FE Today Logo

Search results for:


HIGHLIGHTS

2010-05-10 00:00:00

Tarzan Goes To IndiaOn HBO Movies Monday at 9:30 pmOne of a seemingly endless production of Tarzan movies, this tale by director and co-scripter, John Guillermin, places the hero in India. Tarzan is called to India to help save the...

Monday

2010-05-10 00:00:00

ATN BanglaAm07:00 Sangbad 07:30 Positive Bangladesh08:00 Sangbad08:15 Ajker Shongbadpotro08:30 Drama Serial- Kagojer Ghor09:00 News Bulletins09:10 Kande Amar Ma09:15 Tatka National Dance Star10:00 Sangbad10:30 Talk show - Hello Bangladesh11:00 Sangbad 11:05 Asian City Vision 202011:30 Notun Chobir Gan12:00 Sangbad Bulletins12:15 Motamot01:00...

BP oil-collection chamber clogs, removed from leaking Gulf well

2010-05-10 00:00:00

NEW YORK, May 9 (Bloomberg): BP Plc's latest effort to prevent oil leaks from damaging wildlife and tourism on the US coast are being stymied as cold and pressure a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico formed...

Agrani Bank disburses Tk 0.46m loan to farmers

2010-05-10 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentGOPALGANJ May 08: Two branches of Agrani Bank Ltd under Muksudpur Upazila in the district have disbursed Tk 0.46 million (462 thousand) among 50 actually small and marginal farmers for the cultivation of Aus, Aman and jute this season....

PILIL's death coverage for ICB Islamic Bank clients

2010-05-10 00:00:00

Prime Islami Life Insurance Ltd (PILIL) will provide death and disability coverage to personal finance customers of the ICB Islamic Bank Ltd. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed in this connection recently, said a press release. Prime Islami...

Raw, refined sugar may fall in NY, London

2010-05-10 00:00:00

LONDON, May 9 (Bloomberg): Raw- and refined-sugar futures may fall next week on signs of output gains in Brazil and India, the world's largest producers.Seven of 13 traders, analysts and brokers in a Bloomberg survey said raw-sugar prices will drop...

Cocoa plunges most in 13 months

2010-05-10 00:00:00

NEW YORK, May 9 (Bloomberg): Cocoa futures plunged the most in 13 months as the rout in global equities dragged most commodities lower. Coffee gained.The Standard & Poor's 500 Index headed for the biggest weekly decline since March 2009. Greece's...

exchange rate

2010-05-10 00:00:00

May 09, Sunday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Sunday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.550089.0288103.30290.768663.039167.061162.0343Agrani Bank69.550088.8858103.24530.770963.005566.997461.8256FCBsStanChart69.6294.38107.810.7765.3670.0565.58HSBC 69.572591.6794106.88830.757363.584468.222363.9721Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.590094.4501108.68130.766865.862269.092566.6742PCBsUttara Bank69.550090.8886105.71800.748462.974768.076463.4587AB Bank69.600090.9516106.53620.7592NANANABuying rates  from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...

Nine of top-10 cos lose Rs 400b in m-cap, RIL lone gainer

2010-05-10 00:00:00

MUMBAI, May 9 (PTI): Volatile trade this past week saw nine of the top-10 firms lose a sum of over Rs 400 billion from their market capitalisation, with Reliance Industries Ltd being the sole exception to the trend by adding...

Essar Energy starts trading on LSE

2010-05-10 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Economic Times): Essar group's London-listed arm Essar Energy has formally started trading on the London Stock Exchange following its $1.9 billion public offering. "Despite turbulent global markets, we have made the largest debut on the London...

Stocks turn negative for year on Greece woes

2010-05-10 00:00:00

NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters): Stocks turned negative for the year Friday on fears of another credit crisis stemming from Greece's souring finances and lingering questions about what triggered the previous session's dramatic plunge.The major stock indexes finished Friday's volatile...

$12.499m inflow recorded in share market

2010-05-10 00:00:00

$12.499m inflow recorded in share market KARACHI, May 9 (Business Recorder): Foreign investors' interest continued in Pakistan's stock market with a net inflow of $12.499 million during the week ended on May 8, 2010. However, the inflow of foreign investors'...

StanChart shareholders approve India listing plan

2010-05-10 00:00:00

LONDON/NEW DELHI, May 9 (PTI): Global banking major Standard Chartered Plc has said its shareholders have approved the sale of shares for a planned India listing to raise up to $1 billion. Standard Chartered Bank in March said it plans...

ASA, Sightsavers Int'l sign MoU

2010-05-10 00:00:00

The Hope for the Poorest (HP), a sister concern of ASA and Sightsavers International recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide free eye treatment to the extreme poor people of the country, said a press release.Poor people will...

