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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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said today a concession which potentially could open a massive new iron ore field in west Africa appeared to have been rescinded.In a statement issued Friday, Rio Tinto said it received...
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...
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in the provisions for old car import.The government has increased the time of old cars to six years from four years and withdrawn the restriction...
NEW DELHI, (Internet): Despite the downturn, Indian real estate players have increased their advertising budgets, even as other advertisers are cutting ad costs. The reasons for this are manifold. "This is a result of desperate measures by most of the...
Notable for its enormous potential, WiMAX Multicast Broadcast Service (MCBCS) is emerging as the most viable technology for mobile TV, a new service that looks poised to become hugely important for the mobile industry.Great market potentialMobile Internet is now integral...
WASHINGTON, August 2 (Agencies): Seven years after anthrax-laced letters terrorized an already frightened nation, a new suspect suddenly emerged in the public eye this week. But he was gone just as quickly, committing suicide before he could be charged with...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
The central bank has recommended the law ministry to arrange 'analogous hearing' of classified loan cases involving Tk 110.52 billion of the state-owned commercial banks, official sources said Saturday.The suggestion was made Thursday last as per decision taken at a...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed proposed adopting a clear roadmap for SAARC to fight out poverty and hunger as well as to attain accelerated economic growth to ensure socio-economic progress for some 1.5 billion people in South Asia, reports...
FE Report | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
The central bank is watching the latest development in two Middle East countries -- Kuwait and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- to ensure the flow of inward remittances from the countries, officials said."We are watching the overall situation in the...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 2 (BSS): Adviser for Commerce and Education Hossain Zillur Rahman here today called upon all to keep going on through a solution-centric way for a broader understanding in all spheres of national life to embark on next stage...
RANGPUR, Aug 2 (bdnews24.com): Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad announced Friday that his party would take part in Upazila polls, in the light of a recent High Court ruling that lifted restrictions on political parties participating directly in local...
NEW DELHI, (Internet): The politicos seem to have drawn their lessons from the Kyoto Protocol, two decades earlier, when they burnt their fingers by accepting short-term goals of emission cuts by 2012.It is the economy, stupid!" The economic and political...
Emirates has again proved itself an aviation industry pioneer after becoming the first airline to introduce inflight mobile phone services on a Boeing aircraft, said a press release.Dubai's award-winning airline recently installed the technology, which allows passengers to make calls...
Air Commodore Muhammad Zakiul Islam ndu acsc (Retd)ARE we cut off from the rest of the world, especially the western world, for three days and to the detriment of the overall growth and development of the national economy and the...
HONG KONG, Aug 2 (AP): Asian markets were mixed Friday as stocks in Japan and elsewhere slumped after worse-than-expected news about the US economy. China and Hong Kong shares, though, rebounded on hopes of government intervention ahead of the Olympics.Japan's...
Two persons were killed and four others injured in two separate road accidents at different places in Rangpur and Thakurgaon districts Friday, police sources said, reports BSS.Five persons were injured when a Rangpur-bound truck from Bogra rammed into a roadside...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
Revenue collection by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) almost doubled over the last five years as the overall collection jumped by 99.96 per cent to Tk 4.89 billion in fiscal 2007-08 from Tk 2.44 billion in 2003-04.According to the BRTA,...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has planned to engage two former national skippers Aminul Islam Bulbul and Khaled Mashud Pilot, and veteran Mohammad Rafique as consultants for batting, wicket keeping and bowling, reports UNB.The board took the decision to use...
Secretary for Information Jamil Osman Saturday urged all concerned of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) to make good and healthy films in order to restore the image of the industry, reports BSS.The information secretary said the trend of making...
ISLAMABAD, August 2 (AFP): Pakistan's military said Saturday it had no information on a US media report that Al-Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri may have been wounded or killed in a missile strike.US television channel CBS said it had obtained...
FE Report | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
Two small rental power plants (SRPP) have gone into commercial operation supplying about 90 megawatt (MW) of electricity to national grid.These are among six such plants under private sector approved by the government early this year.The renal power units are...
FE Report | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Salehuddin Ahmed Saturday said need-based education must get due priority and patronage alongside the general education to ensure the optimum breeding of the skilled human resource for the country.At the same time the Governor called upon...
HARARE, Aug 2 (AFP): Zimbabwe's central bank chief has urged a six-month price and salary freeze in a bid to rein in runaway inflation, with the country in the midst of an economic meltdown, state media reported yesterday."Zimbabweans must realise...
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (AFP): Russian marriage offices have seen a surge of applications to wed this coming Friday due to the supposedly lucky character of the date: 08.08.08, officials and local media said.In Moscow, registry offices will stay open late...
FE Report | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
The food ministry has sought the help of the finance division in taking action against a number of banks, both in public and private sectors, for the failure to en-cash the bank guarantees furnished by the errant local suppliers of...
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