MUMBAI, June 3 (AFP): Indian shares ended flat Wednesday after investors took profits when the benchmark index hit a nine-month-high in intra-day trade, dealers said.The benchmark 30-share Sensex ended down 4.01 points, or 0.03 per cent, at 14,870.90 after hitting...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 (AFP): National oil firm Petronas today said it had signed a deal with ExxonMobil worth at least 2.1 billion dollars to produce oil from seven oil fields located off Peninsular Malaysia. "The key objective of the...
Munima SultanaA renowned Belgian laboratory has opposed the new analytical procedure being followed to detect 'nitrofurans' in fresh water prawn consignments in Belgium.More than 50 fresh water prawn consignments from Bangladesh were rejected from different European countries, mostly from Belgium,...
FE Report Internal Control and Compliance Division of Pubali Bank Limited organised a workshop on 'Prevention of Money Laundering and Internal Control and Compliance' at its Motijheel Corporate Branch in the city recently, said a press release. Pubali Bank General...
FE ReportThe Raffle draw of SME Fair-2009 entry-ticket was held Wednesday at the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) auditorium.Ticket number 02907 was declared winner of the first prize, who will enjoy Dhaka-London-Dhaka return air ticket for...
FE Report The third mango pulping plant of PRAN Agro Limited was inaugurated at its Natore factory Tuesday, said a press release. State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar inaugurated the ceremony as the chief guest. The state...
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) celebrated Wednesday its 13th birth anniversary with a mission to serve the distressed humanity.To mark the occasion, the bank has undertaken a number of philanthropic or social programmes for the overall benefit of the society. With...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate remained unchanged Wednesday in an active market due to steady flow of cash. The US dollar was also stable against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market because of moderate demand...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanChina Southern Airlines; a leading Chinese international airliner, will be starting its operation in Bangladesh in the first week of July next, in a bid to cash in on the country's growing air traffic with China's booming south....
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) Brokerage House has opened its second unit at Gulshan in the city.Director of the bank Mohammed Hasan formally inaugurated the unit as the chief guest Wednesday, said a press release.Among others, Chairman of the board...
A UN report says hunger in South Asia has reached its highest level in 40 years because of food and fuel price rises and the global economic downturn, reports BBC.The report by the UN children's fund, Unicef, says that 100...
WASHINGTON, June 3 (CNN): President Obama will arrive in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, his first stop on a Middle East trip that will include a major speech intended to repair a damaged US image.President Obama plans to use his speech Thursday...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 3 (Reuters): Brazilian navy divers rushed Wednesday to reach the wreckage of an Air France jet and start pulling debris from the Atlantic Ocean, where the plane with 228 people went down in the airline's worst...
NEW DELHI, June 3 (BBC): India's parliament has elected its first woman Speaker after a sweeping victory for the Congress party in recent general elections.Meira Kumar, 64, was elected unopposed by a voice vote in parliament. She belongs to the...
A message attributed to the deputy leader of al-Qaeda has denounced Barack Obama as a "criminal" on the eve of the US president's Middle East trip, reports BBC.Ayman al-Zawahiri said Mr Obama's "bloody messages" would not be concealed by "polished...
DUBAI/LONDON, June 3 (Reuters): Al Qaeda's North African wing said Wednesday it had carried out its threat to kill a British hostage it was holding in the Sahara.Britain said it had reason to believe the hostage, Edwin Dyer, had been...
North Korea starts assembling long-range missile PANMUNJOM, (South Korea), June 3: North Korea appears to have begun assembling a missile believed capable of striking US soil, a report said Wednesday as tensions rose along the heavily fortified border with the...
FE ReportSome 1.3 million children in Bangladesh are involved in hazardous jobs and only 50.7 per cent of the children who enroll in school complete all five years of primary education, said a Unicef statement Wednesday quoting a government report.The...
FE ReportSpeakers at a roundtable on Wednesday said around 50 per cent of the country's adult population is infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis germ and a public-private partnership is urgently needed in controlling tuberculosis (TB) in the country."Government initiatives, in a...
FE ReportThe Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) Wednesday offered further financial and technical assistance to the private alternative energy investors to pace up investment in Solar Home System (SHS) component industries in Bangladesh.To achieve its goal to finance installing one...
The government has set a new scale to gauge the examination results, integrating the current grading system adopted only years back and the discarded 'division system', reports bdnews24.com. A set of standards has been determined for the examinees who took...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, June 3: Classes for the first batches of the Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) will begin on June 10. The decision was taken at a meeting of the university syndicate recently.
The ' Tirodhan Dibas' of Sree Sree Loknath Brahmachari, a great saint of the sub-continent who preached the universal message of humanism, was observed Wednesday throughout the country with due religious fervour and in a befitting manner, reports BSS. The...
FE Report A three-day 'NRB Manpower Development and Opportunities Conference 2009: A Third Approach to Nation Building' will begin in the city July 2.Scholars Bangladesh, an organisation working with Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), and Foreign Ministry will host the conference in...
FE ReportGrameenphone (GP) Wednesday cleared its position over the ongoing protest, staged by a group of its former employees, saying that there is no opportunity for reinstatement since the jobs no longer exist in the organisation.About 12 former employees of...
Muhammad Nayeem Ferdous secured Golden GPA-5 in Commerce Group in the SSC examination this year from Ideal School and College under Dhaka Board, said a press release. Nayeem is the son of Muhammad Nurul Alam Chowdhury He seeks blessing from...
Bangladesh have had two consecutive defeats in their warm-up matches but captain Mohammad Ashraful believes a good start in the World Twenty20 could take them beyond the Super Eights stage. Bangladesh are grouped with India and Ireland, with the top...
Barsial Town Secondary School clinched the title of the Citycell National School Football Championship beating Moulvibazar Victoria High School by 3-1 goals in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.State Minister for Youth and...
Lauwai SC of Sylhet and Mohammedan SC of Jamalpur earned massive win in their respective zonal phase matches of the Bashundhara Champions Club Cup Football competition Wednesday. At Habiganj Stadium, Lauwai SC of Sylhet crushed Royal Bengal Club of Sunamganj...
PARIS, May 3 (AP): When the French Open ends, Robin Soderling wants to be remembered for more than merely stopping Rafael Nadal's four-year reign. Soderling wants to succeed Nadal as champion.The Swede's improbable run at Roland Garros has reached the...
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