Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Dec 30: Grape cultivation is gradually gaining popularity in the northern region and the growers are earning handsomely by selling their products. According to the agriculturists, the soil and climate of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh are suitable...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) inaugurated its 10th SME Service Center at Zirani Bazar of Ashulia near the city Sunday, says a press release. IBBL Director Md. Eskander Ali Khan inaugurated the service center. Managing Director M. Fariduddin Ahmad presided...
The 29th annual general meeting (AGM) of Jute Spinners Limited has approved 20 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2007-2008.The AGM was held in the city recently. Chairman of the company Muhammad Shams-ul Haque presided over...
LONDON, Dec 30 (Bloomberg): European stock-index futures advanced, tracking gains in Asia, on optimism that higher oil and metals prices will boost earnings at energy and raw-material companies. US index futures rose.BHP Billiton Limited, the world's biggest mining company, increased...
DSE/CSE remain close todayTrading at the DSE and CSE will remain closed today (Wednesday) due to bank holiday.City Bank board revalues bank's assetsThe board of directors of the City Bank has approved the revaluation of bank's following assets conducted by...
Israeli jets have attacked the Gaza Strip for a fourth day, with raids on a number of Hamas government buildings and security installations, report agencies.Air strikes early Tuesday killed at least 10 people, medical officials in the coastal enclave said.UN...
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills says he has won Ghana's election run-off, with official results expected to be released shortly reports AFP."The figures show clearly that I have won the election. I am only waiting for the electoral commissioner to...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (AFP): Pakistan Tuesday called for negotiations with India and asked New Delhi to relocate its troops away from the border in a show of goodwill to defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.The proposals from Foreign Minister Shah...
Pakistan has halted a key supply route to US and Nato forces in Afghanistan in order to begin an offensive against militants, officials say, reports BBC.Troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks began the operation in the Khyber Pass area...
Thailand's new Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has delivered his maiden policy speech, after protesters forced him to switch venue, report agencies.After parliament was blockaded for two days running, Mr Abhisit assembled a quorum of MPs at the foreign ministry. His...
One in five white people carries a gene fault which could raise their risk of high blood pressure, research suggests, reports BBC.The STK39 gene variant was found after scanning the entire genetic code of hundreds of people in the US...
KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan), Dec 30 (AFP): At least nine Taliban- linked militants were killed in clashes with Afghan and international forces in troubled southern Afghanistan, a police commander said Tuesday. The fighting erupted in the Nawa district of Helmand province after...
LOS ANGELES, Dec 30 (AFP): The teenage daughter of Republican former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given birth to a baby boy, People magazine reported on its website Monday. Bristol Palin, whose teen pregnancy became an election campaign talking point...
Moderate undersea quake jolts Taiwan TAIPEI, Dec 30 (AFP): A moderate undersea quake struck northeastern Taiwan Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck at 9:31 am (0131 GMT) around 90 kilometres (56 miles)...
Munima SultanaWhat is the expectation of the players in the urban property sector from the new government?As the much-awaited ninth parliamentary elections ended peacefully on Monday, the sector analysts expect that the new government would take initiatives to ensure smooth...
Ali AkbarI bought an apartment at Niketon, Gulshan from a well known real estate company in 2004. While signing the agreement, I paid 75 per cent of the total price. The company promised to hand over the flat after one...
Ian Pollock This past year will go down as the one in which the property market raced from boom to bust. In the autumn of 2007 prices began to fall each month as the international banking crisis took hold. With...
With its decaying Japanese pagoda, crumbling English castle and the remains of a resort hotel, National Park Seminary looked like an enchanted forest - and one in desperate need of a happy fairy-tale ending. But thanks to a $150 million...
Residents of America's most expensive small town get by without a chain store or even a traffic light. The town has one gas station, an elementary school, a community center, a general store, dairy and vegetable farms, and some restaurants...
Hu Yuanyuan At present, the government has no plans to change its policies on foreign institutions' investment into China's property sector but may take a more flexible approach in the approval process, sources told China Daily today."So far, we haven't...
Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has issued instructions to the relevant authorities to "facilitate the repatriation of those survivors identified as Bangladeshis" in the incident involving the sinking of a boat near the Andamans, reports UNB.The Foreign Adviser gave...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 30 (BSS): People have returned to their normal activities as the holiday and festive mood ended with the holding of the Monday's parliamentary election in the northern districts, including the Rajshahi city.Different modes of vehicles have been plying...
Election to the executive committee of Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) for the year of 2009 will be held today (Wednesday), reports BSS.Polling would be held from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at DUTA office of DU Club without any...
Professor Umme Kulsum Siddiqa Huda, former teacher of Economics Department of Dhaka University, died of old age ailments at city's Square Hospital at about 9:00 am Tuesday. She was 79.She left behind two daughters, one son and a host of...
FE ReportRuna Laila and Sabina Yasmin, two most melodious singers of the country, have been nominated for the Sheltech Award-2008, says a press release.Each will receive Tk 1,00,000 and a crest. The award will officially be given away at a...
The Palestinian students in Dhaka Tuesday strongly protested the Israeli air strike in Gaza strip killing hundreds of innocent people, reports UNB.Joined by students from Africa and other Muslim countries they paraded through the Dhaka University (DU) campus chanting slogan:...
The second international conference on Chemical Engineering 2008 will be held at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Council Bhaban today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Vice Chancellor of BUET Professor Dr AMM Safiullah will attend the occasion as the chief guest....
In the news item titled 'Nasir elected ICAB president for 2009,' published in page 3 of the Financial Express (FE's) 29th December issue, Mr Shahadat Hossain FCA was erroneously mentioned as 'member' of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh...
Greater Ctg Ctg-1 (Mirsharai) constituency, Engr Mosharraf Hossain (AL) 1,05,339 votes, Prof. MDM Kamaluddin Chowdhury of 4- party Alliance 94,665 votes. Ctg-2 (Fatikchari), Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury of 4-party Alliance 1,29, 333 votes, ATM Pearul Islam (AL) 92,266 votes. Ctg-3 (Sitakunda)...
FE Report Awami League (AL), facing a raft of challenges on the domestic and global fronts, won Monday's historic Jatiya Sangshad (parliament) elections with a clear two-thirds majority, pulverising its arch rival, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).Excluding the seats of its...
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