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2010-11-29 00:00:00

Sugarcane crushing beginsSugarcane crushing at Panchagarh Mills began Friday, The mills sources said the production target of the mills for 2010-2011 fiscal year was over 6000 metric tonnes of sugar by crushing 80000 metric tonnes of sugarcane. The recovery rate...

Indian bourses make lower profits than most major global peers

2010-11-29 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (PTI): A regulatory panel may have voiced concerns over high profits being made by stock exchanges here, but Indian bourses figure among the least profitable entities when compared to their major global peers. In a move...

Gold may ride safe haven wave next week

2010-11-29 00:00:00

LONDON, Nov 28 (Commodity Online): Gold prices witnessed a fall towards end of the week with the dollar gaining strength following the Europe crisis.However, with Spain and Portugal still in trouble gold may witness further safe haven demand in the...

Sugar to soar, rain takes the blame

2010-11-29 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Commodity Online): Global sugar futures are expected to soar as rains are crushing the cane crop output in Indian states, the second biggest producer of sugar. India government may decide to defer sugar exports at least...

Canada wheat crops better this year

2010-11-29 00:00:00

ONTARIO, Nov 28 (Commodity Online): Wheat crops had a great season of harvest this year in Canada, but reports said it still fell short of expectations. However, the season's crop was much improved than the last season. Cereals specialist for...

Int'l business news in brief

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Black Friday shows slight increase in US salesWASHINGTON, Nov 28: Black Friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season in the United States, showed a 2.2-per cent boost in the number of shoppers going to the malls, according to...

shipping

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Chittagong PortBerthing positionNovember 29, 2010Berth No. NV                   Cargo       LC       LA           DA     Leaving   I/DJ/2      Yong Jiang             Gi           S. Hai   Cosco       07/11   30/11   2177J/3      Banglar Kakoli       Log        Yang    Mariners  03/11   27/11        --J/4      Vtc Phoenix           Rice       Hochi   Seacom    02/11   30/11   1669J/5      Qin Hai                 ...

exchange rate

2010-11-29 00:00:00

November 28, 2010   The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction SundaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBs Sonali Bank70.750094.2054110.58920.850270.940669.675468.5867Agrani Bank70.780094.3764110.96020.852170.897669.628268.3744FCBsStanChart69.9092.14109.670.8571.1369.0866.89HSBC 70.710596.2192112.61930.880371.617470.026869.1919Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon70.840095.7269113.38730.877572.116570.103971.8743PCBsUttara Bank70.800095.1674112.07490.864371.191970.440869.5145AB Bank70.950095.5529111.89140.8624NANANABuying rates  from...

Shakib to lead Tigers in Micromax Cup ODI series against Zimbabwe

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as the captain of the Bangladesh Cricket team for the Micromax Cup One Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe that begins in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.The BCB also announced...

Southeast Bank Golf Tournament held at Kurmitola

2010-11-29 00:00:00

A two day Southeast Bank Cup Golf Tournament- 2010 was held at Kurmitola Golf Club, Dhaka Cantonment recently, said a press release. Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, (ND), ndc, psc, Chief of Naval Staff, Bangladesh Navy inaugurated the tournament as...

Strauss, Cook leading England

2010-11-29 00:00:00

BRISBANE, Nov 28 (AFP): Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook became England's most prolific Test opening partnership Sunday as they frustrated Australia with a match-turning stand in the first Ashes Test.They put on 188 together, the highest English partnership for any...

FIFA hit by fresh corruption allegations

2010-11-29 00:00:00

ZURICH, Nov 28 (AFP): New allegations of corruption have arisen just days before FIFA executive committee members are due to vote on football's World Cup hosts in 2018 and 2022, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported.

India beat NZ in one-day opener

2010-11-29 00:00:00

GUWAHATI, Nov 28 (AFP): A century from Virat Kohli helped India secure a convincing 40-run victory in the first one-day international against New Zealand Sunday.India's total of 276 looked enough, and New Zealand were out of contention at 169 for...

After dominating Asiad, China eyes London Olympics

2010-11-29 00:00:00

GUANGZHOU, Nov 28 (AFP): After total domination of the Asian Games, China's sports juggernaut will be relentless in its preparations to top the table at the 2012 London Olympics, sports officials said.China topped the Asiad for the eigth straight time...

