FE Today Logo

Search results for:


Power div finds consultant's suggestion hard to accept

2007-07-20 00:00:00

FE Report The state-owned power sector entities should write off electricity bills older than three months from their balance sheets as part of the broader goal of restructuring the ailing industry, a report prepared by Fichtner has suggested.The electricity arrears...

Myanmar construction minister due July 26

2007-07-20 00:00:00

FE Report The construction minister of Myanmar will arrive in Dhaka on July 26 to sign a deal on construction of a proposed 'Friendship Road' between two close-door neighbours, official sources said.The minister is coming at the head of a...

EC starts main task of voter list in August

2007-07-20 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will start the main task of voter list in the first week of August from Rajshahi, setting off an army-supported mammoth nationwide exercise in preparation for the coming elections, reports UNB."Over 200 units would work there...

Bullish trading on DSE continues

2007-07-20 00:00:00

FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued on a bullish trend for the third consecutive day Thursday, the last trading session of the week, following buying spree.DSE-20 Index (DS20), DSE General Index (DGEN) and All Shares Price...

TCB to import essentials during Ramadan

2007-07-20 00:00:00

The government has given permission to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to import essential commodities, including lentil (mashur), edible oil, onion, gram (chhola) and sugar, for keeping their prices normal during the holy month of Ramadan, reports BSS. To...

Hasina returns ACC notice telling it is full of mistakes

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Detained Awami League president Sheikh Hasina has said that the notice issued upon her to submit wealth statement is full of mistakes, but her claim was dismissed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, reports UNBAccording to sources, Hasina in her handwritten letter...

Dollar steady, call rate unchanged

2007-07-20 00:00:00

FE ReportThe US dollar was steady against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Thursday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with stable demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The exchange rate of the dollar against the BDT ranged between Tk 68.60 and...

Developments in the region and abroad

2007-07-20 00:00:00

India set to elect first female presidentNEW DELHI, July 19)Agencies): Lawmakers in India were expected to elect the nation's first woman president in voting that began on Thursday, following the most scandal-dogged contest in six decades of independence.Pratibha Patil, the...

England take early honours against wayward India

2007-07-20 00:00:00

England dominated the early exchanges on the opening day at Lord's as India made a slow start to the series with the ball. Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss, gifted a life on 43 when Dinesh Karthik dropped a sitter at...

Coach plays down Iran's poor finishing

2007-07-20 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 19 (AFP): Coach Amir Ghalenoei is pleased with the way his team is attacking if not the finishing as Iran gear up for an Asian Cup quarter-final with South Korea here Sunday.Iran hit the woodwork four times...

Mirza leads way into Cincinnati quarter-finals

2007-07-20 00:00:00

CINCINNATI (United States), Jul 19 (AFP): Third-seed Sania Mirza of India led the way into the quarter-finals of the 175,000-dollar WTA harcourt tournament here Wednesday with a straight set win over Varvara Lepchenko.Mirza downed her opponent from Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2...

West Ham hit back over Tevez claims

2007-07-20 00:00:00

LONDON, Jul 19 (AFP): West Ham have denied making "inconsistent" statements about the status of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez, whose proposed move to Manchester United hit fresh controversy on Thursday.Kia Joorabchian, the Iranian businessman who is trying to negotiate Tevez'...

Bangladesh Women's Cricket team returns

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Women's Cricket team, which emerged champions of the first-ever ACC Women's Cricket Tournament, returned Thursday, reports UNB.BCB vice president Nurul Kabir Shaheen, joint secretary Rafiqul Islam Babu and chairman of BCB women wing Fahima Hossain Jubilee warmly received the...

SL strengthened by Jayasuriya return

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Mahela Jayawardene acknowledged Bangladesh's growing one-day prowess but warned that his team was determined to win the three-match series starting at the P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo on Friday at any cost, reports Cricinfo."We always respected Bangladesh whenever we played...

2nd phase national hockey camp begins

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Some 28 players reported Thursday to coach Mahbub Harun and assistant coach Abdullah Piru for the second phase national hockey camp that began at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, reports UNB.All the players made practice under the supervision of the...

