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....
NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (Commodity Online): Recalling the pioneer work by agriculture scientists and farmers to achieve a breakthrough in the agriculture sector in the 1960s, the economic survey conducted by the finance ministry of India in the wake of...
NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (The Economic Times): Nearly a month after the nationwide rollout of mobile number portability services, Vodafone Essar has emerged as the biggest gainer, notching up 0.19 million new subscribers, whereas state-owned BSNL lost more customers than...
NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Bloomberg): United States (US) stocks fell this past week, driving the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to the biggest drop in three months, as Libya's anti-government uprising pushed oil prices higher and prompted concern economic growth...
BEIJING, Feb 27 (AFP): China's rail and train builders, who gained valuable experience at home in projects with Western heavyweights, are now competing with them for global contracts, but analysts say a lack of international savvy could clip their ambitions....
NEW YORK, Feb 27 (AFP): US billionaire chief executive Warren Buffett said Saturday he is "itchy" for more takeovers less than one year after his $26.5-billion purchase of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway company. In his annual letter to...
FE Report The country's agro-processing and poultry industries have demanded of the government to resolve tax discrepancy between finished goods and locally manufactured items to facilitate the growth of domestic industries. They have also demanded continuation of tax holiday facility...
From Fazle Rashid | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Feb 27: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates addressing the cadets at the West Point, America's world famous military academy, said it would be imprudent for the country (America) to ever fight a war like in...
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....
BANGKOK, Feb 27 (AFP): The tremors from political upheaval in the Middle East are rippling through energy-thirsty Asia, which has long struggled to kick its addiction to oil from the volatile region. Every day millions of barrels of oil pass...
TAIPEI, Feb 27 (AFP) : Taiwan is to relax controls on investments from mainland China in the island's high-tech companies, a senior economic official said Sunday. The move is yet another sign of fast-warming ties with Beijing. According to the...
Paracalls, a global social networking platform for professionals, has released some new tools with clean looks and simple design, said a press statement. The fresh design will give quick solution for online networking that can be used by various groups...
MELBOURNE, Feb 27 (Bloomberg): BlueScope Steel Ltd, Australia's biggest steelmaker, said a carbon tax would add extra pressure to its business that's already battling high raw-material costs and the stronger Australian dollar. "More costs being thrown at us by the...
BANGKOK, Feb 27 (AFP): The tremors from political upheaval in the Middle East are rippling through energy-thirsty Asia, which has long struggled to kick its addiction to oil from the volatile region. Every day millions of barrels of oil pass...
TAIPEI, Feb 27 (AFP) : Taiwan is to relax controls on investments from mainland China in the island's high-tech companies, a senior economic official said Sunday. The move is yet another sign of fast-warming ties with Beijing. According to the...
Paracalls, a global social networking platform for professionals, has released some new tools with clean looks and simple design, said a press statement. The fresh design will give quick solution for online networking that can be used by various groups...
MELBOURNE, Feb 27 (Bloomberg): BlueScope Steel Ltd, Australia's biggest steelmaker, said a carbon tax would add extra pressure to its business that's already battling high raw-material costs and the stronger Australian dollar. "More costs being thrown at us by the...
TRIPOLI, Feb 27 (agencies ): A member of the Benghazi city council says the Libyan cities under rebel control have appointed an ex-justice minister to lead a provisional government. Fathi Baja says opponents of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi named Mustafa...
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