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Christmas celebration at Radisson

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE ReportRadisson Water Garden Hotel Dhaka has been ready to celebrate the Christmas with outstanding decorations and due festivity from December 17 until Christmas Day (today), said a press release. The Hotel has been decorated at the festive mode in...

AMCL (PRAN) approves 29pc dividend

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE Report The 24th annual general meeting (AGM) of AMCL (Agricultural Marketing Co Ltd) (PRAN) has approved 29 per cent dividend for its shareholders for the year 2008-2009. The AGM was held at the National Shooting Complex at Gulshan in...

CDA Avenue Aktel Care launched

2009-12-25 00:00:00

With a view to ensuring better services to the subscribers, Aktel, a telecommunication company in the country, has opened its CDA Avenue Aktel Care Centre in Chittagong recently, according to a press release.Aktel relocated its earlier Nasirabad CCC to Ramna...

HIGHLIGHTS

2009-12-25 00:00:00

DPL Dance Premier LeagueOn SONY SET Friday at 10-00 pmDance Premier League is a unique format, where for the first time on Indian Television we will have teams (selected through All India Auditions) from all zones of India - North,...

Priyanka Chopra's secret confessions

2009-12-25 00:00:00

She is such a persona that all adjectives fall short to describe her, we are talking about Priyanka Chopra who is the current darling of producers, as she sets box office on fire with her blockbuster films.Never the one to...

Friday

2009-12-25 00:00:00

BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:15 Suvechaa Nin08:00 Morning News08:15 Bishaw Paricroma08:30 Alor Dishari09:00 Sangbad Shironam09:05 Children Drama - Sisimpur09:30 Natun Kuri10:00 The News10:05 Natun Kuri Cont...11:00 Sangbad Shironam11:05 Hello Apnake Bolchi12:15...

Govt mulls law to develop IT sector

2009-12-25 00:00:00

The government is going to introduce a new law to attract foreign investors in the country's dormant IT sector and achieve its envisioned goal of 'Digital Bangladesh' by 2021.Science and Information Communication Secretary AKM Abdul Awal Majumdar made the announcement...

PM hailed for Khulna gas project

2009-12-25 00:00:00

KHULNA, Dec 24 (BSS): Different organisations and renowned personalities of Khulna have hailed the Prime Minister (PM) on behalf of the people for approving a Tk 5.31 billion gas network project.Among others, State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Munnujan...

JS body formed to report on real estate bill 2009

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Housing and Public Works has constituted a committee to give report on Real Estate Development and Management Bill 2009. Member of the Committee Enamul Huq has been made convener of the three-member committee while...

Motorjan Sramik Union threatens transport strike

2009-12-25 00:00:00

KISHOREGANJ, Dec 24 (UNB): About a thousand workers of Motorjan Sramik Union staged demonstration in the town against its General Secretary Sirajul Islam accusing him of misappropriating Tk 65 million.They also submitted a five-point demand to the Deputy Commissioner with...

Rajuk conducts eviction drive at Mirpur

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE ReportRajuk Thursday conducted an eviction drive in the city's Mirpur area to retrieve car parking space from commercial buildings.Rajuk (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha), the city developer, had started the drive from October 11 as per the DMP's list to reclaim...

PM urges armed forces to work with people

2009-12-25 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Dec 24 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the armed forces to work shoulder to shoulder with the people to safeguard country's independence and sovereignty and for overall national development.She made the call while addressing the President Parade at...

80,000 proscribed notebooks seized

2009-12-25 00:00:00

KHULNA, Dec 24 (UNB): Some 80,000 pieces of notebooks and guidebooks of different classes from Class VI to IX were seized from a private depot at Helatala in the city Thursday, as the government has proscribed these made-easies.Acting on a...

Two girls die from food poisoning

2009-12-25 00:00:00

NARSINGDI, Dec 24 (UNB): Two minor girls died and two other members of a family fell sick from food poisoning at Satirpar in the district town Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Ritu Begum (3) and Sonali Begum (8), daughters of...

