LONDON, Aug 11 (AFP): Europe's major stock markets rose slightly Monday, with London lifted by gains to energy and mining majors, and after share prices had rallied in Tokyo and before the weekend on Wall Street.Markets were also monitoring escalating...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Khanqueh-e-Shaheed (Ra) Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqueh Sharif, situated at Luxmi Bazar, in the old city of Dhaka, will hold religious discussion, Fateha khwani, zikir asker, milad and doa mahfil marking the holy Fateha Yazdaham (the holy Egaro Sharif) after Maghrib...
Bangladeshi shooter Mohammad Imam Hossain made a dismal performance in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as he finished 46th among 51 competitors in the qualifying round of the Men's 10-metre Air Rifle Shooting held at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall...
The Chittagong Customs has claimed to have got definite proof of irregularities committed by a leading business house of the country in the import of more than 400 metric tonnes of powdered milk. The bags containing the milk in question,...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 11: Speakers at a seminar Saturday last urged the government to immediately establish a landport in bordering Chilahati town in Nilphamari district by utilising its suitable geographical location to increase trade of the country with the neighbouring countries."Four...
Dutch-Bangla- Bank Limited organised a week long orientation course for its newly recruited assistant officers, said a press release.Additional managing director of the bank AHM Nazmul Quadir inaugurated the course held Sunday at the bank's training centre in the city.The...
Unregulated discharge of the industrial effluents is contaminating waters of rivers and aquatic life in them and similarly spoiling underground water aquifers from seepage through soil. Soil affected by such discharge is also turning toxic and dangerous for any form...
Removing public confusion over Army's magistracy power during the next polls, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain Monday said Bangladesh Army would work as the striking force with law enforcing agencies who cannot deal with magistracy, reports UNB."The...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The finance ministry will start performance review of the country's three state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) from today (Tuesday) following their failure to 'achieve default loan recovery target', officials said Monday.Finance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam will examine the performance...
MANILA, Aug 11 (AFP): Fighting between rebel Muslims and troops in the southern Philippines has forced about 130,000 people to flee their homes, the government said Monday.The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said 129,819 people had been displaced from 42...
Domestic industries, particularly the small and medium ones, are at great risk due to dumping of certain products being imported in connivance with unscrupulous customs officials and Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) companies, reports UNB.Local manufacturers as well as officials raised the...
BANGKOK, Aug 11 (AFP): Thailand issued arrest warrants Monday for ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife, after the billionaire couple refused to return home to stand trial for corruption.The pair snubbed a summons to appear before the Supreme Court...
From Fakhrul Alam | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 11: Imported consignment of all commodities including the essential ones, can now be cleared from the port on arrival without any quality control test by the different agencies.In this connection, Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) companies have been assigned with...
Bangladesh might found it difficult in the future to cope with the growing arsenic problem in its groundwater due to reluctance of the concerned parties, including the government and non-government organisations (NGOs), experts told the international symposium in the city...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (AFP): Malaysia's inflation rate, which spiked to a 26-year high in June of 7.7 per cent, will moderate in the second half of 2009 as economic growth is likely to slow down, the central bank said...
BEIJING, Aug 11 (Agencies): A Chinese official said yesterday that after the Olympics, the government would intervene in the consolidation of centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) instead of letting them regroup on a voluntary basis.The Olympics wrap up in late August...
BEIJING, Aug 11: Monday is a big day for India, when shooter Bindra nailed down the gold medal in the men's 10-metre air rifle at the Beijing Olympics.For India, it was the first Olympic individual gold.Throughout its history, India just...
Confusion over Khaleda release got confounded as two influential advisers clearly stated that the process was at the final stages while Home Adviser Maj Gen (retd) MA Matin, whose ministry is to notify her parole, again said Monday that he...
LONDON, Aug 11 (AFP): British electricity and gas supplier Centrica may decide to offer 4.0 billion pounds, as well as shares, for British Energy in order to woo the government in London, newspaper reports said today.Centrica announced a week ago...
England sealed a six-wicket victory over South Africa in the final Test at The Oval to hand Kevin Pietersen a winning start as Test captain, reports BBC.Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook put on 123 as England looked set to cruise...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Monday underlined the need for enhancing bilateral trade and commerce for mutual benefits of Bangladesh and Yemen, reports UNB.The President also felt that exchange of trade delegations between the two countries could yield better results in the...
AKTEL, one of the largest telecom service providers of the country signed an agreement with the Fairway Automobiles (Pvt.) Ltd., to provide a comprehensive corporate solution.Managing Director of AKTEL Jefri Tambi and Chairman of Fairway Automobiles (Pvt.) Ltd Zarka Banu...
SINGAPORE, Aug 11(AFP): World oil prices rose by more than one dollar in Asian trade today on supply concerns amid the escalating fighting between Georgia and Russia, dealers said.In afternoon trade, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September...
KURIGRAM, Aug 11 (UNB): Chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Mohammad Abdul Majid called for increasing internal resources for reducing the burden of foreign loan."We all had liberated this country through an armed struggle, hence together we have to...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Neaz Mohammad Khan has been promoted to the rank of senior executive vice president (SEVP) of Dhaka Bank Limited.He is now discharging his duty as manager of local office. Prior to joining the local office he was manager of foreign...
TOKYO, Aug 11 (AFP): The euro sank to a five-month low against the dollar in Asian trade today, hit by worries about the fighting in Georgia and signs of slowing eurozone economic growth, dealers said.The resurgent dollar also hit a...
BEIJING, Aug. 11: Chinese boxers Monday reached the last 16 of the Olympic featherweight and lightweight competitions in front of a boisterous home crowd, while Russia's world champion Albert Selimov lost to a Ukrainian.Li Yang, the bronze medalist of the...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will launch the sale of some selected commodities including soyabean oil, pulses and sugar at fair prices ahead of the holy Ramadan in order to help rein in their prices during the fasting...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Prime Bank Limited opened its branch Sunday at Chanpai Nawabgonj. Acting Managing Director of the bank Nasiruddin Ahmed was the chief guest at the inaugural function. The number of branches of the bank rose to 64.Nasiruddin Ahmed in his speech...
Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, says he doesn't want to lead a less than full-strength team for the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, and has asked New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to take a decision on the team's visit to the...
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