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Southeast Bank, Nat'l Exchange Co, Italy sign deal

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportSoutheast Bank Ltd has signed a money transfer agreement with Italy-based National Exchange Company recently.Under the agreement, the Bangladeshi expatriates living in Italy can easily send their money to their relatives in Bangladesh through electronic-fund-transfer facility with the help...

StanChart official due today

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportJames Galloway, the chief marketing officer for Standard Chartered Group, will arrive in the city today (Wednesday) for a two-day official visit, said a press release.His responsibilities within the group include marketing, service quality and direct sales for consumer...

Active Fine co to issue IPO

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportJanata Bank Ltd has shouldered the responsibility of issuing Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Active Fine Chemicals Ltd (AFCL) subject to the approval of SEC . A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two companies to this...

NBL inaugurates own remittance operation in Malaysia

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE Report NBL Money Transfer, Malaysia inaugurated its remittance operation in Malaysia under full ownership and management of National Bank Limited (NBL) recently, said a press release. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Deputy Governor Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui was present on the occasion...

IFIC Bank chief meets Nepalese PM

2009-11-04 00:00:00

IFIC Bank Limited Chairman Md Lutfar Rahman met the Nepalese Prime Minister (PM) Madhav Kumar at the latter's residence in Kathmandu Saturday, the bank said in a statement. During the meeting, Mr Rahman briefed the various potentialities to the Nepalese...

IFC, Bangladesh Bank back sustainable energy financing

2009-11-04 00:00:00

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has formed a partnership with the Bangladesh Bank and local financial institutions to introduce systemic change in the way banks do business to increase investments in sustainable energy finance.During her official visit...

Nestle's donation for school students

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Nestle Bangladesh Limited has provided clean drinking water facilities to a few village schools to ensure good life.Nestle constructed water tanks at Mawna Multilateral High School, Sreepur in Gazipur district that store clean drinking water for school students, the company...

Bhutan may give free trade facility for most BD items

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Munima SultanaBangladesh is likely to enjoy free trade facility for most of the items imported from Bhutan when the bilateral trade agreement is renewed during the four-day visit of the Bangladesh Prime Minister. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the...

REVE Systems releases upgrade iTel Byte Saver

2009-11-04 00:00:00

REVE Systems, the leading VoIP solutions provider, has released new version of its tunnelling product, iTel Byte Saver 2.0. The Saver in conjunction with the iTel Mobile Dialer Express helps VoIP users to avoid any internet firewall or network blocking...

IPO Diary

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Golden Son LimitedNature of BusinessGolden Son Limited is involved in producing and exporting non-electrical and Sports items to Taiwan, U.K, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.Subscription OpenNovember 08, 2009Subscription CloseNovember 12, 2009 For Non resident BangladeshiNovember 08, 2009...

Govt committed to making JS centre of all works, PM told UK team

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina told a British delegation comprising lawmakers Tuesday that her present government was deeply committed to making the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) centre of all public-welfare activities."As a rare example in the history of Bangladesh's parliamentary practice,...

Govt to seek leave to 'appeal in four nat'l leaders' killing case'

2009-11-04 00:00:00

State Minister for Law Advocate Qamrul Islam said Tuesday that the government would seek hearing on leave to appeal in the four national leaders' killing case after the completion of the Bangabandhu Murder Case.He said this while talking to newsmen...

BNP blasts ruling party for flaying its leaders

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Opposition BNP has blasted the ruling party and the Prime Minister for flaying its leaders during general discussion on a contempt motion in parliament Monday against the bomb attack on Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh MP.Giving reaction to reporters at the...

President for Int'l help to curb poverty, illiteracy

2009-11-04 00:00:00

President Zillur Rahman urged the international communities to extend more support and assistance to Bangladesh for fully freeing the country from the curse of poverty and illiteracy, reports UNB."International support and assistance is needed to implement government agenda in making...

5 unions of Karnafuli thana demands inclusion in CCC

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Chittagong OfficeCHITTAGONG, Nov 3: People of five unions under Karnafuli thana have sought inclusion of their locality under the administration of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC).The union councils are Char Patharghata, Charlakhya, Juldha, Shikalbaha and Baro Uthan.In a memorandum addressed to...

