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WTO crying off from convening ministerial-level meeting in Dec

2008-12-14 00:00:00

From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 13: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is crying off from convening a ministerial level meeting in December aimed at thrashing out an outline in the troubled global trade talks which has been running for past...

Madoff's alleged $50b fraud hits other investors

2008-12-14 00:00:00

NEW YORK,Dec 13 (Reuters): Investors scrambled to assess potential losses from an alleged $50 billion fraud by Bernard Madoff, a day after the arrest of the prominent Wall Street trader. Prosecutors and regulators accused the 70-year-old former chairman of the...

Dhaka, Beijing to double number of air flights

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Naim-Ul-KarimDhaka and Beijing have agreed to double the number of air flights between the two countries in a move to boost trade, commerce and investment, officials said Saturday.They said senior officials of both Bangladesh and China reviewed their bilateral Air...

Khaleda pledges to resolve water, power crises

2008-12-14 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia beginning election campaign in Dhaka city from Mohammadpur (Dhaka-13) Saturday pledged to resolve water and power crises and create employment opportunities, if voted to power, reports UNB. She introduced the party candidate of the constituency, Syed...

Potential GM bankruptcy catastrophic for US economy

2008-12-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters): A General Motors bankruptcy would push the US economy deeper into recession and cause a labour market catastrophe, highlighting why the government has signaled it could step in to prevent an outright collapse. The embattled No....

Kasparov starts new Russian anti-Kremlin movement

2008-12-14 00:00:00

KHIMKI, Dec 13 (AP): Former chess champion Garry Kasparov and other prominent liberals launched a new anti-Kremlin movement in Russia on Saturday.The organization, called Solidarity after the victorious Polish anti-communist movement, aims to unite the country's dysfunctional liberal forces and...

ERP considerations for midsize businesses

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Lenley HensarlingRegardless of language, culture and industry, the business needs, goals and challenges of midsize organisations are remarkably similar. Every day midsize companies strive for a solid financial foundation, high customer satisfaction and positive business growth. It doesn't matter if...

Koobface computer virus attacks Facebook users

2008-12-14 00:00:00

FE ReportAS the hackers are now targeting social networking sites to steal information or infect computers, facebook users in Bangladesh must get alert.According to website information Facebook's millions of users are in the crosshairs of a computer virus dubbed Koobface...

China trains Bangladeshi Internet police

2008-12-14 00:00:00

FE ReportChina has introduced Internet police a few years back. Under the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, the country has however been providing internet police training facility to Bangladesh as well.China Digital Times reported from inetcop.com.cn website information that: on...

MSI Gaming notebook

2008-12-14 00:00:00

After the tiny but very capable Wind mini notebook, MSI is back with a notebook from the opposite side of the spectrum - a big all-in-one gaming notebook with some pretty impressive specifications. The GX620, as it's called, is based...

Mobile CRM: are we there yet?

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Brendan B. ReadGetting the mobile channel to where enabling CRM through accessing applications or web sites a.k.a. mobile CRM is as seamless from desktops is akin to taking young children on a long ride who then inevitably ask: "are we...

The great value of taking mock tests

2008-12-14 00:00:00

M A IslamMOCK tests, popularly known as 'model tests', favourite in recent years especially in the urban areas of Bangladesh. Be it for primary school admission, primary scholarship examinations, SSC, HSC, O level, A level, university admission or even semester...

Utilising well the vacation month

2008-12-14 00:00:00

FE SpecialDECEMBER is the month when most of the schools enjoy vacation since the annual examination is over. Students are free from their routine classes, they enjoy completely free time. December is their own month-no activity of going to school,...

Making the BoI dynamic

2008-12-14 00:00:00

BANGLADESH desperately needs substantial investments, domestic and foreign, to help create more jobs and reduce poverty. Domestic private investments, both in manufacturing and services sectors, increased consistently for over the last one and a half decades. The same was not...

Mapping out an effective jute sector revival strategy

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Shahiduzzaman KhanIN an interesting revelation, the People's Commission on Jute Industry -- a private citizens' watchdog body -- has found the chief executives of the governments, executives of jute ministry, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, chairmen and directors of state-owned...

