FE ReportChief Adviser's Special Assistant M Tamim Sunday hinted at the possibility of further lowering the fuel oil prices within the current month. "We are reviewing the global market. There may be a possibility of downward adjustment of the fuel...
FE Report Several hundred workers of a ready-made garments (RMG) factory staged demonstration in the city's Mogbazar area on Sunday afternoon, disrupting traffic movement on Mogbazar-Mouchak road for about two hours. Sources said over 1,000 workers of Century Garments came...
Millions of Muslim pilgrims have descended on the plain of Arafat in Saudi Arabia on the second day of Hajj, according to Al Jazeera.net.Leaving the tent city of Mina early Sunday, the pilgrims gathered for a day of reflection and...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Sunday said it has no plan to chase the tax-dodgers in the cattle markets. The board is not also carrying out any such drive presently. It has termed the recently published news regarding the...
NEW DELHI: The prime minister's office has announced a $4.1 billion stimulus package to boost India's slowing economy in the face of the global financial meltdown. It said in a statement Sunday that the money will be spent for building...
The government has decided to award the Begum Rokeya Padak - 2008 to Dr Sultana Sarwat Ara Zaman and Begum Nasrin Parvin (posthumous). They were given the award for their outstanding contribution to rights and education of women, and country's...
The depression over southwest Bay moved slightly westwards over the same area at 3pm Sunday. A special Met Office bulletin said the depression centered about 1,845-km southwest of Chittagong port, 1,775-km southwest of Cox's Bazar port, and 1,725-km southwest of...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday approved in principle major amendments to the Town Improvement Act 1953 aiming to bring dynamism, transparency and accountability in the activities of RAJUK, ridden with alleged wrongdoings over the years, reports...
FE ReportTurkish investors have expressed their willingness to invest in telecommunications, power, infrastructural development and automobile sectors in Bangladesh. During a meeting between the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and members of the visiting Turkish trade...
The continuous slide in stock prices in the country's two bourses for the last couple of months has taken a heavy toll on the investors. With many investors withdrawing themselves from a lacklustre market, the daily turnover at the main...
Shahiduzzaman KhanOF late, the government approved in principle the renewable energy policy to attract private sector investments, tap the country's huge electricity generation potentials and ease the nagging electricity crisis across the country. The council of advisers gave its nod...
Muzzafar HossainKIMBERLEY Process is an international certification scheme that regulates the trade in rough or conflict diamonds. Rough diamonds can cross borders only with an official certificate. The countries importing diamond check the seal and the certificate on the packages.The...
INCIDENTS of mugging and snatching are occurring on a regular basis in some common places in the city. Muggers used to mug at certain points during the terms of elected governments as the police, on their part, used to keep...
THE recent news story entitled "Dhaka [BCS] exams row sparks violence" on BBC website (Tuesday, December 02, 2008; url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7761285.stm) does not seem to meet the usual BBC standard of neutrality and fairness. The person who made the report seems...
Almost all the developed countries are now looking for foreign workers. Despite the recession, there is demand for workers from the developing countries. But surprisingly we cannot seize the opportunities like other countries such as India, the Philippines or other...
Every year, a good number of students pass the SSC examinations with merit. These pupils get media attention for their extraordinary results. But how many of them fair equally well in subsequent exams. They become celebrities only to be forgotten...
Sebika DebnathSUKRITY Dutta, a brilliant student of Dhaka University's Mass Communication and Journalism Department, is under tremendous pressure to get married. But, she doesn't want to marry before she joins a good job after university."In fact, I've been under pressure...
Kazi Md. Mortuza AliA prominent foreign life insurance company which earned great fame in this subcontinent was the Sun life of Canada. Sir Phiroze Sethna a Persi from Bombay (who was born and brought up in Calcutta) was known as...
Billy I AhmedRecent polls across the world have consistently shown that, if they had a choice, 90% of people would actively seek to avoid GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in their food. The large multinational corporations of the world have gone...
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (AP): Record numbers of homeowners are falling behind on mortgage payments and the US economy is losing jobs at an alarming rate with companies big and small slashing their work force.A half-million American jobs disappeared month, the...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras, Dec 6 (AFP): Central American leaders yesterday agreed to adopt a common regional currency and passport, among other measures to bolster regional integration in the face of global financial uncertainty. The eight leaders attending a regional...
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Xinhua): China and Latin America share the same pictures in the field of economic development, and increased relations between the two sides are mutually beneficial, experts said here yesterday. The statement was made at a panel...
LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters): More international coordination of macro-economic policy is needed, Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor John Gieve said Saturday.In an interview with the financial magazine Hedge Funds Review (HFR), Gieve said that what happened in the world...
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters): Late mortgage payments and the rate of home loans in foreclosure rose to record highs in the third quarter, threatening to escalate as the recession erases jobs and further strains homeowners, the Mortgage Bankers Association...
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters): A measure of future US economic growth and its annualised growth rate both ticked up in the latest week, but they still suggest the recession will intensify in the near future, a research group said...
JAKARTA, Dec 6 (AFP): Indonesia has secured emergency loans worth five billion dollars to help plug its budget deficit and boost growth, authorities have said. "The loans, which come from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, Japan, Australia and...
NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (PTI): With India-Pakistan relations touching a new low after terror attacks on Mumbai, bilateral exchange of trade and ministerial delegations as a part of the political composite dialogue has been put off indefinitely. India's Minister of...
LONDON, Dec 6 (AFP): Commodity prices tumbled this week with losses accelerated Friday by news of half-a-million job losses in the United States that fuelled expectations of steep falls in demand for raw materials. "It's a very negative environment in...
FE ReportRB Group, which has been marketing Walton brand electronics products in the local market, announced special offers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.According to the company source the offer will be continued till December 09 at all showrooms of the company all...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 06: Arrival of sacrificial animals loaded in trucks at different cattle-markets of the port city and its adjoining areas are being witnessed almost every day on the eve of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Azha which is set to...
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