NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Bloomberg): Gold will continue to outperform silver, platinum and palladium on demand for a haven amid credit-market turmoil, analysts said. The CHART OF THE DAY shows gold is up 0.8 per cent this year as of...
TOKYO, Oct 6 (AFP): The yen struck a near five-month high against the dollar and surged against a range of currencies as investors rushed to exit risky positions amid fresh turmoil on global markets. The euro hit a 13-month low...
KAMPALA, Oct 6 (Bloomberg): Tea production in Tanzania, Africa's fourth-largest grower of the leaf, may rise 33 per cent by 2011-12 as cultivation expands into new areas and as farmers replant unused acreage, the director of the Tanzania Tea Board...
FE ReportThe country's largest drug manufacturer Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has posted 10.13 percent growth in its annual export during the year that ended on March 31, 2008. The company's export sales, which amounted to Tk.192.95 million in the previous year,...
FE ReportThe eighth annual general meeting (AGM) of ICB Capital Management Ltd (ICB CML), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), was held in the city Sunday.Chairman of the company Md Ziaul Haque Khondker presided over the meeting. ICB...
ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), announced Net Asset Value (NAV) of its two unit funds recently, says a press release.The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at Tk...
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) disbursed agricultural loan amounting to Tk 6.58 billion during the first quarter of the current financial year, says a press release. This amount is Tk 1.52 billion higher than that of the corresponding period of last...
FE ReportLottery for share allotment of Standard Insurance Limited will be held on October 16 at 10:30 am at the Bashundhara Convention Hall, Baridhara in the city.The lottery result will be posted on www.standardinsuranceltd.com and www.dsebd.org.The subscription of the insurance...
FE ReportThe inter-bank call money rate maintained a steady level Monday due to injection of fresh cash into the market. US dollar also remained stable against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with adequate supply of the...
LONDON, Oct 6 (AP): Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the US and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.Investors took scant comfort from Washington's passage...
SEC fines co's menThe SEC has fined Sabbir Ahmed, director of Popular Life Insurance Company Limited, Tk 1.0 million for non compliance of securities laws. The SEC has also fined Sayeka Zabin Islam and Farzana Jahan Ahmed, both directors of...
MUMBAI, Oct 6 (Agencies): Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in a western Indian town left at least four people dead and 80 injured, forcing police to impose a curfew, an official said Monday.The violence erupted Sunday when some Muslims tore...
BISHKEK, Oct 6 (Reuters): A weekend earthquake killed up to 70 people in Kyrgyzstan and leveled a village in the south of the Central Asian nation, the emergencies ministry said Monday.The earthquake, measuring 6.3 according to the US Geological Survey,...
ROME, Oct 6 (AFP): Pope Benedict XVI attacked the Godless character of modern culture as he celebrated mass Sunday in a Roman basilica to mark the opening of a synod of Catholic bishops.In a sombre homily in which he suggested...
COLOMBO, Oct 6 (AFP): A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a blast inside offices of the main opposition party in Sri Lanka Monday, killing at least 27 people, including a senior retired general, officials said.The attack in the northern town...
BEIJING, Oct 6 (AP): China pledged to improve food safety after authorities detained six more people in the country's contaminated milk scandal as the government increases efforts to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.The head of China's quality watchdog...
TOKYO, Oct 6 (AFP): Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso Monday brushed aside talk of calling a snap election, vowing instead to concentrate on revitalising the ailing economy as he struggles to win over voters.Speaking in parliament just two weeks...
Rockets fired at Pakistan politician's home: police PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Suspected Taliban militants fired two rockets at the residence of a prominent politician in troubled northwestern Pakistan but caused no casualties, police said Monday. North West Frontier Province chief minister...
President Iajuddin Ahmed said Monday Bangladesh is a glittering example of communal harmony with its people of all castes and creeds practising their religions freely and peacefully from time immemorial, reports BSS.The President called on all to further strengthen the...
Mohasaptami, the second day of the greatest religious festival of the Hindu community Durga Puja, was celebrated Monday with Saptami Puja, reports BSS. Swami Sthiratmananda of Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka said on the sixth day the Divinity was invoked in...
Bangladesh has recently donated a cheque for $0.1 million to Nepalese government for flood victims, reports BSS.Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Imtiaz Ahmed handed over the cheque to Nepalese Premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal at his residence recently, reports BSS.This token contribution...
Our CorrespondentFARIDPUR: The special 100-day employment generation programme for the hardcore and seasonal unemployed people was launched in all eight upazilas of the district recently at Gerda Union Parishad premises under Faridpur Sadar Upazila of the district.Deputy Commissioner of the...
RANGAMATI, Oct 06 (BSS): Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has constructed 30 dams in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to provide irrigation facilities for the farmers of the area, official sources said.The dams have been constructed under second phase of 'Chittagong...
SUNAMGANJ, Oct 6 (UNB): Three persons were killed and two others injured by lighting in Sunamganj and Kishoreganj districts Sunday.In Sunamganj, two persons were killed in lightning strike at Sadipur village under Dharamapasha Upazila Sunday.In Kishoreganj, a fisherman was killed...
FE ReportBangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Alumni Association (BUETAA) will hold its Eid re-union at 3-30 pm on October 17 at BUET Auditorium in the city.The association will also accord reception to Senior Engineers (graduates of 1950 to 1958...
FARIDPUR, Oct 6 (UNB): Five persons were killed and 50 others injured in separate road mishaps in different districts Sunday and Monday.In Faridpur, four persons were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed into a microbus on the...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Oct 05: Chittagong University (CU) first year admission test for the 2008-09 session will begin November 16 and CU authority will start selling of admission forms on and from October 12 next , CU sources said.According to...
Professor KAA Kamruddin, former dean of Law Faculty of the Dhaka University, died of old age ailments in the city's Bangladesh Medical College Hospital Monday. He was 79, reports UNB.He left behind his wife, two daughters, a son and a...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Monday named three uncapped players in a 14-member squad for the three one-day internationals against visiting New Zealand, reports bdnews24.com.The three rookies are Imrul Kayes, Nayeem Islam and Mahbubul Alam Robin."We have considered the junior players...
MILAN, Oct 6 (Reuters): Nine-man AS Roma suffered their third defeat of the still-young Serie A season on Sunday when they went down 1-0 at Siena while Juventus also remain off the pace following a 2-1 home defeat by Palermo.Roma,...
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