Adviser for Communications, Housing and Public Works Golam Quader said Sunday the objective of the government would be successful if the voters elect honest and qualified candidates in the city corporations and poursobhas, reports BSS."We hope the voters will cast...
WHEN the price of everything rises we are asked to 'adjust'. The price of foodstuff has gone up; the fares of transports, be it a rickshaw, a CNG or a bus, have also gone up. This hardly touches a particular...
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (AFP): A powerful US central bank panel, led by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, is widely expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged in the coming week amid growing economic uncertainty.Most economists are betting that the...
BEIJING, Aug 3 (AFP): Australia's triple rowing gold medallist James Tomkins, who will compete in his sixth Olympics in Beijing, hinted on Sunday that it may not be his last Games.Dismissing talk of retirement Tomkins, 42, said that he was...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Grameenphone (GP) Ltd has recently signed an agreement with Authentex Fashions Ltd to provide complete communication facilities under its business solutions package to the latter, said a press release.GP Business Solutions is an integrated telecommunications service specially designed for the...
BAGHDAD, August 3 (AFP): A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad early Sunday killed 12 people and wounded at least 31, government sources said.In the deadliest attack a small truck parked near the passport office on Magreb Street in the...
A 14-member GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team will leave Dhaka for South Africa today (Monday) to play twofour-day and three one-day matches, reports UNB.All rounder Suhrawardy Shuvo will lead the Bangladesh Academy team in South Africa on a three-week tour...
TEHRAN, Aug 3 (AFP): Iran, the number two oil producer in OPEC, expects the cartel to discuss ways of controlling the quotas of member countries at its next meeting in September, the official news agency IRNA said."In case of the...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of the State University of Bangladesh (SUB) Saturday organised a seminar on 'potentiality of computer science graduates at home and abroad' on the university premises.CSE Department head of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Elections to four city corporations and nine municipalities will be held today (Monday) with the voters exercising their voting right through photo identity (ID) cards for the first time in Bangladesh, amid tight security measures under the prevailing state of...
Jatrabari Jhotika Sangsad crushed Lalbagh Torun Sangha by 4-0 goals in a 2nd round match of the Dhaka City Corporation Pioneer Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur Sunday, reports UNB.Mohammad Pavel scored...
DU Correspondent | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) Saturday reclaimed its 2.5 acres of land in the eastern part of Fazlul Haq hall for constructing a female students' hall after the land was in usurpation of Bangladesh railway employees and slum dwellers for five years.DU...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 3: The weaving industry in Sirajganj district is facing closure as the weavers are facing an acute shortage of capital due to two consecutive floods last year.The cash-crisis has already forced thousands of weavers to close down their...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh on Sunday decided to start bilateral free trade negotiations with three South Asian countries, shelving the country's long-standing trade policy that favoured multilateral trade deals over bilateralism, officials said.In a radical new shift in the country's trade negotiations, officials...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 3: The much-talked-about automation system at Chittagong Customs House (CCH) is going to be formally launched by the middle of this month.In this connection, an agreement was signed between the CCH and the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Aug 3 (AP): A company that bought a Missouri-based electric vehicle maker two years ago is moving the operation to Fort Wayne.Jerry Medlin, owner of Electric Vehicles Inc., said Thursday he hopes to begin production by the...
FRANKFURT, Aug 3 (AFP): The European Central Bank (ECB) holds an exceptional meeting this month amid signs of persistent market turmoil, but analysts expect interest rates to stay on hold even though the Eurozone might be stumbling toward recession.The ECB...
TEHRAN, August 3 (Agencies): Iran will not give up "a single iota of its nuclear rights," the country's president said Saturday, rebuffing an informal deadline to stop expanding uranium enrichment or face more sanctions.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the remarks during discussions...
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman Sunday alleged that the government has adopted a double standard policy about the arrest and release of its leaders, reports UNB.He demanded immediate unconditional release of former minister and senior AL leader Engr...
Natural pearls are in high demand in the international market. The same are valued and bring good amounts in foreign currencies. Natural pearls are sought after in countries with high purchasing power such as Japan, China and Europe where the...
Awami League leaders have expressed doubts over the neutrality of the city corporation polls, while acting AL president Zillur Rahman stated that if the elections were fair, the 14-party alliance would certainly emerge the clear winners, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking to reporters...
MOGADISHU, August 3 (AFP): A roadside bomb ripped through a group of female street cleaners in Mogadishu Sunday, killing at least 20 civilians and wounding dozens, most of then women, witnesses and medical sources told AFP.The explosion went off in...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
Auditors and accounting professionals must adapt and comply with national and international standards and regulations aimed at assuring transparency and accountability in the corporate governance as the proposed Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is in the government's pipeline.This was recommended at...
MANCHESTER, England, Aug 3 (AFP): Sir Alex Ferguson admitted youngster Fraizer Campbell is set for a Premier League opportunity following his goal in Ole Gunnar Solsjaer's testimonial Saturday.Campbell, whose form could affect United's bid for Dimitar Berbatov, scored the only...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate closed lower Sunday due to injection of fresh cash into the market that improved liquidity position. The US dollar, however, gained ground against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the moderately active inter-bank foreign exchange market, fund...
FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Sunday rejected the time extension prayer by the state-owned gas distribution company, Titas, for offloading a substantial number of unsold shares.A company seeking to go for direct listing has to offload 10 per cent...
Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Wu Dawei, who is attending the current SAARC Summit as an observer, called on Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury at his hotel suite in Colombo Saturday evening, reports UNB.The vice minister told...
Pubali Bank Limited has assured the expatriate Bangladeshis living in Malaysia to expedite the remittance disbursement to the beneficiaries in Bangladesh promptly.Managing Director of the bank Helal Ahmed Chowdhury gave the assurance while speaking at the Bangladesh Single Country Trade...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Aug 3 (AFP): Teenager Ishant Sharma gave a superb display of fast bowling to help India square the series with a 170-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second Test here Sunday.Sharma finished with 3-20 off 15...
FINALLY the government of Kuwait decided to fix a minimum wage structure for the employees working there in the private sector. Also laudable is its decision about the private-sector employees bearing the insurance, housing and health expenditures of their workers....
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