FE ReportStock prices bounced back on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) after three days of fall due to a buying spree Wednesday.But transactions on the DSE were affected to a large extent following the torrential rains occurring during the last four...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, June 13: US State Department's annual report on Human Trafficking released yesterday hopefully did not have the name of Bangladesh in the list of the offenders. The list have the names of the countries with the...
In a news item, headlined "Opportunity given to legalise untaxed income, not black money: NBR" and published on the back page of the June 13 issue of the FE, it was inadvertently stated that the government offered an opportunity to...
SAMARRA, Iraq, June 13 (AFP): Two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in the northern town of Samarra collapsed Wednesday after being blown up within minutes of each other, witnesses and a top Shiite official said. The tall structures came...
GAZA CITY, June 13 (AFP): Hamas fighters besieged a top Fatah post in Gaza City Wednesday after driving their secular rivals from the north of the territory in battles that left the government teetering and Gaza on the verge of...
BEIJING, June 13 (Reuters): A senior Chinese defense strategist has said his nation needs to build offensive strength and an "effective nuclear force" but has no intention of renouncing its no-first-use nuclear doctrine. The rare official comments on Beijing's doctrine...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Reuters): Some Muslim countries are ill-prepared to tackle an outbreak of bird flu because of poor resources and public apathy, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said at a meeting of Islamic nations Wednesday. Health ministers...
HOUSTON, June 13 (AP): The astronauts asked to repair a loose thermal blanket on shuttle Atlantis have studied the fine points of aerospace engineering and built their strength for the strenuous task in weight rooms. But the actual repair job...
ISLAMABAD, June 13 (Reuters): A senior US official visiting Islamabad this week was expected to offer some support for President Pervez Musharraf, while staying out of a crisis brought on by his attempt to oust Pakistan's top judge. Having arrived...
JAKARTA, June 13 (Reuters): Indonesian police have captured the country's most-wanted militant, Abu Dujana, who heads a military wing of the Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a police spokesman said Wednesday. Dujana had been sought in connection with...
PARIS, June 13 (AP): A senior US diplomat accused Iran Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan - the most direct comments yet on the issue by a ranking American official. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns, speaking to...
JERUSALEM, June 13 (AP): The race for the Israeli presidency has taken on a high-profile buzz, driven by rape allegations against the sitting president and elder statesman Shimon Peres' campaign to cap his six-decade government career with a term in...
It may make the stomach turn, but scientists in Norway suggest that taking a spoonful of cod liver oil each day could stave off depression, reports BBC. In a study of almost 22,000 people aged over 40, those who regularly...
FE ReportAll clients of the Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) have been urged to expand their businesses through the services of the bank.PBL board of directors' Chairman Hafiz Ahmed Majumder urged the clients while speaking at a party organised by the...
FE Report Dhaka Insurance Limited (DIL) held its Annual Conference of Development Executives and Officers-2006 at a city hotel recently.DIL Managing Director KAM Ferdous presided over the meeting while its Chairman Fazlur Rahman was present as the chief guest. Directors,...
Asian stocks fell to a two-week low on concern interest rates will rise and sap growth in the world's largest economies, reports Bloomberg.Samsung Electronics Company and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. led declines among exporters after yields on US bonds climbed...
FE Report The new office of Berger Home Decor was inaugurated at Banani to meet the growing need of consumers for expert advice on paint solutions. Berger Paints Managing Director Masih Ul Karim inaugurated the new office of the company...
FE ReportTrust Bank Limited (TBL) has recently inaugurated its Sylhet corporate branch. Chief of Army Staff and the bank's Chairman General Moeen U Ahmed inaugurated the new branch. TBL Managing Director Iqbal U Ahmed presided over the function. Among others,...
LONDON, June 13 (Bloomberg): European stocks rose as bond yields retreated from five-year highs and Antofagasta Plc said 2007 will be a ``good'' year, underpinning gains by mining companies. UniCredit SpA, Italy's biggest lender, and phone company BT Group Plc,...
FE ReportIFIC Bank Limited conducted a workshop on 'Understanding UCP 600' at its office in the city recently.Salient features of the 'UCP 600' and the action to be taken by the bank were, inter alia, discussed in the workshop.Deputy Managing...
Recommendation of company's dividend Sonargaon Textiles: The board of directors of Sonargaon Textiles Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on...
IN trans-national flow of the shared rivers, the lower riparian country becomes the bean to which every garbage from the upper reaches at times of heavy rains and floods is washed off. Alike, in international trade in this globalised world,...
Syed Fattahul AlimWHILE offering critical as well as appreciative opinions over various aspects of the proposed budget will continue for sometime, the life of the average person will not remain frozen in time in the meanwhile. They will have to...
Fazle RashidMOHAMMAD ElBaradei director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UN nuclear watchdog, counselled calm on both sides and asserted that the confrontational posture of the US and Iran on later's nuclear ambitions needs to be defused urgently....
Martin WolfRUPERT Murdoch is a great businessman. The Wall Street Journal is a great newspaper. Which of these reputations is likely to survive Mr Murdoch's prospective purchase of the Journal? Despite the high price he offers, "his" is the plausible...
THE interim government is seen to be doing many good things. From depoliticising the administration to taking tough actions against corrupt persons, it is doing a great deal and the same are considered to be in line with people's expectation....
THERE is no doubt that television channels have given our people a different taste about presentation of news and current national and international affairs. But having watched the news programmes of different local private channels, it seems to me that...
THE financial sector reforms programme (FSRP) which was carried out over the years could, by and large, contribute to the improvement of the situation, particularly of the banks. Under the FSRP, the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) were also supervised...
FE Report Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman Tuesday called upon parents, teachers, community and religious leaders to work together for awareness creating on the risk intensity of HIV/AIDS in the country. "Our ultimate plan is to protect...
JESSORE, June 13 (UNB): The Summer Graduation Parade marking the commissioning of No 55 Flight Cadet Course and 5 Special Short Service Commission Course of the Bangladesh Air Force was held here at the BAF Academy Wednesday.Chief of Air Staff...
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