FE Report IBA Communication Club (IBACC) recently organised an inter-business school marketing competition titled Brandwitz-2009 in sponsor with Clear -- a brand of Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), said a press release. The competition started with an inaugural workshop conducted by...
Emirates Airline Flight Attendant Maria Conceicao has been honoured with Emirates Woman of The Year Award in recognition of her work on the Dhaka Project recently, said a press release.Miss Conceiçao founded Dhaka Project in 2005 after witnessing the city's...
TEL AVIV, Nov 30 (Reuters): IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, is expected to announce this week the acquisition of database security start-up Guardium for $225 million, Israeli financial newspaper TheMarker reported.The deal is due to close Monday and...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:10 Saswato Jibon07:15 Suvechaa Nin08:00 Morning News08:30 Open Univercity09:00 Sangbad Shironam09:15 Satellite Transmission11:15 Sukhi Paribar11:40 Sangeeta Anusthan12:00 Sangbad Shironam12:05 Sangbadpatrer Pata Theke12:30 Drama Serial- Swapno Sonargaon01:00 Sabar...
THE festival of Eid ul Azha, which will once again see the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of cattle heads in the name of the Almighty, will, it is hoped, keep as close to the original spirit of the ritual,...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanFOR the teeming millions of the non affluent in Bangladesh, the two religious festivals of the Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha, come as occasions to enjoy some respite from the every day drudgery of their existence from poverty and deprivation....
Mohammad AliTHE Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce (FICCI) has pleaded, again, for changing the present holiday schedule and declaring the working week from Monday to Friday. The president of the FICCI reiterated this the other day at a function held...
THE leaders in the government often speak of stepping up dredging to deepen the silted rivers. But a handful of dredgers, not in good shape, can hardly do such massive work. If they mean business, priority must be given to...
UNFORTUNATELY, we have not heard of any new plan for use of river waters for supplying to Dhaka. There is a great need for undertaking river-based water supply projects. All the rivers flowing past Dhaka are seen as getting more...
AN official inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq War has begun with the promise that it will be a thorough investigation that may (or may not) embarrass the government ahead of next year's election. The man in charge, Chilcot,...
Shamsher ChowdhuryFOR weeks now I had been seriously pondering over the media hype by a select few agencies of both the electronic and the print media on the pet slogan of the time -- 'Time to change' or 'Now is...
Muhammad AhsanINDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Washington for the first state visit hosted by the Obama administration, is making full use of the opportunity to blackball Pakistan. Besides trying to secure a permanent seat in the UN...
Shabbir A. BasharBANGLADESH passport has been modified at least four times in last three decades. The seventies' version, a big book, had hard cover. The photograph of the holder was pasted with glue. In the eighties the booklet became smaller....
TOKYO, Nov 26 (AP): Asian stock markets dropped Thursday as mostly positive economic news in the US failed to inspire investors and the dollar tumbled to a 14-year low against the Japanese yen.Gold, meanwhile, hit a new record high of...
LONDON, Nov 26 (Bloomberg): European government bonds rose as a proposal by Dubai to delay debt payments spurred investors to seek the safety of assets perceived to be lower risk.The gain pushed the German 10-year bund yield to a three-...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Nov 26: Small Investors Forum formed a human chain demanding re-opening of self-protection mutual fund loan and protecting small investors from the dishonest businessmen at Shaheb Bazar Zero point in Rajshahi recently.A meeting was also held during the...
FE ReportChevron Bangladesh, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, observed the second year of launching of its non-formal primary education programme at a simple ceremony Sunday.Chevron's non-formal primary education programme, managed by Save the Children, works to ensure basic education competencies...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Nov 26: The trading of sacrificial animals in the local cattle markets has started picking up as Eid-ul Azha, the second largest religious festival for the Muslims, is just a day away.The cattle traders have brought thousands of...
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it had sold 10 tonnes of gold to Sri Lanka's central bank for 375 million dollars, as part of a restructuring of IMF financial resources. It was the third IMF...
Demand was stronger last week, which was maintained throughout the sale whereby all good liquoring types especially the best on offer were dearer often selling at over Tk 150 per kg. Blenders provided strong support with more interest from the...
TOKYO, Nov 26 (AFP): The dollar fell below 87 yen in Tokyo trade today to its lowest level in 14 years, a drop traders blamed in part on expectations the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near zero. The greenback...
SINGAPORE, Nov 26 (AFP): Oil was lower in Asian trade today after a strong overnight rally on the back of positive US data and a weak dollar, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for January delivery, fell...
Doulot Akter MalaThe central bank of Bangladesh will collect information on the foreign exchange, received in the forms of foreign direct investment and external debt, from the forex dealers and banks, instead of the recipient organisations concerned, to check any...
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, said a press release.The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at...
FE ReportBangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (BAFEDA) in association with Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh organised a training titled 'Bourse Course 2009' in the city recently.It was a five-day training on treasury and financial market dealings, said a press release. A...
Chittagong Office Ending all speculations the CPA has finally awarded the contract for handling containers at the Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) to Saif Powertech.Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) chairman Commodore RU Ahmed said they have awarded the contract to Saif PT...
FE ReportTextile millers have hailed the government's second stimulus package worth Tk 10 billion to help the export-oriented enterprises, including textile and readymade garment, face the global meltdown.Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) thanked finance minister AMA Muhith and said this...
FE ReportDr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, an eminent economist and president of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), has been appointed chairman of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) recently. He is a member of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on...
FE ReportBangladeshi mobile operators Axiata that uses the Aktel brand have signed an infrastructure sharing agreement with Warid Telecom, online information portal Telecompaper reported. The agreement, in line with the sharing guidelines of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), allow...
Munima SultanaBeing tired of losing trips and profits in traffic jam, the city's majority bus owners have agreed to run their vehicles under a single company and requested the government to help them merge through a guideline.Although the bus owners...
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