Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
THE government has taken up a programme to make electricity available for all by 2020 when the demand will reach 17,800 MW. To reach that level Bangladesh needs to enhance electricity generation by 1000 MW annually. The country will not...
Syed Moazzam Hossain, Director, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has emphasised the role of purchase and supply function and its involvement in the material planning and inventory control.Addressing the closing and certificate awarding programme of a three-day training...
Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Saturday said that the release of former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was at the final stage, reports UNB."I can tell you her release is at the final stage," he told journalists...
Mohammad Shahidul Islam | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
THE posh South Asian University (SAU) is expected to start by 2010. It will be going in for a "cafeteria approach" (freedom of choice in opting subjects) where students can go straight for studying science and humanities courses.The regular university...
CARACAS, Aug 9 (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has enacted an aggressive package of 26 laws increasing the state's power over the economy ahead of key regional elections.Some of the laws claim to aim to fight food shortages, market speculation...
Gregg Keizer | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has given MobileMe to the executive who heads iTunes, part of a shakeup over the synchronization service's public problems since its launch last month, according to a memo sent to company employees earlier this week.In...
Aftab Mahmud Khurshid | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Branding has certainly become the buzzword in financial area in 2008! A Good Brand is like gold in the vault in case of financial industry. A quantum leap is occurring in the influence of brands in financial services recently.In the...
IBM has announced that it was joining Linux distributors Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat in building Microsoft-free PCs for business. The four companies agreed to provide hardware partners with the software to build desktops that would have alternatives to Windows...
Emirates Airline showcased its new, double-decker Airbus A380 in San Francisco and Los Angeles over the last two days as part of a number of exclusive tours of the aircraft that were planned for the United States, says a press...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus has set her sights on a third Olympic gold medal in Beijing, but the single sculler admitted here Saturday that she would be pushed hard by strong rivals.Karsten, who won the single...
Hashim Amla stroked his ninth Test fifty as England were made to work hard on the third morning at The Oval. James Anderson and Steve Harmison were both guilty of bowling a little too wide, and runs flowed accordingly to...
Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Saturday said the government has announced a 12-point package programme for the overall development of greater Sylhet, reports BSS.He said the announcement was made at the meeting of the council of advisers held...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): Alina Alexandra Dumitru of Romania won the first judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here Saturday.Dumitru defeated Yanet Bermoy of Cuba to take the first judo gold on offer.And the bronze medal was shared...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): The Athens Olympics silver medalist Wang Lei is expected to win an unprecedented epee gold for China as the intense competition among 41 fencers will stage Sunday, the second competition day of the Beijing Olympics.Wang, the...
KURIGRAM, Aug 09 (BSS): Rajshahi Krishi Unnyan Bank (RAKUB) has decided to distribute Tk 466.3 million as loan for boosting rural economy and as well as generating employment in the current fiscal year (2008-09).The RAKUB regional office at Kurigram will...
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (AFP): US President George W. Bush expressed confidence Saturday that China's future will reflect "the universal aspirations of mankind," despite criticism of a lack of freedom in the world' most populous country."The China of the future will...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): China's prestigious Peking University Saturday unveiled a wall sculpture bearing the names of all Olympic table tennis champions outside its gymnasium specially built for the Beijing Olympics table tennis competitions.For the first time in the history...
Gina Trapani | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
For the past three years, I've worked side-by-side with my three coeditors at Lifehacker.com, but we've never been in the same place at the same time. The members of our distributed team work hundreds (sometimes thousands) of miles from each...
STOCKHOLM, Aug 9 (BSS): Bangladeshi expatriates in restaurant business here have won the hearts of the Swedish people along with millions of tourists due to their sincere efforts, hard work and friendly manners.More than 80 per cent Indian restaurants are...
FE Report | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
A slide in the global oil price is a boon for the economy, but time is still not ripe for downward adjustment of the price of diesel, petroleum or octane, the head of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) said Saturday.Anwarul Karim...
THE government had prepared, a couple of years or more ago, a draft law to control noise pollution, with the provisions of a fine of Taka 10,000 and a maximum imprisonment of six months for producing noise higher than the...
BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) : Host China fought off a strong challenge to edge past Spain 67-64 in their first group match of the Olympic women's basketball event Saturday.By this victory, the Chinese girls revenged their loss to the same...
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters): US business productivity rose solidly in the second quarter as companies cut jobs to cope with rising costs, helping curb inflation pressures while also keeping a tight grip on stocks of unsold goods.A Labour Department report...
Dhaka Bank Limited held its mid year business review meeting at Hotel Sarina in the city recently, said a press release.Performance of the bank up to June 2008 had been reviewed and budget and planning to achieve the target for...
COLOMBO, Aug 9 (AFP): Some 48 Tamil Tiger rebels and seven soldiers were killed in ground battles across Sri Lanka's war- ravaged northern district, the defence ministry said Saturday.Troops fought fierce battles Thursday and Friday, with the worst fighting reported...
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (AFP): The dollar notched up a five- month high against the euro yesterday as eurozone growth fears mounted after Italy reported a contraction in its second quarter economic growth.The dollar's latest gains occurred after it had...
TBILISI, AUG 9 (AP): Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in a major escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians dead and wounded.Georgia, a...
Mozilla is inviting people to take part in a new conceptual series that aims to envision the future design of Web technologies, including browser and user-interface innovations.As part of the series, Mozilla Labs has teamed up with Adaptive Path to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
World's well-known environmental magazine 'Ecologist' has termed Hazaribagh in Dhaka as one of 30 most polluted places on the planet.The widely read weekly UK magazine in its article titled 'Hell for Leather', published in June this year, criticised the efforts...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): New Zealand overcame some early scare and strong comeback midway to sail through Mali 76-72 in the Group B opener of the Beijing Olympic women's basketball event Saturday.Mali captain Hamchetou Maiga had a chance to drag...
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