DU suspends 5 students for mugging

2009-11-04 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentThe five students, who snatched money and a mobile phone from a florist on October 31, were suspended from Dhaka University (DU) Tuesday. DU Proctor KM Saiful Islam Khan said the five students had been temporarily expelled as they...

101 landless families in each upazilas to get govt land

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportThe government said it will give farm lands to 101 landless families in each of 436 upazilas every year to rehabilitate them."A decision on distribution of land was taken last month in view of a massive response received from...

NICVD supremo manhandled

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportA gang of armed miscreants assaulted the Director of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Prof AKM Muhibullah, at his office at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city Tuesday morning, police said.The NICVD director told reporters some 10 to 12...

Dhaka now 'out of quake risk'

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Dhaka is not at risk of a major earthquake "at present", the Petrobangla chairman said Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com. "Over the last two years, in collaboration with a Japanese earthquake research organisation and Bangladesh geological survey experts, I've conducted research in...

Tele-medicare service launched for country's diabetic patients

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Telemedicine Reference Centre Ltd (TRCL) launched Tuesday a tele-medicare service for diabetic patients in the country, the first of its kind in Bangladesh as well as in Asia.Any mobile phone user of the country would get access to...

Proshika chief executive dismisses Quazi Faruque's claim

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Proshika Chief Executive Mahbub-ul-Karim has dismissed the claim of Quazi Faruque Ahmed that he was still its chairman, reports UNB."Quazi Faruque and his followers are spreading rumours that the High Court (HC) has ruled that he is still chairman of...

HIGHLIGHTS

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Palampur ExpressOn SONY SET Wednesday at 10-00 pm. Palampur Express (Mon-Thurs, 10.00 pm) - an inspirational story of Pavni, a young small town girl, who dreams of being an athlete and is ready to face all the trials and tribulations...

Riya Sen makes Bengali film debut with Rituparno film

2009-11-04 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Nov 3: Bollywood actress Riya Sen made her Bengali film debut with a small appearance in director Rituparno Ghosh's film "Abohamaan", which was screened here Sunday."I refused every offer I got for Bengali movies as I wanted to start...

Wednesday

2009-11-04 00:00:00

BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:10 Saswato Jibon07:15 Suvechaa Nin08:00 Morning News08:10 Desher Gaan08:30 Open Univercity09:00 Sangbad Shironam09:15 Satellite Transmission11:15 Pachmishali11:40 Koishori12:00 Sangbad Shironam12:05 Sangbadpatrer Pata Theke12:30 Sastha Tathya01:00 Sukhi Paribar01:30 Hijal...

Private EPZs policy framed

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaThe government has framed a policy for setting up new plants in the private export processing zones (EPZs) allowing investment in 14 categories of industries, including pharmaceutical, electrical, leather and backward linkage units for production of textiles.Private EPZ...

Aid 'strings': When quality matters

2009-11-04 00:00:00

Shamsul Huq Zahid The World Bank (WB), the global multilateral lender, has reportedly attached some conditions to obtaining a sizeable amount of its financial assistance by Bangladesh.The government has sought the concessional WB fund that is normally processed and disbursed...

UK to suspend aid if fraud found in any of its projects

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportThe UK government will suspend aid if any of its projects being implemented in Bangladesh is found to be fraught with fraud, a British lawmaker warned Tuesday. "It's our taxpayers' money. We can't tolerate any fraud," Malcolm Bruce, chair...

Plan to activate public-private committee on procurement soon

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportA public-private committee formed to oversee all aspects of public procurement of both goods and services will be operational soon, sources said.The committee comprising both public and private stakeholders was formed to oversee the full spectrum of public spending,...

DSE bullish run takes a pause

2009-11-04 00:00:00

FE ReportDhaka stocks slid slightly on profit taking Tuesday, snapping the third straight day of record-breaking rally.The market was in the positive territory before starting to decline from third hour of the trade as the investors booked profit on banks,...

Beximco gets all-clear

2009-11-04 00:00:00

All companies of the Beximco Group, one of Bangladesh's biggest business conglomerates, have been off the list of loan defaulters since the quarter ending in June last, reports bdnews24.com. A parliamentary committee was told this by the central bank.On November...