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China biggest threat to soya prices

2010-05-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, May 18 (Internet): Soya poses the biggest uncertainty to feed prices over the next 12 months. That was the verdict of producers at the Pig and Poultry Fair after the first of the open forums on prospects for feed...

Gold falls to one-week low

2010-05-19 00:00:00

LONDON, May 18 (Bloomberg): Gold fell to a one-week low in London as stock advances and a rebound by the euro curbed demand for the metal as a haven asset.European equities gained for the first time in three days as...

wCorn demand in South Korea to rise after sugar surge

2010-05-19 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Bloomberg): Corn demand in South Korea, the third-biggest buyer, may climb as much as 6 per cent after a surge in sugar prices earlier this year spurred a shift to the grain as a sweetener, the...

exchange rate

2010-05-19 00:00:00

May 18, Tuesday  The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Tuesday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.550086.2049100.64640.760261.481067.592860.9648Agrani BankNANANANANANANAFCBsStanChartNANANANANANANAHSBC NANANANANANANACitibank naNANANANANANANABank of CeylonNANANANANANANAPCBsUttara Bank69.550086.6196100.85640.766961.300867.582560.9092AB Bank69.600087.3888101.75800.7715NANANABuying rates  from public (inward...

HIGHLIGHTS

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Sukh By ChanceOn SONY SET Wednesday at 7-30 pm.Tina is upset but Mohan tells her that he has given the money to the man as he finds Rajesh and Dhiraj very immature. Mohan goes in and sees all getting ready...

Cannes films tap drama of financial crisis

2010-05-19 00:00:00

CANNES, May 18 (AFP): The scorched earth of the financial world has yielded a rich harvest for film-makers at the Cannes film festival, where documentaries and dramas are tapping the emotion behind the crisis.Among the non-fiction at the world's biggest...

Wednesday

2010-05-19 00:00:00

ATN Banglaam07:00 Sangbad07:30 Positive Bangladesh 08:00 Sangbad08:30 Drama serial- Kothay Pabo Tare09:00 News Bulletins09:10 Drama - Kande Amar Ma10:00 Sangbad10:30 Hello Banglades11:15 Asian City Vision 202012:00 Sangbad Bulletins12:15 It Zone01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25 Band Vew02:00 Sangbad02:30 Drama serial -Baba03:00 Sangbad Bulletins03:15...

Govt starts construction of API Park next month

2010-05-19 00:00:00

FE ReportThe government starts construction work of the country's first industrial park for medicine raw materials next month in a major boost to the fast-booming pharmaceutical sector, an official said Sunday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open ground-breaking work of the...

Trust Bank launches new SME product

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Trust Bank Limited (TBL) launched a new SME product with cluster approach titled 'Trust-Bunon' to promote, develop and finance power loom, handloom and other allied industries at a launching ceremony at Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) auditorium Monday,...

Ministry asks NBR to readjust Sedan car's import duty

2010-05-19 00:00:00

FE ReportMinistry of Industries has recently proposed the NBR to readjust the import duty of 1500 cc Sedan car in a bid to help flourish local assembling by 2012 that will create more employment and accelerate economic growth.State-owned Pragati Industries...

Pathan Group holds electric goods fair

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Pathan Group has organised a two-day fair of electric goods at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. Prime Bank Limited Managing Director M Ehsanul Haque inaugurated the fair Tuesday, said a press release.The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Pathan Group Chairman Md...

BRTA to gloss over fdrivers' poor education, issue licences

2010-05-19 00:00:00

FE ReportThe authorities have decided to issue genuine licences to thousands of fake drivers in the city compromising on the minimum requirement of their educational background.The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), the country's lone driving licence issuance authority, took the...

Shipbuilders seek interest cut, 15 per cent cash incentive on export

2010-05-19 00:00:00

FE ReportShipbuilders Tuesday urged the government to provide 15 per cent cash incentive on vessel export, cut in bank interest rate and simplifying of visa procedures for foreign buyers in order to give the sector a boost."To promote this emerging...

Mercantile Bank donates for deaf children in Rajshahi

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Mercantile Bank Limited has donated an amount of Tk 0.5 million to Hicare School Rajshahi for education and development of the deaf children as part of its corporate social responsibility, said a press release. Chairman of Mercantile Bank Limited Md...

