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Trust fund at Dinajpur school

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

A trust fund titled 'Saleha Mojumder Memorial Scholar-ship' was recently launched at Hakimpur Bangla Hili Pilot High School at Hakimpur Upazila in Dinajpur.Former senior general manager of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Aminul Haq Mojumder handed over a cheque for Tk 2,00,000...

Stock market on a roller coaster

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

With investors thinning out in a bearish market, the stock prices shed 71 points more on Sunday, pulling down the benchmark DGEN below 2700-mark.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) General Index (DGEN) was 2689.93 at the end of the day's trading,...

EXIM Bank launches VISA Islamic Card

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

EXIM Bank has launched Visa Islamic Card, the first Shariah-based card by any Islamic bank in the country. Chairman of the Bank Md Nazrul Islam Mazumder inaugurated the card as the chief guest at a function held at the Bangladesh-China...

Death anniversary of Dr Nawab Ali today

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

The 31st death anniversary of the renowned physician of the sub-continent Dr. Nawab Ali will be observed today (Sunday) with due solemnity.Nawab Ali died on August 4, 1977 in Dhaka.He was professor of Medicine of Lake Medical College, Kolkata, one...

Green Delta Ins holds half-yearly business conference

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

The Half-Yearly Business Conference-2008 of Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd was held at Cox's Bazar recently. The conference was attended by officials and executives of the company, said a press release.Dr Kabir H Chowdhury, chairman of the company, inaugurated the...

China allows Tiananmen music, warns protesters

2008-08-04 00:00:00

BEIJING, August 3 (Reuters): Seeking to show openness yet desperate to avoid embarrassment at the Olympics, China allowed a first foreign orchestra performance in Tiananmen Square Sunday but also issued warnings to would-be protesters.While local Communist leaders want the August...

Japan Inc suffers 15pc profit fall in April-June

2008-08-04 00:00:00

TOKYO, Aug 3 (AFP): The pre-tax profit of major Japanese companies fell 15 per cent year on year in the April-June quarter, weighed down by the US economic slowdown and price hikes, a survey showed today.The survey was conducted by...

Hearing of extortion case against Hasina adjourned

2008-08-04 00:00:00

The court Sunday adjourned the trial proceedings in the extortion case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others, reports BSS.Judge M Ashraf Hossain set the new date as the prosecution counsels said, the complainant of the case could...

DSE fines seven listed companies

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has slapped a daily fine of Tk 500 on seven listed companies for failing to submit their individual half yearly unaudited reports to the premier bourse by due date.The fine became effective from last Friday in...

Commercial Bank of Ceylon awarded AA+ rating by CRISL

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC) has been awarded with a rating of AA+ (Double A plus) for long term and ST-1 for short term.Credit Rating Information and Services Ltd (CRISL) rated the CBC based on its 2007 Balance Sheet, said...

Former army chief Mustafiz dead

2008-08-04 00:00:00

Former Army Chief Gen (retd) Mustafizur Rahman passed away at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) early Sunday, reports UNB.Mustafizur Rahman, who was awarded the honorary title of Bir Bikram as a valiant freedom fighter, had been suffering from cancer and...

Adopting and implementing a policy of competition

Amirul Islam | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

IT is not enough to claim that a market economy is functioning and to remain content, thinking that the competition to ensue in such a market economy among different producers of goods and providers of services would automatically translate into...

Vaughan quits as England captain

2008-08-04 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 3 (AFP): Michael Vaughan Sunday resigned as England cricket captain, saying it was both the hardest and the easiest decision he has made.His decision follows Saturday's five-wicket defeat against South Africa in the third Test at Edgbaston, which...

news digest

2008-08-04 00:00:00

35 killed in India as truckfalls into riverNEW DELHI, Aug 3 : At least 35 farm workers were killed and 15 injured when a truck plunged into a small river in India's eastern Bihar state, the Press Trust of India...

Bangladesh welcomes joint Pak-Afghan communiqu

2008-08-04 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Aug 3 (UNB): Bangladesh welcomed the Pak-Afghan joint communiqu

Expansionary monetary policy: A bold step by the BB

Muhammad Ali | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

DEFYING the prescription of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for adopting a contractionary monetary policy, Bangladesh Bank Governor, Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed declared half-yearly Monetary Policy pursuing existing Expansionary Monetary Policy on July 17 last. The declared Monetary Policy, among others,...

