FE ReportA meeting of the board of directors of Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) on policy and planning was held in the city recently. Chairman, Board of Directors of the bank Hafiz Ahmed Majumder presided over the meeting.Directors Moniruddin Ahmed, Sk...
FE ReportMercantile Bank Limited (MBL) has recently signed a remittance arrangement deal with Al-Ahalia Money Exchange Bureau (AMEB) in UAE. MBL Additional Managing Director AKM Shahidul Haque and AMEB General Manager VS Thampi signed the agreement on behalf of their...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 30: On the eve of the Eid ul-Fitr, lachchha semai (vermicelli) of substandard quality has flooded the local markets of the port city. The food item manufactured in an unhygienic manner is now being sold in an...
FE ReportBeximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the leading drug manufacturer and largest exporter of the country, has started supplying its medicine to Jordan as the first company of Bangladesh, a company statement said Sunday.Beximco Pharma has received marketing authorization for four products...
FE ReportSony Ericsson has announced the launching of V640i, a stylish music phone with a funky feature set, available exclusively with Vodafone in selected markets.The handset provides an array of services including musical entertainment experience."The new V640i is a great...
FE ReportAureos South Asia Fund (ASAF), an investment fund focused on the South Asian region, has invested US$ 5.0 million (Tk 343 million) as equity in STS Holdings Limited -- the owners of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka.The ASAF is one of...
Both in the news and the photo caption of the news item titled 'Summit Power to issue rights shares', published in Sunday's issue of The Financial Express, Syed Fazlul Haque was mistakenly mentioned as Chairman of the company. In fact,...
Shareholders requested to collect dividend Meghna Life Ins: Meghna Life Insurance Company Limited has requested the concerned shareholders to collect their dividend warrants for the year 2006 from October 01, 2007 to October 04, 2007 from the share department of...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 30 (UNB): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr ATM Shamsul Huda has reaffirmed that the next general elections would be held by end December 2008."The election must be held within the stipulated time. If possible, the election could be...
Alauddin Ahmed Choudhury (Nasim), deputy secretary now OSD (officer on special duty) of Establishment Ministry and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's assistant private secretary (APS), has resigned from his post citing personal ground following publication of a new list of...
Chairman of the national coordination committee (NCC) on serious crimes MA Matin said Sunday the latest list of 80 corruption suspects published in newspapers was correct, reports bdnews24.com. "I think the names published in different newspapers as being on the...
President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed have urged all sections of the people as well as the non-government organisations (NGOs), development partners and the local government bodies to involve themselves in the activities to achieve...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) summarily dismissed Sunday the government's petition seeking stay on the High Court (HC) judgement that had declared illegal the detention order of former law minister and BNP stalwart Moudud Ahmed.A four-member Bench...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 30 (UNB): Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed seven more cases against Gopalganj Municipality Chairman Hasmat Ali Sikder Chunnu Saturday.Deputy Director of ACC (Faridpur) M Fana Fillah filed the cases with Sadar police station on various charges, including money embezzlement...
Some 29 per cent of the country's total population are affected by arsenic contamination, chief engineer of the Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) Mustafizur Rahman said, reports UNB."All tube-wells in 8,000 villages across the country are found cent...
Shop owners of Gausia Market in the city Sunday demanded closure of the holiday markets on Elephant Road, reports UNB.The demand came from a view exchange meeting between the shop owners and the RAB-2 unit on law and order situation...
United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive Enayetullah Khan will represent Bangladesh in the 2nd World Congress of News Agencies (WCNA), to be held at Estepona in Spain on October 24-27, reports UNB.The WCNA was launched in 2004...
NOAKHALI, Sept 30 (UNB): At least 13 fishermen sustained severe burn injuries when their rivals sprayed hot water on them while fishing in Meghna river in Haitya upazila Saturday.Police said, there was a longstanding rivalry between two groups of fishermen-one...
BAGERHAT, Sept 30 (UNB): Armed pirates looted fish and fishing nets worth Tk 2.0 million from twenty-five fishing trawlers in the Bay and coastal belt here Friday and Saturday leaving twenty-five fishermen injured. The injured fishermen said the gang numbering...
LAXMIPUR, Sept 30 (UNB): A man was arrested from Chowdhury Bazar in Sadar Upazila here on Saturday while realising toll identifying himself as an official of Anti-corruption Commission (ACC).Police said, Belal Hossain alias Raju (30), son of Abdul Matin of...
NARSINGDI, SEPT 30 (UNB): Robbers looted valuables worth over Tk 0.8 million from the house of a businessman at Madhabdi municipality in Sadar Upazila Friday night.Sources said the gang numbering eight to nine swooped on the house of businessman Habibur...
SAVAR, Sept 30 (UNB): Four day-labourers were electrocuted at Baipail under Ashulia thana Sunday afternoon.Local sources said the day-labourers came in contact with the live wire of 11,000-KV electric line during soil testing on a nearby site at about 2:30pm,...
ACI Limited Director Rafiqul Islam Khan expired Sunday (September 30) in India, said a press release.He is survived by his wife Hasina Momtaz, a renowned singer, and only son Shibli Rubayatul Islam, assistant professor of Banking Department of the University...
The namaj-e-janaza of Dr SA Latifur Reza, eminent economist and former professor and chairman of Economics Department of Dhaka University, will be held at the Gulshan Central Mosque (Azad Masjid) after Johr prayer tomorrow (Tuesday), said a press release.He will...
Today marks the 58th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. On this auspicious occasion, I would like to extend my warmest blessings to my motherland's greater advancement and prosperity, and my best wishes to the Government...
Li Shijia China, together with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, staged a joint anti-terrorism exercise in mid August this year, the fifth drill launched within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) since it was founded in June...
Cheng Zhiliang Abdulla Arken needs to find a new line of work - and soon. Every morning he takes firewood to sell at the market in Hotan county near the Taklimakan Desert, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.But on...
Rong Jiaojiao As Beijing prepares to host athletes throughout the world to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games, the city's Olympic new look begins to unfold.Of the 31 new and refurbished venues for the Olympics, the iconic "Bird's Nest" National...
SHANGHAI, Sept 30 (AFP): A ruthlessly efficient Germany tamed Brazil Sunday to win the World Cup final 2-0 with goals from Birgit Prinz and Simone Laudehr making them the first nation to successfully defend their title. The Germans also owed...
Rajshahi DSA emerged as group champion to reach the Super Six of the Araf Apparels 21st National Youth Hockey Competition as the last team, outplaying Dinajpur DSA by 5-0 goals at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city...
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