pakistan), Mar 25: Gunmen attacked a minibus carrying mostly Shiite Muslims and killed eight people on Friday in a stretch of northwestern Pakistan that has seen a recent peace deal between rival Sunni and Shiite tribes, a government official...

Indian pilots lose licenses for cheating

2011-03-26 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Indian aviation authorities have canceled the licenses of 15 commercial pilots for exaggerating their flying time during training, an official said Friday. The pilots received their eligibility certificates from a flying school in the northwestern state...

Violence not the solution in Ivory Coast: Gbagbo

2011-03-26 00:00:00

ABIDJAN, Mar 25: Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's camp said Friday that the use of force was not a solution to the country's post-electoral crisis, and called anew for inter-Ivorian talks. -AFP

Gates focuses on challenges to ME peace

2011-03-26 00:00:00

CAESAREA,Mar 25: Defence Secretary Robert Gates made the first trip by a U.S. defense chief to the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and continuing to push for peace despite the recent...

India cancels 14 more 'fake' pilot licences

2011-03-26 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 25 (AFP): India's aviation regulator said Friday it had cancelled the licences of 14 more commercial pilots caught forging their qualifications in a spreading scandal that has rocked passenger confidence. Cases of pilots exaggerating their flying time...

Dhaka stocks see sell pressure

2011-03-26 00:00:00

FE Report Dhaka stocks finished lower than the previous week as sell pressure gripped the investors in the last three sessions of the week amid high volatility in all the five trading sessions. Starting the week positively the benchmark index...

ICB AMCL discloses NAV of two unit funds

2011-03-26 00:00:00

ICB Asset Management Company Limited, a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has disclosed Net Asset Values (NAV) of two unit funds Thursday. They are: ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit Fund and ICB AMCL Unit Fund said a press...

GMG adds 3rd Boeing 767 in its fleet

FE Report | 2011-03-26 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh largest private carrier GMG Airlines has inducted another Boeing 767 to its fleet to launch daily flight on Dhaka-Damam- Dhaka route,Dhaka-Dubai-Dhaka route and Dhaka-Doha- Dhaka route. With this new addition GMG will have three Boeing 767.The new plane...

NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund

FE Report | 2011-03-26 00:00:00

FE ReportThe total NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund stood at Tk 207,615,947 on the basis of cost price and Tk 187,895,171 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on March 24, 2011. The...

Gunmen kill 8 in Pakistan

2011-03-26 00:00:00

PARACHINAR, (Pakistan), Mar 25: Gunmen attacked a minibus carrying mostly Shiite Muslims and killed eight people on Friday in a stretch of northwestern Pakistan that has seen a recent peace deal between rival Sunni and Shiite tribes, a government official...

Indian pilots lose licenses for cheating

2011-03-26 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Indian aviation authorities have canceled the licenses of 15 commercial pilots for exaggerating their flying time during training, an official said Friday. The pilots received their eligibility certificates from a flying school in the northwestern state...

Violence not the solution in Ivory Coast: Gbagbo

2011-03-26 00:00:00

ABIDJAN, Mar 25: Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's camp said Friday that the use of force was not a solution to the country's post-electoral crisis, and called anew for inter-Ivorian talks. -AFP

Gates focuses on challenges to ME peace

2011-03-26 00:00:00

CAESAREA,Mar 25: Defence Secretary Robert Gates made the first trip by a U.S. defense chief to the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and continuing to push for peace despite the recent...

India cancels 14 more 'fake' pilot licences

2011-03-26 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 25 (AFP): India's aviation regulator said Friday it had cancelled the licences of 14 more commercial pilots caught forging their qualifications in a spreading scandal that has rocked passenger confidence. Cases of pilots exaggerating their flying time...

The singular thought that fills the mind on Independence Day

2011-03-26 00:00:00

Bangladesh today is observing its 40th Independence Day. Every year, it is found to be an occasion to be celebrated with great ardour by Bangladeshis. All generations of Bangladeshis take pride in it, get inspiration from it. Indeed, the people...

Wellness drugs or zombie drugs - lots of choice available

2011-03-26 00:00:00

Global pharmaceutical companies have self-centred men and women eating out of their palms, so to say. Over the past few decades not only are new drugs being concocted, even imaginary ailments are being covered by the media - as part...

Russia's bid to bridge Israel-Palestine gap

Igor Serebryany, Zhang Dailei | 2011-03-26 00:00:00

Igor Serebryany, Zhang DaileiRussia has made an attempt to narrow the gulf between Israelis and Palestinians by successively inviting their leaders to Moscow. Though Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have not met face to face...

NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund

FE Report | 2011-03-26 00:00:00

FE ReportThe total NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund stood at Tk 207,615,947 on the basis of cost price and Tk 187,895,171 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on March 24, 2011. The...

Gunmen kill 8 in Pakistan

2011-03-26 00:00:00

PARACHINAR, (Pakistan), Mar 25: Gunmen attacked a minibus carrying mostly Shiite Muslims and killed eight people on Friday in a stretch of northwestern Pakistan that has seen a recent peace deal between rival Sunni and Shiite tribes, a government official...

Indian pilots lose licenses for cheating

2011-03-26 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Indian aviation authorities have canceled the licenses of 15 commercial pilots for exaggerating their flying time during training, an official said Friday. The pilots received their eligibility certificates from a flying school in the northwestern state...

Violence not the solution in Ivory Coast: Gbagbo

2011-03-26 00:00:00

ABIDJAN, Mar 25: Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's camp said Friday that the use of force was not a solution to the country's post-electoral crisis, and called anew for inter-Ivorian talks. -AFP