FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE Report Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued policy guidelines for green banking aiming to protect environmental degradation and ensure sustainable banking practices, officials said Sunday. "We've issued the policy guidelines in line with global development and response to the environmental...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE ReportThe price of mild steel (MS) rod increased by more than Tk 11,000 per tonne in last two months, affecting the country's construction sector. This was claimed Sunday at a press conference arranged by Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry...
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....
Kamrun Nahar | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Kamrun NaharBangladesh pharmaceutical sector has the highest rate of annual growth globally at 24.58 per cent with Chittagong and Rajshahi at the top of the domestic market, said a recent report. According to Intercontinental Marketing Services (IMS), the global pharmaceutical...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has taken a comprehensive work plan to increase the export of locally produced paper in a bid to salvage the country's 60 paper mills, involving Tk 700 billion investments. The total production capacity of local paper...
The government owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) has earned about Tk 4.35 billion during five months of the current fiscal from July-November, reports BSS. "The amount was earned by the company through providing smooth land telephone service, Internet, overseas...
Our Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Feb 27: Speakers at a round table discussion on port activities here today observed that port administration and operation are being severely hampered due to lack of autonomy of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), inadequate handling of equipment, repeated...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE Report Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry will send a delegation to Myanmar this year to explore untapped trade and business opportunities and cement ties between the two neighbours, DCCI chief said Sunday. "Myanmar is opening up and can...
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....
HANOVER, Germany, Feb 27 (AFP): The world's top high-tech fair opens Tuesday with the IT industry in bullish mood, preparing to wow visitors with head-spinning futuristic gadgets and the latest in 'cloud computing' technology. More than 4,200 tech firms from...
BEIJING, Feb 27 (AFP): Networking site LinkedIn said Saturday access to its service in China appears to have been restored after it was blocked following calls for Middle East-style rallies in the country. "We're now seeing indications that access to...
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...
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