FE ReportThe government borrowed Tk 4.00 billion (400 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 4.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 91-day and 182-day bills on...
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) opened its 30th ATM booth at Raozan Upazila in Chittagong recently to provide better customer service there, says a press release. EBL Director Meah Mohammad Abdur Rahim formally inaugurated the new booth of the bank.EBL Chittagong...
Jamuna Bank Limited has opened its 38th branch at Trikal Tower on the Laksham Road at Kandirpar in Comilla. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Md Tazul Islam inaugurated the branch recently, said a press release.Speaking on...
The monthly managers' meeting of Premier Bank Limited was held in the city recently.Vice Chairman of the board of directors of the bank BH Haroon was present at the meeting as the chief guest while Managing Director Khondker Fazle Rashid...
Mahmuda Shaolin Sale of refrigerators has witnessed a surge as a section of city dwellers mostly from the middle income group are rushing to buy the household item mainly for storing meat of animals to be sacrificed on the occasion...
Grameenphone (GP) Limited has become the key sponsor of the upcoming BASIS SoftExpo 2009. In this connection, a sponsorship agreement was signed between the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and the GP in the city Saturday, said...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Dec 07: Raw hide traders of the northern region urged the government to curtail the domination by the non-bonafide hides and skin traders and introduce licences for the traders.They called for bank loan facilities from the government for...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Dec 7: The Joragate kitchen market in Khulna was full of cattle, but the sellers said there were not many buyers because prices remained high compared with past year.The market is the only temporary cattle market set up...
MUMBAI, Dec 6 (AFP): Indian shares will track news-linked events this week following an Indian economic stimulus package expected this weekend and a bailout package for US auto giants next week, dealers said. Locally, the markets expect the Reserve Bank...
BAGERHAT, Dec 7 (UNB): Export of vessels will begin soon through Mongla Port, the second largest maritime port of the country, for the first time.A German national flag carrier MV Kondoc-2 will start for Mopatu Port of Mozambique within next...
MECCA, Dec 7 (Reuters): More than two million Muslims began the haj pilgrimage Saturday, heading to a tent camp outside the holy city of Mecca to follow the route Prophet Mohammad took 14 centuries ago.Over the past week, a sea...
NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Reuters): India's foreign minister Sunday accused Pakistan of leaking a story that someone pretending to be him had called and threatened Pakistan's president two days after the Mumbai attacks.New Delhi has blamed the attacks, in which...
BANGKOK, Dec 7 (agencies):The main opposition party in Thailand says it has enough support to form a government and end the political crisis that has gripped the country.The Democrat Party claims it has the backing of more than half of...
Riots have broken out in several Greek cities after police shot dead a teenager in the capital Athens, reports BBC.The unrest began soon after the shooting in the central Exarchia district, a regular scene of clashes between police and leftist...
A material that can be squirted into broken bones, where it hardens within minutes, has been developed by UK scientists, reports BBC.The toothpaste-like substance forms a biodegradeable scaffold over which the body's own bone grows.Its makers, from Nottingham University, said...
TEHRAN, Dec7 (Reuters): Iran's military test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part of exercises along a strategic shipping route, state media reported Sunday.Iran launched six days of naval war games on Tuesday in the Sea of Oman...
Twelve dead in Afghan violence KANDAHAR, Dec 7: Nine Taliban militants died and three policemen were wounded when insurgents attacked a police post in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. Police arrested two of the militants after a gun battle in...
The renewal of the contract of national coach Shafiqul Islam Manik hangs in balance after the members of the National Team Management Committee (NTMC) opined differently, bdnews24.com reports.Manik, the former national defender, was appointed in the middle of August for...
Kent fast bowler Amjad Khan (28) has been added to England's squad for the two-Test series in India, reports BBC. And Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid (20) will also travel to Chennai if the tour goes ahead but has not been...
Manny Pacquiao dominated Oscar de la Hoya from the start to win Saturday's welterweight super-fight in Las Vegas, reports BBC. The Filipino gave his bigger, more famous opponent such a beating that De la Hoya declined to come out of...
Portsmouth owner Alexandre Gaydamak has put the club up for sale, BBC reports. The 32-year-old Franco-Russian businessman cited growing business commitments for his decision. He told the Sunday Mirror: "I have come to realise over a period of time that...
DUBAI, Dec 7 (AFP): International Cricket Council (ICC) president David Morgan has urged fans to join him in attending the upcoming India-England Test series and so demonstrate that "we will not be dictated to by terrorists". The future of the...
The Citycell B League will remain suspended for 11 days for the Eid-ul-Azha celebration from December 7 to Dec 17. The league will resume on Dec 18 with three games taking place on the same day. Chittagong Abahani Limited will...
Brett Lee, the Australian fast bowler, has dismissed talk of retirement by saying he has four to five years of cricket left in him. "I'm confident in my own mind," he told the Herald Sun. "If I keep doing the...
LONDON, Dec 7 (AFP): Amir Khan clinched the vacant WBA international lightweight title Saturday with a second-round stoppage of Ireland's Oisin Fagan. Referee Mickey Vann stepped in to end proceedings after one minute and 37 seconds of the round. The...
Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina Sunday called for united post-election efforts of all political parties with bipartisan spirit to attain self-reliance in respect of national tasks like food security and energy generation, reports UNB.The former Prime Minister (PM) made...
A total of 82 intending women candidates filed nomination papers for 88 seats for the December 29 general elections, a figure that exceeded previous records of women contenders in terms of numbers, Election Commission (EC) officials said, reports BSS.Awami League...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 7 (BSS): Former BNP lawmaker and Mayor of Rajshahi Mijanur Rahman Minu was freed on bail from the local jail this evening.Jail authorities said that Minu was released from the Rajshahi Central Jail at around 6-00 pm as...
British High Commissioner (HC) in Dhaka Stephen Nicolas Evans paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami at the party central office in the city Sunday, reports UNB.During the meeting, they discussed matters relating to mutual...
RB Group, which markets electrical, electronics and automobiles products using the brand name Walton, inaugurated its showroom Asha Enterprise-3 at EPZ road, Baipail, Ashulia in the city recently, says a press release. Director of Walton and film actor Ilias Kanchan...
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