BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua): China has concentrated on wind power development in recent years, and its installed capacity of wind power has risen from 1.26 million kW in 2005 to 605 million kW in 2007, ranking fifth in the world."Given...
WASHINGTON, (Internet): World trade negotiators need to bounce back quickly from a failed meeting in July to have any chance of reaching a deal by the end of the year, the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said."The good...
NEW YORK, August 23 (AP): Oil prices tumbled more than $6 a barrel Friday - the biggest one-day per centage plunge in nearly four years - after a rebounding dollar and a Russian troop pullback in Georgia sparked another frenzied...
BEIJING, Aug 22 (AFP): Alex Schwazer of Italy won the men's 50 kilometres walk gold medal here Friday in a new Olympic record of 3 hours 37 minutes and nine seconds.The 23-year-old - a two time world championships minor medalist...
Md. Sadeque | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
It is learnt from different sources that TSP complex located at Patenga, Chittagong - a unit of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) -- is going to bag imported urea at the TSP Complex Ltd stopping the SSP plant. BCIC is...
Four international long distance telecommunication systems (ILDTS) in the private sector go into formal operation today (Saturday), saying good-bye to illegal telephone call business under the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), reports UNB.Bangladesh Telecom Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Manzurul Alam...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
Around 2000 knitwear manufacturers of the country are facing difficulties in meeting the growing demand from overseas buyers as frequent power outages and shortfall in gas supply were impeding the production capacity, industry insiders said Friday.They said each and every...
The National Credit and Commerce (NCC) Bank Limited has awarded the successful maize farmers of Hatibandha and Patgram in Lalmonirhat district.Chairman of the bank Tofazzal Hossain distributed prizes among the farmers as chief guest at a simple ceremony recently, said...
Ehsanul Haque | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
BANGLADESH has been consistently producing record harvests of food grains in recent years. This would lead to a conclusion that the rate of consumption of basic food, rice or wheat, is rising or remains at a reasonably satisfactory level. But...
number one Zhang Yining won her fourth Olympic gold, beating teammate Wang Nan 4-1 in an all-Chinese women's singles table tennis Olympic final here Friday evening.Zhang won 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3, becoming the third Chinese table tennis player to...
KABUL, Aug 22 (AFP): International military aircraft killed 30 insurgents in strikes against militants in western Afghanistan early today, the US military said, amid claims that civilians were among the dead.The air strikes were in the western province of Herat...
TBILISI, Aug 22, 2008 (AFP): Russia promised to withdraw most forces from deep inside Georgia Friday, but was set to retain a military presence in two separatist regions and a buffer zone. Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced the pull-out two...
BEIJING, Aug 22 : China's medal hope and world boxing champion of light flyweight (48kg) Zou Shiming advanced into the final at the Beijing Olympic Games by beating Paddy Barnes from Ireland 15-0 here Friday.Zou initiated attacks in the first...
WASHINGTON, Aug 22: World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy and top US trade negotiator Susan Schwab were to meet in Washington in an effort to restart the Doha Round of negotiations, a US official said yesterday.Lamy's visit to the...
Yaakov Lappin | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
Russia is courting Syria in a way not seen since the days of the Cold War. Syria's President Bashar Assad is in Moscow for a two-day visit at the invitation of Dmitry Medvedev, his Russian counterpart.Some observers believe Damascus could...
BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters): Usain Bolt collected his third Olympic gold medal when he helped Jamaica smash the world record to win the men's 4x100 meters relay on Friday.Bolt, who won the 100 and 200 finals in world record times,...
The draft of a law for the protection of consumers has been finally approved by the Council of Advisers last Wednesday after a travail of 15 years since the move was made at the governmental level to frame and introduce...
August 18-August 21, 2008 | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
Commercial Bank of CeylonBangladesh taka kept up its confident tone against US dollar due to comparative decline in demand against steady supply.Nationalised commercial banks were predominant buyers when some leading private banks sold dollars in the market anticipating a positive...
BAGHDAD, Aug 22 (Agencies): Iraq and the US pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by next June, with a broader withdrawal from the long and costly...
BANDARBAN, Aug 22 (UNB): Two tourists were killed and four others injured when a jeep fell into a hilly ditch at Laimipara on Bandarban-Chimbuk highway Friday.Police said the jeep fell into the 350-feet deep ditch at noon when the driver...
Chen Aizhu | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
China's small, independent refineries have since the second quarter been operating at below half their capacity, struggling to stay afloat amid record oil prices. But once again many have found a way to reinvent their future, this time as outsourcing...
Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
In the background of the long, historic US-led terror wars in Afghanistan and Iraq killing thousands of innocent Muslims since the Sept 11 event, US is undergoing a long poll campaign season to elect a new president to take office...
A change in tax paying habit is noticeable in the country. With several measures, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has been able to bring the change in this regard. Every day we read about actions taken by the NBR...
BEIJING, Aug 22 : World champions the Netherlands snatched the Olympic women's hockey gold with a 2-0 win over China here Friday.It is their first Olympic hockey title since the Los Angeles Games 24 years ago.Hosts China also picked up...
From Fazle Rashid | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
NEW YORK, Aug 22: The process of small unhindered bank taking over big beleaguered bank has started. The first transaction was inter-continental, an American bank taking over a German bank which sounds rather unusual at a time when the all...
From now on the Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) will be able to issue MasterCard credit and debit cards to its customers and also grant card-accepting machines to merchants.In this connection, the bank entered into an agreement with the MasterCard Worldwide...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
JOYPURHAT, Aug 22: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Joypurhat camp seized 198 bottles of Phensidyl syrup at Khanjhonpur under Sadar Upazila in Jaypurhat district Friday.Being tipped of, the RAB personnel raided the area and recovered the contraband item from...
Enayet Rasul | 2008-08-23 00:00:00
General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has been exercising overlordship over the affairs of Pakistan for nine long years till his resignation which was really the outcome of arm twisting of him from behind the wings to do so. The days now...
LONDON, Aug 22 (AFP): Manchester United veteran midfielder Paul Scholes maintains he will not be making a return to the England side, four years after turning his back on the international game.Following England's disjointed 2-2 draw at Wembley with the...
BEIJING, Aug 22 (AFP): Tournament favourites France beat defending champions Croatia 25-23 in the men's Olympic handball semi-final here Friday to set up a clash with either Iceland or Spain in the gold medal decider.A gritty Croatian side desperate to...
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