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Justice delayed is justice denied: A review of 1996 stock market scam

2010-10-31 00:00:00

A.F.M. Mainul AhsanSamuel D. Waksal, founder and former CEO of the biopharmaceutical company ImClone Systems, which developed the drug Erbitux, was arrested on June 12, 2002 on insider trading charges. On October 15, he pleaded guilty to charges of securities...

Farm sector reforms

2010-10-31 00:00:00

The agriculture sector has always been in the national limelight because of its important role in the economy. This sector was the largest contributor to the economy long ago. But over time it has been pushed back to the third...

Taking advantage of India's economic boom

2010-10-31 00:00:00

Moazzem HossainHow can Bangladesh take the best of benefits out of its bilateral cooperation with India, now an emerging power, notwithstanding the latter's nagging problems of 'laggard' regions in its north-east and a growing challenge of the so-called Naxalites (or...

Proper road maintenance essential

2010-10-31 00:00:00

Habibul Hasan ROADS are considered to be vital for the economy's growth and development. Roads are at the heart of marketing or distribution activities in any economy. Transportation costs of goods are very important in determining the competitiveness of different...

LNG holds out early solution

2010-10-31 00:00:00

It may take four or five years or even more to explore and exploit coal and effectively diversify the energy basket. Even if the government starts in earnest to explore the off-shore resources it will take at least seven to...

Say "NO" to Eve-Teasing

2010-10-31 00:00:00

Eve-Teasing has become so common that it is making everyone fearful. Some even want capital punishment for the torturers or life sentence! At the same time the victim or her family should be compensated financially, which to be paid by...

Islamist parties: to ban or not to ban

2010-10-31 00:00:00

We are surprised and we fail to understand that only a few days ago our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that Islamist parties won't be banned. But on October 24, 2010 we the news media quoted our Law Minster Barrister...

A valiant teacher who died protesting Eve-teasing

2010-10-31 00:00:00

Md. Usman AhmaddyEve-teasing, also known as stalking, is the harassment of women and usually takes place in public transport, streets, offices and public places. It has become a menace and growing by leaps and bounds to alarming proportions in recent...

Tips on handwriting for the JSC candidates

2010-10-31 00:00:00

Dear Junior School Certificate (JSC)-2010 candidates, please take our greetings. Your examination is going to start on November 4, 2010. We hope your preparation for the exam is almost complete. We assume you are optimistic about making good result in...

Essay competition for young thinkers at EWU

2010-10-31 00:00:00

The prize giving ceremony of the Essay Writing Competition for Young Thinkers-2010 was held at the East West University auditorium on Friday, 29 October.Professor Dr. Muzzafar Ahmed, noted educationist and former chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh was present as the...

Sunday

2010-10-31 00:00:00

BTVam07:00 Announcement, The Holy Quran, The Holy Tripitak Paath and Programme Outline 07:20 Geet Mallay07:45 Chir Shilper Bari08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:30 Maati-O-Manush08:55 Sangbad Shironam09:00 Docu- Fire Dekha09:10 Baithok Khana09:35 Mone Pore10:00 News10:05 Muktijuddha Pratidin10:30 Sustho thakun11:05 Progotir Pathe11:30 Natun Sure Natun...

Nikkei hits seven-week closing low, breaches key support

2010-10-31 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.8 per cent to a seven-week closing low Friday as disappointing earnings hit shares of companies such as Sharp, with downward momentum accelerating after the index breached a key technical support level.Investors...

Kiev, Moscow sign uranium deal

2010-10-31 00:00:00

KIEV, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): "This is very important for us because it is a great step to the closed nuclear fuel cycle in our country," Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko was quoted by Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti...

Sensex ends Oct with loss

2010-10-31 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Oct 30 (Reuters): The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) posted its first monthly decline in five months, but closed 0.5 per cent higher Friday, propped up by a late surge in ICICI Bank, which soared after...

AIG unit expands HK IPO

2010-10-31 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Oct 30 (AP): The Hong Kong listing of AIG's Asian unit, which aims to raise funds for repaying US federal bailout loans, has been expanded to $20.5 billion.AIA Group Ltd said in a statement late Friday it increased...

