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2007-08-01 00:00:00

City General Insurance Company Limited Nature of Business: General Insurance Subscription Open: Aug 19 2007Subscription Close: Aug 23 2007 Offer Price (Tk.): 100.00 Market lot (Share): 50 Public Offer (Share): 900,000 Sponsors Portion (Share): 600.000 Private Placement (Share): Total Paid...

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2007-08-01 00:00:00

Recommendation of dividendICB Islamic Mutual Fund: The board of directors of ICB Islamic Mutual Fund has recommended 12 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006-2007. The record date of the company is August 15, 2007.ICB AMCL:...

Rice, Gates in Egypt to seek Arab front against Iran

2007-08-01 00:00:00

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 31 (AFP): US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Robert Gates kicked off a regional tour in Egypt Tuesday seeking to unite Arab allies against Iran's "destabilising" influence. The rare joint trip, preceded by...

Taliban set new deadline as S Korean hostage killed

2007-08-01 00:00:00

GHAZNI, July 31 (AFP): Afghanistan's Taliban set the government a new deadline of noon (0730 GMT) Wednesday to meet its demands in order to save 21 South Koreans, a day after a second hostage was killed. The hardline Islamic militia...

Brown to stress 'soft' power at UN after 'hard' talks with Bush

2007-08-01 00:00:00

NEW YORK, July 31 (AFP): British leader Gordon Brown is due to address the United Nations Tuesday on the need to focus on meeting key poverty reduction targets, a day after reaffirming support for Washington on tackling extremism. The prime...

Image worries pushed ASEAN on rights

2007-08-01 00:00:00

MANILA, July 31(AFP): Concern about their international image helped convince Southeast Asian nations to announce the creation of a new human rights body, diplomats who took part in the negotiations said today. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Monday...

Dengue on rise in Asia

2007-08-01 00:00:00

HANOI, Vietnam, July 31 (AP): Dengue fever is raging across Asia, prompting the World Health Organisation to warn that the region could face the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus in nearly a decade. The disease, commonly called the 'bone...

UN nuclear inspectors say North Korea is cooperating

2007-08-01 00:00:00

BEIJING, July 31 (AFP): North Korea has cooperated fully with UN inspectors after shutting down its main nuclear reactor site, the head of the monitoring team said Tuesday after their first two-week mission ended. "I should say that in doing...

Japan's opposition flexes muscle after election win

2007-08-01 00:00:00

TOKYO, July 31 (AFP): Japan's resurgent opposition Tuesday blasted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for staying in office despite an election mauling and vowed to fight to stop him extending support to the US military in Afghanistan. Abe, an outspoken conservative...

US House wants Japanese sex slaves apology

2007-08-01 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 31 (AFP): The US House of Representatives Monday demanded an apology from US ally Japan for the sexual slavery inflicted by its wartime military on 200,000 Asian women. In a resolution passed by a voice vote, lawmakers called...

Fresh clashes in Pakistan tribal area

2007-08-01 00:00:00

MIRANSHAH, July 31(AFP): Pakistani troops traded gunfire with pro- Taliban militants near the Afghan border early today after the rebels launched rockets at government and army buildings, officials said. There were no reports of casualties from the fighting in the...

Death toll in India floods reaches 112

2007-08-01 00:00:00

KAZIRANGA, India, July 31 (AFP): The death toll from floods ravaging large parts of eastern and northeastern India climbed to 112 with about seven million people displaced, officials and reports said today. In the eastern state of Bihar, 62 people...

69 miners trapped in Chinese coal mine are alive

2007-08-01 00:00:00

BEIJING, July 31 (AFP): Sixty-nine workers trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine for over two days are alive, but it is impossible to say whether rescue efforts will succeed, authorities said Tuesday. "The 69 miners are still alive. We...

CA reviews action plans for ADP implementation Aug 5-7

2007-08-01 00:00:00

FE ReportChief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed would sit with different ministries from August 5 to 7 to review action plans and preparations on implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of fiscal 2007-08, official sources said.The implementation status of ADP...

