The US State Department issued a travel warning advising all non-emergency US personnel to leave Libya. Portugal sent a plane to Libya to pick up its citizens and other EU nationals and Turkey sent two ferries to fetch construction workers...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE ReportImporters of reconditioned transports have sought government cooperation in setting up elevated parking system in the city and introducing 'cars' weekly holiday' to find an immediate solution to the chronic problem of traffic jam. "Fifty per cent of traffic...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Sunday handed over cheques to the family members of the army officers killed during the BDR mutiny two years back, reports UNB. The cheques for Tk 0.48 million (4.80 lakh) to each family of the...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE Report The SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI) proposed a nine-point agenda for promotion of economic cooperation between Sichuan province of China and South Asian countries. The President SAARC CCI Mr. Annisul Huq shared a set of...
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has said 0.1 million new investors entered the stock market when it experienced the downfall, reports bdnews24.com. "I don't understand their behaviour..do they come for speculation?" he told parliament replying to a question from...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanScores of sick firms received a lifeline after the government ordered six state-owned banks not to sue companies whose bank loans haven't crossed five million taka each, officials said Sunday. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) gave the order to...
Mushir Ahmed | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Mushir AhmedGarment exporters Sunday protested the government's order to shut down the factories during the World Cup cricket, saying the move has already affected the country's main export earners. The government this week ordered the factories to shut in the...
BANGALORE, Feb 27(AFP): India and England tied their World Cup Group B match here on Sunday. Brief scores: India 338 (Sachin Tendulkar 120, Yuvraj Singh 58, Gautam Gambhir 51; Tim Bresnan 5-48) v England 338-8 (Andrew Strauss 158, Ian Bell...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Commerce Sunday recommended to examine whether the companies conducting Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) business in the country have licenses, and enact separate law in this connection. The committee also suggested identification of the fraud MLM...
A cabin crew of Biman foiled bid to smuggle out foreign currency worth about Tk 32.4 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport prior to take off of the Malaysia-bound flight Saturday evening. Security officials of the airport told UNB that...
ADEN, Feb 26: Police gunfire killed four people as the biggest protests yet swept impoverished Yemen, demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down after three decades in power. At least 19 people have now been killed in almost daily...
BAGHDAD, Feb 26: Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery Saturday, killing a guard and detonating bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to shut down, officials said. The assailants, carrying pistols fitted with silencers, broke into the Beiji...
BEIRUT, Feb 26: A prominent Shiite opposition leader is returning to Bahrain after months of voluntary exile in London. Hassan Mushaima's return could mark a new phase for the anti-government movement pressing for more political freedoms in the Gulf nation....
In its 17th attempt, Nepal's constituent assembly elected, on February 03, a prime minister for the country which had been under a caretaker government since June 30, 2010. This is a significant political breakthrough, masterminded by the United Communist Party...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith and the leaders of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) spoke on issues of foreign direct investment (FDI) late last week. However, despite the subject of discussion being the same, their focus was...
When Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh was adjudged as the "man of the match" in the last Bangladesh-Ireland keenly contested match in Dhaka, the decision was largely influenced by the superb catch he held dismissing the batsman, who looked dangerous and...
The mighty River Nile was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt. The Suez Canal was an Egyptian idea to link the River Nile to the Red and Mediterranean seas to navigate between East and West by avoiding a lengthy sailing around...
The over $10 billion a year in remittances has been keeping the economy of Bangladesh afloat. This is no overstatement but a fact . Remittance from our overseas workers has been one of the two pillars, the other one being...
OVER the years, syndicates have emerged centering on school admissions. They open coaching centres near the reputed schools and advertise that taking admission in them, prior to admission in schools, will lead to admission-seeking children not only doing well in...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanScores of sick firms received a lifeline after the government ordered six state-owned banks not to sue companies whose bank loans haven't crossed five million taka each, officials said Sunday. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) gave the order to...
Mushir Ahmed | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Mushir AhmedGarment exporters Sunday protested the government's order to shut down the factories during the World Cup cricket, saying the move has already affected the country's main export earners. The government this week ordered the factories to shut in the...
BANGALORE, Feb 27(AFP): India and England tied their World Cup Group B match here on Sunday. Brief scores: India 338 (Sachin Tendulkar 120, Yuvraj Singh 58, Gautam Gambhir 51; Tim Bresnan 5-48) v England 338-8 (Andrew Strauss 158, Ian Bell...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Commerce Sunday recommended to examine whether the companies conducting Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) business in the country have licenses, and enact separate law in this connection. The committee also suggested identification of the fraud MLM...
A cabin crew of Biman foiled bid to smuggle out foreign currency worth about Tk 32.4 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport prior to take off of the Malaysia-bound flight Saturday evening. Security officials of the airport told UNB that...
ADEN, Feb 26: Police gunfire killed four people as the biggest protests yet swept impoverished Yemen, demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down after three decades in power. At least 19 people have now been killed in almost daily...
BAGHDAD, Feb 26: Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery Saturday, killing a guard and detonating bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to shut down, officials said. The assailants, carrying pistols fitted with silencers, broke into the Beiji...
BEIRUT, Feb 26: A prominent Shiite opposition leader is returning to Bahrain after months of voluntary exile in London. Hassan Mushaima's return could mark a new phase for the anti-government movement pressing for more political freedoms in the Gulf nation....
We wonder why a dirty industry is necessary. In a report (2011) prepared for the World Bank (WB), it has been noted: "There are probably few tasks in this world that are as "3D" (dirty, difficult, and dangerous) as ship...
Global food prices are soaring again as droughts, freezes and floods have affected various crops in many parts of the world. At the same time, demand is rising with living standards in fast-growing countries. The price spikes, however, are yet...
When Tamim Iqbal of Bangladesh was adjudged as the "man of the match" in the last Bangladesh-Ireland keenly contested match in Dhaka, the decision was largely influenced by the superb catch he held dismissing the batsman, who looked dangerous and...
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