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Aman production behind target in Rangpur

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Oct 10: Farmers in the Rangpur division might not achieve their target of Aman production as most of their yields contain thin yellow paddy having no grain substance within. Agriculture experts as well as the farmers fear...

Nilphamari poultry farms facing hard days

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Oct 10: The price of one day chickens has gone beyond the viable limit of the poultry farm owners of Nilphamari district. At present one day aged chicken is being sold at a price of 82 taka....

Comilla people go without civic amenities

2010-10-11 00:00:00

A CorrespondentCOMILLA, Oct 10: As the population of Comilla municipality is increasing day by day, the municipal authorities are failing to provide basic civic amenities to them. Established in 1876, Comilla municipality with 0.25 million population was upgraded into "A"...

RU students’ internship concludes

2010-10-11 00:00:00

RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 10: The internship programme of the second batch students of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science of Rajshahi University (RU) has completed and the researchers presented their respective report in the seminar room of...

Trawler with deer meat seized

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Oct 10: Forest officials recovered 10 kgs of deer meat and seized a trawler from Baniakhali station area of Koyra Upazilla of the district early this morning. One Rahima Khatun (55) was arrested in this connection. Forest department...

Gaibandha chamber AGM held

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Oct 10: Annual General Meeting of Gaibandha Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) was held at its Building at Shukhnagar area of the town here on Saturday.Mahbub Ara Begum Gini, MP, attended the function and addressed it as...

FELI Tangail branch opens

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentTANGAIL Oct 10: Inaugural Program of Far East Life Insurance Co-ltd Tangail zonal Office held at Press club Community Center Tangail Saturday. The Chairman of board of Directors Far East Islami Insurance Co ltd. Alhaj Md Nazrul Islam was...

News in brief

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Mobile court realizes Tk 10,000 as fine A mobile court saturday realized Taka 10,000 from two meat sellers of Alamdanga Sadar Upazila in the district for selling beef of sick cattle. Abdus Salam, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), conducted the drive....

EU to build cyclone shelters in Ctg

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Oct 10: In a bid to save the save the coastal people the European Union has offered to construct at least 50 multi-storied cyclone shelters in the natural disaster-prone areas in the port city.The EU has also decided...

N Koreans celebrate newly appointed Kim Jong Eun

2010-10-11 00:00:00

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il presided over a military parade Sunday alongside his youngest son and eventual successor in a massive coming out party for the newly appointed and still-mysterious young heir, report agency.Kim Jong Eun, believed to be...

NATO Afghan supplies resume at Pak border

2010-10-11 00:00:00

PESHAWAR, Oct 10 (AFP): NATO supplies through Pakistan's Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan resumed Sunday, 11 days after Islamabad closed the point in response to a deadly NATO air attack, officials said."The first convoy of more than a dozen vehicles...

Kyrgyzstan votes in landmark election

2010-10-11 00:00:00

ISHKEK, Oct 10 (Reuters): Kyrgyzstan votes Sunday to create the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia, in an election its interim leaders hope can unite the country only four months after the worst bloodshed in its modern history.Unique among elections...

Suicide vest blamed for Briton's death in Afghan rescue bid

2010-10-11 00:00:00

LONDON Oct 10 (AFP): A British female aid worker in Afghanistan who died during a botched US rescue raid was likely killed by an exploding suicide vest held by one of her captors, a government source in London said Sunday.Linda...

Iran hangs woman, three men for drug trafficking

2010-10-11 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Oct 10 (AFP): Iran hanged on Sunday a woman and three men in a prison in the northwestern city of Zanjan after they were found guilty of drug trafficking, Fars news agency reported. The report did not identify those...

Wary Afghans mull possible Taliban peace talks

2010-10-11 00:00:00

KABUL, Oct 10 (Reuters): Like many Afghans, shopkeeper Abdul Sattar recalls Taliban rule as a nightmare of public executions, women shut away at home and evenings without TV, but he might accept some of it back for peace and stability.With...

Arab League silent on Middle East peace process

2010-10-11 00:00:00

SIRTE, (Libya), Oct 10 (AFP): Arab League leaders voiced their support for Sudan Saturday, but made no mention of the troubled Middle East peace process at the end a summit meeting in Libya. The Arab League "affirms its solidarity with...

news digest

2010-10-11 00:00:00

32 killed on China's smog-hit roads BEIJING, Oct 10: At least 32 people have been killed in traffic accidents in China over the weekend as heavy smog and fog shrouded huge swathes of the country, state press said Sunday. Eight...

Democratising development economics

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Robert B. ZoellickGEORGE Bernard Shaw once famously said: "If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion."Considering the causes and course of the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression, it is fair to...

Poor scenario of power generation & energy source

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Shafiqul AlamBangladesh is facing a dual energy crisis with the same root cause. The most apparent crisis is a power shortage forcing load shedding in both urban and rural areas. The table shows that the installed capacity is only 5823...

The Gas Cartel idea: On the road to another OPEC?

2010-10-11 00:00:00

Global Intelligence Report AS oil sees its image tarnished from the disastrous oil spills that took place off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Dalian, China, and as the most promising oil fields remain...

Sensex consolidates in a choppy week

2010-10-11 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Oct 10 (Business Standard): Markets flip flopped through out the week and ended on a negative note. After touching 33-month high last Monday, markets pared almost all the gains and ended in red commencing the week on negative note....

Confce of IBBL employees of Dhaka Central Zone held

2010-10-11 00:00:00

FE Report A conference of the employees of Dhaka Central Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh in the city recently, said a press release. IBBL Managing Director Mohammad Abdul Mannan...

Foreign fund inflows top $3.0b in six days

2010-10-11 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Oct 10 (Economic Times): Though benchmark indices of Indian equities dipped after a five week rally, the flow of foreign money into the stock markets continued unhindered with total inflows crossing the $3 billion mark within six trading days...

Edible oils continue to rise on festive demand

2010-10-11 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (PTI): Select edible oils continued their upward march for the third straight day today and added up to Rs 50 per quintal in the oils and oilseeds market on increased buying by vanaspati millers, driven by...

Precious metals rebound on global cues, festive demand

2010-10-11 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (PTI): Both the precious metals, silver and gold rebounded in the national capital Saturday on emergence of brisk buying by stockists and jewellers, supported by a similar trend in the overseas market.The gold, which had lost...

Oberoi Realty IPO a big success

2010-10-11 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Oct 10 (Business Standard): The initial public offer (IPO) of Oberoi Realty was subscribed 12.13 times till 5 pm Friday, the last day for bids. Data with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) show bids for 391.67 million equity shares...

Potash weighs asset sales, spl dividend to thwart BHP

2010-10-11 00:00:00

LONDON, Oct 10 (Bloomberg): Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc is considering selling its nitrogen and phosphorous assets and paying shareholders a dividend of up to $70 a share, the Sunday Telegraph reported, without saying where it got the information.Potash Corp...

Gulf bourses await third quarter results

2010-10-11 00:00:00

JEDDAH/AMMAN, Oct 10 (Arab News): Saudi stocks were volatile last week, reflecting a variety of expectations over third quarter corporate earnings, particularly of the petrochemical and banking sectors.The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) gained 0.14 per cent on a weekly basis,...

US steel shuts down some Hamilton operations, workers to be redeployed

2010-10-11 00:00:00

TORONTO, Oct 10 (Canadian Press): US steel is shutting down its raw steel production at the former Stelco plant in Hamilton indefinitely because of weak demand but won't lay off any workers, the company said last Friday."We always review and...

exchange rate

2010-10-11 00:00:00