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Apollo Hospitals, ITCL plan to float shares

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Sheikh Shahariar ZamanApollo Hospitals Dhaka and Information Technology Company Ltd are going to float shares to raise money for business expansion.Both the companies have collected Tk 735 million through private placements, said Mafizuddin Sarker, managing director of LankaBangla.Finance, lead manager...

Pubali Bank opens 386th branch at Jamalpur

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FE Report Pubali Bank Limited has recently opened its 386th branch at Nandinabazar in Jamalpur with a view to provide modern banking services, said a press release. Minister for Land Md Rezaul Karim Hira inaugurated the new branch of the...

NBR offers spl tax incentives for BOA sponsors

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered special tax incentives for sponsors of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) to host the 11th South Asian (SA) Games. The eight-nation multi-sport event, with a Tk 1.14 billion budget, is scheduled...

Bharti's ratings not likely to be affected by Warid acquisition: Fitch Ratings

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FE ReportFitch Ratings Wednesday commented that Bharti Airtel Limited's (Bharti) acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Bangladesh's Warid Telecom (Warid) will not have an impact on the former's ratings. Fitch has a Long-term Issuer Default Rating of 'BBB-'...

BMCCI new Board takes office

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Syed Moazzam Hossain, Managing Director of SMH Group and Mr. Ashraful Haq Chowdhury General Manager of Warid Telecom International Limited have been elected as President and Hony. Secretary General respectively of the Bangladesh Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BMCCI)...

ICB AMCL announces NAV of two unit funds

2010-01-15 00:00:00

The ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has declared the net asset values (NAV) of its two unit funds.ICB AMCL Unit Fund: The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at...

New Additional Managing Directors of AB Bank

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Mr. M. Fazlur Rahman, FCA and Mr. K. A. M. Majedur Rahman have been promoted to the positions of the Additional Managing Directors of AB Bank Limited. Mr. M. Fazlur Rahman has been entrusted with the responsibility of the Investment...

Bashundhara Group to build industrial village at Pangaon

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FE ReportThe country's leading industrial and business conglomerate 'Bashundhara Group' has initiated to build an industrial village at Pangaon in Keranigonj spending about Tk 10 billion.Under the brand name-Bashundhara Food and Beverage Industries Ltd- the group plans to set up...

Power Div seeks Tk 8.84b less fund in RADP due to project execution failure

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FHM Humayan KabirPower Division has sought Tk 8.84 billion less fund from its total Tk 35.74 billion development budget allocation, as it has 'failed' to implement projects mainly on electricity generation in time, officials said Monday.Planning Ministry officials said the...

Better logistic supports attract visitors at DITF

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2010 is running in full swing within two weeks of inauguration as thousands city dwellers of all ages visit the country's largest yearly carnival every day.Jointly organized by the ministry of commerce and...

ADB sets up urban financing facility

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FE Report The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has set up a multidonor Urban Financing Partnership Facility to support its wide ranging urban development projects, with the government of Sweden the first to inject funds. The facility will provide grants and...

Eskayef Agrovet Div business confce held

2010-01-15 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Annual Business Conference 2009 of Agrovet Division of Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd was held in Sylhet recently. AM Faruque, managing director of the company, AR Sardar, general manager of Agrovet, Motiar Hossain, marketing manager of Agrovet, and other officials...

Malaysian property show in Chennai to attract investors

2010-01-15 00:00:00

CHENNAI, Jan 14 (Economic Times): Malaysia government initiated Malaysia Property Inc (MPI) is seeking to leverage on its historic and harmonious relationship between the country and Tamil Nadu for promoting and branding Malaysia as a preferred real estate destination among...

California debt rating cut as cash crunch looms

2010-01-15 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 14 (Reuters): California's main debt rating was cut Wednesday by Standard & Poor's, which said the government of the most populous US state could nearly run out of cash in March -- and another rating cut might...

KSE to consolidate its trading system on Oracle technology

2010-01-15 00:00:00

KARACHI, Jan 14 (Business Recorder): During second quarter of fiscal year 2010, organisations across key industries in Asia Pacific continued to adopt or expand implementations of Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle Business Intelligence, and...