Mobile court realises Tk.219m fine in city

2008-08-04 00:00:00

Mobile courts in separate drives realised Tk 0.219 million as fine and filed 27 cases against a number of restaurants and department stores in the city for selling essentials without BSTI certification Thursday, reports BSS.The drives were conducted in Gulshan,...

Delwar urges BNP men to strengthen party

2008-08-04 00:00:00

BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain has urged party leaders and workers to enhance cooperation among themselves and maintain contact with the people to further strengthen it, reports BSS."Those played courageous role during the bad days, must be evaluated," he...

Costa Rica vacation homes hit by US mortgage crisis

2008-08-04 00:00:00

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Aug 3 (Reuters): The US mortgage crisis has hit Costa Rica's once booming vacation home market, with sales plummeting as Americans who dream of buying a tropical getaway struggle to find financing.US retirees and vacationers often...

FBCCI concern over deportation of B'desh workers

FE Report | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

The country's apex trade body Sunday expressed deep concern over the deportation of Bangladeshi workers from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) apprehended that the deportation of workers might affect the inflow of...

How fair is deportation of Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait?

Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

A bearded man in his late fifties clad in a lungi and a shirt was among nearly 500 Bangladeshi workers deported until last Saturday by the Kuwaiti authorities following the recent violent demonstrations by Asian workers to protest low wages...

Five players move to men's singles quarterfinal

2008-08-04 00:00:00

Five players moved to the quarterfinals of men's singles event of the Dhaka Open Tennis Competition winning their respective 2nd round matches at the Ramna National Tennis Court Complex Sunday, reports UNB.In the day's matches, Amal Roy (NTC) beat Zakir...

India, Pakistan agree to give peace a chance

2008-08-04 00:00:00

COLOMBO, August 3 (AFP): Tensions between India and Pakistan overshadowed a South Asian summit ending in Sri Lanka Sunday, although the two nuclear-armed rivals said they would stick to their embattled peace process.In the highest level talks between the two...

To escape from pains

Maswood Alam Khan | 2008-08-04 00:00:00

AT times, after taking a long hard look at options available when I surmise that what I am longing for is not going to see the light of day, or when I myself don't know why my heart sinks in...

Foot-dragging with proposed police reforms

2008-08-04 00:00:00

EVER since the incumbent government took charge some seventeen months ago, a lot of hope was created that the country's police force would go through sweeping changes, reforms and upgradation in every sphere to make it a people-friendly and professionally...

Terrorist killed in encounter with cops in Jhenaidah

2008-08-04 00:00:00

JHENAIDAH, Aug 3 (UNB): A terrorist was killed in an encounter between police and his cohorts at village Khulumbari in Shailkopa Upazila early Sunday.The deceased was identified as Sachchu Mollah (38), a cadre of notorious 'Amal Bahini' of Pangsha Upazila...

4-party alliance for restoration of holidays on May 30, Nov 7

2008-08-04 00:00:00

BNP-led 4-party alliance at a meeting Sunday viewed that the government wants to make the country a vassal state by installing elements subservient to an alien power through elections according to its blueprint, reports UNB."We shall not allow it to...

Rio Tinto says Guinea goes back on iron ore concession

2008-08-04 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Aug 3 (AFP): Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said today a concession which potentially could open a massive new iron ore field in west Africa appeared to have been rescinded.In a statement issued Friday, Rio Tinto said it received...

SAARC leaders make promises to upgrade livelihood, economic status of S Asians

2008-08-03 00:00:00

Against the backdrop of food and fuel insecurity and threat of both terrorism and climate change, the South Asian leaders Saturday promised effective cooperation in all potential fields to fight hunger and achieve faster economic growth to improve the lifestyle...

BARVIDA hails govt for relaxing car import rules

FE Report | 2008-08-03 00:00:00

The BARVIDA, an organisation of old car importers, Saturday hailed the government for the relaxation in the provisions for old car import.The government has increased the time of old cars to six years from four years and withdrawn the restriction...