Tk 1.0m looted, four stabbed by robbers in city

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE ReportFour persons were injured and goods worth Tk one million looted by robbers from a business house at Banani in the city Thursday, police said.Gulshan police told the FE that a gang of robbers stormed into the three-storey building...

Upul Tharanga ton carries Lanka to imposing 315

2009-12-25 00:00:00

In one swift act of acceleration, and solid consolidation thereafter, Upul Tharanga almost single-handedly undid India's much-improved new-ball bowling and ground fielding, according to website cricinfo. Tharanga's seventh century, his first in 53 innings and more than three years, made...

No extra pressure on England middle-order : Strauss

2009-12-25 00:00:00

England captain Andrew Strauss shrugged off criticism from South Africa counterpart Graeme Smith Thursday that his team's middle-order was under pressure heading into the second test, according to website cricinfo.England clung on to force a draw on the last day...

U-14 Nat'l School Cricket begins tomorrow

2009-12-25 00:00:00

The Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-14 National School Cricket Tournament will begin Saturday with the district round matches to be participated by 539 schools, reports UNB.Addressing a conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Thursday, BCB Game Development Committee member and...

Abahani maintain all-win run crushing Arambagh 4-0

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Holders Abahani Limited maintained their all-win run in the Citycell Bangladesh League crushing Arambagh KS by 4-0 goals in the day's lone match at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur Thursday, reports UNB.With this win, Abahani...

Div I Cricket Agrani Bank earn victory over City Club

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Agrani Bank earned an easy 69-run victory over City Club in a super league match of the Metropolis First Division Cricket at the Dhaka University ground Thursday featuring two centuries by Mehdi Hasan and Sadaf Sarker, reports UNB.Winning the toss,...

Ferguson slams City over Hughes sacking

2009-12-25 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters): Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed neighbours Manchester City for the way in which they handled the sacking of his former player Mark Hughes this week.City have been widely pilloried in the football community for the manner in...

Manufacturers brave slump, export position remains static

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe overall export scenario of the country, along with the related production mechanism, has remained static during the current year as the manufacturers were able to brave the worst global recession in the last six decades.The number of...

Nat'l grid to get 1,360-MW addl electricity by March

2009-12-25 00:00:00

An additional 1,360-megawatts (MW) of electricity will be pumped into the national grid by March 2010 to meet the growing demand in the country, as the government is undertaking comprehensive power-production schemes, reports UNB. Briefing reporters at the Jatiya Sangsad...

Experts favour 'integrated regional energy supply plan'

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE ReportEnergy experts Thursday urged the government to undertake an "integrated regional energy supply programme" and reflect it in the upcoming vision paper as the country's electricity demand would swell to 20,000-megawatt per day in 2021.The experts from the public...

SEC clarifies directive on close-end mutual funds

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday clarified its recent directive on close-end mutual funds at a press conference in the city. The two-year time-frame set by the SEC to re-deem listed close-end mutual funds will only be applicable...

GP pulls up Dhaka stocks

2009-12-25 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks made marginal gain amid volatile trading Thursday, lifted by the country's largest mobile operator, Grameenphone. The market saw a roller-coaster ride, going up and down thorough out the session. It recovered in the final minutes spurred by...

Christmas today

2009-12-25 00:00:00

The Christian community in Bangladesh, as elsewhere in the world, celebrates Christmas today (Friday) commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, reports UNB. According to Christian belief, the God entered the world of men through his Son, Jesus Christ, on the...

Hasina-Manmohan talks on Jan 11

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for India on the night of January 10 to hold crucial summit talks with her Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on January 11 for updating the entire gamut of bilateral ties...

Mauritius to recruit more professionals from B'desh

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Mauritius might recruit more professionals from Bangladesh, but it will take them through official channel to avoid fraudulent practices in the process, reports bdnews24.com. Briefing journalists at the foreign ministry Thursday, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, however, said the Mauritius government...

Islami Andolon starts long march towards Tipaimukh Dam

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB), led by its president Charmonai Peer Mufti Syed Rezaul Karim, Thursday started a three-day-long march from the capital towards the proposed Tipaimukh Dam site to press for scrapping the Indian project considered a big threat to...