JU Correspondent | 2009-02-26 00:00:00
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Feb 25: President Zillur Rahman appointed Professor Dr Sarif Anamul Kabir as new Vice-chancellor and Professor Dr Farhad Hossain the Pro-VC of Jahangirnagar University (JU).The newly appointed VC and Pro-VC took their office through a function at senate...
FRANKFURT, Feb 25, (AFP): The German economy, Europe's biggest, shrank by 2.1 per cent in late 2008, its largest contraction since the country was reunited in 1990, official data confirmed today.The fourth-quarter drop from the previous three-month period marked the...
National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Abdul Mazid Wednesday called for calculating the balance-sheet on the foreign direct investment (FDI), as he suspects undercover money smuggling in the name of FDI, reports UNB."This is the time we should calculate the...
FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00
A revolt by jawans of the paramilitary BDR at its headquarters in the city created panic among some investors at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Wednesday, dragging the shares down.The market opened on a positive note but began to decline immediately...
Aynal Haque | 2009-02-26 00:00:00
THE northern region of the country producing fruits and vegetables, offers enormous potential for agro-processing enterprises.The food-surplus region produces plenty of rice, maize, wheat and soybean, mangoes, bananas, papayas and tomatoes and vegetables due to its fertile soil and favourable...
TEHRAN, Feb 25 (agencies): Some 35 years after construction started, Iran said it planned to begin test operations Wednesday at its first nuclear power station in the southern port of Bushehr, the official IRNA news agency said.The initial tests will...
DETROIT, Michigan, Feb 25 (AFP): The United Auto Workers said Tuesday workers from the Ford Motor Co. will be the first to vote on a new round of contract concessions that could save the company more than 1.6 billion dollars...
JAKARTA, Feb 25 (Reuters): Australia's Indo Mines Ltd is set to produce 1 million tonnes of pig iron from its project on Indonesia's Java island by 2012, despite the impact of the global credit crisis, an executive said Wednesday.Miners around...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 25 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested a firearms trader along with a pistol, two magazines and 6 rounds of bullets in Zaminpur frontier area of Shibganj Upazila Monday night.
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (AFP): US President Barack Obama announced yesterday a new lending fund in a mammoth effort to help small businesses and consumers in a bid to stimulate a recession-hit economy."We are creating a new lending fund that represents...
BUSHEHR, Iran, 25 (AFP): Iran is to test its much-delayed first nuclear power plant Wednesday as the Islamic republic presses on with its atomic drive despite international sanctions.The head of the Russian nuclear agency Sergei Kiriyenko, who is visiting Iran...
SEOUL, Feb 25 (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has been touring the province where the country has been preparing for a rocket launch, the North's media said Wednesday, in what a South Korean daily said could be a precursor...
FE Report | 2009-02-26 00:00:00
There was again a sizeable quantity of end-season types but these met with a better demand. Good liquoring teas were in stronger demand from all sections of the market and a few lines appreciated in value in line with quality....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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