FE Today Logo

Search results for:


Molasses producers incur loss due to price decrease

2007-09-10 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Sept 9: The molasses producers of the district are incurring losses as the prices of the same have decreased in the local market.At present, fresh molasses (gur) are being sold at only Tk 18 to 20 per kg...

Southeast Bank cash officers asked to hone tech, conceptual skills

2007-09-10 00:00:00

FE ReportTrainee cash officers of the Southeast Bank Limited have been advised to continue the search for knowledge to fit themselves with the technical and conceptual skills.Managing Director of the bank Neaz Ahmed gave the advice while speaking at the...

Indian shares likely to hit record highs on earnings data optimism

2007-09-10 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Sept 9 (AFP): Indian share prices may hit record highs this week on optimism about corporate earnings data due out next month, dealers said Friday. For the week to September 7, the Mumbai stock exchange's 30- share benchmark Sensex...

Sudripta Roy joins IJSG as secy gen

2007-09-10 00:00:00

FE ReportSudripta Roy, an Indian national, has joined the International Jute Study Group (IJSG) at its headquarters in the city as secretary general.He replaced AFM Sarwar Kamal, a Bangladeshi national. Prior to joining the IJSG, he was working as the...

Presidency University holds day-long workshop

2007-09-10 00:00:00

FE ReportA day-long workshop on "Corporate Branding and Image Communications" organised by the professional development programme unit of Moazzam Hossain School of Business of Presidency University was held in the city Friday, said a press release.It was designed for business...

Workshop on Financial Evaluation of Investment Projects concludes in city

2007-09-10 00:00:00

FE ReportDCCI-SEDF Knowledge Centre and INTIMATE (Institute of Training Innovative Management and Technology) jointly organised a day-long training workshop on "Financial Evaluation of Investment Projects and Structuring Joint Ventures" in the city recently.Different individuals from banks, financial institutions and private...

BASIC Bank foundation course ends

2007-09-10 00:00:00

FE ReportThe seventh foundation course, organised by the training cell on the city's Dilkusha premises of BASIC Bank Ltd for its assistant managers and officers, concluded Thursday, said a press release.Officers from different bra-nches and head office of the bank...

corporatewatch

2007-09-10 00:00:00

IFIC Bank EGM on Oct 25The board of directors of IFIC Bank Limited has decided to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the bank to amend some clauses of Memorandum and Articles of Associations and also to increase authorised...

Tigers concede 6-wicket defeat to Kenya

2007-09-10 00:00:00

Bangladesh conceded a shocking six-wicket defeat to Kenya in their last warm-up match ahead of the Twenty20 World Championship at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni Sunday, reports UNB.Bangladesh earlier defeated Kenya by five wickets in their home soil in the...

Henin coasts to US Open title

2007-09-10 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (AFP): Justine Henin of Belgium capped off a tremendous year by defeating Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-3 to lift her second US Open crown Saturday. The top seed took control of the final from the first...

Bangladesh finish 7th in Asia Cup Hockey beating HK 3-1

2007-09-10 00:00:00

Bangladesh beat Hong Kong (HK) by 3-1 goals to become 7th in the 7th Asia Cup Hockey Championship in a position deciding match held in Chennai, India, Sunday, reports UNB. The match locked in 1-1 goals during the first half.Celebrated...

Dravid determined to stay positive

2007-09-10 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 9 (AFP): India captain Rahul Dravid was determined to stay positive despite his side's seven wicket defeat to England Saturday. Dravid said there were plenty of positives to take out of a tour that saw India win their...

Great goals edge Ghana closer to Olympics

2007-09-10 00:00:00

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Sept 9 (AFP): Ghana struck three superb goals to defeat South Africa 3-1 Saturday and close on a place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics football tournament. United Arab Emirates-based striker Prince Tagoe scored with his right and...

Ballseye

2007-09-10 00:00:00

Saiful KaiserAlthough Collingwood was praising his bowlers for their series win at least for their performance in the final, others were pointing to the umpiring errors, two crucial ones, which got rid of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar for the...