Gas supply uncertainties to hit power production

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Kabir AhmedPETROBANGLA, according to recent reports appearing in a section of the media, is now in a position to supply gas to only three of the proposed plants - 450MW Bibiyana independent power plant, 150MW Sylhet and 150MW Bhola plants.Reportedly,...

International prices of oil and domestic ones

2008-12-14 00:00:00

High procurement costs in international markets are often cited as one of the major reasons for rising prices of commodities sold in local markets when the global markets remain overheated. But free market principles do also in no way justify...

Country branding and Victory Day

2008-12-14 00:00:00

ON the eve of celebrating 38th Victory Day of Bangladesh, we are too glad to find our own country's cute logo and meaningful brand name, "Beautiful Bangladesh". That will be fantastic to celebrate this Victory Day-2008 with new logo and...

Fallouts of Mumbai massacre

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Syed JamaluddinTHE Mumbai massacre has shaken not only India but also the entire world. The dust raised by the incidents is unlikely to settle down in the near future because of the gravity of the matter. It is bound to...

Electing the blind leading the blind

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Maswood Alam KhanPOLITICAL parties can now hold meetings from December 12 for seven days under emergency and the state of emergency is going to be lifted, as promised, just twelve days before the scheduled Election Day. So, a hushed or...

Indian car sales suffer biggest fall in eight years

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Joe Leahy in MumbaiINDIAN car sales last month recorded their biggest fall in eight years as tight liquidity and high interest rates hit one of the world's fastest-growing automotive sectors.The crunch is raising questions over the future of a number...

Pakistan to remove its market floor

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Farhan Bokhari in IslamabadPAKISTAN'S stock market regulator has ordered the managements of the country's three stock exchanges to remove an artificial floor introduced in August this year to prevent share prices from tumbling further after many months of declines. However,...

UK causes outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe by using biological chemical weapon : Mugabe

2008-12-14 00:00:00

HARARE, Dec13 (agencies): The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe which has left hundreds dead was caused by the UK, an ally of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said .Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu described the outbreak as a "genocidal onslaught on the...

EU leaders reach new climate deal

2008-12-14 00:00:00

European Union leaders have reached a deal on a package of measures to fight global warming, reports BBC.The plan, agreed at a Brussels summit, sets out how 27 member-countries will cut carbon emissions by 20pc by 2020, compared with 1990...

N Korea threatens nuclear disablement slowdown

2008-12-14 00:00:00

FUKUOKA, (Japan), Dec 13 (Reuters): North Korea threatened to slow down disablement of its main nuclear facility Saturday after Washington said energy aid to the reclusive state had been suspended due to failed talks on verifying the North's operations.Pressure mounted...

Four British troops killed in Afghanistan

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Four British Royal Marines have been killed in two separate explosions in southern Afghanistan, the MoD has said, reports BBC.A Royal Marine from 45 Commando was injured in an explosion in the Sangin area of Helmand province and died on...

Small breast tumours might need more treatment: study

2008-12-14 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters): Little breast tumours that seemed cured after surgery are more likely to come back if they are the type known as HER2 positive, US researchers reported Friday.They said women who have these types of tumours may...

Earth enjoys full moon close-up

2008-12-14 00:00:00

A full moon has occurred closer to the Earth than it has done at any time for the past 15 years, reports AP.The Moon's elliptical orbit means its distance from the Earth is not constant.It was a little over 350,000km...

news digest

2008-12-14 00:00:00

US ice storm knocks out power, shuts offices NEW YORK, Dec 13: The northeastern United States was recovering Saturday from a major ice storm that caused massive power outages, forced a government shut-down in Maine and put Massachusetts and New...

Protester shot at as Kashmir votes

2008-12-14 00:00:00

Police have opened fire at an anti-election demonstration in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing at least one person and wounding two others, reports BBC.Hundreds of people took to the streets in Pulwama district, where polling is being held in the fifth phase...