Moghbazar Ispahani Girls' School upset Viqarunnisa Noon School & College beating them by 3-2 goals in the KFC Pizza Hut 5th Mini Girls' Handball Tournament on the 3rd day of the meet at the Outer Stadium handball ground in Dhaka...
HANOI, Feb 25 (Reuters): Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of $290 million in the first two months of the year, due in part to steep falls in the value of fuel and steel imports, the government said Wednesday.Total imports slumped...
TOKYO, Feb 25 (Reuters): Honda Motor Co plans to produce more of its new Insight hybrid cars from April, having received orders for almost three times its monthly sales target for the gasoline-electric model it launched on Feb. 6 in...
FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00
Mrs Umme Kulsum, mother of managing director of Nassa Group Md. Nazrul Islam died due to old age ailments at Square Hospital in the city Tuesday afternoon. She was 93.She left behind three sons, five daughters and many relatives to...
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) organised a day-long workshop on credit proposal for its designated officers in the city recently, says a press release.A total of 28 (twenty eight) officials from its branches attended the workshop.Additional Managing Director of the bank...
Technomedia Ltd in a clarification on a FE report titled 'Technomedia seminar on NCR payment system solutions', appeared on February 17 said the company was not at all engaged by the Bangladesh Bank to develop the relevant technology for the...
According to a recent newspaper report, the arrested elements with links to the JMB at Nilphamari have admitted to the police they had taken arms training at a Teesta shoal, near Ansarer Haat of Jaldhaka.Besides, the JMB has also trained...
SEOUL, Feb 25 (AFP): South Korea's football body said Wednesday it has accepted Japan's proposal to resume annual friendly matches this year after an 18-year lapse.The Korean Football Association (KFA) said the first friendly was slated to be held in...
A glass of wine each evening is enough to increase your risk of developing cancer, women are being warned, reports BBC.Consuming just one drink a day causes an extra 7,000 cancer cases - mostly breast cancer - in UK women...
JAKARTA, Feb 25 (Reuters): Indonesia's largest listed plantation firm, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk , suffered a 27.1 per cent fall in fourth-quarter net profit from a year ago as crude palm oil prices tumbled.Astra Agro's net profit for the...
Aftab Mahmud Khurshid was elected 2009 National President of JCI (Junior Chamber International) Bangladesh recently.Aftab has more than 8 years of experience and worked in different capacities in wide spectrum of JCI Bangladesh. He was the Chairperson of Marketing Commission...
FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00
Canadian High Commissioner (HC) Robert Mcdougal Wednesday said his country will provide necessary technical assistance to help strengthen Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI).He made the assurance when he made a courtesy call on Commerce Minister Faruk Khan at his ministry.The...
SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (AFP): Oil prices continued to slip in Asian trading hours today, pressured by demand worries even though expectations of more OPEC production cuts are limiting the falls, dealers said.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for April...
The new government is likely to allow legalisation of the undisclosed money that lies idle, stashed into cellars presumably in large amounts, reports UNB.Sources in the Ministry of Finance and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said the government was...
SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (AFP): Southeast Asia's regional bloc will come under close scrutiny once more as its leaders meet in Thailand this week for a summit watered down by the absence of big guns China, India and Japan.Political woes in...
Bangladesh Rifles, in separate drives, seized huge quantities of Indian contrabands, including medicines, clothes and fertiliser from Chuadanga, Naogaon and Dinajpur districts Monday, reports UNB.In Chuadanga, BDR jawans raided Kashimpur village in Jiban Nagar Upazila and seized Indian medicines, worth...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-25 00:00:00
TANGAIL, Feb 24: Boro cultivation is going on in full swing in Tangail with the combined efforts of farmers and government officials to ensure the bumper production of Boro paddy in the district in the up coming seasons.Department of Agriculture...
FE Report | 2009-02-25 00:00:00
Pubali Bank Limited Managing Director Helal Ahmed Chowdhury laid emphasis on recovery of overdue, classified and written-off loans on priority basis.The Pubali Bank MD said this as the chief guest at the Branch Managers' Conference-2009 of Chittagong Region of the...
DELRAY BEACH, Feb 24 (AFP): American Sam Querrey survived a scare from Guillermo Canas before advancing with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 win in the first round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships Monday.The world number 34 Querrey, who defeated...
M Azizur Rahman | 2009-02-25 00:00:00
Total, the French oil company, has discovered hydrocarbon in Cox's Bazar and in the Bay of Bengal much to the relief of energy-starved greater Chittagong and the country as well, officials said Thursday.The company told the Petrobangla Tuesday that it...
Andrew Flintoff insists he will recover from his hip injury in time to play in the Indian Premier League in April, reports BBC.The England all-rounder will miss the fourth Test against the West Indies, starting on Thursday in Barbados and...
BRUSSELS, Feb. 24 (Xinhua): European Union (EU) foreign ministers reaffirmed yesterday their nations' commitment to acting together in a "coordinated and cooperative manner" to seek a common response to the current economic and financial crisis."There is no doubt it is...
Bangladesh can be a role model where Islam and democracy go together well and this is a signal for present global situation, leader of the German parliament team Sebastian Edathy said in the city Tuesday, reports UNB."Bangladesh is a country...
The Consular Section of the US Embassy will remain closed today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The Consular Section will resume to its regular hours of operation tomorrow (Thurs-day). The Consular Section regrets any inconvenience caused to its clients.
Frequent load shedding is back. Even at night we suffer from acute power failures and mosquito bites.The authorities concerned should take effective measures to provide relief.Habibur Rashid IsmailChittagonghabibur.rashid.ismail@gmail.com
GENEVA, Feb 24 (AFP): At least 325,000 jobs have been lost in the financial sector since August 2007, the International Labour Organisation said today, warning that even more jobs could go in the coming months."As the global economy sinks further...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 24: A strong leadership in BGMEA is a must for proper handling of the Readymade Garment (RMG) sector of the country in the ongoing critical situation due to the persisting downtrend in global economy.Speakers expressed the above views...
Siddique Islam | 2009-02-25 00:00:00
Credit flow to the private sector continues to plummet as commodity prices cool off in the international market which, officials said, is a sign of easing inflation.The growth in private sector credit came down to 21.77 per cent in December...
MANY owners of the country's spinning mills even a few months back were weaving dreams about expanding their existing units or starting new ones because of the increasing local demand for their produce--yarn. But the situation, of late, has changed...
SEOUL, Feb 24 (Agencies): North Korea announced Tuesday it was preparing to launch a satellite from its northeastern coast, denying recent intelligence suggesting it was ready to test a long-range missile."Full-scale preparations are underway at a satellite launch site,'" a...
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