Friends Social Welfare crushes Jurain Jonota

2007-09-10 00:00:00

Chowmrin Rakhain struck a hattrick as Friends Social Welfare Organisation crushed Jurain Jonota Club by 7-0 goals in the Metropolis Third Division Football League at the Outer Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Chowmrin scored four goals while Abu Hanif...

Pakistan braces for return of defiant Sharif

2007-09-10 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (AFP): Pakistan's government braced Sunday for a showdown with former premier Nawaz Sharif as the man ousted by President Pervez Musharraf in 1999 vowed to defy international appeals and return from exile. Officials indicated that Sharif could...

War games muddy APEC Summit

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Antoaneta Bezlova from BeijingChina's display of economic clout and diplomatic assertiveness at the Asia Pacific leaders' forum in Sydney this week has been overshadowed by a concurrent show of power in the Bay of Bengal where the United States is...

Mother Teresa's work with the dying lives on

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Sujoy Dhar from KolkataGarishly made-up sex workers hang around the seedy street that leads to 'Nirmal Hriday', the home for the dying founded by Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa, in a portion of an abandoned temple to the Hindu demon-slaying...

America no longer welcomes poor, yearning masses, Sicilians say

2007-09-09 00:00:00

A. Craig CopetasBeneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di Sicilia, Giovanni Di Bennardo mops summer dust from his brow and explains how he'll make it to America. ``I will...

Commercial real estate in US poised for 15pc price drop

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Hui-yong Yu and David M. LevittU.S. commercial real estate prices may fall as much as 15 percent over the next year in the broadest decline since the 2001 recession as rising borrowing costs force property owners to accept less or...

Yet another ominous threat of flood

2007-09-09 00:00:00

WHILE the government is in the midst of a flood-rehabilitation programme and the people are about to restart their life again in areas devastated by the recent flood, the country is bracing for yet another flood. Most rivers in the...

Apparel industry faces daunting tasks ahead

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE president of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICC-B) Mahbubur Rahman said Bangladesh with a narrow export basket is likely to face tough competition as the EU and US restrictions on RMG export from China will be withdrawn from January...

Questions and answers on a sadly predictable debt crisis

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Martin WolfWE are living through the first crisis of our brave new world of securitised financial markets. It is too early to tell how economically important this upheaval will prove. But nobody can doubt its significance for the financial system....

Bank governor plans to eliminate loan interest

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Najmeh BozorgmehrinIRAN'S new central bank governor, appointed the other day, says he has a plan to eliminate interest rates on loans, in order to encourage "real and genuine" banking services -- a move that left bankers fearful about greater government...

Reforming BPTAC

2007-09-09 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) at Savar is the main centre that trains new members of the civil services. But the standard of this body has deteriorated over the years. The trainers themselves are considered as not sufficiently...

Worrisome

2007-09-09 00:00:00

REPORTS about renewed flooding in several districts after fresh aman paddy saplings were transplanted are very worrisome, indeed. The season for plantation of these saplings is almost over. Raising new saplings after the waters of the fresh flood have receded...

Removing air cargo space constraint

2007-09-09 00:00:00

SOME urgent actions are necessary for making more air cargo space available for facilitating the exports of agri-products to the European Union (EU) and the Middle East (ME) countries. The report carried in the FE in its issue on Saturday...

Bangladesh links with world's ICT education programme

2007-09-09 00:00:00

FE reportThe visit of Intel Corporation Chairman Craig R Barrett to Bangladesh last week has ushered a new era in the country's education of information and communication technologies (ICT) with the launch of the company's World Ahead Programme (WAP). During...

Microsoft Open XML standards vote foments politics, dismay

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Martin LaMonicaThis Sunday is the deadline for an important standards vote on Microsoft's Open XML file formats, with early reports pointing to an inconclusive result--and a hefty dose of disillusionment with the standards process. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...

Videoconferencing's virtual leap forward

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Victoria Shannon If I narrowed my eyes a little bit, I could convince myself that the people on the other side of the office table were in the same room. But they weren't: I was seated at a conference table...