BEIJING, Aug 19 : - The last lift in the weightlifting events at the Beijing Olympics helped German lifter Matthias Steiner to be crowned in the men's +105kg category Tuesday.Steiner, the silver medalist of 2008 European championships, made an amazing...
Manipadma Jena from Kalahandi in the Indian state of OrissaEver since she gave birth to a stillborn boy, Sajana Sabar, 20, has not spoken a word. A resident of Uchalla village in Golamunda block of Kalahandi district in Orissa, Sajana...
IGOETI, (Georgia), Aug 19 (Agencies): Russia and Georgia Tuesday exchanged prisoners captured during their brief war, a move that may reduce tensions and, Georgia hopes, hasten the promised withdrawal of Russian troops.Georgian Security Council head Alexander Lomaia said the swap,...
FE Report | 2008-08-20 00:00:00
Nasir Uddin Ahmed has been elected vice chairman of Karnaphuli Insurance Company Limited for the next two years.He is a director and convener of investment committee of the Meghna Life Insurance Company Limited.He visited many countries including Japan, Hong Kong,...
SHANGHAI, Aug 19 (AFP): China's economy can maintain annual growth of around nine per cent in coming years, state media reported today, citing a senior economist at a government think tank.Expanding industries and growing cities will continue to prop up...
Grameenphone (GP) has inaugurated a full-fledged blood bank at Rafatullah Community Hospital in Bogra. The bank is one of Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) health initiatives.Director (Public Relations) of GP Syed Yamin Bakht inaugurated the blood bank on the RCH...
FE Report | 2008-08-20 00:00:00
Only 92 people have responded to the government's latest offer to legalise undisclosed money since the opportunity became available from the first day of the current fiscal year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said.The Board said it mopped up...
The border conference between Bangladesh and India will be held at the BDR headquarters in the city tomorrow (Thursday) instead of today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The director general level conference will begin at 10:30 am on the day, said a BDR...
BASIC Bank Limited organised a six-day "Credit Management" course in the city recently.Managing Director of the bank AKM Sajedur Rahman distributed certificates among the participants at the closing ceremony, said a press release.Speaking on the occasion, the managing director advised...
BEIJING, Aug 19 (BSS): Not only China, other smaller countries which also won medals join the hosts to celebrate their achievements here.Country like Singapore on August 17 delayed broadcasting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's annual national address because it clashed...
SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (AFP): World oil prices fell further today, dragged down by worries that weaker US oil demand could spread to Europe and Japan, analysts said.In afternoon trade New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, dropped...
BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua): China's auto imports grew rapidly in the first half, as world auto giants turned to the Chinese market after the U.S. economic slump and rocketing oil prices drove sales down on U.S. and European markets, the...
BEIJING, Aug. 19: The United States crashed South Korea 104-60 Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympic women's basketball tournament at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium.The defending Olympic champions will play against the winner of a quarterfinal between Russia...
LONDON, Aug 19 (AFP): British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Monday it had completed the purchase of a 70-per cent stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications."Further to the ... approval from the Ghanaian Parliament, Vodafone announces today that it has completed...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 19 (UNB): The caretaker government is going to ban human habitation in most vulnerable foothill areas in the port city.Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman announced Tuesday the government step as he visited the site of the devastating landslide...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-08-20 00:00:00
With the aim to remove the existing legal barriers to the promotion of investment, the government on October 10 last year formed the 17-member Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC). The tenure of the Commission will expire next October.So far, the RRC...
BEIJING, Aug 19 : Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Samaranch said Tuesday China would top the gold medal count at the Beijing Games.Asked whether China could keep its gold medal lead to the end, Samaranch said, "Yes, I...
FE Report | 2008-08-20 00:00:00
Global Finance, an international finance magazine with circulation in more than 158 countries, has named Citibank NA Bangladesh as the 'Best Internet Bank 2008' in the first round of awards, a press release said.Citi Asia Pacific continued to sweep the...
Mushir Ahmed | 2008-08-20 00:00:00
The country's largest private airline GMG will resume three international flights and add a new route as oil price eased both in the international and domestic markets, an official said Tuesday.The company had to suspend its flights to Dubai, Kuala...
It now appears one Advisor is working hard finding ways and means to release a party leader, as if the country's existence depends upon her release, ignoring the sentiments of the vast silent majority of the country. If that is...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-08-19 00:00:00
Customs department has recorded 51 per cent growth in revenue in the first month of fiscal 2008-09, thanks to higher import of luxury items, including cars, which helped it fetch increased amount of supplementary duty (SD).The National Board of Revenue...
On the day Pervez Musharraf resigned as president of the country, one of his main beneficiaries and closest allies, Nasim Ashraf, offered his resignation as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), reports Cricinfo.His resignation has been sent to the...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 18 (UNB): A violent landslide triggered by torrential rains Monday left at least 11 people dead and scores injured in the city's Motijharna Hossain Colony area near Lalkhan Bazar.According to the latest reports, rescuers recovered the bodies of...
BEIJING, Aug. 18: Stephanie Brown Trafton won the Olympic women's discus throw gold medal Monday with her first attempt in the National Stadium of China, nick-named "Bird's Nest".This is the first track and field gold for the world athletics powerhouse...
FE Report | 2008-08-19 00:00:00
Parents of Wahid Hasan Rifat, a ten-year-old boy who has been suffering from blood cancer, have sought financial assistance for the treatment of their son.Rifat, son of Nur-A-Alam, a resident of 45, Shaheenbagh, Tejgaon, Dhaka, started to show symptoms of...
FE Report | 2008-08-19 00:00:00
A five-member expert team from the Asia Pacific Group of Money Laundering (APG) has started assessing the country's overall performance in curbing money laundering and alleged terror financing.The team, headed by David Shannon, met with Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor, deputy...
SYLHET, Aug 18 (UNB): Detained Sylhet City Corporation (SSC) Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran was released on parole Monday morning to attend the funeral of his mother, who died Sunday.After he was set free from Sylhet Central Jail at about...
Shilpi Rani Roy | 2008-08-19 00:00:00
NOTHING worse can happen to Rahmat Alii and his wife Laila Perveen. Rahmat is suffering from liver cirrhosis while Laila from Hepatitis B. Rahmat passes his time waiting to meet the angel of death on a hospital bed in Old...
BEIJING, Aug. 18: Chinese springboard stars Qin Kai and He Chong expect to maintain the winning tradition of China in the men's 3-meter springboard, as the Chinese have been victorious in the event at previous three Olympic Games.He finished first...
TOKYO, Aug 18 (AFP): The dollar eased back in Asia today from recent highs against the euro and the yen as traders locked in recent gains while waiting for fresh economic data, dealers said.The dollar briefly slipped below the key...
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