SOCHI, (Russia), Aug 26 (Reuters): Russian President Dmitry Medvedev convened security chiefs Tuesday to consider a plea from parliament to recognise two separatist regions of Georgia as independent, a move Washington says would be unacceptable.The meeting came amid signs Moscow...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
After successful completion of the 50-MW Kumargaon Power Plant, Energy Prima is going to start the operation of Shahjibazar 50 MW Rental Power Plant next month.Sources from BPDB and Power Division also confirmed that the power plant will go into...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Prime Bank Foundation will launch an English medium school styled 'Prime Campus' on August 31 to promote quality education in the country."We're going to start 'Prime Campus' to create skilled human resource through providing international standard education," said Azam J...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Warid Telecom Tuesday launched another exciting prepaid package with a Zem prepaid connection, Samsung C 160 handset and talk-time worth Tk 4,000.The latest package is available at all business centres, franchisees, corporate sales points and designated sales points of Warid...
SYDNEY, Aug 26 (AFP): Australia will celebrate the centenary of their greatest sporting legend Donald Bradman Wednesday by naming the star batsman's sleepy boyhood hometown "the world's spiritual home of cricket."Schoolchildren, Hollywood stars, cricketers and Australians of all walks of...
SINGAPORE, Aug 26 (AFP): State-linked Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings said today it had received a capital injection of 10 billion Singapore dollars (7.0 billion US) from its shareholder, the Ministry of Finance.The capital injection was made in April last...
PESHAWAR, Aug 26 (Agencies): Gunmen opened fire on the top US diplomat in northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday as she left for work in her armored vehicle, police and embassy officials said. No one was killed in the attack.Lynne Tracy, principal...
A Dhaka court Tuesday sentenced the absconding former communications minister Anwar Hossain Manju to 13 years in jail, fined him Tk 10 lakh, in default, to serve one year more in jail, reports bdnews24.com.Judge AKM Arifur Rahman of the Special...
Satkhira DSA thrashed Jhenidah DSA by 77-18 points with five creditable `lonas' in a final phase match of the 28th National Kabaddi Competition at the Comilla Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB.In another match, Satkhira DSA again beat Dinajpur DSA by 23-17...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Japan has exempted debt worth Tk 46.0 billion aiming to help Bangladesh pursue development activities.The waiver will be applicable for the loans taken in the period between 1974 and June 01, 1987. The amount includes principal and interest of the...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) condemned the untoward incident that occurred in the capital leaving a businessman dead and eight others injured, says a CCCI press release Tuesday."We strongly condemned such an undesirable incident causing huge damage...
BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua): With popularisation of China UnionPay (CUP) cards in Northeast Asian countries including China, Japan, Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia, Mongolia and DPRK, a CUP payment system has emerged in Northeast Asia.Northeast Asia, as an important regional...
Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dol (JCD), student wing of BNP, has threatened to launch countrywide movements to topple the caretaker government if it did not release ailing BNP leader Tarique Rahman to seek overseas treatment, reports bdnews24.com.JCD activists, in a protest rally...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The final round of BrandWitz 2008 -- the inter business school marketing competition -- organised by IBA Communication Club (IBACC) and CLEAR, a prominent brand of Unilever Bangladesh Limited, was held in the city recently.The topic of the competition was...
Those, now in the government, and others often urge the voters to vote for the right candidates, free from any fear. I think, there would be hardly anyone who does not want this. They should not be scared to cast...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited (ABBL) organised a discussion meeting on Anti- Money Laundering with the Team of Asia Pacific Group (APG) recently in the city.The meeting was chaired by K. Mahmood Sattar, chairman of ABBL, and conducted by...
BANGALORE, India, Aug 26 (AFP): Leading Indian outsourcing company Infosys plans to buy British consultancy Axon Group for 753.1 million dollars as it moves to expand its business advisory footprint, a statement said yesterday.The all-cash takeover deal is expected to...
BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other foreign leaders have congratulated the Chinese government and people on the successful hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.A statement released by Secretary-General Ban's press office Monday said: "The secretary-general congratulates...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
KHULNA, Aug 26: The production of Khulna Hard Board Mill (KHBM) remained suspended for last six days due to mechanical fault and crisis of raw materials. As a result it is facing financial losses worth Tk 0.35 million a day.Concerned...
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (AFP): Wracked by drought, Iran has turned to the United States for wheat for the first time in 27 years, marking a setback for Tehran's search for agricultural self-sufficiency.According to a recent US Department of Agriculture...
BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 26: The Tax Commission (Ashuganj and Brahmanbaria circle) of the district realised a record amount of revenue of more than Tk 232.00 million (Tk 23.20 crore) in the fiscal 2007-2008 against the target of Tk 192.00 million. The...
Change of attitude and mind set could add value to the success of corporations in the area of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR).Speakers at a seminar organised by the Department of BBA, Institute of Science and Technology (IST)...
Condition of Tarique Rahman, who Monday suffered head injuries from a fall in bathroom in custody, has improved, doctors at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) said, report UNB and bdnews24.com."He is better but under complete observation. We can't say...
COLOMBO, Aug 26 (Cricinfo): It started off slowly around 12:45pm local, and refused to go away. From a few drops to a relentless patter, a seasonal Colombo drizzle forced the fourth one-day international between Sri Lanka and India at the...
DU Correspondent | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Climate analysts Tuesday predicted that some 15 million people of the country's coastal area would be landless within next few years due to the effect of climate change throughout the world.They said around thirty thousand square kilometres of land of...
FE Report | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
Jamuna Bank Ltd held its 7th annual general meeting (AGM) in presence of a large number of shareholders at BDR Darber Hall at Peelkhana in the city Monday. The AGM approved stock dividend at the rate of one bonus share...
SEOUL, Aug 26 (Reuters): North Korea said Tuesday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal."We have decided to...
An organisation of jute mill workers has called upon employees of the state-owned jute mills to unite in demands for payment of arrears and allowances as well as resumption of production at the mills, reports bdnews24.com.The Jute Yarn Textile Mill...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-08-27 00:00:00
The country took its first donor-driven poverty reduction strategy in 2003. Though implementation of the poverty reduction targets in line with the design of the strategy paper remained a far cry, the interim government, which inherited the Poverty Reduction Strategy...
A Dhaka court Tuesday deferred again the plaintiff's cross-examination in a Tk 30 million extortion case against former premier Sheikh Hasina, reports bdnews24.com.Considering the time petition submitted by the prosecution lawyers, Md Ashraf Hossain of the Special Judge's Court- 5,...
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