Phillip Kurata in WashingtonWHEN the Troubled Asset Relief Programme - TARP - was passed in October 2008, then-President George W. Bush said the TARP was needed to prevent the collapse of the U.S. banking sector, a collapse that could have...
LONDON, Apr 16 (AFP): A huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland spread over half of Europe Friday, forcing the cancellation of thousands more flights in the continent's biggest air travel shutdown since World War II.Europe's air traffic control centre...
BANGKOK, Apr 16 (AFP): Thai commandos stormed a Bangkok hotel Friday where leaders of the Red Shirt protest movement were holed up, but the mission ended in dramatic failure after the suspects managed to flee.One leading Red Shirt climbed down...
QUETTA, Apr 16 (AFP): A suicide bomber blew himself up in the main hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta Friday, killing 10 people and triggering chaos and panic on the wards.Police said it appeared to be a sectarian...
JIEGU, China, Apr 16 (AFP): Stunned survivors of China's earthquake complained of hunger Friday as the government rushed supplies and personnel into the remote disaster zone high on the Tibetan plateau.Preparations were under way for the cremation of hundreds of...
KOLKATA, Apr 16 (AFP): Anger at the slow pace of relief efforts in storm-ravaged northeast India boiled over Friday as destitute and hungry locals attacked officials and looted an aid depot, a minister said.A violent thunderstorm and tornado ravaged hundreds...
Kayes M SohelThe Privatisation Commission (PC) has proposed shouldering the task of offloading 26 state-owned enterprises listed by the finance ministry about two-year ago insisting that it deserves to do so as per law.The commission also said that it would...
Nazmul AhsanDhaka has sought duty-free facility for its 61 products from New Delhi to narrow the ever-widening trade gap between the two neighbouring countries, sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.The list of 61 items, prepared by the Ministry...
Munima SultanaThe government has planned to expand the country's key highways and bridges at a cost of 158.91 billion taka to link Bangladesh with the Asian highway-a network of 141,000 kilometres of roads encompassing 32 nations including Europe.The Roads and...
The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed across the country today (Saturday), commemorating the formation of Bangladesh's first government at Baidyanathtala mango grove in Meherpur on this day in 1971, reports BSS. As the Pakistani army started the barbaric crackdown...
Opposition BNP said it would not stay away from the by-election to Bhola-3 parliamentary constituency, but it won't accept the result of any stage-managed election, reports UNB. The party also cautioned the present government that it would have to face...
Fazlur RahmanThe government has finalised the draft of 'Sand-beds and Soil Management Law 2010' to stop illegal extraction of sand from river beds.The Ministry of Land has prepared the law with a view to bringing the much-needed discipline into the...
Detective police Friday arrested a Bangladeshi-born British citizen from Sylhet for his alleged involvement in financing militant groups in UK, police said. A senior DB (Detective Branch) official said they arrested Golam Mostafa, the UK Ameer of outlawed militant outfit...
LONDON, April 16: World oil prices fell sharply Friday, pressured by energy demand concerns, weak US economic data and a strengthening US dollar in pre-weekend trade, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, slid...
FHM Humayan KabirBangladesh has received a record US$1.50 billion in foreign aid in the first three quarters of the current fiscal defying the global economic meltdown that sharply slashed aid to poor nations, officials said Thursday.The amount of assistance is...
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 16 (Agencies): Pakistan failed to properly protect former prime minister Benazir Bhutto or investigate her assassination and "severely hampered" a United Nations inquiry, UN investigators said Thursday. Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack...
NEW DELHI, April 16, 2010 (AFP): An Indian minister Friday denied any wrongdoing in a scandal over the ownership of an Indian Premier League cricket team as the government struggled for an answer to the week-long controversy.Shashi Tharoor, a former...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, April 16: President Obama and first lady Michelle filed their income tax return yesterday for the year 2009 showing an income of $5,505,509 which is more than double their 2008 income. April 15 was the...
FE ReportDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to witness downward trend amid selling pressure by the investors for the third consecutive week that ended Thursday. The market closed in the red in every session in the week as the investors opted...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Villagers in Boalkhali Upazila of Chittagong Friday beat three persons to death suspecting them of being bandits.The police said the incident took place at Koibartyapara of Kadhurkhil village at about 4:30am. But the police could not...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 16: Bangladesh Chhatra League has called an indefinite strike at the Chittagong University following the death of one of its activists in a factional clash Friday.Hathazari police said Md Asaduzzaman died at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital...
FE ReportThe Canadian government is considering a major overhaul in its 'Investor Programme' for the immigrants as it is aiming for tougher rules for individuals migrating to the country as businessmen, a top immigration agency based in Canada said in...
BANGKOK, APR 16 (AP): Thailand’s prime minister has placed the army commander in charge of restoring order after a failed raid to arrestanti-government protest leaders.In a national television broadcast late Friday, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that Gen. Anupong Paochinda...
FE ReportThree officials of two sugar-mills under the Bangladesh Sugar & Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) have been temporarily suspended for underperforming duties, enjoying unapproved absence and other irregularities, the state-run corporation said. BSFIC Chairman Ranajit Kumar Biswas ordered their suspension...
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Mahi WayOn SONY Ent TV Friday at 8-30 pm"Another round of gol-guppas please", Don't be surprised if you find her next to your famous gol-guppas stall, merrily eating away to glory. Meet Mahi! A girl next door, a healthy girl...
A section of businesses, representing both Bangladesh and India and speaking at a seminar jointly organised by the India-Bangladesh Chamber of commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry early this week, made a projection that Dhaka's export would...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanDHAKA city has a huge and bulging population. A worrisome feature of it is that a big part of this population happen to be shanty dwellers, pavement dwellers or sheer vagabonds. In other words, they form a 'floating...
Md. Joynal AbdinTransnational Companies (TNCs) and Multinational Companies (MNCs) are the main engines of globalisation. The TNCs and MNCs are masterminds of trade liberalisations around the world. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a result of the global expansions of TNCs...
Presently, the problems of the RMG sector are looked into and responded, if any, by the Ministry of Industries and the Ministry of Textiles. The RMG industries are but only a part of the concern of these two ministries. Understandably,...
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