Australia to cash in on foggy wheat market next year

2010-10-31 00:00:00

CANBERRA, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): World's seventh largest wheat producer, Australia is all set to cash in on foggy global wheat market next year, according to Macquarie Bank Limited. Speaking at the Southern Farming Systems' AgriFocus field, Alex Bos, commodity...

Global cotton supply crunch, India farmers hold stocks

2010-10-31 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): Cotton prices in the global market are spiraling abruptly due to restricted supply driven by estimated production fall in China and Pakistan. Floods that hit in the last month have almost washed away the...

Gold rallies to end while oil eases in New York

2010-10-31 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): Oil prices eased while gold futures rallied at close for the weekend Friday. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for December delivery, fell 75 cents to close at $81.43 a barrel while Brent...

Malaysian palm oil shows no sign of relief, hits two-year high

2010-10-31 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR/MUMBAI, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): Palm oil prices in the key growing area, Malaysia is not showing any sign of cooling down as the fresh spell of rains has disrupted harvesting process causing a reduction in the supplies joined...

Silver touches peak on festive demand, global cues

2010-10-31 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (PTI): Silver prices zoomed to hit a new peak of Rs 37,500 per kg in the national capital today on sustained buying by retail customers for upcoming Diwali festival amid a firm overseas trend. Silver surpassed...

US gets Chinese assurance on rare earths

2010-10-31 00:00:00

BEIJING, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): In an attempt to boost its tarnished image over rare earths exports to needy countries, world's largest rare earths producer, China Saturday assured the US of enough supply of the commodity. During a meeting with...

Pennsylvania to get largest solar farm

2010-10-31 00:00:00

PENNSYLVANIA, Oct 30 (Commodity Online): Snyder's of Hanover will begin construction on a solar farm that will be the largest ground-based solar energy system in Pennsylvania with over 16,000 panels spanning twenty acres. After gaining approval from the Penn Township...

Cellphone market slowing but smartphones still boom

2010-10-31 00:00:00

HELSINKI, Oct 30 (Reuters): Cellphone market growth slowed slightly in the September quarter due to worries over economic growth and component shortages, and the market growth would slow further in the current quarter, researchers said Friday. The phones market --...

UN seals historic treaty to protect threatened ecosystems

2010-10-31 00:00:00

NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 30 (AFP): A historic global treaty to protect the world's forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed at a UN summit on Saturday. Rich and poor nations agreed to take "effective and...

US has a stake in Asian security: Hillary

2010-10-31 00:00:00

HANOI, OCT 30 (AP): Putting China on notice, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday said the United States has a key stake in increasingly tense territorial disputes between Beijing and its neighbours, as she assured nervous East...

Four French killed in Antarctic copter crash

2010-10-31 00:00:00

ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 30 (AP): All four people on a French helicopter that crashed this week in rough weather in Antarctica were confirmed dead Saturday, Australian and French rescuers said. Another helicopter from Dumont-d'Urville scientific station in Antarctica flew to...

FBI suspects disgruntled US Marine behind shootings

2010-10-31 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (AFP): The FBI on Friday said the gunman behind a series of shootings at US military buildings appears to have a "deep grievance" with the US Marine Corps and appealed to him to come forward. No one...

Investigators hunt for mail bombers in Yemen

2010-10-31 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, OCT 30 (AP): U.S. and Yemeni authorities are searching for the terrorists who tried to mail two bombs from Yemen to Chicago-area synagogues in a brazen plot that heightened fears of a renewed al-Qaida terror offensive against the United...

Karzai slates US-Russia drugs operation

2010-10-31 00:00:00

KABUL, Oct 30 (AFP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday demanded an explanation from NATO's command in Afghanistan for a drugs raid carried out by the United States and Russia without his government's permission. "No organisation or institution has the right...

30 Afghan guerillas killed

2010-10-31 00:00:00

KABUL, Oct 30 (AFP): International forces in Afghanistan Saturday fought off a Taliban attack on a combat post in a remote and mountainous region bordering Pakistan, killing more than 30 insurgents, NATO said. Insurgents attacked the post "from all directions"...