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Moniruzzaman acting chairman of UAP Foundation

2007-06-30 00:00:00

FE ReportAA Moniruzzaman has become the acting chairman of the University of Asia Pacific (UAP) Foundation. He is the senior vice chairman of the foundation.Moniruzzaman is the managing director of MIKA Properties and Securities Ltd and also the chairman and...

Nine camel jockeys given compensation

2007-06-30 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, June 29 (UNB): Nine poor children, who worked as camel jockeys in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), were given a total of Tk 0.93 million as compensation.Official sources said a cheque of Tk 0.10 million was handed over to...

Two awarded life term for murder

2007-06-30 00:00:00

NAOGAON, June 29 (UNB): A court here Thursday convicted two people and awarded them life term imprisonment in a murder case. The court also fined the convicts Shamsul Huq and Sabuj of Mohadevpur Upazila Tk 10,000 each, in default, to...

Old Placidians hold workshop on leadership

2007-06-30 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jun 27: Old Placidians' Association (OPA) organised "Result-oriented leadership development workshop" at Hotel Agrabad in Chittagong recently. OPA President Abdul Qaiyum Chowdhury conducted the workshop.Officials from IDLC, Bank Asia, BSRM, CUFL, Bangladesh Online, Habib Bank Ltd, Eastern Bank...

Zakir off to Tanzania

2007-06-30 00:00:00

FE ReportM Zakir Hossain, chief executive officer of Young Consultants left Dhaka for Tanzania Thursday to attend a month-long training course on 'global trade regulator framework and GAAT'.Tanzania-based Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa has arranged the programme, said a...

PoBA proposes steps against water logging in the city

2007-06-30 00:00:00

Environmental group, Poribesh Bachao Andolan (PoBA), Friday put forward a nine-point proposal for a short-term solution to Dhaka's water logging problems, reports bdnews24. The PoBA press conference at the National Press Club focused on several critical issues such as reclaiming...

Obituary

2007-06-30 00:00:00

FE Report A M Khan Mojlis (85), ENT specialist, passed away on Friday morning at about 4.15 am due to old age complication.He left behind his wife, three sons and a daughter along with many grand children, relatives and well-wishers.Sunday...

Proteas set modest target for India

2007-06-30 00:00:00

A gritty 82 from Mornè van Wyk helped South Africa recover after a nightmarish start to the second match of the Future Series. At one stage, after Rahul Dravid had asked them to bat in overcast conditions, South Africa were...

Argentina too much for Americans

2007-06-30 00:00:00

MARACAIBO, Jun 29 (AP): Missing most of its top players, the United States were trampled in its Copa America opener. Hernan Crespo scored twice, Pablo Aimar and Carlos Tevez added late goals and Argentina routed a youthful United States team...

Seeds sail in style

2007-06-30 00:00:00

LONDON, Jun 29 (AP): French Open champion Justine Henin became the first player to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon, beating Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-3 Friday.The top-ranked Henin, who lost to Amelie Mauresmo in last year's final at...

Windies smile at last

2007-06-30 00:00:00

West Indies put their tour blues behind them as they outperformed England in every department to win by 15 runs in the first of two back-to-back Twenty20 internationals at a packed Oval, reports Cricinfo. Two Smiths - Devon the batsman...

S Korea down Iraq in Asia Cup warm-up

2007-06-30 00:00:00

SEOUL, Jun 29 (AP): With the Asian Cup just eight days away, title aspirants South Korea swept aside rival Iraq 3-0 in a warm-up friendly Friday.Yeom Ki-hoon got his first goal for his country after 50 minutes of the match...

Khulna Abahani take on Sheikh Russel today

2007-06-30 00:00:00

After a day's recess, the 17th round of the B League begins today (Saturday) with Khulna Abahani KC taking on Sheikh Russel KC at the Khulna Stadium at 4:15 pm.Giants Mohammedan SC will meet bottom ranked Rahmatganj MFS at 4:30...

Bangladesh hold Reunion Island

2007-06-30 00:00:00

Bangladesh Under-12 team made a goal-less draw against defending champions Reunion Island in their opening match of the Danone Nations Cup-2007 in Lyon, France Friday.In another match, Bangladesh lost to Morocco 0-1, reports UNB.Bangladesh U-12 team were playing against Bulgaria...