Hong Kong's IPO market hits the brakes

2010-05-10 00:00:00

HONG KONG, May 9 (Agencies): Hong Kong's IPO market, the biggest in the world last year, has hit the brakes with several companies shelving share sales as the Greek debt crisis pounds global markets. Swire Properties, a major real estate...

Regulators scour trades for clues to market plunge

2010-05-10 00:00:00

NEW YORK, May 9 (AP): Regulators and Wall Street officials scoured millions of trades one by one Friday and canceled thousands as they sought to explain a record plunge in the stock market, undo the damage and keep it from...

UK opposition parties seek deal to form government

2010-05-10 00:00:00

LONDON, 09 (Reuters): Britain's main opposition parties will meet Sunday to try to break the deadlock of last week's inconclusive election before financial markets lose patience.David Cameron's Conservatives won the most seats in Thursday's parliamentary election but fell short of...

US says confident of deal to end Japan base row

2010-05-10 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Apr (AFP): A top US envoy voiced optimism Sunday that Washington and Tokyo would be able to resolve a row over the relocation of a controversial US base that has strained ties between the two allies.The comments by US...

Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 11 dead

2010-05-10 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Apr 09 (AP): Two explosions tore through Russia's largest underground coal mine, killing at least 11 workers and injuring 41 others, an emergency services ministry official said Sunday. A further 84 people remained trapped in the mine, including rescue...

Clashes in Nepal despite end of Maoist strike

2010-05-10 00:00:00

KATHMANDU, Apr 09 (AFP): Riot police in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu fired tear gas on Sunday to quell Maoist protesters who have staged a week of street rallies in the city demanding the government step down.The Maoists had enforced a...

news digest

2010-05-10 00:00:00

Iran hangs five Kurdish activists for bombingsTEHRAN, Apr 09: Iran Sunday hanged five Kurdish activists convicted of membership of armed opposition groups and involvement in bombings, the country's official news agency, IRNA, reported. It said the five, who include one...

US envoy for expansion of protected areas for natural resources

2010-05-10 00:00:00

RANGUNIA, May 9 (UNB): US Ambassador to Bangladesh James F Moriarty on Sunday said Bangladesh needed to aggressively expand the protected areas to conserve natural resources and wildlife as the country has already lost more than 90 percent of its...

Britain cannot support EU stability fund: Darling

2010-05-10 00:00:00

LONDON, May 9 (AFP): Finance minister Alistair Darling said Sunday that Britain cannot and will not support a European Union bailout fund to help struggling eurozone economies."I'm very, very clear that if there's a proposal to create a stability fund...

All-India 3G spectrum bids reach $2.82b in state auction

2010-05-10 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, May 9 (Bloomberg): Bids for an all-India license to offer faster wireless services reached 128.5 billion rupees ($2.8 billion) on the 25th day of an auction, according to a statement on the department of telecommunication's website yesterday. Nine...

Poland is frontline in EU battle with tobacco smugglers

2010-05-10 00:00:00

BEZLEDY, Poland, May 9 (AFP): The chocolate-brown labrador plunges into the car, scratching wildly, before a customs officer sets to work with a screwdriver and torch. Minutes later, the officer wrenches apart an underfloor cache, pulls out a carton wrapped...

Labourer shortage hits paddy harvest in Pabna

2010-05-10 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentPABNA, May 9: Shortage of farm labourers during the on-going boro paddy harvesting period has kept the cultivators in Pabna in grave concern forcing them to count increased production cost.The crisis has kept the day labourers in high demand...

China's generous offer

2010-05-09 00:00:00

China, the world's second largest economy, has surprised Bangladesh with a fabulous offer. As a gesture of goodwill, Asia's largest economic powerhouse has offered duty-free entry to about 5000 Bangladesh products to its markets. The commerce ministry officials in Dhaka...

Phasing-out of old cars from city streets

2010-05-09 00:00:00

Shahiduzzaman KhanLAX and irregular drives against unfit and over-aged vehicles continue to cause immense sufferings to the citizens. None other than a full minister told the parliament the other day that nearly 80,000 unfit vehicles were plying the roads in...

Tangible action needed in power sector

2010-05-09 00:00:00

Mozzamel HossainThe long suffering people of Bangladesh would certainly bear with the government and give it time if they could be convinced that this government has gone to work from day one to fix the power problem. If they had...

Central bank & financial market

2010-05-09 00:00:00

Rising inequality between the rich and the poor is a global phenomenon and the recent economic crisis has worsened it. The astronomical price hike of land, systematic default of bank loans and massive tax evasion are widening the rich-poor gap...