FE ReportAn agreement was signed between sanofi-aventis Bangladesh, the largest global pharmaceutical company of the country, and Protishabda Communications, a leading advertising agency, in the city Monday. Under the deal, Protishabda Communications will carry out all kinds of advertising activities...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, July 24: The officials and employees of customs, excise and VAT departments of Brahmanbaria district realised a record amount of Tk 134.18 million (Tk 13.41 crore) revenue in 2006-2007 financial year.The B'baria district comprises Sarail, Nasirnagar, Ashuganj, Akha...
Fish fairs started throughout the country to observe the 'Native Fish Conservation and Extension Campaign Fortnight-2007' programme launched by the Department of Fisheries (DoF), reports BSS. In Rajshahi, a seven-day Divisional Fish Fair- 2007 began on the Fisheries Building premises...
MUMBAI, July 24 (Reuters): Indian shares hit their 14th record high in 17 sessions Tuesday before closing up 0.40 per cent, driven by strong investor interest in technology and engineering and construction issues. The 30-issue BSE index ended 62.72 points...
FE ReportONE Bank Limited held its 12th branch managers' conference in the city recently.Managing Director of the bank Farman R Chowdhury and Chief Consultant Mirza Ejaz Ahmed were present at the conference. All divisional/departmental heads of corporate headquarters were also...
A five-week training programme on "Effective Business Correspondence in English" has been launched at Presidency University in the city recently, said a press release. It has been organised by professional development programme unit of Moazzam Hossain School of Business of...
FE ReportGlobal Insurance Ltd has held the half-yearly conference of its branch managers and executives at a city restaurant recently, said a press release.Chairman of audit committee Mohd Selim, Director and founder chairman Mubasshar Hussain, directors M Amanullah and Syed...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Jul 24: Acute seed crisis is seriously hampering Aman cultivation in the district, sources said. In the situation, the farmers are passing their days in utter frustration because they have not yet been able to prepare their land...
LONDON, July 24 (AFP): Europe's main stock markets fell Tuesday amid mixed corporate earnings news, and despite a rise by Wall Street overnight. In early afternoon trade, London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell by 0.84 per cent to...
SIBL EGM on Sept 10An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of Social Investment Bank Limited (SIBL) will be held at 10am on September 10, '07 to amend the memorandum and articles of association of the bank for changing the denomination of...
Petre WilliamsNestled inside Sutton, Surrey in the United Kingdom is a housing development that represents what is perhaps the western world's best example of a low energy, eco-friendly community.Aptly named Beddington Zero (Fossil) Energy Development (BedZED), the £15-million housing scheme...
US, Australian and Middle Eastern investors were the most prominent private capital investors into the global real estate market in 2006, whose emergence as a mainstream global asset class was further confirmed. According the latest report by UK-based international property...
Steel is an integral part of construction. But many people are not aware about the kind of steel that needs to be used for it. The layman only knows that it should be 'good' steel. While branded items are flourishing...
Plans for a housing development in West Yorkshire on land prone to flooding have been branded as "madness" by an MP.Residents in Otley have formed a campaign group to oppose plans for 60 new town houses and apartments at the...
By next year, more than half the world's population, or about 3.3 billion people, will live in towns and cities, a number expected to swell to almost 5 billion by 2030, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released...
ABN Amro has warned that the ever-rising costs of borrowing could spark a global scale housing slump. The investment bank says that families have burdened themselves with unsustainably large mortgages which could leave them vulnerable to spiking increases in bond...
England were denied victory in the first Test at Lord's when bad light and rain closed in with India nine wickets down. Five minutes before tea Mahendra Singh Dhoni, with a valiant 76 to his name, and Sreesanth were offered...
A late goal by Narayan Pal guided Chittagong Abahani to a lone goal victory over Farashganj SC in the second phase match of the B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.With this result, Chittagong...
Holders BJMC again emerged champions of the BASIC Bank 18th National Women's Handball Champ-ionship beating last year's runners-up Bangladesh Ansar & VDP by 14-11 goals in the final at the Outer Stadium Handball court Tuesday, reports UNB.The champions led the...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 24 (AFP): Iraq's Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira has refused to say whether he will sign a new contract after defying the odds to guide his team to the Asian Cup semi-finals.Vieira, 53, inked a two-month deal with...
TOKYO, Jul 24 (AFP): Italian Serie A club Catania Tuesday cancelled their tour of Japan, blaming a powerful earthquake that caused a small nuclear radiation leak.Concerns over the nuclear issue "were felt strongly at various levels of the club," said...
BREMEN (German), Jul 24 (AFP): Ivory Coast international Boubacar Sanogo has waved goodbye to Hamburg's boo boys and signed a four-year contract at Werder Bremen, the club announced Tuesday.The 24-year-old striker endured a torrid year at Hamburg, where he was...
Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team will face India in their last league match of the tri-nation Under-19 Cricket Tournament tomorrow (Thursday) at the Police Park ground in Colombo, reports UNB.The junior Tigers with three points are two points ahead of Sri...
MANCHESTER (England), Jul 24 (AFP): Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra expects Sven Goran Eriksson to sign at least two Thailand stars as he continues rebuilding the Premiership team.Former Thai prime minster Shinawatra took total control of City on Monday after...
FRANKFURT, Jul 24 (AP): German Olympic officials have ruled out a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and backed Munich as a possible candidate for the 2018 Winter Games.Hamburg and Berlin had expressed interest in bidding for 2016 but the...
LOS ANGELES, Jul 24 (AFP): Laila Ali, the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, has married retired American football star Curtis Conway in Los Angeles, entertainment press reported Monday.Ali, who like her father is a world champion boxer, tied the...
Health Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman Tuesday said the recent mass sickness of school students across the country is nothing but a kind of temporary "psychogenic illness," reports UNB."This is not a dangerous physical disease as it neither has any death...
FE ReportEducation, Charitable and Humanitarian Organisation (ECHO) provided over Tk 0.44 million to some 55 underprivileged but meritorious students in three categories in Dhaka region.The organisation handed over the aforesaid amount to the students at a stipend distribution ceremony in...
BAGERHAT, July 24 (UNB): Armed pirates kidnapped four fishermen along with a trawler and looted Hilsa fish from Kotkar Kader canal near the Sundarbans Tuesday morning, leaving five people injured.Witnesses said a gang of pirates swooped on the trawlers and...
Naim-Ul-KarimA multi-million dollar project for water resource and environment management in Dhaka aiming at protecting the capital city from greenhouse effects and water logging is under active consideration of the government, sources said.They said the feasibility study on the proposed...
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