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Maple Leaf recommends more issue of shares

2010-04-07 00:00:00

KARACHI, Apr 6 (Business Recorder): In order to ensure an orderly and timely restructuring arrangements of long term Sukuk and Syndicated loan, the board of directors of Maple Leaf Cement Factory Monday recommended further issue of 153.846 million ordinary shares...

Oil price hovers near 18-month high

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Oil prices continue to trade near 18-month highs, having touched $86.90 a barrel on Monday on growing hopes of a US-led global economic recovery, reports BBC.One-month futures for US light crude futures on Tuesday are trading at $86.37, while Brent...

Soybeans, corn decline on stronger dollar

2010-04-07 00:00:00

NEW YORK, April 6 (Bloomberg): Soybeans and corn declined in Chicago as the dollar strengthened, reducing the appeal of US crops amid rising competition from South American exports.Soybeans for May delivery lost as much as 0.3 per centto $9.3275 a...

exchange rate

2010-04-07 00:00:00

April 6, Tuesday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction TuesdaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.550093.8936106.24520.746865.557869.626264.1661Agrani Bank69.550093.7126106.19420.749465.511769.549863.9121FCBsStanChart69.6295.44107.210.7767.3670.0565.19HSBC 69.615595.5336107.35280.768266.751169.039564.4681Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.540095.6966107.29590.761366.910469.498366.2716PCBsUttara Bank69.550094.2214106.38850.754365.288769.567864.0734AB Bank69.600095.0283107.32790.7583NANANABuying rates  from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...

Car bomb hits Baghdad market after blasts: 39 dead, 130 hurt

2010-04-07 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Apr 6 (AP): At least five massive bombs hit apartment buildings across Baghdad Tuesday, killing at least 39 people and wounding more than 130 in the latest sign Iraq's fragile security could dissolve in the chaos of the unresolved...

Red Shirt protesters flood Bangkok streets

2010-04-07 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Apr 6 (AP): Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters took over sections of Thailand's capital Tuesday, pelting police with eggs and dancing in the streets as they pushed through barricades to press the prime minister to call new elections.Minor...

Chidambaram blames 'savage' Maoist massacre

2010-04-07 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Apr 6 (AFP): Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram condemned Tuesday the 'savage' massacre of at least 55 paramilitary police by Maoist rebels who walked into a 'trap' in central India."This shows the savage nature of the Maoists --...

Investigators probe US consulate attack in Pakistan

2010-04-07 00:00:00

PESHAWAR, Apr 6 (AFP): United States (US) and Pakistani teams were trying to piece together Tuesday how the Taliban launched a gun, grenade and double suicide car bomb attack on the heavily guarded American consulate in Peshawar.In the sophisticated attack,...

news digest

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Brown calls general election May 6LONDON, Apr 6: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown fired the starting gun Tuesday on a month-long election race, setting May 6 as the date for voting in what could be the closest-run poll for a...

Bangladesh needs to do 'a lot to become middle-income country'

2010-04-07 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh has to do a lot to become a middle-income country or a new Asian tiger by 2021, Dutch Ambassador in Dhaka Alphons Hennekens said Tuesday."To truly develop the country's potential as an emerging market, the level of investment...

Govt won't allow production of molasses close to sugar mills zone

2010-04-07 00:00:00

FE ReportThe government will not allow production of molasses any where close to sugar mills zone to protect the country's sugar industry, Industries Minister, Dilip Barua said Tuesday."The government will take a decision in this respect in the greater interest...

PSTN employees threaten agitation programme

2010-04-07 00:00:00

FE Report The employees of closed landline phone operators have threatened to take to the streets from next week, if the government does not meet their demand by April 8.They, under the banner of Employees Association of PSTN Operators of...

Rejected lover stabs himself to death

2010-04-07 00:00:00

FE ReportA young man stabbed himself to death minutes after his marriage proposal was rejected by the parents of his girlfriend at Maniknagar in the capital Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Moniruzzaman (25), an employee of a...

Appointment of 12,500 doctors, nurses, health assistants to be completed by Apr

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque Tuesday said that the government had recruited additional 12,500 doctors, nurses and health assistants apart from providing necessary equipment and medicines for treatment with a view to improving the standard of health services at...

Khulna University closed sine die

2010-04-07 00:00:00

KHULNA, Apr 6 (UNB): Khulna University (KU) was closed sine die Tuesday morning as violence broke out on the campus over a trifling matter Monday night.The university syndicate in an emergency meeting with its Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Saifuddin Shah in...