BFF call-up another 20 players to form national team

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Thursday called up another 20 booters in addition to the previously selected 25 players to form the national football team for two international soccer meets to be held next month, reports UNB.Bangladesh national football team will...

Madaripur edge past Dhaka DSA 7-6

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Madaripur DSA edged past Dhaka DSA by 7-6 goals in one of the opening day's matches of the BASIC Bank 18th National Women's Handball Championship at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex in the city Thursday, reports UNB.President of Bangladesh Handball...

Chittagong Mohammedan beat Khulna Abahani 3-0

2007-07-20 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Jul 19 (UNB): Chittagong Moha-mmedan SC beat Khulna Abahani by 3-0 goals in the second phase match of the B League at the MA Aziz Stadium in the port city Thursday.With this result, Chittagong Mohammedan secured 25 points while...

Two players share lead after 8th round

2007-07-20 00:00:00

Two players shared lead in the 9th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament securing seven points in the point table at the end of 8th round matches of Classes VI-X Group at Chess Federation Thursday, reports UNB.Abdullah Al Saif (Quality School)...

Real set to provoke Barca's ire with Iniesta bid

2007-07-20 00:00:00

MADRID, Jul 19 (AFP): Real Madrid are reported to be planning a dramatic 60 million euro bid to lure arch rival Barcelona's star midfielder Andres Iniesta to the Bernabeu.The move, which will ruffle more than a few feathers at the...

Pakistan mulls emergency measures

2007-07-19 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, July 18 (AFP): Pakistan Wednesday considered emergency measures to deal with a wave of Islamist violence that erupted with last week's Red Mosque raid, after a new suicide attack in the capital killed 17 people. Tuesday's blast targeting a...

Brazilian airliner crashes , 200 killed

2007-07-19 00:00:00

SAO PAULO, July 18 (AFP): A Brazilian TAM airliner skidded off a runway at a Sao Paulo airport Tuesday and crashed into a building across the road, bursting into flames, with one official estimating the death toll at 200. "There's...

Sixteen Pakistani soldiers killed in militant ambush

2007-07-19 00:00:00

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, July 18 (AFP): Pro-Taliban militants ambushed a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left at least 16 soldiers and some rebels dead, the army said. The fighting in the North Waziristan tribal...

Al-Qaida plots new attacks on US soil

2007-07-19 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 18 (AFP): Al-Qaida is using its growing strength in Pakistan and Iraq to plot attacks on US soil, heightening the terror threat facing the United States over the next few years, intelligence agencies concluded in a report unveiled...

Schoolgirl loses ‘virginity ring’ battle

2007-07-19 00:00:00

LONDON, July 18 (Agencies): A teen-ager whose teachers had stopped her wearing a "purity ring" at school to symbolize her commitment to virginity lost a High Court fight against the ban MondayLydia Playfoot, 16, says her silver ring is an...

Two US soldiers killed

2007-07-19 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, July 18 (AFP): Two US soldiers were killed in Iraq when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle while they were on patrol in western Baghdad, the US military said on Wednesday. The attack, which took place on Tuesday,...

news digest

2007-07-19 00:00:00

NKorea shuts four more nuclear facilities: IAEA KUALA LUMPUR, July 18: North Korea has shut down all of its nuclear facilities after earlier closing its key Yongbyon reactor, the head of the UN atomic watchdog told reporters Wednesday. "Yes, we...

Present status of consumers' rights protection act discussed

2007-07-19 00:00:00

FE Report The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and the Ministry of Industries, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in association with the Consumers' Association of Bangladesh (CAB), jointly organised a daylong workshop on 'Bangladesh Consumers Right Protection...

Most Asian markets fall

2007-07-19 00:00:00

HONG KONG, July 18 (AP): Most Asian markets fell Wednesday, with Japanese stocks declining 1.10 per cent, hurt by utilities and technology shares such as Tokyo Electron. Shares in Hong Kong fell 0.90 per cent.Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 201.69...

AdFest Dhaka 2007 begins on Sep 7

2007-07-19 00:00:00

FE ReportThe two-day third Advertising Festival AdFest Dhaka 2007 organised by the Advertising Club, Dhaka will begin at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on September 7, according to a press release. This year a contest will be arranged for three media-television,...