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Afridi hails morale booster for Pakistan

2011-02-28 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Feb 27 (AFP): Jubilant skipper Shahid Afridi hailed Pakistan's impressive World Cup win over one-day powerhouse Sri Lanka as a huge boost for his team but demanded an improvement in fielding standards. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 11 runs...

Stakes high in West Indies, Netherlands clash

2011-02-28 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (AFP): Injury-ravaged West Indies will have plenty to play for when they take on an inspired Netherlands in a crucial World Cup league match Monday. Reeling under a seven-wicket defeat to South Africa at the Feroz...

Spray machines distributed among farmers

Our Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNATORE, Feb 27: Bagatipara Union Parishad under Bagatipara Upazila in Natore district distributed spray machines among the farmers of the union recently. A total of 45 spray machines were distributed. On this occasion, a discussion meeting was held presided...

Potato growers to face huge loss in C'nawabganj

2011-02-28 00:00:00

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 27 (BSS): Potato growers of Chapainawabganj district have been frustrated due to sharp fall of prices of potato this year. Farmers said, production of potato is very good this year but price of potato is very low and...

Housewife suffers acid burns

2011-02-28 00:00:00

KHULNA, Feb 27 (UNB): A housewife was severely brunt in an acid attack by unidentified miscreants in Chandipur village of Amadi Union of Koira early Saturday. The victim was identified as Sulekha Rani (32), wife of Dipak Dhali of the...

'Limited' scale wealth tax likely Agricultural land to get exemption

FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00

FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is in the process of introducing wealth tax on people having excess land and property. Introduction of wealth tax for people having excess land and property will check the widening income inequality, the...

Pvt sector allowed to import fuel for power plants

M Azizur Rahman | 2011-02-28 00:00:00

M Azizur RahmanThe government will allow private entrepreneurs to import diesel and furnace oil from international market to run new oil-based power plants as the state-owned BPC suffers from capacity constraints, officials said Sunday. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), the lone...

UNSC sanctions against Gaddafi to halt bloodshed

2011-02-28 00:00:00

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (agencies): The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions against Moammar Gaddafi in a new bid to halt the bloodshed in Libya while ordering crimes against humanity investigation into his crackdown on opponents. Voting 15-0 after daylong...

Dhaka stocks plunge despite govt-backed intervention

FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks lost nearly six per cent Sunday to dive to ten-month low as coordinated purchases by five state-owned financial institutions failed to lift the gloom hanging over the market for the last eleven weeks. The benchmark DGEN plunged...

SAARC chamber proposes 9-pt cooperation agenda with China

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...

Muhith baffled by investors' behaviour

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Govt gives legal lifeline to scores of sick firms

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...

Apparel makers protest World Cup power cuts

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...

India-England match tied

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

JS body for blocking websites of fraud MLM companies

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Foreign currency worth Tk 32m recovered at airport

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Toll rises from Yemen crackdown on protests

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Attack shuts Iraq's largest oil refinery

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Key Shiite opposition leader to return to Bahrain

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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....

BNP to form mass court for share scam if it comes to power

2011-02-28 00:00:00

BNP will form a mass court (Gano Adalot) if it comes to power for holding trial of those involved in the recent share market scam in the country, reports UNB. BNP front-ranking leader Moudud Ahmed made the remarks addressing a...

NEC approves Tk 351b revised ADP

2011-02-28 00:00:00

The National Executive Committee (NEC) Sunday approved a Tk 351.30 billion revised Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the current fiscal (2010-11), which is 8.75 per cent lower than the original ADP of Tk 385 billion set out in the budget,...

No influence in UP polls: EC

2011-02-28 00:00:00

Election Commissioner (EC) M Sakhawat Hossain on Sunday said local MPs and candidates would have to shoulder the responsibility for any violence during the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) polls, reports bdnews24.com. Accusing a section of MPs of trying to influence...

Armed forces asked to elevate country's image abroad

2011-02-28 00:00:00

President M Zillur Rahman asked members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, deputed in Kuwait, to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity showing full respect to law and customs for elevating the image and dignity of Bangladesh, reports BSS received from...

SAARC chamber proposes 9-pt cooperation agenda with China

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...

Muhith baffled by investors' behaviour

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Govt gives legal lifeline to scores of sick firms

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...

Apparel makers protest World Cup power cuts

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...

India-England match tied

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

JS body for blocking websites of fraud MLM companies

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...

Foreign currency worth Tk 32m recovered at airport

2011-02-28 00:00:00

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...