TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (Xinhua): Iran's government ordered the Atomic Energy Organization to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in the country, the state IRIB TV reported.Under a government decree issued on Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the construction...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (Reuters): Pakistan's president has transfered authority over the nation's nuclear weapons to the prime ministership, as the unpopular leader tries to deflect growing criticism he has too much power.President Asif Ali Zardari, beset by corruption allegations, has...
Provisional results in Honduras indicate that Porfirio Lobo, an opponent of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, has won presidential elections, reports BBC.The poll was held five months after Mr Zelaya was forced out at gunpoint, with an interim government taking over.Mr...
GENEVA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua): The majority of Swiss voters Sunday said yes to a ban on the construction of Muslim minarets, the official Swissinfo.ch news website reported.According to the final results of a referendum, 57.5 per cent of voters and...
Obama prepares to announce Afghan troops surgeWASHINGTON, Nov 30 : Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war...
HONG KONG, Nov 30 (Reuters): Asian stocks recovered after last week's steep sell-off over the Dubai debt crisis on growing speculation the fallout from a potential default will be limited, while assurances from various authorities also helped calm nerves.European stock...
The government has taken a massive Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) special package programme for boosting the growing small-scale tea farming that has already become very popular bringing fortunes to many in Panchagarh villages, reports BSS.Under the programme being implemented...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Nov 30: Traders in the district have made huge profits due to higher market prices of hides of sacrificial animals this year.According to the sources, the local traders have purchased about 1.50 million pieces of hides of various...
Aloysius Milon Khan and Lemen D' Costa have recently been elected chairman and secretary respectively of the Managing Committee of the Metropolitan Christian Co-operative Housing Society Ltd for a three-year term, said a press release. Election to the Internal Supervision...
FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that a merger between the stock market regulatory body and the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) will help bring coordination in proper monitoring of a huge number of companies,...
FE reportThe country's first trade centre in a foreign country - Bangladesh Trade Centre (BTC) - has been established in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, aiming at finding new trade and investment opportunities in the Caribbean...
FE Report Southeast Bank Ltd has expanded network further by opening its fifth SME service centre at Biswanath in Sylhet recently.Ragib Ali, vice chairman of the bank, formally inaugurated the new SME service centre, said a press release. Md Syed...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanBack in the old days, Madrasha teacher Abdul Majid used to travel to Sirajganj town from his village in Madhainagar at least once a month, just to check his pay status.A few months back he heard from one...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 30: In a bid to familiarise the industrial products of the women small and medium entrepreneurs with consumers, the Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CWCCI) in association with the SME Foundation is going to organise...
The skin traders of the northern districts are unhappy as business is dull and have blamed the extremely low fixed purchasing prices for hides and skins of sacrificial animals by the big traders in the city this year, reports BSS.Many...
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-...
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