Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, July 13: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) disbursed Tk 436.3 million (43.63 crore) loans among the poor farmers through its twenty-three offices in the district during January to June this year.BRAC also registered 79,000 borrowers in the district...
FE ReportPrices of almost all essential commodities with the exception of hilsa fish remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week.Market sources said a section of unscrupulous traders are smuggling hilsa fish out of the country. Otherwise, supply...
FE ReportWalton has launched technologically advanced sensor added energy saving lamp in the market recently. It provides same light as normal bulb by consuming 80 per cent less electricity. Walton lamp can be switched on in low voltage electricity and...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate eased last week ignoring withdrawal of large amounts of cash through auctions of reverse repurchase agreement (repo), treasury bills, Bangladesh Bank (BB) bills and Bangladesh Government treasury (BGT) bonds , fund managers said.The call...
FE ReportChittagong-based real estate company Mishmak Development Limited will primarily hand over apartments of its first project 'Mishmak Faizun Vista' to the buyers today (Saturday).The apartments and in a homely environment with modern architectural designs will be handed over to...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon LimitedJuly 08-July 12, 2007Last week BDT appreciated slightly against USD as the demand for US dollar went down due to healthy inward remittances. Total volume ofinter-bank transactions was around USD 67.14 million against USD 76.15 million...
RANGPUR, July 11 (BSS): A conference of the Janata Bank (JB) branch managers' of greater Rangpur region was held at Raja Ram Mohan Club auditorium of the town here yesterday. Deputy Managing Director of JB M Mizanur Rahman spoke on...
SingHealth Group Chief Executive Tan Ser Kiat arrives in the city today (Saturday) to attend the inaugural ceremony of SingHealth's Bangladesh medical associates office as the guest of honour, said a press release. Singapore General Hospital He is a veteran...
LONDON, July 13 (AFP): Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto backed the decision to storm a radical mosque in Islamabad this week, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph published Friday. Bhutto, who was twice Pakistan's leader in the 1990s,...
NAHR AL-BARED, (Lebanon), July 13 (AFP): Lebanese army artillery Friday pounded a camp in which Islamist fighters are holed up, in renewed heavy clashes almost eight weeks into a bloody showdown in northern Lebanon. Fatah al-Islam militants fired seven Katyusha-type...
BAGHDAD, July 13 (AFP): An Iraqi journalist working with The New York Times in Baghdad was shot dead Friday, the newspaper's Baghdad bureau chief said in a statement. Khalid W. Hassan, 23, was shot dead while on his way to...
UNITED NATIONS, July 13 (AFP): The United Nations said Thursday it has imposed a moratorium on the use of rubber bullets by its peacekeepers around the world pending a review following two deaths linked to these ammunitions in Kosovo in...
NEW DELHI, July 13 (AFP): India plans a national mandatory registry of pregnancies and abortions to stem selective abortions of girl fetuses, a minister said, according to a report Friday. India has only 927 females for every 1,000 males --...
KHARTOUM, July 13 (Xinhua): The Sudanese government urged on Thursday the rebel factions in Darfur, which amount to about two dozens, to unify their positions to pave the way for the resumption of the peace negotiations. The demand was made...
Former intelligence chief calls for tougher British border controls LONDON, July 13: Britain should implement tougher border controls in the wake of failed car bombings allegedly carried out by immigrants to the country, a former head of the domestic intelligence...
It was a beating if ever there was one. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara combined for a 311-run third-wicket partnership to see Sri Lanka out of early trouble on day three at Kandy and finish off on a position from...
BANGKOK, Jul 13 (AFP): Australia were booed off the field with their Asian Cup hopes in tatters after a disastrous 3-1 defeat to Iraq Friday.The Socceroos fell behind after a 22nd-minute goalkeeping clanger by Mark Schwarzer, only to equalise through...
Bangladesh Under-19 team, now touring Sri Lanka, needed another 34 runs to avoid innings defeat against Sri Lanka Under-19 team on the third and last day of the 2nd three-day match today (Saturday) at the Police Ground in Colombo, reports...
TOYOTA (Japan), Jul 13 (AFP): Erika Takao will make her debut in the Fed Cup tennis tournament when Japan, without ace Ai Sugiyama, take on Germany in a play-off tie for the World Group.Former world doubles number one Sugiyama, who...
Bangladesh women's cricket team reached semifinal of the ACC Women's Cricket Tournament with one more match in hand as they crushed Singapore by 10 wickets to post their 2nd consecutive victory at the Johor Cricket Academy in Malaysia Friday, reports...
LAHORE, Jul 13 (AFP): Pakistan pace man Shoaib Akhtar Friday urged cricket's governing body to reconsider a new bowling rule which allows a free hit in case of a no-ball, saying it is harsh on bowlers.The International Cricket Council (ICC)...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 13 (AFP): Asian Tour number one Jeev Milkha Singh makes his debut in the British Open next week where he hopes the Carnoustie course in Scotland will bare its fangs once more.The Indian star, who claimed four...
Tangail DSA crushed Khulna DSA by 66-25 points with five creditable lonas in an opening day match of the Spectra Group First Inter-District Women Kabaddi Competition in the city Friday, reports UNB.In the day's other matches, Rajshahi DSA overpowered Faridpur...
CAIRO, Jul 13 (Xinhua): The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has issued a life suspension of football activity to Gambian referee Pa Abdou Sarr for taking bribe, the pan-African football body said Thursday.The CAF disciplinary board, at a meeting held...
MADRID, Jul 13 (AFP): Spanish giants Real Madrid Thursday unveiled their new Brazilian defender Kleper Laveran Lima Ferreira, otherwise known as "Pepe".The arrival of 23-year-old Pepe, who cost the Spanish champions 30 million euros, has raised a few eyebrows in...
Chittagong, Jul 13 ((UNB): Rahmatganj MFS Friday registered a 2-1 win over Chittagong Abahani in the day's lone second phase match of the B League at the MA Aziz Stadium here.With this win, bottom-ranked Rahmatganj MFS improved their position securing...
Janakantha and Channel-i qualified for the final of the Pepsi-DRU Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament after overpowering their respective opponents in the semis at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.The final match will be held from...
Gideon RachmanHow very shocking! Brendan Nelson, Australia's defence minister, has caused sharp intakes of breath by saying something that is obviously true. He remarked last week that the Middle East was "an important supplier of energy, oil in particular" and...
Lucy Kellaway Business telly, so the newspapers tell us, is "the new rock and roll". This isn't saying much as in the last week alone opera, literary festivals, fatherhood, private equity and farming have all been held up in the...
Tony JacksonThere is a rather dispiriting resemblance between the latest credit crunch and the bursting of the dotcom bubble. Ahead of each, there were plain warnings not just of what would happen but how and why. All that was missing...
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