Finance Minister thanks financial institutions for coming forward to sponsor SA Games

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith thanked financial institutions for coming forward to sponsor the 11th edition of the SA Games, the biggest sports extravaganza of the sub-continent scheduled to begin from January 29 to February 09 in the city,...

Williams, Dementieva advance to Sydney final

2010-01-15 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Jan 14 (AP): Top-ranked Serena Williams rallied from a set and 5-2 down to beat Avarane Rezai 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 and move into a Sydney International final against defending champion Elena Dementieva.Rezai was serving for the match at 5-3...

Australia ride to safety on Ponting, Clarke tons

2010-01-15 00:00:00

On the day when he was voted the world's best cricketer of the past ten years, Ricky Ponting showed his use-by date didn't arrive with the end of the decade. Ponting and Michael Clarke each scored centuries in a merciless...

Maradona's earrings raise $36,250 for Italian taxman

2010-01-15 00:00:00

BOLZANO, Italy, Jan 14 (AFP): A pair of diamond earrings seized from football star Diego Maradona raised 36,250 dollars (25,000 euros) at auction Thursday when they were sold by the Italian tax authorities. Italy's financial police took the gold earrings...

Morkel and Steyn rout England for 180

2010-01-15 00:00:00

England's hopes of emerging from South Africa with a memorable series win were dealt a devastating blow on a breathless first day at Johannesburg, as Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel combined with ruthless intent a helpful but not unplayable surface,...

Industrial units pollute environ of Bogra residential area

2010-01-15 00:00:00

BOGRA, Jan 14 (UNB): Small and medium entrepreneurs have started establishing industrial units in residential areas as there were no space in BSCIC industrial area of Bogra.As there is no plot in the BSCIC industrial area, the new entrepreneurs are...

DUAA mega reunion Jan 16

2010-01-15 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentA mega reunion of Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA) will be held on the university's playground January 16 on the occasion of 60 years of the association. DUAA Secretary General Raquibuddin Ahmed told a press conference at DU senate...

Scout Jamboree begins in Gazipur

2010-01-15 00:00:00

A nine-day national Scout Jamboree began at Mouchak National Scout Training Centre in Gazipur Thursday.About 13,000 scouts aged between 11-16 from home and abroad are participating in the 8th Jamboree, which was being held once every four years since 1978,...

Faster treatment of drug-resistant TB underway in B'desh

2010-01-15 00:00:00

Bangladesh expects a major breakthrough in finding quick treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) after a preliminary finding of an observational study shows positive signs of curing patients in nine months, 15 months down from existing protocol for two years, reports...

Urs at Mia Saheber Maidan today

2010-01-15 00:00:00

The annual Urs marking the first death anniversary of Alhaj Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Hamidullah (RA), the eighth gaddinashin pir of Mia Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif, will be held on the mazar premises today (Friday) at Luxmi Bazar in the...

Cabinet paves way to make ICT rules more time befitting

2010-01-15 00:00:00

The name of Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has been changed to Ministry of Fisheries and Animal Resources (Matsya and Pranisampad Mantranalaya).The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting in the city Thursday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting,...

Election Commission working 'free of political influence'

2010-01-15 00:00:00

The Election Commi-ssion (EC) carried out various reforms and other routine activities with dynamism to strengthen democracy in the country remaining above any political influence in the last one year.Election Commissioner M Shakhawat Hossain told BSS that people had a...

Dahagram, Angarpota enclaves to get electricity soon

2010-01-15 00:00:00

LALMONIRHAT, Jan 14 (BSS): Fifteen thousand inhabitants of Dahagram and Angarpota enclaves are going to get electricity soon after waiting for a long time.A battalion level meeting between the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on January...

HC to hear Zia Trust case petitions Jan 19

2010-01-15 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) has set January 19 to hear the petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman for staying proceedings of the Zia Orphanage Trust case.An HC Division Bench of Justice Md Abdul Wahhab...

Six more suspected Razakars sued in Bagerhat

2010-01-15 00:00:00

BAGERHAT, Jan 14 (UNB): A case was filed against six suspected Razakars (collaborators) Tuesday for killing three freedom fighters here during the country's War of Liberation in 1971.Surjaban Bibi of Sutalri village in Morelganj Upazila filed the case with the...