FE ReportAn agreement on 'instant cash service' was signed recently between Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) and Oman Exchange Company (OEC) of Kuwait.The signing ceremony was held at the head office of OEC in Kuwait. IBBL international banking wing senior...
FE ReportSpeakers stressed the need for providing trainings on modern design and effective means of marketing their products to the Benarasi-weaving community.The speakers said this at the inaugural programme of a two-day workshop in the city Sunday.Women for Women, a...
FE Report The government borrowed Tk 9.00 billion (900 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 9.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 28-day, 91-day, 182-day and...
Fakhrul AlamCHITTAGONG, Oct 28: Theft of railway sleepers, E-clip, diesel and other costly equipment from the rail tract of different areas of Chittagong has become rampant and as a result train movement on different routes including Dhaka-Chittagong has become very...
FE ReportAn emergency general meeting (EGM) of the shareholders of IFIC Bank was held at a city hotel Thursday.The EGM was also followed by the 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th annual general meetings (AGMs) of the shareholders for the years...
RANGPUR, Oct 28 (BSS): Senior bankers here asked the branch managers of Agrani Bank in the northern region for providing the best and pro-people services to the clients to achieve further success of the bank.They also suggested that the bankers...
FE ReportExecutives and officers of the NCC Bank Limited have been urged to ensure efficient and personalised service to the clients and develop professional knowledge and skill at all level.Chairman of the bank Tofazzal Hossain made the appeal while speaking...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Oct 28: Due to unprecedented price hike of gold and silvers, goldsmiths in the district are passing hard time, according to sources.There are about 400 goldsmiths across the district and about 1,000 workers are engaged in the industry....
Our correspondent BRAHMANBARIA, Oct 28: The SME Foundation of the Ministry Industries arranged a five-day workshop on 'Training for New Business Creation' at Zila Parishad auditorium Saturday.BSCIC General Manager Mahbubur Rahman was present as the chief guest on the occasion...
FE ReportM Mosharraf Hossain, chairman and managing director of Rapport Bangladesh Ltd, has been awarded the Indira Global Best Achievers Award-2007 for his outstanding contribution to the field of management education and training by Shree Chanakya Education Society's, Indira Group...
MUMBAI, Oct 28 (AFP): Indian share prices are expected to remain volatile this week and will be affected by how hedge funds react to new rules limiting the anonymous purchase of shares by foreign investors, dealers said. For the week...
FE ReportQatar Airways has upgraded the aircraft on its Doha-Algiers route to an Airbus A330 offering passengers in every seat with a fully interactive audio and video entertainment system, according to a press release.All four weekly services between Doha and...
Dividends DESCO: The board of directors of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) Limited has recommended 25 per cent cash dividend for the year 2006-2007. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held at the Bashundhara Convention Centre,...
KABUL, Oct28 (Agencies): US -led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the latest in a series of increasingly bloody engagements in the region, officials said Also...
NEW YORK, Oct 28 (AFP): Tens of thousands of demonstrators joined marches in cities across the United States demanding an end to the war in Iraq, organizers said. Local television stations Saturday showed crowds filing peacefully through the streets in...
BAGHDAD, Oct 28 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has agreed with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the crisis with Turkey over Kurdish rebels can be solved peacefully, Maliki's office said Sunday. "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received a telephone call...
LARKANA, (Pakistan), Oct 28 (AFP): Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto is expected to meet with party leaders Sunday as she keeps up a tightly secured tour of her ancestral district following the October 18 deadly blasts. Bhutto left Karachi on...
BUENOS AIRES, (Argentina) Oct 28 (Agencies): Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the other half of the power couple credited with Argentina's rebound from an economic collapse, overshadowed 13 rivals as voting opened Sunday in Argentina's presidential elections. Fernandez, a powerful senator...
RANCHI, (India), Oct 28 (AFP): Five villagers have been shot dead by suspected Maoists in eastern India, a day after the left-wing rebels killed 18 people, including a former minister's son, in an ambush, police said Sunday. "Five civilians were...
Democrats seek direction as 2008 polls loom WASHINGTON, Oct 28: Almost a year on from snatching Congress from the Republicans, US Democrats say they are doing a tremendous job-but voters don't seem to be listening. Riding a wave of anger...
FE Report Nokia announced its commitment to support breast cancer awareness in Bangladesh jointly with Bangladesh Cancer Foundation Hospital (BCFH) in the city Sunday. A two-week programme began on October 27 to raise awareness among women and men. The programme...
Environment and forest adviser CS Karim said Saturday the country must adopt policy to fight challenges posed by global warming, reports UNB. The country has experienced a significant change to its climate, especially increasing the trend of drought in the...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Oct 28: An initiative to upgrade and produce high quality goats known as Black Bengal goats of Nilphamari origin had been undertaken by Mymensingh Agriculture University (MAU). Sources said MAU has been conducting research on artificial insemination of...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 28 (UNB): Plantation of hybrid apple-jujube is gaining popularity in Durgapur Upazila of the district for its high yield and windfall profit.Sources said local farmers are planting saplings of this variety on their lands to change their lot...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed felicitated their counterparts of Turkey on the occasion of Republic Day of the country that falls Monday, reports UNB.In a message to President Abdullah Gul, Iajuddin Ahmed expressed his faith that the...
CHUADANGA, Oct 28 (UNB): A Bangladeshi farmer was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Baradi frontier under Damurhuda Upazila Sunday.BDR said BSF troops of Bijoypur camp fired three shots on Aminul Islam (35), son of Toko Bari...
Six people, including two of a family, were killed and 25 others injured in separate road mishaps Sunday, reports UNB.In Comilla, a passenger was killed and 10 others injured in a head-on-collision between two buses at Chhayghoria under Chandina Upazila...
National Youth Day-2007 will be observed in the country Thursday with "Youths are Resources, Youths are Future" as its theme, reports UNB. Youth and Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury will inaugurate the day's programmes at Osmani Memorial auditorium where 16 self-employed...
DU CorrespondentThe Kha Unit (Arts Group) admission test for the first-year honours at Dhaka University now will be held on January 11 instead of December 28, a DU press release said.Admission tests of other three units (Ka, Ga and Gha)...
Debapriya Bhattacharya, the newly appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Office in Geneva, made a courtesy call on President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban Sunday prior to joining of his new assignment, reports UNB.Military Secretary...
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