Prof. Lutfor RahmanI am a teacher in a private university in the city in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. In the new semester, started in early July 2009, I have taken the responsibility of teaching Communication Engineering and...
Alka PandeGirls in their teens in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, brought up to consider menstruation as something that is "unclean", are now educating their mothers that it is a normal part of growing up. This remarkable change has been brought about...
Merle David Kellerhals Jr.TREASURY Secretary Tim Geithner says China and the United States are working together to help shape a global strategy to contain the current economic crisis and lay a foundation for a rapid recovery.In a speech at Peking...
MUMBAI, July 28 (Bloomberg): India's stocks fluctuate. ICICI Bank Ltd. leading lenders lower after the central bank kept interest rates unchanged at a meeting today, while Tata Motors Ltd. rose after its earnings beat analysts' estimates.ICICI Bank, the second-biggest bank,...
KARACHI, July 28 (Bloomberg): Pakistan's Karachi Stock Exchange will extend today's trading by 15 minutes after trading was suspended due to a technical fault. The share market usually closes at 3:30 p.m.The market will reopen for trade at 1:10 p.m....
LONDON, July 28 (Bloomberg): UK stocks climbed for a 12th straight day, on course for a record winning streak for the FTSE 100, led by Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Sage Group Plc.Lloyds, U.K.'s biggest mortgage lender, rose 4.1 per...
SINGAPORE, July 28 (Bloomberg): Gold gained in Asia, reversing an earlier decline, as the dollar traded near the lowest level in seven weeks against the euro and rising stocks and positive economic data spurred inflations concerns.Bullion rose for a third...
NEW YORK, July 28 (Bloomberg): Soybean futures climbed in Chicago for the first time in three days on speculation the dollar's weakness will boost demand for US supplies. Wheat and corn also gained.The dollar traded near the lowest level in...
ENERGY PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE BRENT CRUDE FUTR 71.110 0.300 0.42 GAS OIL FUT (ICE) 582.750 1.500 0.26 GASOLINE RBOB FUT 194.450 0.980 0.51 HEATING OIL FUTR ...
SINGAPORE, July 28 (AFP): Oil prices eased in Asian trade today after chalking gains in recent sessions on growing confidence that the global economy was starting to recover from its slump, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude...
TOKYO, July 28 (AFP): Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi announced today a net loss of 82.7 billion yen (870 million dollars) for the fiscal first quarter with sales down heavily amid the economic downturn. The group swung into the red compared...
TOKYO, July 28 (Bloomberg): Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, and Nissan Motor Co., the nation's third-largest, led a drop in production among the country's carmakers in June as rising unemployment sapped North American sales. Toyota's production fell for an...
NEW DELHI, July 28 (PTI): Indian government yesterday said in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) that there were difficulties in meeting targets of thermal power generation because of shortage of equipment and manpower and pointed out that...
SEOUL, July 28 (AFP): South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said today net profit rose 4.6 per cent year-on-year for the second quarter due to an increase in wireless Internet revenue and new subscribers. Net profit was 311.6 billion...
WASHINGTON, July 28 (AFP): New US home sales leapt 11 per cent in June, government data showed yesterday in a further sign of recovery for the sector at the epicenter of the global financial crisis. The Commerce Department said sales...
LONDON, July 28 (AFP): Energy giant BP said on Tuesday its second-quarter net profits slumped 53 per cent to 4.39 billion dollars (2.65 billion pounds) due to falling oil prices and despite higher output.Stripping out oil inventories held, net profit...
SHANGHAI, July 28 (Bloomberg): China will cut gasoline and diesel prices by 220 yuan ($32) per metric ton from tomorrow to reflect a drop in global crude costs, state-run China Central Television said on its Web site today. "Global crude...
TOKYO, Jul 28 (AFP): Japan's Canon Inc. said Tuesday its net profit tumbled 84.5 per cent in the first half of 2009 from a year earlier, hit by sluggish sales of compact digital cameras and other electronics.The yen's strength against...
Commodity Last Exchange WTI Light Crude 68.7000 ICE Brent Crude 71.2300 ICE RBOB Gasoline 1.9347y ICE Heating Oil 1.8060 ICE Nat Gas (NBP) 23.0000 ICE Soybeans 1034'6 CME Robusta Coffee 1451.00y NYSE...
CopperBid/Ask 2.5406 -2.5451 Change +0.0263 +1.05% Low/High 2.5120 -2.5505 NickelBid/Ask 7.6408 -7.6861 Change +0.0816 +1.08% Low/High 7.5274 -7.7315 AluminumBid/Ask 0.8184 -0.8229 Change +0.0181 +2.27% Low/High 0.8002 -0.8229 ZincBid/Ask 0.7625 -0.7670 Change +0.0041 +0.54%...
TOKYO, July 28 (AP): The top commander for US troops in Japan brushed off any possible doubts Tuesday about the durability of the US-Japan security alliance, even if next month's parliamentary elections put a different party in power.Lt Gen Edward...
BAUCHI, July 28 (AFP): More than 100 people were killed during clashes between Islamist extremists and security forces in a city in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses said Tuesday. Authorities had not confirmed the toll following the clashes in Maiduguri, which occurred...
ISLAMABAD, July 28 (Reuters): India's launch of its first nuclear-powered submarine capable of carrying ballistic missiles is "detrimental to regional peace and stability", Pakistan's foreign ministry said, vowing to safeguard its own security.India launched the submarine Sunday as part of...
TALLIL AIR BASE, July 28 (Reuters): US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq Tuesday to discuss security issues and arms sales as the two nations look toward the gradual withdrawal of all US forces by the end of 2011.Gates...
PROVIDENCIALES, July 28 (AP): A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and up to 85 people are missing, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as...
BAGHDAD, July 28 (AP): Gunmen killed eight security guards Tuesday during an early morning robbery at a bank in central Baghdad, an attack that appears to be the work of insurgents attempting to finance operations against Iraqi and US forces,...
Suu Kyi verdict set for Friday YANGON, July 28: A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its verdict in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Friday, on charges that could see the democracy leader jailed for up to five...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe import policy for 2009-12 will have provision for strengthening the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), said sources in the commerce ministry. Some restrictions were imposed on the TCB in the just expired import policy, which will be...
CHITTAGONG, July 28: Passengers of CNG driven auto-rickshaws in the port city are to yet to get any benefit from installation of mileage meters as the drivers are found reluctant to receive fare on the basis of meter readings.Commuters have...
FE ReportThe government is set to allow import of Indian man-made synthetic yarn through land-ports to revive some 190,000 handlooms closed down after an invasion of cheap fabric from the neighbouring country.Ministry of textile and jute recently took the decision...
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