Citibank arranges capital markets workshop

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh recently organized a daylong Workshop on "Capital Markets" in Dhaka. The workshop was attended by 25 Citi officials and facilitated by Professor Salahuddin Ahmed Khan- former CEO of Dhaka Stock Exchange and Imran Rahman- Pro Vice Chancellor...

Suspension of cos trading

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Beximco Synthetics: Trading of the shares of Beximco Synthetics will remain suspended on record date today (Wednesday). NTC: Trading of the shares of National Tea Company (NTC) will remain suspended on record date today (Wednesday). Ibn Sina: Trading of the...

'Authorised representatives should work with honesty, integrity'

2010-05-19 00:00:00

SEC Member Muhammad Yasin Ali said honesty and integrity are the most important things of the capital market and if any complaint of fraudulent is found against any authorised representative, serious actions will be taken against them including cancellation of...

Mobile phone outshines land phone in daily use

2010-05-19 00:00:00

FHM Humayan KabirThe country's 48.3 per cent households use mobile phone while only 2.2 per cent use land phone in their daily life, a survey of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has said.The BBS has showed the data in...

BRTA to gloss over fake drivers' poor education

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Continued from page 9because of their poor educational background.BRTA officials said the authority is considering the demand to accommodate these drivers within the proper system as they need more training to bring discipline back to the streets for ensuring road...

Plot against New Asia Synthetic in Ashugonj protested

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Jashim Uddin Brahmanbaria, May 18: Local businessmen and policymakers have protested a conspiracy being hatched against establishment of New Asia Synthetic Ltd, a Tk 10.00 billion chemical company at Ashuganj in the district.As part of the conspiracy, a vernacular daily...

Thai govt rules out talks unless Reds end rally

2010-05-19 00:00:00

BANGKOK, May 18 (AFP): The Thai government Tuesday ruled out negotiating with 'Red Shirt' demonstrators until they end their crippling Bangkok protest, after the protesters agreed to crisis talks mediated by senators.Five days of clashes with troops have left 38...

Tehran awaits swift response to nuclear swap deal

2010-05-19 00:00:00

TEHRAN, May 18 (AFP): Iran said Tuesday it expects a swift response from world powers on an accord to ship much of its low enriched uranium to Turkey, as UN Security Council member China backed the swap deal.The accord signed...

Taliban suicide attack kills up to 20 in Kabul

2010-05-19 00:00:00

KABUL, May 18 (AFP): A suicide car bomb attack targeted NATO troops in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing up to 20 people near parliament in one of the deadliest strikes on Kabul in more than a year, officials said.The...

Speaker row clouds return of British parliament

2010-05-19 00:00:00

LONDON, May 18 (AFP): New British lawmakers gathered Tuesday for the first time since knife-edge polls brought a new coalition government to power, but a call for the speaker to be sacked threatened to cloud the ceremomy.Members of the 650-seat...

Zardari pardons key cabinet minister

2010-05-19 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, May 18 (AFP): Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday pardoned a key cabinet minister sentenced over corruption to block his possible arrest, threatening to plunge his rule into fresh controversy.Interior Minister Rehman Malik, one of the closest allies of...

India to review anti-Maoist strategy after rebels kill 35

2010-05-19 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 18 (AFP): India is to review its anti-Maoist strategy, a government minister said in comments broadcast Tuesday, after rebels killed 35 people in a landmine attack on a bus.Monday's blast in the central state of Chhattisgarh tore...

S Korea wraps up warship probe amid US backing

2010-05-19 00:00:00

SEOUL, May 18 (AFP): With a strong show of support from its US ally, South Korea Tuesday wrapped up a painstaking investigation into a naval disaster widely suspected to be the work of North Korea.A media report said the South...

UK, Ireland set new flying zone to cut ash disruption

2010-05-19 00:00:00

LONDON, May 18 (Reuters): Britain's air traffic control body said Monday it had agreed the creation of a new flying zone with Irish officials and aircraft manufacturers to limit the disruption caused by ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano.The new...

Rescuers step up search for crashed Afghan plane

2010-05-19 00:00:00

SALANG, Afghanistan, May 18 (AFP): Rescuers Tuesday stepped up the search for a plane carrying 43 people, including three Britons and an American, which crashed in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, an official said.Over 24 hours after the plane lost...

news digest

2010-05-19 00:00:00

Rights groups sue ArizonaRights groups had already announced plans to file a legal challenge to the law, which makes it a state crime to lack proper immigration papers and requires police to determine whether people were in the country legally....