BERLIN, Sept 5 (AFP): Three people have been arrested on suspicion of planning terror attacks, German Defence Minister Franz- Josef Jung said Wednesday, speaking of "an imminent threat". SWR public radio said the suspects, two German nationals and a Pakistani,...
BAGHDAD, Sep 5 (AP): A roadside bomb exploded on the fringes of the capital's Shiite slum of Sadr City early Wednesday, killing 11 and injuring 19, police and hospital workers said.Blood stained the ground around a small crater caused by...
RIYADH, Sept 5 (AFP): Saudi Arabia, once the home in exile of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, chided him on Tuesday for planning to return to his country and challenge President Pervez Musharraf. "Wisdom dictates that Mr Nawaz Sharif...
Hurricane Dean caused $2bin damage: Munich Re BERLIN, Sept 5 (AFP): Hurricane Dean, which slammed into Mexico last month killing around 30 people, caused one to two billion dollars (735 million-1.5 billion euros) in total insured damage, German reinsurance giant...
The government has issued a directive to its employees under various ministries to submit their wealth statements within December 31, 2007. The order has been given in exercise of the code of conduct framed in 1979 which required that the...
Syed Fattahul AlimThough the country's foreign exchange reserve is better than any time in the past, the trade deficit is widening as if to keep pace with the forex position. Meanwhile, considering the increasing level of import, the Bangladesh Bank...
Joe LeahyIN this year's hit Bollywood movie Guru, the film's main protagonist, a rags-to-riches businessman, gives a rousing speech against state interference in industry in the era before India's 1991 market reforms. "When I wanted to work hard and earn,...
John AglionbyTHE recent signing by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, of regulations creating a special trade zone covering the is-land of Batam and enclaves on nearby Bintan and Karimun marked the realisation of a three-decade-old vision.But officials admit it will...
PEOPLE are very keen for relief from arbitrary price rises. If asked to state what is among their highest wishes, the greatest number in the country would very probably mention that normalisation of prices of essential commodities as one of...
The number of sufferers from diabetes have soared in Bangladesh in recent years. There are some 7.0 million identified sufferers from diabetes in Bangladesh although the real number of total sufferers could be greater in the background of the disease...
We the general students of Dhaka University make an earnest appeal to the government to reopen all public universities and colleges without delay to save us from falling into another trouble of session jam in the days ahead.Thousands of students...
Kazi Md. Mortuza AliCorporate governance as a concept has received increasing attention in recent years. The term corporate governance is associated with accountability to a company's equity shareholders or risk-bearing owners. It is the system by which companies are to...
Yasmin Rimi MYMENSINGH is 125 kilometres away from capital Dhaka. Another 30 kms deep into the district, there is a village named Dakatia. Once a barren village, Dakatia now looks different. It's now a wonderful village with lush green trees.The...
Abid Aslam Energy producers waste about 40 billion dollars every year by burning off gas released at oil fields, says a new study commissioned by the World Bank.The practice, known as flaring, also hastens climate change by spewing some 400...
DUBLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters): The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Wednesday reduced its forecast for US economic growth and recommended a rapid cut in interest rates to limit the fallout from a housing and mortgage market slump that...
BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (AFP): EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson warned yesterday that long-deadlocked World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks faced a "deepfreeze" if negotiators fail to make a breakthrough in the coming months. Time is running out for negotiators to make...
BEIJING, Sept 5 (PTI): Booming Sino-Indian trade must be freed from all barriers and closer interaction between the businesses of the two nations can bring about faster rapprochement between the two Asian giants, a top Indian executive has said. "I...
BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (Xinhua): The Eurozone economy slowed in the second quarter of this year mainly due to declining investment and sharp drop in the construction sector, the European Union's statistics bureau Eurostat said yesterday. Economic growth in the 13-nations...
BEIJING, Sept 5 (AFP): US President George W Bush called today on Chinese consumers to spend more on American products to help reduce China's surging trade surplus with the United States. "Certainly I hope that China changes from a saving...
LONDON, Sept 5 (AFP): The Bank of England (BoE) is expected Thursday to leave British interest rates at 5.75 per cent, according to economists. "The ongoing problems and uncertainties in credit and financial markets substantially boost the case for the...
DALIAN, Sept 5 (CEIS): World elites will work together at the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions, or summer Davos meeting, to find solutions to ease China's pressure brought by high economic growth, said a senior official with the...
SYDNEY, Australia, Sept 5 (Xinhua): The stalled Doha round negotiations of the World Trade Organisations (WTO) should top the agenda of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economic leaders when they meet here this week, according to a survey released here...
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (AFP): The Federal Reserve and other financial regulators urged mortgage holders yesterday to work with homeowners facing default to try to work out terms and help "preserve homeownership." The statement from the Fed and other regulators comes...
LONDON, Sept 5 (AFP): Britain said yesterday that it would back former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Khan for the International Monetary Fund's soon-to-be vacant managing director post. "The UK believes that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the candidate who best matches the...
SINGAPORE, Sept 5 (AFP): Crude prices rose in Asian trade today ahead of the release of a weekly US energy stockpiles report with traders expecting a drawdown in reserves, dealers said. Prices were further supported by the threat from the...
An agreement has been signed on hybrid rice seed production between Winall Hi-Tech Seed Company Limited, China and ACI Ltd, Bangladesh, said a press release. The Chinese company will provide parent line and the production technology while ACI Limited is...
DETROIT, Michigan, Sept 5 (AFP): Sales of new vehicles rose slightly in August as American consumers appeared confident despite troubled credit markets and the slump in housing, sales figures released yesterday showed. In a surprise, General Motors posted gains for...
LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (AFP): The US maker of Barbie dolls Mattel announced yesterday yet another massive recall of toys made in China, targeting some 844,000 items with high levels of lead, the company said in a statement. "As a...
TOKYO, Sept 5 (AFP): The dollar was mixed against major rivals in Asian trade today as investors waited nervously for key US reports to see how recent credit market turmoil has affected the economy, dealers said. They said currency markets...
YANGON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua): The Myanmar electric power authorities have denied rumors that electricity prices will be raised again along with the recent fuel price hike, the local Pyi Myanmar news journal reported Wednesday. The denial was made by Chief...
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