Inzy keen on county cricket

2007-06-30 00:00:00

Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, has expressed his interest in playing county cricket in a bid to regain his Test place. "I have offers from league clubs in England but I want to play for a county to ascertain my...

S Korea down Iraq in Asia Cup warm-up

2007-06-30 00:00:00

SEOUL, Jun 29 (AP): With the Asian Cup just eight days away, title aspirants South Korea swept aside rival Iraq 3-0 in a warm-up friendly Friday.Yeom Ki-hoon got his first goal for his country after 50 minutes of the match...

Production in Zia Fertilizer Factory suspended

2007-06-30 00:00:00

Britain's Brown to name senior ministers

2007-06-29 00:00:00

LONDON, June 28 (AFP): Gordon Brown spent his first full day as British prime minister Thursday conducting a wholesale shake-up of senior government posts, with new faces set for the ministries of finance and foreign affairs. An announcement was due...

UN inspectors head to key North Korea reactor

2007-06-29 00:00:00

PYONGYANG, June 28 (AP): UN inspectors headed to North Korea's key nuclear reactor Thursday to discuss a long-delayed shutdown of the facility, as the country came under increasing international criticism for launching missile tests this week. The visit is the...

Bombs kill 25 in Baghdad, three UK troops in Basra

2007-06-29 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, June 28 (Reuters): A car bomb killed 25 people Thursday at a busy intersection in Baghdad where minibuses pick up and drop off passengers, while 20 beheaded bodies were found on a river bank south of the capital, Iraqi...

Israeli troops battle Fatah militants

2007-06-29 00:00:00

NABLUS, June 28 (AP): Israeli troops imposed a curfew on downtown Nablus and clashed with Fatah militants as the army's activities moved Thursday from Gaza to the West Bank. The Nablus raid was an indication that Israel will not stop...

Chavez attacks US ahead of Putin talks in Moscow

2007-06-29 00:00:00

MOSCOW, June 28 (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday railed against the United States at the start of a visit to Russia and called on Moscow to help lead a worldwide revolution against Washington. Accusing the United States of...

Lebanese troops kill six Islamist gunmen

2007-06-29 00:00:00

QALAMOUN, Lebanon, June 28 (Reuters): Lebanese soldiers killed six Islamist militants, most of them foreigners, during a clash on the outskirts of the northern town of Qalamoun early Thursday, security sources said. A military source said the gunmen appeared to...

Israel president offered plea bargain on sex charges

2007-06-29 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, June 28 (AFP): Israel's outgoing president Moshe Katsav has accepted a plea bargain for sex offence charges, the attorney general said Thursday, a move that will see him escape jail over rape allegations. "Under the bargain, President Katsav admitted...

At least 13 killed in Brazil slum shootouts

2007-06-29 00:00:00

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28 (AFP): At least 13 persons died Wednesday in firefights between Brazilian police and drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro's notorious slums, state public safety secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame said. Beltrame earlier said that 18 people...

Somali ex-minister injured in bomb attack

2007-06-29 00:00:00

MOGADISHU, June 28 (AFP): A Somali parliamentarian and former defence minister was injured Wednesday by a roadside bomb explosion which killed his driver, the most recent in a spate of attacks in the lawless capital Mogadishu, witnesses said. Barre Adan...

Kabul suicide attack kills two Americans

2007-06-29 00:00:00

KABUL, June 28 (AFP): A suicide attacker drove a bomb- filled car into a foreign military vehicle in Afghanistan's capital Kabul Thursday, killing two American nationals and an Afghan woman, officials said. "Two foreigners, Americans, are dead," the city's criminal...

Bird flu confirmed in Togo

2007-06-29 00:00:00

LOME, June 28 (AFP): Independent tests carried out in Italy have confirmed the presence for the first time of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry from the west African nation of Togo, officials said Wednesday. "The results...

SEC to consider launching of derivatives

2007-06-29 00:00:00

FE ReportChairman of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi Monday said diversified products in the capital market is needed urgently and derivatives can fulfil the need.He said SEC will seriously consider launching derivatives. He expressed the hope that...

Pioneer Ins approves 20pc cash dividend

2007-06-29 00:00:00

FE ReportPioneer Insurance Co Ltd (PICL) has approved 20 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2006.The dividend was approved in the company's 11th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in the city Thursday.PICL Director Syed Manzur...