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Sammilita Parishad wins all posts in BGMEA polls

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

Sammilita Parishad panel, led by Abdus Salam Murshedy, won all the 27 posts of director in the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) election for the 2009-10 period, held Tuesday.Salam received the highest number of 1564 out of total...

Priority-setting, firm resolve important for executing important projects

Engineer Shafiqul Alam | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

DEVELOPMENT of a country always depends on the correct and prompt decision and willingness to execute the necessary tasks of the decision makers. In spite of having all sorts of possibility Bangladesh is struggling in all the sectors due to...

For scanning at ports

2009-02-26 00:00:00

THE customs need modern devices to scan containers to certify them for clearance. With outdated equipment now they can only go for a partial examination of incoming goods. They cannot detect under invoiced imports also. In collusion with the customs...

4 directors elected to DSE board

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

Four directors were elected to the board of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) for a three-year term Wednesday.Md Rafiqul Islam of Parkway Securities Ltd, Md Shakil Rizvi of Shakil Rizvi Stock Ltd, Md Feroz Khan of Eminent Securities Ltd and...

Fuel prices drop further in Myanmar

2009-02-26 00:00:00

YANGON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua): Fuel prices have dropped further in Myanmar since last week with diesel trading at a market price of 83,000 Kyats (83 U.S. dollars) per barrel or 1,700 Kyats (1.7 U.S. dollars) per gallon, according to market...

Irrigation hampered in Nilphamari as rivers drying up

Our Correspondent | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

NILPHAMARI, Feb 25: Rivers of Nilphamari district dried up and almost have turned into farmland causing irrigation shortage during dry season and flood in the rainy season either.In the ongoing IRRI-Boro season, farmers are hurry in planting IRRI and Boro...

Call rate steady, dollar marks gain

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

The inter-bank call money rate was steady Wednesday due to injection of fresh cash into the market through repurchase agreement (repo). The US dollar marked slight gain against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with rising demand...

Al-Arafah Bank holds induction course for officers

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd (AIBL) held a seven-day 'Induction course on banking' for the newly recruited assistant officers of the bank at AIBL Training and Research Academy in the city from February 17.Managing Director of the bank MA Samad Sheikh...

Kiwis down India in T20

2009-02-26 00:00:00

New Zealand 166 for 3 (McCullum 56*, Guptill 41) beat India 162 for 8 (Raina 61*, Butler 2-29) by seven wicketsBrendon McCullum and Jacob Oram shared an unbroken 60-run partnership to guide New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India...

Govt to supply rice to garment workers at reduced rate

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak Tuesday said the government will resume the open market sale (OMS) system to supply rice to garment workers at a reduced price."Similar steps targeting poor people of other areas such as 'chars' and...

Xian Zhu suggests export diversification to face global financial crisis

2009-02-26 00:00:00

World Bank (WB) Country Director Xian Zhu Wednesday suggested Bangladesh to lay emphasis on labour-intensive light engineering industries and diversify export to keep it away from current global financial crisis, reports UNB."I think Bangladesh should concentrate on labour-intensive light engineering...

Ctg port and trade unionism

Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

The dock workers at the Chittagong port are now regrouping in the name of various labour unions after getting registration. The workers came out the other day on the streets in the port city, tending to threaten the normal operations...

Djokovic eases thru' in Dubai

2009-02-26 00:00:00

Top seed Novak Djokovic got off to a winning start at the Dubai Championships with victory over Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla, reports BBC.The Serbian, 21, eased through 6-3 6-2 to set up a clash with Jan Hernych, who beat Mikhail...

OMS at thana level from mid-March; steps to increase FC reserve, remittance flow

2009-02-26 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday informed the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that the present government had no plan to make Sunday the weekly holiday, reports BSS.In a written reply to a question from treasury bench member Meher Afroz (Gazipur-5), the Prime...

Clinton raps Israel for delaying Gaza aid

2009-02-26 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (AFP): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pressing Israel to stop blocking aid to the besieged Gaza Strip and will raise the issue during a visit next week, an Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday.US Middle East envoy...

