KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 17 (Middle East Times): Iran's coach Tuesday said that they were keeping a close eye on their possible Asian Cup knockout opponents, including an incendiary semi-final with former war foes Iraq.Iran are favorites to top Group C...
Bangladesh Football Fed-eration (BFF) has decided not to hold the National Football League and Federation Cup this year, citing the busy international schedule, reports UNB.But the Federation decided to hold the National Football Championship in November after the Ramadan and...
THE latest half-yearly monetary policy announced by the central bank and the government's reported move to increase prices of fuel oil, gas and power simultaneously have raised a debate over their impact on the price situation in particular and economy...
Syed Fattahul AlimTHERE is no gainsaying the importance of aid in the development of an underdeveloped economy. The American aid did play a revitalising role for the post-World War economies of Europe and Japan. The American aid was certainly put...
Jamaluddin AhmedTEMPORARY incentives provide one of the means to eliminate any potential obstacles that would prevent migrants from sending their savings back home. It is argued that migrants tend to save, remit, and invest productively when the incentive structure is...
Amy Yee from New Delhi India is basking in the glow of recent accolades for its tourist attractions. Unesco has included the 17th century Red Fort in Delhi on its list of world heritage sites. And the Taj Mahal was...
THE reported move of the Election Commission (EC) to make national identity (ID) cards mandatory for all citizens to get 22 different services like obtaining passport, driving licence and selling or buying lands is well-purported. The EC, according to reports...
It was in Charpara of our Mymensingh town 1 discovered for the first time that curd could be made with boiling milk. I bought a kilogram of such curd from a sweetmeat shop there, which was still hot and releasing...
Masihur Rahman in the last of a three-part articleTHE Election Commission is contemplating a broad range of reforms including regulation of ideological / policy stances and internal party management. Leaving aside the complex agenda, there is a lot of reforms...
Marwaan Macan-Markar from BangkokThailand's junta leader, Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin, is in danger of inviting comparisons with military strongmen in neighbouring Burma, where successive generals have refused to transfer power to a civilian administration for decades.Suspicions have been triggered by the...
Stephen Fidler and Roula Khalaf British security services and policymakers face a critical question over the three failed bomb attacks in Glasgow and London. If the main suspects came from outside the UK, were they radicalised overseas or in Britain?...
FE Report Official statistics say that Dhaka is city of about 6.9 million in a land area of 590 sq. mile (1528 sq. km). The percentage of urban population in Bangladesh is 20.1 while that of rural 79.9. Due to...
Fortune asked leading technology thinkers which technology has taken the most unexpected turn. Some of the answers may themselves surprise you. In preparation for the iMeme: The Thinkers of Tech conference, Fortune asked dozens of technology gurus the following question:...
The behaviour of a building during earthquakes depends critically on its overall shape, size and geometry, in addition to how the earthquake forces are carried to the ground. Hence, at the planning stage itself, architects and structural engineers must work...
PARIS, July 17 (AFP): The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned today that China's breakneck economic growth was wreaking severe damage on the environment and said Beijing's efforts to date to curb pollution had been insufficient. "Rapid economic...
NEW DELHI, July 17 (Agencies): The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council yesterday projected India's GDP growth will moderate to nine per cent in 2007-08 and warned constraints posed by farm and power sectors may make sustaining even this level difficult...
BRUSSELS, July 17 (Xinhua): The European Union kicked off the second round talks with South Korea on a free trade deal yesterday, offering totally free market access for South Korean exports on condition of reciprocity. "The EU has never before...
BEIJING, July 17 (CEIS): China's central bank issued 101 billion yuan (13.3 billion US dollars) in three-year directional bills last Friday to rein in snowballing commercial bank lending, prompting further speculation over an imminent rise in interest rates. "Interest rate...
SEOUL, July 17 (AFP): Orders won overseas by South Korean constructions firms have hit a record high largely thanks to the booming Middle East, official data showed today. As of July 13, South Korean contractors secured 17 billion dollars in...
KARACHI, July 17 (APP): Pakistan received the highest ever amount of more than $ 5.493 billion as workers' remittances during the last fiscal year 2006-07.According to the SBP here yesterday, never before in the history of Pakistan, the country received...
JAKARTA, July 17 (Xinhua): Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday two-way trade between Indonesia and India is expected to hit a historic record high of 10 billion US dollars by 2010. "The bilateral trade target of 10 billion US...
SINGAPORE, July 17 (AFP): Singapore's key exports grew at a slower 1.2 per cent in June, dragged down by a continued slump in electronic exports, the government said today. Overall trade growth projections for 2007 was also revised downwards to...
SINGAPORE, July 17 (AFP): Oil prices were little changed at near record highs in Asian trade today as the market waited for the release of a weekly US report on energy stockpiles, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet...
TOKYO, July 17 (AFP): The dollar edged up against the yen but stayed close to a record low against the euro in Asian trade today as players sat on their hands ahead of a batch of US economic data, dealers...
NEW DELHI, July 17 (PTI): Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, weathering allegations over wheat imports, yesterday said the government will continue purchases from abroad even if the price was high but not compromise on quality in its quest to build stockpiles....
SEOUL, July 17 (AFP): Almost all major South Korean retail chains are set to begin selling US beef next month despite protests by activists, a report said today. About 20 department stores and discount outlets plan to put US beef...
BEIJING, July 17 (CEIS): China's summer crop output will rise by 1.9 per cent to 116 million tons in 2007, 22 million tonnes more than last year's output, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said yesterday. The output of wheat is...
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka decided to intensify talks to establish direct air and shipping links to expand bilateral trade and economic cooperation, reports UNB.A trade delegation from Bangladesh and an aviation team from Sri Lanka will soon visit each other's...
FE ReportDohatec has been the first local software company, highlighted by Microsoft Corporate Vice President Allison Watson in the opening of Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2007, held recently at Dever in the US. This is the largest conference of...
FE ReportThe first meeting of Bangladesh and Indonesia Joint Economic Commission (JEC) will start in the city from July 23 with a view to boosting bilateral trade between the countries.Official sources said, after formation of the JEC in 2004 between...
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