FE ReportA rice trader was shot and killed, allegedly by muggers, at Babubazar in the capital Tuesday, police said.Soon after the shooting incident, the agitated rice traders of Babubazar staged demonstration in front of National Press Club with the dead...
FE ReportAcute power and gas supply shortages with the onset of hot and humid days have started affecting industrial production and taking a severe toll on students appearing in the secondary school certificate (SSC) exams.As fans and air coolers began...
THE issues relating to public procurement have been under the scanner of major donors, media and experts since the government initiated moves to amend certain provisions of the public procurement act (PPA). Despite opposition from multilateral capital donors, the government...
Syed JamaluddinIt is said that with 250-300 kilometres of roads, Dhaka has room for 1,50,000 vehicles. But it has to accommodate 1 million vehicles resulting in serious traffic congestion.A director of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority said that on average 180...
Enamul HaqueFor many years, Government's transport strategy has largely focused on the road sector - with 85% of the annual transport development budget allocated to roads. Donor support broadly mirrored this pattern of emphasis.Bangladesh Railway (BR) has received very little...
HIGH economic growth in the new year must be the singular aim of the elected government as an effective response to the myriad of economic problems faced by the country. The economy will grow only when it can rely on...
HARDLY a day passes when someone does not say or write something about the problem of city traffic and the congestion on the roads.When a problem comes up, naturally its solution is also discussed. Some people are canvassing for elevated...
Fazal M. KamalTwo contrasting news items which can obviously be the subject of an intriguing study. One tells us that the luxury market is aglow again. The reason: after the hefty bonuses are back in the financial sector, despite an...
Maswood Alam KhanThe massive recall of millions of Toyota Prius hybrid cars over their sticking gas pedals has sullied the world's biggest automaker. Toyota's failure to stem its widening safety crisis has stunned consumers and experts who had come to...
Shamsher ChowdhuryI do not know where to begin. While prices of essentials are becoming dearer by the day, the cost of human lives is getting cheaper by the day. As it is, we lose valuable lives due to natural calamities...
Pyar Ka BandhanOn SONY SET Wednesday at 1-00 pm. Four siblings… four different destinies… separated by fate but bound by blood… will the calling of blood bring them back together? Pyaar Ka Bandhan is an emotional story of four siblings,...
ATN Banglaam07:00 Sangbad07:30 Positive Bangladesh 08:00 Sangbad08:15 Ajker Sangbadpatra08:30 Drama serial- Kothay Pabo Tare09:00 News Bulletins09:10 Drama - Kande Amar Ma10:00 Sangbad10:30 Hello Banglades11:05 Asian City Top Spin 12:00 Sangbad Bulletins12:15 Computer Based Prog. IT ZONE 01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25 Band...
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Agencies): Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday, following Wall Street's overnight decline on lingering worries about high European debt levels. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney were down while Shanghai, Seoul and Singapore gained. That came after the Dow...
NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Economic Times): Issue of bonus shares by India Inc to its shareholders in the first 10 months of the fiscal has shot up 40 per cent over the total during the fiscal ended March '09, after...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9 (Business Recorder): The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 254 companies during the month of January, 2010, as compared to 189 and 237 companies registered during November, and December 2009, showing an increase of 34...
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb 9 (Reuters): Nissan Motor Co, Japan's third-largest automaker, returned to quarterly profit Tuesday and lifted its outlook for the second time, as brisk global sales signal the worst may be over for the auto industry.Nissan joins Toyota...
SHANGHAI, Feb 9 (Reuters): Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.Goojje's home page is adorned with a Google-styled logo and the...
NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (Economic Times): India's largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, has joined the race with handset makers such as Nokia, RIM (maker of BlackBerry) and Samsung among others to get a share of the mobile applications market in...
SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (PTI): Singapore's leading telecom firm SingTel today reported 24 per cent increase in net profit at 991 million Singapore dollars (about $699 million) for the three months ending December 31, 2009, fuelled by strong growth in regional...
SINGAPORE, Feb 09 (Commodity Online): World oil prices edged down in Asian trade Tuesday mainly on concerns over energy demand.Light sweet crude for March delivery was seen trading at $71.51 a barrel at 11.30 am Singapore time while Brent crude...
BEIJING, Feb 09 (Commodity Online): Chinese authorities say more than 170 tonnes of milk powder has been recalled in the latest crackdown on a melamine-tainted dairy product.China Daily reported Monday two companies in the Ningxia Hui area were closed Saturday...
SINGAPORE, Feb 09 (Commodity Online): Gold remains slightly up in Asian trade Tuesday but worries over fiscal stability in the Iberian peninsula and Greece hurts its sentiment.Gold for immediate delivery was seen trading at $1063.51 an ounce at 11.30 am...
FE ReportProf Dr Iffat Jahan, one of the directors of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Co Ltd, has been elected chairperson of the executive committee of the company.She was elected at the 128th EC meeting of the company, said a press...
February 09, 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 Bank69.450095.3919108.58500.784965.024564.982160.3676Agrani Bank69.450095.2798108.53510.787164.987064.971060.2090FCBsStanChart69.65101.86113.440.7869.0268.3264.94HSBC 69.631096.6476110.09130.801665.491065.491060.8973Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.540097.8315109.98710.807666.234965.523463.0032PCBsUttara Bank69.530095.8919108.89290.793064.917065.058260.4309AB Bank69.550097.4114110.60710.7965NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
Iran began enrichment of higher grade uranium Tuesday, state TV said, ignoring the threat of further United Nations (UN) sanctions by the United States (US) and its allies, reports Internet.Iran's Arabic-language television channel, al-Alam, said production of 20 per cent...
TOOR GHAR, Afghanistan, Feb 9 (AFP): US Marines Tuesday stepped up preparations for a major assault on a key Taliban bastion in southern Afghanistan hailed by officers as the biggest offensive of the eight-year war.Thousands of Afghan, US and NATO...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 9 (AP): Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.Barely a day after blasting into orbit, the space shuttle crew used...
KIEV, Feb 9 (AP): Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede the presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and plans to legally challenge the results, Ukrainian and Russian media reported Tuesday.Tymoshenko told officials with her party that...
TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters): Palestinian leaders have not set specific terms on which they would accept a US offer to mediate indirect peace talks with Israel, and expect clarification on such talks in a week, President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday.The...
Lankan ex-army chief treated like 'an animal': WifeCOLOMBO, Feb 9: The wife of Sri Lankan ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka accused the government Tuesday of abducting her husband and treating him 'like an animal' following his dramatic arrest."This is not an...
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