SINGAPORE, July 28 (AFP): World oil prices turned higher in Asian trade today while the market faces signs of slowing demand and rising supply, analysts said.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, rose 30 cents to 123.56...
EDGBASTON, July 28 (Cricinfo): South Africa's all-rounder, Jacques Kallis, will play in Wednesday's third Test against England at Edgbaston despite injuring his ring finger while batting against Bangladesh A during their one-sided warm-up game at New Road Thursday.Kallis is the...
FE Report | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
The gas-starved industries in Chittagong region would start getting gas supply from September this year as the government has undertaken urgent measures to produce additional gas for the port-city, officials said.The city would also get enhanced electricity as the power...
RECENTLY, one of my former co-workers told me a tragic story that centres round some odd number of two-Taka notes. The story, what I consider to be a tragic one is, in short, as follows:A few months back a team...
FE Report | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
Technology experts on Monday expressed their optimism that the number of internet subscribers in Bangladesh will reach up to five million by the year 2012 through mobile WiMAX broadband penetration.Talking to newsmen at the first WiMAX Roadshow at a city...
History Department notched a facile 3-0 goals victory over Botany Department in the opening match of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) Inter-Department Football Competition held at the university playground Monday, reports UNB.Pavel struck twice while Zitu scored the other goal for...
A K Chowdhury | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
BEING a country of 150 million people with close proximity to big markets like China and India, economies like Bhutan and Nepal and a resourceful neighbour like Myanmar, Bangladesh has all the potentials to be chosen as the next investment...
Best Air, the country's third private airliner, started its Dhaka-Colombo-Male route Monday morning ahead of SAARC summit to carry passengers from Bangladesh.Initially the lone Boeing 737-200, already in operation on Dhaka-Bangkok route, will be pressed on Dhaka-Colombo-Male route, reports UNB.The...
ISTANBUL, (Turkey), July 28 (AFP): Investigators were trying to determine Monday who was behind the deadliest attack against here civilians in nearly five years, a bombing that killed 17 people and injured more than 150 others in a crowded residential...
HANOI, July 28 (Xinhua): Vietnam has so far this year licenced 654 foreign-invested projects with total registered capital of nearly 44.5 billion US dollars, rising 546 per cent in capital against the same period last year, and equating to the...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 28: Regular dumping of harmful substances by mills and factories into the river Karnaphuli and the Bay of Bengal cause death to fish threatening the country's fish reserve greatly.It is alleged that all mills and factories situated along...
GAIBANDHA, July 28 (BSS): Three children drowned in a pond at Bhabanipur village of Ramjibon union under Sundarganj Upazila in the district Saturday.Family sources said, three minor girls went to the pond for taking bath but they did not return....
The Supreme Court (SC) Monday refused to hear a government plea for stay on operation of the High Court judgment declaring void the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2008 framed by the caretaker regime, reports UNB.Chamber Court of Justice MA Matin...
SINGAPORE, July 28 (AFP): Securing a first Olympic title will be a tougher job than the World Cup, Brazil's coach Dunga said Sunday, and insisted his young team was up to the task of football gold at the Beijing Games.While...
BAGHDAD, July 28 (AFP): Three suicide bombers, believed to be women, killed 28 Shiite pilgrims Monday as they headed to a holy shrine in Baghdad for a major religious ceremony that has been marred by bloodshed in the past. Among...
Speakers called for giving due importance to the expansion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as this sector could help expedite economic progress of the country keeping pace with the present trend of globalization, reports BSS.The speakers were addressing the...
The Foreign Ministry Monday asked the agitating Bangladeshi workers in Kuwait to return to their respective workplaces, as diplomatic efforts continued to settle their problems, reports UNB.Acting Foreign Secretary MAK Mahmud in a statement said officials of the Bangladeshi mission...
F. Helaly | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
WE appreciate that the present government has taken an excellent move for providing Special Citizen Facility to our expatriate Bangladeshis who sent home remittance worth over US$ 5,000.00 in fiscal 2007-08 aiming to boost inflow of foreign exchange. Under the...
Bangladesh Ansar, Narail, Rajshahi and Faridpur moved into the semifinals of the Spectra Group National Women's Kabaddi Championship winning their respective matches at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.In the semis today (Tuesday), Bangladesh Ansar will play...
HANOI, July 28 (AFP): Communist Vietnam plans to restrict the growth of new golf courses encroaching on rice farms to ensure national food security and protect thousands of poor farmers, state media reported today.More than 140 golf courses, either operating...
LOS ANGELES, July 28 (AFP): Fourth-seeded Russian Dinara Safina won the 600,000-dollar WTA Tour hardcourt tournament here Sunday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Italian Flavia Pennetta.Safina, ranked ninth in the world, captured the seventh title of her career and...
THIMPHU, July 28 (PTI): To help meet Bhutan the shortage of Indian currency, New Delhi will grant the Himalayan nation a standby credit of Rs four billion.The commitment was made during Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley's recent four-day visit to...
PESHAWAR, (Pakistan), July 28 (AFP): Suspected US missiles killed six people including three Arab militants in Pakistan's tribal belt Monday, as the country's premier prepared for talks with US President George W Bush.Three missiles struck a house attached to a...
Amitava Basu | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
PREDOMINANTLY, irrigation management has been in the public sector domain. In most underdeveloped and developing countries, top-down policy is followed in formulating schemes, and, this age-old policy of top-down approach has failed to deliver goods and services to the beneficiaries...
Stocks closed lower Monday as investors were engaged in sell-offs for profit-taking, reports bdnews24.com.A selling spree led the indices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange to finish lower after gaining for the last three trading days.The benchmark DGEN or general index...
SHERPUR, July 28 (UNB): Charges were framed against seven suspected JMB militants at the District and Sessions Judge
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said Bangladesh would make its best efforts at the coming Colombo SAARC summit to render the South Asian forum into people's SAARC, reports UNB.Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the remarks on the eve of his...
FE Report | 2008-07-29 00:00:00
Walton, a concern of RB Group, has started marketing of the latest technology d4ta version 3P52 super slim digital colour television in the market.Mahbubul Alam Khalid, director of RB Group, launched the television in a function at its head office...
Flight Engineer Abdullah Mohibuddin (retired)THE stewardess informs us that they are ready to serve us the food and what our choices are. From the crew menu, each operating crew ( Capt, Co-pilot & Flt Engr.) has one choice as all...
About 131 foreign election observers have applied to the Election Commission (EC) for permission to monitor the city-corporation and municipal polls on August 4, seen as a test case for series of planned elections to democratic transition, reports UNB.The overseas...
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