UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Xinhua): "That is our strong belief. It is the belief of the secretary-general as well," said UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro when asked if she believes the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be realised as envisioned...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (AFP): The United States has agreed to join Singapore, New Zealand, Chile and Brunei in a free trade agreement which could set the pace for a broader Asia- Pacific free trade area, officials said. US Trade...
SYDNEY, Sept 22 (AFP): Australian export earnings are set to hit record levels this year due to continued strong demand for raw materials despite a global economic slowdown, the nation's chief forecaster said today. But Australia's economy will not be...
NEW DELHI, Sep 22 (PTI): After clinching a deal for an FTA with ASEAN, India will move fast to complete negotiations in the next few months for pacts with Japan and South Korea that will open trade in goods as...
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (AFP): In any other year, a Sunday morning six weeks before a US election would be a feast of low blows and flying elbows, with presidential campaign operatives trading punches on television talk shows. Not this Sunday....
HONG KONG, Sept 22 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mostly up against the dollar, weakened by the ongoing financial crisis in the United States, but dealers said markets would likely remain volatile. JAPANESE YEN: The yen jumped against the...
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, Sept 22: The construction work of 4-km long embankment at Ratanpur, Singria and Katlamari areas under Fulchhari upazila in the district is nearing completion under the supervision of Bangladesh Army.Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) is implementing the scheme...
SINGAPORE, Sept 22 (AFP): World oil prices were higher in Asian trade today as investors reacted to moves by the US to help investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley survive a financial crisis that has shaken global markets, dealers...
CARACAS, Sept 22 (AFP): Venezuela will buy combat and training aircraft from China this week, leftist Venezuela President Hugo Chavez confirmed in a television broadcast yesterday. The purchases will be made as part of a six-country tour, Chavez said in...
REDMOND, Wash, Sept 22 (AP): Software giant Microsoft Corp. said Monday its board approved a plan to buy back up to another $40 billion of its shares.The program expires on Sept. 30, 2013. As of July 28, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft...
RICHMOND, Va, Sept 22 (AP): Auto retailer CarMax Inc. said Monday its second-quarter earnings plunged 78 per cent as a weak economy and high gasoline prices eroded its sales.The Richmond, Va.-based company said earnings for the quarter ended Aug. 31...
BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (AFP): Embattled Iraq will spend nearly 79 billion dollars on reconstruction, public utilities and welfare in 2009, a 58 per cent jump from this year, the government announced yesterday. Higher oil prices have swollen earnings from petroleum...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (AFP): Malaysia's finance minister will decide after a briefing on Monday if the ringgit will be re- pegged, to reduce the impact of the weakening US dollar on the currency, a top minister said yesterday. Second...
FE ReportDhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has stressed the need for avoiding double taxation of listed companies to encourage non-listed companies to list on the exchange."The non listed companies will feel discouraged to go public with the existence of double taxation...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate maintained steady level Monday due to adequate flow of cash in the market . The US dollar, however, lost ground against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market because of sufficient...
FE ReportStandard Chartered Bank is poised to grow rapidly in Vietnam after receiving confirmation of approval in principle to locally incorporate in the rapidly growing Southeast Asian economy.Speaking after a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in London,...
FE Report BRAC Bank Limited and Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) recently signed an agreement on EL DORADO, an electronic Remittance and Payment System, said a press release. BRAC Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) AEA Muhaimen and...
FE Report Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) recently relocated its Bogra branch to Satani Mega Centre at Sherpur Road in the town for providing better service to its customers, said a press release. The branch at its new location has been...
Chairman of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) Shafique Alam Mehdi left Dhaka Monday for Spain to attend the First Asian Tourism Congress-2008, says a press release.The congress will take place in Barcelona September 25-26 which will be attended by representatives from...
FE ReportMicro-finance, combined with Waqf, Sadaqah and Zakat, can bring diversity and dimension in poverty alleviation, which is not possible by the traditional micro credit only.Combination of micro-finance with Waqf, Sadaqah, Zakat, can bring dimension in poverty alleviationSpeakers said this...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Sept 22: An acute shortage of dollar has been prevailing in Rajshahi for about a month. Banning of dollar endorsement by the money changers has caused such a crisis of dollar. Hundreds of people of Rajshahi region willing...
The Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards 2008 programme has received a good response and a large number of applications were received from all over Bangladesh, said a press release. Citi Foundation, an arm of Citigroup Inc. has launched the programme managed by...
FE ReportTNT launched its new Express and Group websites, which will carry its new strap line 'sure we can' from Monday instead of ongoing slogan 'can do'. Over the next several months, TNT will start to apply 'sure we can'...
LONDON, Sept 22 (AFP): European stock markets steadied Monday, after earlier gains in Asia, as investors hoped that the massive US rescue plan to relieve the financial system of toxic debt would end the global crisis.Frankfurt, London and Paris held...
SYDNEY, Sept 22 (AFP): Asian share prices rose Monday on the back of the US government's rescue plan for the battered financial sector, with some markets also getting a sharp lift from domestic regulatory measures.But investor caution over the move...
FE ReportCity Bank Vice-president (marketing and brand communications) Aftab Mahmud Khurshid has recently been nominated as international advisory council member of Asia Brand Congress-2008 from Bangladesh, said a press release. The Asia Brand Congress is represented by 60 countries. The...
Warid Telecom is offering Zem prepaid connection at Tk. 99 with Tk 50 welcome talk-time.All new Zem subscribers would also enjoy a 20 per cent special bonus talk-time for recharging their account first time after purchase of the connection. The...
Hosiery Industrial Estate of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Naraynganj has exported knitting products worth about Tk 92.40 billion in 2007-08 fiscal year, reports UNB.At the same time, 548 industries of the estate, established in 1999, also...
Fu Wang Food recommends 6pc cash dividendThe board of directors of Fu Wang Food has recommended 6.0 per cent cash dividend (for all shareholders other than sponsors) for the year 2007-2008. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will...
MIRANSHAH, (Pakistan), Sept 22 (AFP): Pakistani security forces opened fire at two US helicopter gunships which violated Pakistani airspace in a rugged tribal region bordering Afghanistan, local officials said Monday. The incident happened late on Sunday near Lwara Mundi village...
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