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2009-09-06 00:00:00

Grameenphone LimitedNature of BusinessGrameenphone Ltd. is the largest mobile telecommunications operator in BangladeshSubscription OpenOctober 4, 2009Subscription CloseOctober 8, 2009For Non resident BangladeshiOctober 4, 2009 to October 18, 2009Offer PriceTk 70.00Face ValueTk 10.00Market lot200 SharesSponsors Portion1,215,174,797 SharesSponsors PortionTk 12,151,747,970.00Initial Public Offering69,439,400...

Newly installed 90-MW Fenchuganj power plant likely to go into operation in 3 months

2009-09-06 00:00:00

The 90-MW Fenchuganj power plant is likely to go into operation by next three months as the tax related dispute between the Power Development Board (PDB) and the Chinese contractor Harbin has been resolved recently, reports UNB. PDB set up...

Nat'l zoo suffers Tk 6.0m loss in one year for death of animals

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Monira MunniThe national zoo in the city's Mirpur area has suffered a total loss of Tk 6.0 million during last one year due to death of a number of animals for various diseases.More than twenty rare animals died within a...

Grand-alliance govt is the govt of farmers: Matia

2009-09-06 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 5 (BSS): Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury said here Saturday the government has launched massive programmes to boost food output for ensuring food security and access to food of the general people. She termed the present grand alliance...

18-member body to develop treatment protocol for H1N1

2009-09-06 00:00:00

The Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Saturday formed an 18-member committee to develop a treatment protocol for the pandemic H1N1 2009, which already affected 281 people as of Friday and killed two persons since the first case detected on...

Yousuf joins BARI as Director General

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Md Yousuf Mian joined as Director General (current charge) of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) recently, says a press release.Yousuf Mian got first class in his B.Sc.Ag (Hons) degree in 1973 from Bangladesh Agricultural University(BAU), Mymensingh. He obtained his MS...

Qualifies as CA

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Ridwan Baree recently qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA) in his first attempt from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, says a press release. Earlier, he obtained the rare distinction of First Class in Business Administration (Hons)...

Death anniversary of Professor Ibrahim today

2009-09-06 00:00:00

The 20th anniversary of death of legendary physician National Professor Mohammad Ibrahim will be observed today (Sunday) in a befitting manner, reports BSS.As part the death anniversary programme, Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute (ICHRI) offers a 'Free Heart Camp'...

Anti-adulteration drive in Ctg

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 5: In an anti-adulteration drive the district magistracy sealed off a ghee producing factory and fined two others for making adulterated ghee in the city today. BSTI office in Chittagong said district magistrate Nurul Huq conducted the...

Govt urged not to lease out offshore gas, oil fields

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Leaders of the left-leaning political parities Saturday urged the government not to lease out offshore gas and oil fields to multinational companies in the greater interest of the nation.They also demanded immediate punishment of the policemen who attacked a peaceful...

Garment owners asked to pay salaries,bonuses to workers before Eid

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) acting general secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif Saturday asked all garments owners to pay salaries and festival bonuses to all RMG workers before Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB."A conspiracy is on to create anarchy in the country's ready-made garments (RMG) sector....

Unity needed to ‘resist India from constructing’ Tipaimukh Dam

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Underlining the importance of conducting a joint impact assessment on the proposed Tipaimukh Dam by the two neighbouring countries, speakers at a roundtable Saturday said a national consensus is needed to resist India from constructing the dam. "Let's get united…...

Dipu Moni goes to India tomorrow to discuss bilateral issues

2009-09-06 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (BSS): Bangladesh and India will discuss the entire gamut of bilateral ties including the existing ones like the cross-border Tipaimukh Dam as Foreign Minister Dipu Moni is to arrive here on a four-day visit from Monday....

Outlawed party leaders killed in encounter

2009-09-06 00:00:00

PABNA, Sept 5 (UNB): A regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddha) was killed in a gunfight between his accomplices and police at Shimulchhara under Sadar Upazila early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Hasan Koshai (42), of Laxmipur...

Pirate gang leader killed in shootout in Khulna

2009-09-06 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 5 (UNB): Ringleader of a gang of pirates of the Sundarbans was killed in a shootout between his cohorts and law-enforcers at Hatiadanga village under Koira Upazila early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Arifur Rahman alias Akkas (33),...

