LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters): The US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) will not cut interest rates this year to calm wild markets but may be forced to engineer rescues for more ailing financial institutions, a poll showed.The...
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (AFP): The US current account deficit widened to 183.1 billion dollars in the second quarter of 2008, from a downwardly revised 175.6 billion dollars in the first quarter, the commerce department said yesterday. The deficit rose due...
FE ReportNew sustainability-focused conference programme will help customers and partners attending Oracle OpenWorld® San Francisco 2008 "green" their businesses, address compliance and sustainability issues, and showcase best business practices that help companies minimize their environmental impact.The Oracle OpenWorld Green Programme...
GENEVA, Sept 18 (AFP): The World Trade Organisation (WTO) meets today on Russia's long running bid for membership, with the talks likely to be difficult after its Georgian intervention stoked tensions with the West, analysts and diplomats said. Officially, the...
BRUSSELS, Sept 18 (AFP): EU member states dealt a setback yesterday to plans to extend anti-dumping duties on Chinese and Vietnamese-made leather shoes, an official and a diplomat said. In a non-binding decision, member states rejected the proposal from the...
NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (PTI): The government yesterday cleared 12 proposals, including National Housing Bank's (NHB) Rs 5.70 billion plan, which will bring over Rs 14 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. The proposals, cleared by Finance...
SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (AFP): Crude oil prices traded in a narrow range today in Asia after rebounding several dollars on the US government's bailout of insurance giant American International Group (AIG), dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude...
KATHMANDU, Sept. 18 (Xinhua): The Nepali government has proposed to earmark around 6 billion Nepali rupees (some 81 million U.S. dollars) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives for the current fiscal year, most of which will be spent on...
LONDON, Sept 18 (PTI): An Indian restaurant in the Welsh town of Britain has been fined 10,000 pounds for employing illegal immigrant workers. During a recent raid, two Bangladeshi men, aged 26 and 28, were found to be working illegally...
FE ReportDemand was good, although strong competition seen for the best liquoring types was not as forceful as in the last sale owing to which there was slight easing of the higher valued teas. Apart from that, all other varieties...
A CorrespondentBHOLA, Sept 18: Out of 68 kilometres of Bhola-charfashion highway, about 52 kilometres turned dangerous to ply due to enormous ditches as like ponds and canals have been excavated along the road. Divers of buses and trucks lose their...
Habibul Bashar, the former Bangladesh captain and one of 13 'rebel' players slapped with a ten-year ban for joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL), has reacted to his country's board's decision with shock, reports Cricinfo. "It is really unexpected. The...
Bangladesh are confident the exodus of players to the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL) would not cripple the national team in next month's home series against New Zealand, a cricket official said Thursday, reports Reuters.Former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar and...
Bangladesh Cricket Board Thursday announced six 20-member divisional cricket teams for the 10th National Cricket League 2008-09 scheduled to begin on October 10, reports UNB.The league will be held in the same format as played in the previous season.The divisional...
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) returned to winning ways in the Citycell 2nd B League beating Arambagh Krira Sangha Sporting Club by 3-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Thursday, reports UNB.This was the first win...
A Momin hattrick guided Sadharan Bima KS to a hard-fought 3-2 goals win over Prantik KC in a match of the Second Division Football League at Banani Army Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB.Momin scored three goals for his...
A seminar titled 'Medical Care and Anti-Doping Awareness Programme', jointly organised by Medical and Anti-Doping Committee (MADC) of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA), was held at the National Sports Council (NSC) in the city Thursday, reports UNB.BOA Secretary General Kutubuddin Ahmed...
Hosts Sri Lanka Academy team took an overall 143-run lead over touring GP-BCB National Cricket Academy on the third day of the 2nd four-day match at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo Thursday, reports UNB.Replying to Sri Lanka Academy's first innings total...
MUMBAI, Sep 18 (Reuters): Sachin Tendulkar is confident that the racism row that marred India's tour of Australia in January will not cast a shadow on next month's test series against the world's top-ranked team."I don't think there is any...
TOKYO, Sept 18 (AFP): Former world number one Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open Thursday but top seed Jelena Jankovic and Beijing Olympic gold medallist Elena Dementieva marched on.Ivanovic, the second seed who reached the top of...
The High Court (HC) Thursday stayed for three months the trial-court proceedings on the long-pending Mig-29 warplane purchase graft case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now abroad on parole, reports UNB.Passing the order of stay, upon a writ petition...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 18 (UNB): Eleven leaders and workers of the Islamic outfit Hijbut Tahrir, including three Rajshahi University (RU) teachers, were arrested at Sonadighi crossing in the north-western city Thursday ahead of their pre-announced press conference.Police said they arrested the...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) decided to sue former BNP lawmakers Fazlul Haque Milon and Abul Khair Bhuiyan on charges of amassing illegal wealth and concealment of information, as the anti-graft drive goes on in the interim period despite a slowdown,...
Some 102 political parties have collected the forms for registration with the Election Commission (EC) and of them only four parties submitted their applications till Thursday, reports UNB.The EC had earlier urged the political parties to submit their applications within...
Former lawmaker and Jubo League leader Mirza Azam was rearrested minutes after he was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail Thursday, reports UNB.He was later sent to jail again. DIG (Prisons) Major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told the news agency...
A human chain was formed on the Dhaka University (DU) campus Thursday demanding permanent release of Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina and unconditional release of Chittagong City Corporation mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, reports UNB.Chittagong students in Dhaka organised the...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 18 (BSS): Acting General Secretary of Awami League (AL) Syed Ashraful Islam today said AL wants free, fair and credible elections in the country. "Parliament election is a must before any other elections," he reiterated while addressing a...
Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dol central committee Thursday arranged an Iftar and Doa mahfil at the Diploma Engineers Institution auditorium in the city, reports BSS. BNP Secretary General Khondokar Delwar Hossain attended it as the chief guest.Sramik Dol President and BNP Joint...
The Ministry of Industries has decided to introduce an electronic system in sugar mills to make the distribution system hassle-free and transparent, reports BSS. The electronic system would be initially introduced at Mobarakganj Sugar Mills in Jhenidah from the coming...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 18: More than five thousand vehicles are now plying on the city roads without proper registration. The government is being deprived of a huge amount of revenue every year due to such an alarmingly unhealthy practice persisting...
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