Dhaka to raise several outstanding issues

2007-08-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh will raise several outstanding issues including demarcation of 6.50-kilometre boundary, exchange of enclaves, unfettered movement through Tin Bigha corridor and stopping killing of innocent Bangladeshi citizens by the BSF at the Home Secretary level talks scheduled to be held...

LGRD ministry decides to run community clinics

2007-08-01 00:00:00

The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Ministry has decided to run all community clinics meant to deliver primary healthcare services at grassroots level. The ministry took the decision to take charge of about 11,000 community clinics built at...

President, CA felicitate Swiss, Benin presidents

2007-08-01 00:00:00

President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Advisor (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have greeted President of the Swiss Confederation Micheline Calmy-Rey and Benin President Thomas Yayiboni on the occasion of National Day of the two countries, reports UNB.In separate messages to Micheline Calmy-Rey,...

DND residents facing water logging

2007-08-01 00:00:00

Shahar Banu was cooking rice for lunch on a makeshift bed floating on filthy water in a tiny house in Shanarpar in Shiddhirganj. Something her daughter-in-law Fatema Begum said they had been doing for a week after floodwaters went waist-high...

Financial support for distressed people urged

2007-08-01 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentSpeakers at a training workshop on 'Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning' Tuesday stressed the need for taking effective initiatives to make the vulnerable people financially able so that they can tackle any natural disaster themselves."To provide relief is...

OC closed for delay in taking case in Bhola

2007-08-01 00:00:00

BHOLA, July 31 (UNB): Officer-in-charge of Lalmohan police station Abdul Majid Shikder was closed Monday night for his delay in taking a case of an acid victim.The police sources said Harun of Fulbagicha village suffered burn injuries in an acid...

RAB man among two injured in gunfight with terrorists

2007-08-01 00:00:00

SAVAR, July 31 (UNB): Two youths were arrested after a gunfight with RAB troops at Ramchandrapur in Tetuljhora union of the Upazila Tuesday morning that left two people, including a RAB man, injured.ASP of RAB-11 Mohammad Solaiman said two teams...

CRAB, ICRA (India) extend accord for another three years

2007-08-01 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB), which started its operation in 2004 with ICRA of India as its technical partner, has renewed its technical cooperation agreement for another three years. With high-level technical support from ICRA, one of...

ICAB opens renovated library today

2007-08-01 00:00:00

FE ReportThe central library of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) will be inaugurated at 5:30 pm at the CA Bhaban in the city today. Dainik Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman will inaugurate the library.The ICAB central library...

Rapport organises workshop on HRM

2007-08-01 00:00:00

FE ReportRapport Bangladesh Limited organised a workshop on "Best HRM and D Practices for Good Governance" in the city recently, said a press release.Kanes Rajah, director, Centre for Entrepreneurship of Greenwich Business School, UK and an internationally renowned expert on...

Four persons killed in separate incidents

2007-08-01 00:00:00

Four persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Kushtia, two outlawed party members were killed in a shootout between police and their cohorts at...

Cattle trader killed in BSF firing on Joypurhat frontier

2007-08-01 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, July 31 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi Upazila here Monday night.The dead was identified as Jamirul Islam Mondol, son of Moksed Ali Mondol of Nandail village...

India ease to seven-wicket win

2007-08-01 00:00:00

After all the excellent work done over the last four days, India needed only to complete the formalities on the final morning but they were made to work hard to polish off the remaining 63 runs. Led by a fiery...

Khulna Abahani finish with an emphatic win

2007-08-01 00:00:00

Khulna Abahani finished their B League campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over bottom-ranked Rahmatganj MFS in the second phase match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. With this result, Khulna Abahani finished 9th in...

New BCB body to discuss some important pending issues today

2007-08-01 00:00:00

The newly constituted 12-member ad-hoc executive committee of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) holds its first emergency meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss some important pending issues, reports UNB.BCB President Sina Ibn Jamali will preside over the meeting that will commence at...

Training camp of national football team begins today

2007-08-01 00:00:00

Residential training camp of the national football teams for two international soccer meets begins today (Wednesday) at the BKSP in Savar, reports UNB.Earlier, Bangladesh Football Federation initially selected 47 booters in two batches to form national football teams for the...