Leaders of Asia-Pacific countries Friday agreed on formulating integrated policies and decision-making frameworks on transport through strategic assessments of economic, environmental, social and poverty-related aspects, reports BSS. In order to support increased regional economic integration effectively, the governments would develop...
FE ReportSummit Power Ltd (SPL), a private enterprise, will launch a pilot project to provide solar energy to meet the electricity demand of the ultra poor people living in 'char' areas of Gaibandha and Kurigram districts.Summit Power Limited, which produces...
FE ReportShares in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped slightly in the week that ended Thursday.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) closed at 4,393.64, down by almost 1 per cent as it opened the week at 4437.73.The broader All Shares...
The draft for a new population policy is reportedly underway, with the rather ambitious target of emulating the Chinese -- single-child families by 2015. Although Bangladesh has, over the past three decades, made very impressive progress in bringing down the...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanHistory is a great teacher but the sad part is that few seem to learn from it. Great periods of progress can be followed amazingly by bigotry and non-enlightenment. Historians also have a name for this : reaction....
Saqeb Mahbub RafiAfter 38 years of independence, a citizen of independent Bangladesh can very justifiably put forward the question - ‘ki hote parto... aar ki holo?’ (what could have happened and what actually happened?). The nation that was dreamt of...
Amirul IslamClimate change is at the doorstep of Bangladesh although its impact in large measures are yet to be felt by the country. But experts are unanimous in their opinion that the effects could start telling on the country sooner...
Available projections about population growth of Bangladesh are indeed worrisome. It has, thus, been projected that the present Bangladesh population would be doubled to 280 million at its current rate of growth by 2080 and it would be 180 million...
If a nation wants to compete in the highly globalised and knowledge-based economy, it should have a strong scientific quest. It is true that the progress of a nation depends on the progress of science.The younger generation pursues education to...
Every year, we observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on December 14, with great dignity in remembrance of the brutal killing of the intellectuals in the last few days of the Liberation War in 1971 by the Pakistani occupation army, in...
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Dec 17 (Reuters): Shares in China dropped 2.34 per cent Thursday to their lowest close in three weeks, as the prospect of heavy new share supplies eroded sentiment. Hong Kong stocks skidded to a near three-week low, weighed...
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (CNNMoney.com): Wells Fargo said it raised more than $12 billion in a stock sale Tuesday as part of a plan to repay $25 billion in government aid. The sale came one day after the lender joined...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (Business Recorder): Equities moved both ways at the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) where investors adopted a cautious approach under the lead of hot favourite amid increase in the index. ISE Ten Index showed an improvement of 5.43...
Citi Thursday announced the pricing of 5.4 billion common shares and 35 million tangible equity units as part of its agreement with the U.S. government and its regulators to repay U.S. taxpayers for the $20 billion the government holds in...
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (CNNMoney.com): Stocks ended mixed Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, saying market conditions were helping the recovery but weakness will persist.The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) fell 11 points, 0.1 per cent. The...
TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei average ended down 0.1 per cent Thursday, slipping from seven-week highs hit earlier in the day, as investors pocketed profits on a rally in big banks such as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.But Mazda Motor...
FE ReportThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of the government of India will hold a Road Show-cum-Presentation at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel at 7.00 pm on December 20.About 90 jewellers of Bangladesh Jewellers Samity are expected to attend the...
LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters): Bailed-out US insurer American International Group plans to file a prospectus for a multibillion-dollar IPO of its Asian life insurance unit before Christmas, the Financial Times reported Thursday.The Hong Kong IPO of American International Assurance is...
BEIJING, Dec 17 (Commodity Online): World's largest gold producer, China's gold output increased by 31.47 tonnes or 14.10 per cent year on year to 254.55 tonnes in the first ten months of this year. In a statement issued here, China's...
BANGKOK, Dec 17 (Commodity Online): Increasing demand and production cuts in major producers like India due to bad weather likely to shoot up global rice prices next year, according to Thailand Rice Exporters Association. Prices on the global market could...
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (AFP): World oil prices soared Wednesday as traders reacted to falling US inventories and colder weather across the northern hemisphere, shifting the outlook for supply and demand. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for...
LONDON, Dec 17 (Bloomberg): Robusta coffee may resume this year's decline toward $1,300 a metric ton after approaching the high of a downward trend channel that started in September, according to technical analysis by Newedge Group. Robusta coffee for March...
GOPALGONJ, Dec 12: The 21-day traditional "Kali puja mela- 2009" of Gopalgonj began at Sheikh Kamal Stadium in the town here.The fair began on Dec 2 and it will continue until Dec 23.Gopalgonj District administration and local puja advisory committee,...
December 17, Thursday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Thursday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.4500100.9617113.34030.780166.919765.568162.6151Agrani Bank69.3500102.6051111.16000.794267.597065.992162.6260FCBsStanChart69.50106.77117.300.8371.8367.7965.84HSBC 69.6305102.2410114.95700.820367.219365.646062.9907Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.5900103.8239116.37790.814369.603966.504265.9365PCBsUttara Bank69.5000101.4714113.69020.787766.794665.654162.6944AB Bank69.5500103.9210115.15670.8026NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (AP): Pakistan's top court struck down an amnesty that had protected US-allied President Asif Ali Zardari from corruption charges, setting the stage for political turmoil at a time when America seeks a united front against militants along...
MEXICO CITY, Dec 17 (AP): One of the most wanted figures in the drug war was killed in a shootout with the Mexican navy Wednesday, an official said.Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his drug cartel died in the...
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (AP): The November massacre of 30 media workers in the Philippines made 2009 the deadliest year ever for journalists, according to a report to be released Thursday. The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent press advocacy...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (AP): Pakistan has held up visas for US diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the country toward the expansion of US operations in Pakistan, a senior US diplomat said Wednesday.American diplomats have...
COPENHAGEN, Dec17 (AP): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020.The announcement could give a boost...
17 dead in tourist bus crash in South KoreaSEOUL, Dec 17 (AP): A bus accident in South Korea that killed 17 people and seriously injured 14 others may have been caused by careless driving. A tourist bus carrying 30 passengers...
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