Turkish Gen calls on Navy and Air chiefs

2010-04-07 00:00:00

A three-member Turkish military delegation paid a courtesy call on Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed at Naval Headquarters at city's Banani Tuesday, reports UNB.The delegation, led by Chief of Intelligence of Turkish General Staff Lt Gen Ismail...

Bangladesh outplay Afghanistan in IHF handball meet

2010-04-07 00:00:00

The height of Afghan players could not impress host Bangladesh as they registered an overwhelming 46-20 win over Afghanistan in one of the inaugural day matches of the IHF Men's Handball Challenge Trophy at the Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in...

Abahani, Mohammedan reach semis of Club Cup Hockey

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Two powerhouses of country's sports - Abahani Limited and Mohammedan SC reached the semifinals of the Dhaka Bank Club Cup Hockey tournament with one match to spare beating their respective rivals at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB.Both...

BD Army-Myanmar Army friendly match ends in draw

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Hosts Bangladesh Army played to a one-all draw with touring Myanmar Army team in a friendly football match at the Army Stadium in Banani Tuesday, reports UNB.Brigadier General M Sharafat Hossain was the chief guest in the match and later...

Rooney misses United training

2010-04-07 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, England, April 6 (AFP): Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is looking increasingly unlikely to feature against Bayern Munich after missing a training session Tuesday. United will face Bayern Wednesday in a Champions League quarter-final second leg looking to overturn...

John Wilson, Viqarunnisa Noon, Agargaon High emerge group champions

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Three teams--holders John Wilson, Viqarunnisa Noon, and Agargaon High emerged group champions to reach the semifinals of the Citycell Dhaka Metropolis Women's Football championship Tuesday, reports UNB.Earlier on Monday, BIT emerged Group D champions to book a seat for the...

Ctg Mohammedan share points with Ctg Abahani

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Chittagong Mohammedan shared points with Chittagong Abahani Limited in a 1-1 goal draw in a match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong Tuesday, reports UNB. Akber Hossain Ridon put Chittagong Mohammedan ahead in the...

Spanish footballers union calls strike

2010-04-07 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 6 (AFP): Spain's football players union Monday called a strike for April 16-19 that would affect matches in La Liga's top four tiers unless an agreement over unpaid wages is reached before then. It also did not rule...

Arsenal confident of exploiting Barcelona soft centre

2010-04-07 00:00:00

BARCELONA, Apr 6 (AFP): Injury-hit Arsenal believe Barcelona's loss of suspended centre-backs Carlos Puyol and Gerard Pique will be key to unlocking the door to the Champions League semi-finals.Arsene Wenger's Arsenal side, who came back from two goals down to...

Ayesha on TV is not the one Shoaib chatted with, says Rashid Latif

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Karachi, Apr 6 (PTI): Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has backed Shoaib Malik in his ongoing marriage row with Ayesha Siddiqui, saying the girl being shown on TV channels is not the one his teammate fell in love with during...

Int'l Crimes (Tribunal) Act only mode to try 'Razakars, Al Badrs'

2010-04-07 00:00:00

Leading jurists said Tuesday International Crimes (Tribunal) Act 1973 was the only mode to expose to justice the "Razakars and Al Badrs" for their 1971 crimes against humanity as auxiliary forces of the Pakistani occupation army, reports BSS."The law devised...

President for more effective JS

2010-04-07 00:00:00

President Zillur Rahman Tuesday stressed the need for turning the country's parliament into a centre for all discussions and problem solutions to make it more effective, reports UNB."I hope that all will play responsible role in making the parliament more...

New limits on city polls' expenses

2010-04-07 00:00:00

The government has agreed to the maximum level of expenditure allowed by candidates in the mayor and councilor elections in all the six city corporations. The Law Ministry Monday approved Local Government (City Corporation) Rules, code of conduct and Electronic...

Ways to bring back convicts from abroad discussed

2010-04-07 00:00:00

The first meeting of the reconstituted Task Force headed by Law Minister Shafique Ahmed discussed Tuesday ways and means to bring back the absconding convicts of the Bangabandhu murder case and convicts of other cases from abroad, reports UNB.Among others,...

Mamun's wife Shahina sent to jail

2010-04-07 00:00:00

A special judge's court sent Shahina, wife of controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, to jail refusing her bail plea, reports bdnews24.com.Shahina, who was convicted in absentia for possessing illegally obtained wealth, surrendered to Judge Jesmine Anwar of the Special Judge's...