S'pore's public housing to consume less electricity using solar energy

2009-02-26 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua): Singapore's public housing estates are expected to consume 10 per cent less electricity in the next five years by using solar energy, local media reported yesterday.TV broadcaster Channelnewsasia said a scheme named Energy Save Program, initiated...

Air Asia trip: Warid subscribers to get Tk 2,000 discount

2009-02-26 00:00:00

Warid Telecom has teamed up with Air Asia to launch a special offer, under which all Zahi post-paid subscribers can avail Tk 2,000 discount on purchase of Air Asia's Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur-Dhaka tickets, said a press release.The offer is available for...

US troops to leave Iraq in 18 months

2009-02-26 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (AP): President Barack Obama is expected to order all US combat troops to leave Iraq by August of next year, administration officials said, closing the door on a war that has led to the death of 4,250...

Fish survives scare from qualifier Dancevic

2009-02-26 00:00:00

FLORIDA, Feb 25(AFP): Mardy Fish survived a scare from Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic to win 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championship Tuesday.The top-seeded Fish is looking to become the first American to...

Infusing dynamism in administration

2009-02-26 00:00:00

THE issue of inefficiency in the project implementation agencies of the government has again been identified as the main hindrance to the timely utilisation of the development assistance as well further inflow of foreign aid in the country. The view...

Low turn-out at Ekushey Book Fair

2009-02-26 00:00:00

Low turn-out of visitors marked the 25th day of the month-long Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises Wednesday due to an untoward situation at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the capital, reports BSS.Despite the poor attendance of...

China leader for

2009-02-26 00:00:00

BEIJING, Feb 25 (AFP): President Hu Jintao has warned of a deteriorating economic situation in China and called for more "powerful" measures to reverse the tide, state media said."The world economic situation is austere and complicated, the global financial crisis...

Normal life, business activities come to halt

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

Normal life, business and academic activities in surrounding areas of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters came to a halt Wednesday following the daylong clashes in and outside the command centre of the country's paramilitary border guards.Movement of all mode of...

Giving upazila parishad chance to deliver

Syed Jamaluddin | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

THE immediate past caretaker government brought some significant reforms in the local government laws, but the upazila election could not be completed during their tenure. This election was held under the elected government amidst irregularities and violence. The caretaker government...

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Pakistan vows to 'defeat | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

terror' with ObamaWASHINGTON, Feb 25: Pakistan, under fire in Washington, vowed to work with President Barack Obama's administration to "defeat terrorism" as it opens three-way talks Wednesday with Afghanistan to draft a new strategy. The talks came as a top...

Sticking the terrorism label on Bangladesh

Enayet Rasul Bhuiyan | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

The last time that Bangladesh was rocked by terrorism was in 2006. Bombs were detonated in most of the country's 64 districts all on one day in that period that signaled the existence of a widespread network of an Islamist...

Toshiba to build two US nuclear plants

2009-02-26 00:00:00

TOKYO, Feb 25 (AP): Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday it will construct two nuclear power plants in the US.Toshiba's U.S. subsidiary signed an agreement to build the plants for the South Texas Project _ a nuclear power facility...

Microsoft offers technology training to US job seekers

2009-02-26 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 25 (AFP): Microsoft is tossing lifelines to people in the United States (US) lacking technology skills needed to win jobs in the Internet Age.Microsoft teamed with political leaders in a set of US states to launch an...

Tribal leader Chandra Shekhar shot at in Rangamati town

2009-02-26 00:00:00

RANGAMATI, Feb 25 (UNB): Reformist tribal leader Chandra Shekhar Chakma, the former secretary of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity, was shot and wounded in the hill-district town Wednesday morning.He was taken to General Hospital from where he was shifted to...

BB buys $12m from two PCBs

FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00

The central bank purchased $12 million more Tuesday from two private commercial banks (PCBs) to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable."We've bought the US dollar from the PCBs at Tk 68.90 per unit to help the banks comply with...