Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 10: Implementation of social compliance in every ready made garment (RMG) factory is needed for making the garments industry stronger in the highly competitive global market.Speakers expressed the above view at an opinion sharing meeting arranged by...
EBL First Mutual FundNature of the fundClose-end Mutual Fund of 10 (Ten) years tenureSubscription OpenJune 21, 2009Subscription CloseJune 25, 2009For Non resident BangladeshiJune 21, 2009 to July 4Offer PriceTk. 10.00 per shareFace ValueTk. 10.00 per shareMarket lot500 unitsSponsors Portion20,000,000 UnitsPre...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to take drastic action to prevent production and marketing of fake and adulterated medicines, report agencies. She also asked for updating the country's existing laws governing the pharmaceutical industry to...
Some 20 million children go to school on an empty stomach every day, according to the World Food Programme (WFP) which, together with a media production house, brought out a rally to focus on the fact recently. The purpose, ostensibly,...
Arshad HossainThe buyers of readymade garments (RMG) products from Bangladesh have been more and more insisting on the observation of various standards in the RMG industries. In fact, these have become as good as non-tariff barriers to exporting RMG products....
Abu RushdWHEN economic activities in Bangladesh have slowed down due to energy shortage, it is absurd not to use its 2.5 billion tons of coal high grade coal buried underground. A futile bickering over the manner of its extraction is...
THE state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) was founded for importing essential commodities and to keep the market stable.But like other state operated organisations, TCB was crippled by corruption and overstaffing. Since the nineties, its operations were gradually reduced as...
The new government came to power with the commitment to improve conditions in all spheres. It should prove its commitments by stopping smuggling which drains the nation's resources. Domestic industries need protection to survive the undue competition from smuggled products....
WHILE generally agreeing with your observation and recommendations made in the leader of your FE on May 31, 2009, titled 'Salvaging Jute', I venture to differ with the observation made in respect of Adamjee Jute Mills. No doubt there were...
Shamsher Chowdhury THIS government keeps claiming that it is a government of the people and friendly towards the poor and the distressed. Is this really true? I do not think so. Should that become a reality, that would be the...
MS SiddiquiDefamation is tarnishing the reputation of someone; it is in two parts, slander and libel. Slander is spoken defamation and libel is printed and broadcast defamation, both share the same features. Defaming someone entails making a factual assertion for...
Ahmed Showkat MasudThe ongoing worldwide recession started from the USA. Then other developed countries became the prey of the economic recession one after another. Capital is self-expansionary. Investment of capital in any venture causes it to increase in size, amount...
SINGAPORE, June 9 (AFP): Oil prices held above 68 dollars a barrel in Asian trade today after rebounding from overnight falls amid hopes of a recovery for the ailing global economy. In morning trade, New York's main futures contract, light...
Building Technology and Ideas Ltd (BTI), country's pioneering real estate company marked its twenty-fifth anniversary this year at a city hotel recently, said a press release. State Minister for Environment and Forest Mostafizer Rahman Fizer was present on this occasion...
NEW DELHI, June 9 (PTI): Gold prices yesterday tumbled by Rs 120 to Rs 14,760 per 10 gram in the bullion market here on sustained selling by stockists, influenced by weakening global trend. Marketmen said trading sentiment remained bearish as...
TOKYO, June 9 (Bloomberg): Sony Corp., forecasting its first back-to-back net losses as a public company, raised $2.24 billion (220 billion yen) through the biggest bond sale in its history. The company sold 110 billion yen of 5-year notes paying...
BEIJING, June 9 (AFP): China's auto sales could hit a record 11 million units this year, state press reported today, as government stimulus measures to encourage buying kick in. The forecast came after figures showed strong growth on purchases for...
Commodity Month Last WTI Light Crude Jul '09 69.4500 Brent Crude Jul '09 69.3100 RBOB Gasoline Jul '09 1.9360y Heating Oil Jul '09 1.7890 Nat Gas (NBP) Jul '09 27.1000...
MUMBAI, June 9 (Dow Jones): Value buying by institutions and retail investors in bellwether stocks helped Indian shares reverse previous losses and end near a 10-month high Tuesday. The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensitive Index, or Sensex, rose 3.1 per cent,...
KARACHI, June 9: Massive selling in leading banking stocks caused the benchmark KSE 100-share Index to end almost flat on Monday with negligible losses owing to price-erosion of equities on Karachi bourse, according to The News International.The KSE 100-share Index...
NEW YORK, June 9 (AP): United States (US) stock futures moved in narrow range Tuesday as investors awaited word on which banks might be able to repay government loans and as Fiat expressed its continued commitment to a deal with...
LONDON, June 9 (AFP): Europe's leading stock markets recovered slightly Tuesday after sliding into the red a day earlier and following a flat finish on Wall Street overnight.In late morning trade, London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was up...
Energy Price Change %Change BRENT CRUDE FUTR 69.170 1.290 1.90 GAS OIL FUT (ICE) 566.250 6.250 1.12 GASOLINE RBOB FUT 195.360 1.760 0.91 HEATING OIL FUTR 179.470 2.680 1.52...
Rani Padmini On SONY Ent TV Wednesday at 8-30 pm. Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur (Mon-Thurs, 8.30 pm) - is the story of the beautiful warrior princess, known for her ethereal beauty, grit, valour, patriotism and sacrifice. History continues...
He's been in showbiz for nearly three decades and has bagged three national awards, but multilingual star Mithun Chakraborty has no qualms confessing that he is an 'irritating actor'."I'm a very irritating actor. I keep on asking too many questions...
NEW DELHI, June 9 (AFP): India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday he wanted peace with arch-rival Pakistan and said he would meet Islamabad "more than halfway" if it cracked down on Islamic militants.The apparent effort to reach out to...
PARIS, June 9 (AFP): Air France has agreed to replace within days the air speed monitors on its Airbus A330s and A340, suspected in connection with last week's deadly Atlantic crash, a pilot's union said Tuesday.Air France said Saturday it...
BRUSSELS, June 9 (AFP): European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Tuesday accepted a request from the European Union presidency to stand for a second five-year term as head of the bloc's executive arm."I have agreed to this request," he told...
BERLIN, June 9 (AFP): Afghanistan needs more European trainers for its security forces to combat mounting violence and mayhem in the country, its foreign minister told a German newspaper published Tuesday.Rangin Dadfar Spanta told the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung in an...
BEIJING, June 9 (AP): China expressed its indignation Tuesday at an honour given to the Dalai Lama by the city of Paris, saying it would seriously harm Beijing's relations with France. Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe conferred a certificate of honorary...
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