US citizen stabbed in | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Cairo tourist areaCAIRO, Feb 28: An attacker stabbed a US citizen in front of his wife in a popular Cairo tourist area Friday in the second attack on foreigners in the Egyptian capital in less than a week, security sources...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
After years of scramble for the North American market, local IT companies are now eyeing the Scandinavian Peninsula as their next potential market.Apart from a largely untapped IT outsourcing market with far less number of competitors, local software exporters also...
MUMBAI, Feb 28 (Bloomberg): Reliance Industries Limited, owner of the world's largest refining complex, plans to acquire the remaining shares of unit Reliance Petroleum Limited, after the stock dropped 54 per cent in the past year.Chevron Corporation will sell its...
TOKYO, Feb 28(AFP): J-League champions Kashima Antlers thumped Asian champions Gamba Osaka 3-0 Saturday to claim their fourth Super Cup and their first in 10 years.Kashima struck early through forward Shinzo Koroki in the sixth minute and doubled their lead...
The Opposition BNP will hold doa mahfil at the National Press Club after Asr prayer today (Sunday) for those killed in the BDR mutiny at the BDR headquarters, reports UNB.BNP office secretary Rizvi Ahmed called upon the party's leaders and...
PABNA, Feb 28 (UNB): Some 600 kgs of wheat of VGF programme were looted from 10 distressed women at Bagchipara crossing in Sadar Upazila Friday.Police said Begum, Razia, Malina, Rabeya, Tara Khatun, Rupali, Rebeka, Khadeza, Taslima and Zulekha of Machhimpur...
FENI, Feb 28 (UNB): Former Awami League (AL) leader Joynal Hazari returned to his hometown Feni Friday and soon his musclemen reoccupied the land where once stood the Vendu Hazari Gymnasium, the den from where he reined as godfather.The boundary...
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (AP): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using her second overseas trip as the nation's top diplomat to assess peace prospects in the Middle East, reconnect with European allies and remind her Russian counterpart that US...
LONDON, Feb 28 (AFP): Oil prices rallied this week, buoyed by signs of stabilising energy demand and hints of OPEC production cuts, but gold lost its sparkle after breaching 1,000 dollars per ounce the previous week.OIL: Crude oil fell Monday...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Revenue collection by Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) had doubled over the last five years as the overall collection jumped by 101.39 per cent to Tk 8.85 billion in fiscal 2007-08 from Tk 4.29 billion in 2003-04.The DIP has...
No matter how corrupt (as had been alleged) the BDR officers had been or how cruel they might have been (also alleged) to their soldiers, they still did not deserve to be murdered in cold blood. And murdered they were...
DU Correspondent | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
Anisur Rahman, Belal Hossain and Mahbub Alam have been selected president, vice-president and general secretary respectively of Sherpur District Students' Welfare Association (SDSWA) at Dhaka University (DU) for the year 2009.Other office bearers of the association include joint secretary Moniruzzaman...
BAGHDAD, Feb 28 (AFP): Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told oil experts today Iraq needed foreign expertise to develop its oil sector, which would enable it to reactivate the country's industry and agriculture.Improved security meant the country "is now ready to...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
JAYPURHAT, Feb 28: Farmers of Jaypurhat have produced huge winter vegetables.Farmers cultivated varieties types of vegetables namely bottle gourd, cauliflower, radish, brinjal, country bean, cabbage, green chilly etc.Winter vegetables have been cultivated in 5,000 acres of land this year while...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Saturday exchanged views with the editors and senior journalists of newspapers and news agencies in the conference room of his ministry on the prevailing situation of the BDR mutiny, reports BSS.Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni...
A nine-member delegation of Bangladesh Navy (BN) from School of Logistics and Management at BNS TITUMIR, Khulna led by Commander AM Kudrotullah visited the Mongla plant of Holcim (Bangladesh) Limited recently,The visit was as a part of their instructional visit...
The air is thick with the stench of dead bodies, vultures circle above and amidst this bleak scene, the army, RAB and police carry on the search for dead bodies and stashed arms, reports bdnews24.com.So far, at least 65 dead...
M A Rashid | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
WE have a rather skewed system of education at primary and secondary levels that impact very differently on the pupils and create varying degrees of competence. The three prevailing different streams of education at these levels in the country include...
Special prayers were offered at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Saturday morning for those Army officers and BDR soldiers killed during the trouble at BDR headquarters, reports BSS.As part of the three-day national mourning programme, Islamic Foundation organised a milad and...
Md Golam Mostafa (Zillur), a student of Pharmacy department at the University of Development Alternative (UODA), is suffering from Guillain-Barr
HUA HIN, (Thailand), Feb 28 (Reuters): Southeast Asian leaders gathered for their annual summit Saturday, aiming to enact plans to create a single EU-style community in the years ahead, while dealing with a deepening global economic crisis.The 10-member Association of...
A civic rally will be held at the Central Shaheed Minar today (Sunday) to convey condolences at the gruesome killing of a large number of army officers at the BDR headquarters and express solidarity in facing crisis of democracy with...
GrameenPhone Ltd. has recently signed an agreement with Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) to provide complete communication facilities under its Business Solutions package, said a press release.GrameenPhone Business Solutions is an integrated telecommunications service specially designed for the business entities of...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (AFP): Malaysia's national carmaker Proton said today it sank into the red in the third quarter, with losses of 74.7 million ringgit (20 million dollars) due to weaker sales and higher material costs.The company said the...
LONDON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua): China's procurement delegation arrived here yesterday for their final leg of the four-nation Europe tour, sealing deals amounting to some 2 billion US dollars in Britain to show the country's commitment to the world economy despite...
FE Report | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
BASF, the world's leading chemical company registered solid earnings in 2008 despite the deep global economic crisis.Sales of the German-based company rose by 8 percent compared with 2007 to 62.3 billion euro. This was primarily due to higher prices in...
Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has no expectations of a series win from his young side when it meets Sri Lanka for the second Test in Lahore on Sunday and will focus on having his players work together. Pakistan have...
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 28 (BSS): Dr Chowdhury Mohammad Zakaria, Professor of Chemistry of Rajshahi University (RU) and Dr Golam Sabbir Sattar Tapu, Professor of Geology and Mining, have been appointed as Proctor and Students Affairs Adviser respectively of RU.They took...
Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgensten of the Royal Kingdom of Denmark visited UCEP technical school at Mirpur in the city recently, said a press release.Vice Chairperson of the UCEP board of governors Ms Parveen Mahmud gave the address of welcome while...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2009-03-01 00:00:00
All private off docks of the country have reduced their charges sharply mainly due to operation of new private terminals, operators said.Off dock, involved in stuffing of export goods and un-stuffing of imported goods, was introduced in 1990s to keep...
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