Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal (retd) AK Khandoker Monday said the present government has started preparing a perspective plan targeting the year 2021, when the country will celebrate its golden jubilee of independence, reports BSS."Besides, the government will make a...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
KHULNA, Feb 23: The People's Jute Mill of Khulna has been closed again making 22 hundred workers jobless. After seven years of its privatisation, the mill authorities declared it closed Sunday night for an indefinite period.Source said the workers of...
YANGON, Feb 23 (Xinhua): Myanmar will allow domestic merchants along with foreign buyers to bid for gems, jade, pearl and jewelry on sale at the forthcoming annual gems emporium scheduled for March 8 this year to boost the development of...
BERLIN, FEB 23 (CNN): The world needs a "global New Deal" to haul it out of the economic crisis it faces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom said Sunday."We need a global New Deal -- a grand bargain...
Kayes M Sohel | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
The securities regulator has taken strong initiative to bring more merchant banks into the stock market to attract investment in the stock market.The move came against the backdrop of fund shortage in the market because of cash withdrawal by some...
HSBC Bangladesh retained its 'AAA' rating in the long-term and ST-1 rating in the short-term, which are the highest levels of ratings for any bank or financial institution.Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd (CRAB) carried out the task of rating...
BHOLA, Feb 23 (UNB): At least 30 people were injured and 10 business establishments and houses ransacked in a fierce clash between supporters of the Awami League (AL) and the BNP Sunday over raising Doulatkhan launch ghat entry fee.Police quoting...
FE Report | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
A total of eight candidates are contesting in the elections of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to be held tomorrow (Wednesday).Four directors will be elected in the polls where a total of 227 DSE members will cast votes.The candidates are M...
Two days before the first Twenty20 international, New Zealand assembled for what is perhaps their most important summer - or what passes off as summer in these parts - of cricket in recent times, reports Cricinfo.And already they sound in...
The main opposition BNP Monday threatened to launch tough programmes if any anti-state agreement was signed by the government with any country, reports UNB."No one has the right to strike any deal that goes against the spirit of our independence...
KARACHI, Feb 23 (Cricinfo): Pakistan's new captain Younis Khan hit a fine century and combined well with his predecessor Shoaib Malik to thwart a stiff challenge from the Sri Lankan spinners. On a pitch that got increasingly slower, Sri Lanka...
FE Report | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
The country's garment manufacturers go to polls today to elect their new leader for the 2009-10 term.The election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) pits two leading garment entrepreneurs, Shahadat Hossain Kiron of Dekko group and Abdus...
Both the matches of the Citycell Metropolis 3rd Division Football League ended in draw at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Monday, reports UNB.Rainbow AC played to a 1-1 draw with Govt....
LONDON, Feb 23 (AFP): Global stock markets mostly rebounded today on the back of a report that the US government was poised to take a 25 per cent to 40 per cent stake in troubled banking giant Citigroup.Equities had plunged...
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (CNN): A survey of leading economists finds them now forecasting a far deeper and more painful recession ahead in the first half of the year, but a modest pickup in the second half of 2009, followed...
ULC recommends dividend | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
The board of directors of United Leasing Company (ULC) has recommended 20 per cent cash dividend and 1B:7 stock (one bonus share for every seven shares) dividends for the year that ended on December 31, '08. The annual general meeting...
FE Report | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate was steady Monday despite withdrawal of cash through reverse repurchase agreement (repo). The US dollar, however, gained against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market due to higher demand for the greenback, fund...
Moderate quake hits Sumatra | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
JAKARTA, Feb 23: A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday, seismologists said, but there was no immediate report of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning. The quake hit at 12:56 pm (0556 GMT) and was centred...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
JESSORE, Feb 23: The farmers of Gadkhali sold different types of flowers worth over Tk 30 million on the occasion of Valentine Day.Gadkhali is the biggest wholesale market for flowers in the country. It supplies about 80 per cent of...
THAT Bangladesh is a land of huge potential has been stressed in many forums many times over. But the fact remains that the potential has been remaining untapped, in spite of all the optimism. Something is always coming in the...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
KHULNA, Feb 23: Two officials of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) have been suspended on charge of misappropriation, negligence of duty and corruption.As per the instruction of KCC Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque, chief executive officer Tapan Kumar Ghosh took the punitive...
Our Correspondent | 2009-02-24 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 23: Compliance issue has now become a very important issue in the readymade garment (RMG) sector of the country under international and domestic pressure and it has become necessary to ensure compliance in all factories of RMG industry.Former...
I love to listen to Mahela, whenever he is interviewed after matches. The way he speaks deserves appreciation.As a good leader he never tries to give excuses for failures. He takes the responsibility with courage and in good stead. He...
COLOMBO, Feb 23 (CNN): Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil rebels said today that they are ready for a ceasefire with the government, but told the United Nations in a letter that they refuse to lay down their weapons.The Tamil Tigers political...
Skyward, the frequent flyer programmed of Emirates, has been declared one of the winners of Airline Business Loyalty Awards, amounted at the publication's loyalty event in Vienna last week.Skywards won the " Loyalty Innovation Award 2009" for their Instant Upgrade...
BAGERHAT, Feb 23 (UNB): Amid growing demand for the trial of war criminals, a man here Monday filed a case against four 'rajakars' (collaborators) for killing his three family members in Rampal Upazila of the district during the liberation war...
PHUKET, (Thailand), Feb. 23 (Xinhua): Finance ministers from the ASEAN plus three countries agreed yesterday to speed up the process of operationalising the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM), a regional foreign reserve pool in case of currency flow shortage.The agreement...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday directed authorities concerned to ensure uninterrupted power supply to agricultural projects during the upcoming irrigation season for increasing food production, reports BSS.She issued the directive when the secretary of the ministry of power, energy and...
Speakers at a function in Rangpur Monday said that adequate sanitation facilities and supply of safe drinking water for all are must for creating a good environment and making a healthy nation, reports BSS.For this, they underscored the need for...
SEOUL, Feb 23 (AFP): The World Trade Organisation chief called today for collective discipline to stem the spread of protectionism during the global slump, citing "Buy American" provisions in the US stimulus package."If you hit imports, your exports will be...
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