WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (AFP): Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has released his first English-language video call for jihad in Pakistan, the US-based IntelCenter said Sunday.The message was aired on Pakistan's ARY television network, IntelCenter said...
AMMAN, Aug 11 (AFP): Energy-poor Jordan said yesterday it was in talks with Anglo-Dutch group Royal Dutch Shell on an agreement to extract oil from the desert kingdom's 40-billion- tonne oil shale reserves."Negotiations with Shell to sign a deal to...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks inched their way up Monday after falling in two straight sessions, with continued decline in the turnover.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), however, fluctuated heavily as the benchmark DGEN went down by over 47 points in the first half...
THE deportation of Bangladeshi workers by the Kuwaiti governemnt has drawn the attention of all from the points of sympathy and criticism. It has created sensation in other countries as well and left an impact in the country's labour market.The...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The slow pace of foreign investment in the economy, despite all the publicity campaigns to this end launched by the successive governments, has often been an issue of discomfort among the policymakers as well as the intelligentsia. That the corrupt...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (Reuters): Pakistan's beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf will not resign, his spokesman said Monday, as the ruling coalition prepared to launch a bid to impeach the prominent US ally.Former army chief Musharraf has since early last year been...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The central bank provided overdraft (OD) facilities for US$25 million more Monday to a state-owned commercial bank (SCB) for settlement of food grains and fertiliser import bills, officials said."We've provided the SCB such facilities against the government-approved securities instead of...
BAGERHAT, Aug 11 (UNB): A Chhatra Shibir leader was arrested following a case filed against him and seven other Shibir and JCD activists for trying to resist the authority and students of Bagerhat Government PC College from celebrating its 90th...
BEIJING, Aug 11 (AFP): New Zealand's slim hopes of making the men's Olympic football quarter-finals worsened Monday when inspirational captain Ryan Nelson had to return to his English club Blackburn Rovers. Nelsen, the Blackburn captain who had only been released...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Warid Telecom began to offer special bonus talk-time for its Zem prepaid users from Monday for recharging their accounts with scratch cards.Under the offer, Zem prepaid subscribers can avail of the bonus talk-time worth Tk 10 to Tk 175 by...
PHNOM PENH, Aug 11 (Xinhua): Cambodia will spend roughly 400 million U.S dollars later this year to begin construction of new dams in a bid to improve the country's irrigation system, local newspaper the Mekong Times reported today.In a joint...
For 40 minutes before tea India sparkled, but Sri Lanka hit back hard, kept gnawing away, and by stumps had closed in on their second successive home series win over India since 2001.Kumar Sangakkara and the Sri Lankan lower order...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money maintained its high level Sunday despite injection of fresh cash in a market that experienced strong demand for fund. The US dollar was also steady against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market due...
HANOI, Aug 10 (VNA): In the context of increasing international integration, local businesses are working to develop corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a new competitive edge alongside improving product pricing and quality.Recalling a story 20 years ago when Binh Tien...
BEIJING, Aug 10 (Xinhua): Cyclist Nicole Cooke won Britain's first gold at the Beijing Olympic Games after wining the women's road race here Sunday.Cooke dashed out of the leading group with less than 400 meters to go, and clocked three...
President Iajuddin Ahmed has donated Tk 50,000 to the Jahangirnagar University Jour-nalists' Association (JUJA), reports BSS.The money will be used to meet the expenses of a tour programme by the JUJA to India and Nepal, said a JU press release.On...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh should make 'massive changes' in the country's existing Value Added Tax (VAT) laws and rules to boost growth of revenue, which remains one of the lowest in the region, the IMF local representative said Sunday.Jonathan Dunn said Bangladesh introduced...
FRANCE, a developed country, has the fifth largest economy in the world. Territorially it is more or less equal to Bangladesh. But Bangladesh is one of the least developed poor countries with huge population. France has about five hundred engineering...
NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (Reuters): A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean Sunday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Indian Meteorological Department said.The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 6.0. Officials said there were no reports...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
European Union's (EU) information technology (IT) senior consultant Thies Wittig recently visited Bangladesh Internet Press Limited (BIPL), the CMMI level 3 matured software development company in the country.Dr Wittig carried significant importance for the software export industries of the country,...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
The leaders of the garment workers welcomed Sunday the decision of the manufacturers of knitwear to increase the wage of their workers and expressed the hope that the owners of woven garment units would also implement the same for their...
ALGIERS, Aug 10 (AFP): A suicide bomber rammed a van full of explosives into a police post in eastern Algeria, killing seven people and injuring 19 others overnight, Algerian public radio reported Sunday.The attack happened at Zemmouri el-Bahri, a popular...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks dipped Sunday as the investors remained sceptical about re-investing because of persisting downtrend in stock prices over the last couple of months.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened with a subdued mood and never regained as investors pushed away...
THE operation to separate conjoined twins reflects advancement in the country's medical science. More than 50 surgeons, doctors, nurses and technicians of Bangabandhu Medical University Hospital took part in the operations to separate Banya and Barsha, though one of them...
Muhammad H. Kafi | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
IN recent times Bangladesh has experienced a plethora of internationally accredited banking software being utilised by a few leading banks. Two obvious objectives drove the banks in such mission which involved cohesive strategy of aligning business units, stakeholders and technology...
The first ever-single country exposition of Bangladeshi goods in Greece will be held in March 2009 under the auspicious of Greek-Bangladeshi Commercial and Cultural Chamber and the Greece-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GBCCI), said a press release.Readymade garment, frozen...
BEIJING, Aug 10 (AP): In an Olympic medley of sports and politics, President Bush on Sunday called for more religious freedom in China, sought an end to an escalating conflict between Russia and Georgia and cheered US athletes as they...
SHENYANG, Aug 10 (Xinhua): Brazil showed the true color by thrashing Olympic debutant New Zealand 5-0 here Sunday.Brazilian midfielder Anderson opened the scoring when he dived for a follow-up header near the goal after his right-footed strike was cleared by...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
Snapped wires led to the collapse of the online customs documentation at the Chittagong Port, hours after the landmark system was launched at the country's largest seaport, a probe committee has found on Sunday.The much-talked about online system was introduced...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
The opening of letters of credit (LCs) for imports increased by 13.29 per cent during the first 24 days of July last, compared to that of the corresponding period of the previous year ahead of Ramadan."The overall trend of opening...
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