The deadline for submitting nomination for Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards 2008 will close Sunday (August 31), said a press release.All nominations for four categories of awards - Best Innovative Micro Business of the Year', 'Best Woman Microentrepreneur of the Year', 'Best...
Former President Bill Clinton has given unequivocal backing to US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, saying he "is ready to lead America".He was the man to restore US leadership in the world, Mr Clinton told Democrats gathered at their convention...
DARWIN, Aug 28 (AFP): Australia appear to hold all the aces, but they won't be underestimating Bangladesh in their three-match one-day series starting Saturday.All three games are being played in Darwin, the series originally scheduled as a Champions Trophy warm-up...
Administrative sloth and corruption is a hydra-headed monster. It does not cause suffering only to the public in general, who have to approach the government offices for various kinds of services. Ironically though, the same government officials, who were once...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 28 (UNB): Bangladesh Army clinched the Premier Bank 23rd National Basketball title beating Bangladesh Navy by 71-65 points in the final at the Rajshahi Divisional Women's Sports Complex Thursday, reports UNB.Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan was...
COMILLA, Aug 28 (UNB): Holders Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Army and Khulna DSA moved into the semifinals of the 28th National Kabaddi Championship winning their respective final round matches that began Thursday at the Stadium Gymnasium.Bangladesh Rifles earned a comfortable 50-30...
A Lebanese army helicopter hit by gunfire has had to make an emergency landing in the south of the country, Lebanese officials say.One officer was killed and other crew members were injured, officials say.The helicopter was flying over the village...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 28: Freight Forwarders will no longer be allowed to detain the consignments of imported goods for non-availability of No Objection Certificate (NOC). From now on, they will have to issue Delivery Orders directly. An order has been issued...
FE Report | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
The country's frozen foods exporters have found Russia as a lucrative new destination of their products that fetched them higher income over the past two years.Earning from shrimp export to Russia more than doubled to Tk 2.5 billion in 2007-08...
TOKYO, Aug 28 (AFP): The euro extended its gains against the dollar and the yen in Asia today on speculation that eurozone interest rate cuts are unlikely in the near future, dealers said.The euro rose to 1.4793 dollars in Tokyo...
The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday granted Tarique Rahman eight-week bail in the Bashundhara bribery case, the last of the 13 cases he faces, on health grounds, removing the last barrier to his release from detention, his lawyer said, report UNB...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
British donor agency --Department for International Development (DFID)-is preparing a five-year country strategy for Bangladesh wherein political party reforms and political decentralisation will receive top priority, an official said."DFID presented their draft strategy paper to us Tuesday. It highlighted three...
Mohammad Asif has asked that his preliminary hearing for testing positive for nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid, to be pushed back from August 30, the scheduled date, to the middle of September.Asif will not be able to reach India to...
COLOMBO, Aug 28 (Cricinfo): India made the most of the toss, a vicious turner in the second innings and Sri Lanka's feeble batting to record their first bilateral one-day series triumph on the island, completing a stunning turnaround from the...
ABU DHABI, Aug 28 (PTI): Ministers from India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will meet in Riyadh in next two months to resume their stalled talks over a free trade agreement (FTA), a local newspaper has quoted an Indian...
DBH board meet Sunday | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
The authorities of Delta-Brac Housing (DBH) have stated that in accordance with the Clause 30 of the Listing Regulations of DSE, a meeting of the board of directors of the company is scheduled to be held Sunday (August 31) at...
FE Report | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
A visiting team from the Asia Pacific Group of Money Laundering (APG) observed Thursday that Bangladesh would have to go a long way in its effort to curb money laundering."We will continue to work with Bangladesh. A lot of work...
The newly elected mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC), 30 out of 31 councilors and 10 female councilors (reserved seat) Thursday resigned from posts of their respective political parties as a pre-condition to taking oath, reports UNB from Khulna.Newly elected...
Rahimafrooz Distribution Limited held its Annual Dealer Convention 2008 at city hotel recently. More than 175 dealers from across the country participated in the convention, says a press release.Group Managing Director Feroz Rahim inaugurated the programme. The programme was also...
FE Report | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
After gaining for the fifth straight session Wednesday Dhaka stocks remained steady Thursday with significant decline in the turnover.However, banks and insurance issues dominated the market.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started with an optimistic note as it went into positive...
PESHAWAR, Aug 28 (AP): Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt.The powerful blast left a massive crater...
In a crucial judgment concerning the 1975 political changeover through bloody coups, the High Court (HC) Thursday exonerated four former military officers from the conviction in the jail killings case, while confirmed the death sentence against one of three condemned...
The Election Commission (EC) will sit for a third round of dialogue with 16 of the political parties from September 6 to talk out objections regarding their registration that is mandatory for contesting the general election, reports UNB.Amid latest developments...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
KHULNA, Aug 28: A fire in a Betel-nut factory in Mongla EPZ burnt exportable goods worth Tk 1.5 million August 25 mid-night. Firefighters from Mongla port with the help of local people doused the fire almost 1 hour after it...
MANILA, Aug 28 (AFP): Philippine economic growth slowed to 4.6 per cent in the three months to June, hit by soaring inflation and the cooling global economy, officials said today.Expansion over the first half of 2008 was also 4.6 per...
FE Report | 2008-08-29 00:00:00
Consequent upon leave preparatory to retirement (LPR) of Md Shahidul Hassan, chief engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Md Nurul Islam has taken over as the new chief engineer of the LGED with effect from the afternoon of 27...
TAIPEI, Aug 28 (AFP): Taiwan has acquired 60 Harpoon anti-ship missiles from the United States in a boost of its defence against rival China, the defence ministry here said Thursday.The missiles will be used by the air force's F-16 fighter...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed said Thursday it was time to make the capital city habitable by cleansing it of environment pollution and traffic jam, reports UNB.He regretted that the city-dwellers had to suffer much being deprived of facilities of many...
KATHMANDU, Aug 28 (PTI): Amid criticism of his visit to China first instead of India after assuming office, Nepal's new Premier Prachanda Wednesday said his maiden "political" trip will be to New Delhi and that it will take place "very...
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