FE Report The 444th board meeting of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) was held at its board room in the city Monday. BKB Chairman SA Chowdhury presided over the meeting. BKB directors, managing director, deputy managing director, and all general...
LONDON Oct 8 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks rose to a record after a pickup in U.S. hiring stoked optimism the world's biggest economy will avoid a recession. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest resources company, led raw-materials producers higher. Hon Hai...
BEIJING, Oct 8 (AP): China's central bank further boosted development of the corporate bond market by issuing regulations on bond issuance, transaction, and trusteeship in the inter-bank market, China Business News reported Monday.According to an announcement made by the People's...
NEW YORK Oct. 8 (Bloomberg): US stock futures fell after metal and oil prices declined, dimming the profit outlook for commodity companies, while concern grew that third-quarter earnings rose at a rate that won't justify this year's rally. Freeport-McMoRan Copper...
DUBLIN, Oct 8 (Reuters): Waterford-based customer relations company Rigney Dolphin is to create 250 jobs in Waterford, Dublin and Dundalk. The announcement was made at the opening this morning of Rigney Dolphin's €5 million contact centre at the IDA Business...
Purchase/sale of director's sharesMercantile Bank: AKM Shaheed Reza, one of the directors of Mercantile Bank Limited, has stated his willingness to buy 10,000 shares of the bank at current market price through stock exchange within next 30 working days.Monno Fabrics:...
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LONDON, Oct 8 (AFP): The US-led "war on terror" has been a "disaster" and Washington and its allies must change their policy in Iraq and Afghanistan to defeat Al-Qaeda, an independent global security think tank said Monday. The Oxford Research...
CHICAGO, Oct 8 (AFP): Blood transfusions may do more harm than good for a majority of patients because banked blood begins to lose a key gas almost immediately after it is donated, researchers said Monday. Nitric oxide facilitates the transfer...
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct 8 (AFP): Kurd separatist rebels killed a Turkish soldier early Monday only hours after 13 others were killed in fighting near the Iraq border, authorities said. The latest fatality in the military was blown up by a...
YANGON, Oct 8 (AFP): Myanmar's military junta has donated thousands of dollars as well as food and medicines to monasteries in Yangon, state media reported Monday, in an apparent gesture of reconciliation. Buddhist monks had last month declared a boycott...
BASHMAKH, Iraq, Oct 8 (AFP): Iran reopened its border with northern Iraq Monday after a two-week closure imposed in protest at the detention by the US military of an Iranian national. "Bashmakh border point was open at 9 o'clock," Rostum...
CHICAGO, Oct 8 (AFP): At least five people were killed Sunday in a small town in the northern state of Wisconsin after a man, possibly a sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage there, news reports said. The officer suspected...
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Oct 8 (AFP): A helicopter escorting President Pervez Musharraf to an earthquake anniversary ceremony in Pakistani Kashmir crashed Monday, killing four troops and wounding his spokesman, officials said. "The chopper was in the party going with the president...
PRAGUE, Oct 8 (AFP): The Czech Republic is planning to pull its troops out of Iraq, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said Sunday, without giving a timetable for the withdrawal. "As a matter of course, we first must reach agreement with...
KABUL, OCT 8 (AP): Airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed 16 militants fighting under a wanted Uzbek warlord with US$200,000 bounty on his head, while a suicide attack against a NATO convoy left two civilians wounded, officials said Monday. US forces...
MOSCOW, Oct 8 (AFP): An attack on a convoy in Russia's war-torn province of Chechnya killed a local police chief and three soldiers, and wounded 10 other servicemen, the local Interior Ministry said Monday, ITAR-TASS reported. "Unidentified assailants opened fire...
Darfur town under control of Sudanese troops KHARTOUM, OCT 8 (AP): A Darfur town under the control of Sudanese troops has been razed in apparent retaliation for a rebel attack on a nearby base of African peacekeepers. UN officials who...
Bangladesh forced formidable Tajikistan to 1-1 goal draw in their Pre World Cup Qualifier round match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.This was the first draw for Bangladesh against Tajikistan out of the four encounters....
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has officially announced MM Ispahani Ltd. as the sponsor for the 9th National Cricket League(NCL), which is scheduled to begin on October 19 with participation of six divisional teams, reports UNB.This is for the 7th consecutive...
CHANDIGARH, Oct 8 (Cricinfo): India's bowlers fought back from a blistering opening by Matthew Hayden to snatch an eight-run victory and keep the seven-match series alive. Two of India's additions at Chandigarh, RP Singh and Murali Kartik, bowled superbly in...
Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League (NCL) begins in the country on October 19 with the captains of divisional teams optimistic of putting up the best, reports UNB.Khaled Mashud Pilot, skipper of Rajshahi Divisional team, Rajin Saleh of Sylhet...
LAHORE, Oct 8 (Cricinfo): Pakistan took the honours on day one of the second and final Test in Lahore by reducing South Africa to 259-6. All the tourists got starts on a good batting pitch and they were going well...
LONDON, Oct 8 (AFP): Injured England strikers Andy Johnson and Dean Ashton have been ruled out of Euro 2008 qualifiers at home to Estonia and in Russia on October 13 and 17. The 26-year-old Johnson, who scored in Everton's 3-2...
CHANDIGARH, Oct 8 (AFP): Prolific Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar established a slew of records en route to his 79 in the fourth one-day international against Australia here Monday. Tendulkar, who reached his 84th fifty with a double off Andrew Symonds,...
England's lower order held their nerve to edge a thrilling two-wicket win at Dambulla to take a 2-1 lead in the series, reports Cricinfo. They made hard work of chasing 164, but Stuart Broad again showed his calmness under pressure...
WELLINGTON, Oct 8 (AFP): Injured Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen has been ruled out of the opening matches of New Zealand's World Cup qualifying campaign. Nelsen, who had been named New Zealand skipper, has been suffering a strained hamstring which...
BANGKOK, Oct 8 (AFP): World number eight Venus Williams will be looking to rebound after a stumble in Japan and restart her torrid race up the world rankings at the Bangkok Open, which starts Monday. The 27-year-old American, seeded second...
President Dr Iajuddin Ahmed said the next general elections would be held in a free, fair and credible manner within the timeframe set by the Election Commission (EC). "The Election Commission has already announced election roadmap and is working to...
The Education Ministry has asked educational institutions in the capital to remain closed temporarily from mid-November to December to facilitate work on voter-listing, reports bdnews24.com. The ministry in a circular Monday said that a voter list with photographs would be...
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