US, S Korea envoys discuss North's nuclear claim

2009-09-06 00:00:00

SEOUL, Sept 5 (AP): Top nuclear envoys from South Korea and the United States held talks Saturday on a strategy to bring North Korea back to disarmament negotiations, a day after the North claimed to have succeeded in experimental uranium...

Protest in Nepal over naming of Indian priests

2009-09-06 00:00:00

KATHMANDU, Sept 5 (AFP): Nepal's Maoists burnt tyres and blocked roads in Kathmandu Saturday in a new protest over a decision to appoint Indian high priests at the country's holiest Hindu temple, police said.The demonstration by dozens of protesters came...

43 suspected militants killed in Khyber

2009-09-06 00:00:00

PESHAWAR, Sept 5 (AP): Pakistani troops killed 43 suspected militants and destroyed one of their bases in an ongoing operation in the northwestern Khyber tribal region, authorities said Saturday.Militants frequently attack trucks along the famed Khyber Pass, one of the...

NATO seeks to calm Afghans after deadly air strike

2009-09-06 00:00:00

KUNDUZ, Sept 5 (Reuters): NATO officers met air strike victims and their families in Afghanistan Saturday and their commander took to the TV airwaves in a bid to cool anger over an incident that undermines efforts to win hearts and...

Enzyme injections unlock bent fingers

2009-09-06 00:00:00

BOSTON, (Reuters): Injections of an enzyme that breaks up collagen can unlock permanently curled fingers for people with a common disabling condition known as Dupuytren's contracture, US researchers said recently. The Auxilium Pharmaceuticals treatment, which is awaiting approval by the...

Opposition to boycott CAR election body

2009-09-06 00:00:00

BANGUI, Sept 5 (AFP): A coalition of oppostion parties in the Central African Republic said it has decided to boycott the country's electoral commission as it considers the body's independence is not guaranteed."Expressing our firm determination to participate in the...

Iran dismisses bomb studies intelligence as forged

2009-09-06 00:00:00

VIENNA, Sept 5 (Reuters): A senior Iranian official has accused the United States of feeding "forged" intelligence to the UN nuclear watchdog that says Iran had studied ways to make atomic bombs.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has lent some...

news digest

2009-09-06 00:00:00

Caribbean islands crack down on illegal immigrantsTOA BAJA, Sept 5: First, riot police raided the slum with batons and pepper spray. Then authorities shut off the water and electricity. With an eviction order pending in the courts, police stand sentry...

GM Razib shares second slot

2009-09-06 00:00:00

GM Enamul Hossain Razib of Destiny 2000 shares the 2nd slot with three other players in the 4th Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament with 3.5 points after the 4th round matches in Gorky Sadan, Kolkata, Friday, reports UNB. GM...

Australia rise from Ashes with opening ODI win

2009-09-06 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 5 (AFP): Australia captain Michael Clarke praised two of the newcomers to the tour of England as his side put their Ashes defeat behind them with a tense four-run win in the first one-day international. Callum Ferguson won...

US hosts El Salvador in World Cup qualifier

2009-09-06 00:00:00

SANDY, Utah, Sept 5 (AP): The United States is not quite in second place and barely ahead of fourth as the World Cup qualifying stretch run begins.Points are precious with only four games remaining and a very slim margin between...

Venus Williams into fourth round at US Open

2009-09-06 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 5 (AP): This is why Kim Clijsters came back: a match against Venus Williams at the US Open.This is precisely the sort of occasion Clijsters missed while she was away from the tennis tour for two years."She's...

Tendulkar bats for two-innings ODIs

2009-09-06 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (AFP): The world's leading batsman Sachin Tendulkar of India has suggested that 50-over one-day internationals be split in two innings of 25 overs each to revive interest in the game. With the growing popularity of Twenty20...

Bolt cruises to 200m victory, now wants a rest

2009-09-06 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (AFP): Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt cruised to victory in the 200m at the last Golden League meeting here on Friday, his winning time of 19.57sec the fourth fastest ever despite the cool and damp...

Powell romps home in Brussels 100m

2009-09-06 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (AFP): Asafa Powell of Jamaica saw off US rivals Tyson Gay and Darvis Patton to win the 100m at the Brussels Golden League meeting on Friday.With world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt sitting out the distance in...