BNP asks AL to apologise for past mistakes of enforcing hartals

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Main opposition BNP has asked the ruling Awami League (AL) to apologise to the people for its past mistake of enforcing hundreds of hartals, saying that only then the opposition will think about not resorting hartals, reports BSS.The leaders of...

Jamaat, NDA backs hartal

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Jamaat-e-Islami has decided to actively support tomorrow's (Tuesday) dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the main opposition BNP. Jamaat Acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam made the declaration at a press conference in the city Sunday, a day after it held a...

Enactment of laws to stop ‘JS boycott’ culture stressed

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Former Home Minister Md Nasim has said there should be strict constitutional provisions like that any lawmaker who will remain absent from parliament for over uninterrupted 30 days without the permission of the Speaker, will not only lose his or...

FBCCI should be neutral, not biased: Delwar

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Opposition BNP Sunday questioned the neutrality of the FBCCI president and said the apex body of the business community was biased in its statement opposing Tuesday's countrywide hartal called by the party to protest the repressive measures of the government,...

DMP vows security during hartal

2010-11-29 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will provide security to those who want to run their vehicles and business in the capital during the countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal (strike) enforced by the main opposition party on November 30.DMP Commissioner Benazir Ahmed made...

No arrests without specific charges: Tuku

2010-11-29 00:00:00

State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Hoque Tuku has denied the opposition's claim that mass arrests were being carried out to foil the upcoming general strike on November 30 justifying that the law enforcers are carrying out drives based on...

Police nab 14 BNP, Jubo Dal men

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Our Correspondents PABNA, Nov 28: Chatmohar police arrested four leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal from the upazila headquarters today on suspicion of creating anarchy in the name of Tuesday's hartal. The police arrested them from the Chatmohar market area...

All urged to be united against evil forces

2010-11-29 00:00:00

COMILLA, Nov 28 (BSS): State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak has urged all to be united against the evil forces who are trying to destroy political stability of the country. All should resist ill activities of the...

All urged to be united against evil forces

2010-11-29 00:00:00

COMILLA, Nov 28 (BSS): State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak has urged all to be united against the evil forces who are trying to destroy political stability of the country. All should resist ill activities of the...

Jubo League attacks BNP procession, 100 injured

2010-11-29 00:00:00

KHULNA, Nov 28 (UNB): A procession of BNP came under attack by Jubo League, the youth organisation of ruling Awami League, leaving at least 100 people wounded at Shantidham in the city Sunday evening.The witnesses said the procession to drum...

Govt wants to set up missions in all countries concerned : Hasina

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said her government wants to establish Bangladesh's permanent missions in all countries concerned to intensify the country's diplomatic activities."We've already decided to set up embassies or local consul offices in 16 countries, which will also...

B'desh committed to upholding int'l peace, security: President

2010-11-29 00:00:00

President M Zillur Rahman said that Bangladesh, as a peace-loving country, is always committed to upholding the international peace and security, reports UNB.The President made the remark while inaugurating the four-day 16th Annual Conference of International Association of Peacekeeping Training...

UK introduces new English language test for migrants

2010-11-29 00:00:00

The UK government will introduce from today (Monday) a new language requirement -- speaking and understanding English -- for filing visa application for non-European migrants, reports BSS. The migrants who apply for a visa to enter or remain in the...

EU to provide addl grants to Bangladesh

2010-11-29 00:00:00

The European Union (EU) will provide extra allocations to Bangladesh for its on-going development programmes, in addition to the proposed climate change assistance, the outgoing EU ambassador said in Dhaka on Sunday, reports UNB. Dr Stefan Frowein, ambassador and head...

32 universities to get UGC's academic innovation fund

2010-11-29 00:00:00

A total of 32 universities will get grants from Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) of University Grants Commission (UGC) by the next month, reports BSS. Among the universities, 29 are public universities and three others are in private sector, said an...

Govt social research wing faces fund constraints

2010-11-29 00:00:00

Government's social science research wing, which has conducted 186 in-depth social research in the last five years is now facing acute fund shortage as the allocation for research remained stagnated for a long time to Tk 10 million (one crore)...