FE Report | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
AKTEL customers will now get tele-health service. It launched the service in association with Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Medical Services Limited (JBFMS) for all its customers.In this connection, an agreement was signed between AKTEL and JBFMS at AKTEL corporate office in the...
New Zealand's squad has not softened its view on attending the Champions Trophy despite a detailed security briefing by an ICC task force in Christchurch Thursday. Safety remains a prime concern and Heath Mills, the executive manager of the New...
NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech Friday to warn Pakistan to rein in terrorism, as peace talks between the two countries falter 61 years after they were divided.The annual address marks...
Slowly, Bangladesh is making more and more export earning items. Apart from readymade garments, it is earning foreign currency by exporting items like plastic goods and raw materials, handicrafts, leather products and more. Recently, it got a market for bicycle...
TIANJIN, Aug 15 : Brazil cruised to the semifinals in the Olympic women's soccer tournament after beating Norway 2-1 here Friday.Midfielder Daniela put Brazil ahead in the 44th minute with a power shot from outside the box.Marta doubled the advantage...
Bangladesh national cricket team arrived in Darwin Friday at 3:30 pm local time (12:00 pm BST) for a three-match One Day International (ODI) series against world champions Australia, reports UNB.Expatriate Bangladeshi community welcomed the team at the Darwin International Airport.Bangladesh...
THE culling of poultry birds in the farms from the last bird-flu threat caused the biggest sustained loss to an economic sector since the independence of the country. Farmers are reportedly not rearing layer chickens out of a fear of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
Special teams of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have been working to identify city bigwigs who are evading taxes despite having large volume of taxable income, an NBR official said.The NBR has formed the teams comprising officials from different...
Victor K Fung, chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the World Business Organisation, expressed his disappointment over the failure of the WTO Mini-ministerial Meeting held in Geneva recently, said a press release Friday.In an open letter to the...
THE recent findings of the Consumer's Association of Bangladesh (CAB) were shocking, to say the least. A thorough testing, by CAB, showed that 16 out of 18 branded powdered and pasteurised milk were of substandard quality. They included nearly all...
Roadside bomb kills Shiite | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
pilgrim in BaghdadBAGHDAD, Aug 15: At least one Shiite pilgrim was killed in Baghdad on Friday and 10 more were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded as their bus was heading for a festival in the holy city of Karbala,...
BEIJING (Reuters): Michael Phelps scorched to his sixth gold and his sixth world record at the Beijing Olympics Friday in a great day for the United States in the pool and in women's gymnastics.The 23-year-old now has 12 career Olympic...
BEIJING, Aug 15 : China will take on a supercharged Singapore for a gold medal in the Olympic women's team table tennis tournament after the two Asian powerhouses won their semifinal matches here Friday.Chinese women, whose triumph seemed to have...
Hilary Burke | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
The Latin American economic boom of the past five years could take a hit if prices keep falling for the commodities they produce -- from soybeans to oil and metals.Argentina and Venezuela would suffer most from a sustained slump in...
Fernando Exman and | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
Natuza NeryThe Brazilian government's plan to take greater control over huge new oil discoveries will face obstacles in Congress and could delay its ambitions to become a global oil player, experts said Thursday.President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to...
FE Report | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) maintained the bearish trend for the ninth straight week that ended Thursday.The market failed to regain its steam as the unabated decline in the share price index over the last couple of months forced the...
The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed across the country with religious fervour tonight (Saturday night) seeking divine blessings for the well-being of mankind, reports UNB.The observance of Shab-e-Barat has special significance for Muslims, who believe that...
FE Report | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
Khanqueh-e-Shaheed (Ra) Mia Saheb Maidan Khanqueh Sharif, situated at Luxmi Bazar, in the old city of Dhaka, will hold religious discussion, Fateha khwani, zikir, milad and doa mahfil marking the holy Lailatul Bara
Sarwar Zahan | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate closed low last week due to injection of fresh cash into the market, that helped improve the liquidity, fund managers said.The market experienced a strong pressure on liquidity in the beginning and opened the week...
A few recommendations put by the Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) saw light after nearly a year of its inception, reports UNB.The commission now thinks its tenure should be extended for accelerating the process of implementation of its recommendations meant to...
Abdus Subhan | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
THE poor population of the country is going through greater stresses. The government's policies need to be oriented exceptionally to hedge the poor. One of the country's think-tank, recently assessed that poverty rose from 40 per cent to 48.5 per...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
Uncertainty looms large over floating an international tender for introduction of machine readable passports (MRPs) due mainly to delay in allocation of a Tk 20 million fund by the finance ministry.The department of immigration and passport (DIP) sent a proposal...
After a six-year hiatus, the nation observed Friday the National Mourning Day, the 33rd death anniversary of independence leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, report agencies.The national flag was raised at half-mast atop government, semi-government, non-government and private buildings.On this day...
BEIJING, Aug 15 (AFP): Cao Lei of China won the women's 75kg weightlifting gold medal at the Beijing Olympics Friday.Cao hoisted 128kg in the snatch and 154kg in the clean and jerk for a total lift of 282kg, all three...
Ziana Qaiser | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
To many, design and social work would appear as unrelated fields. But not to Rebecca Kousky, 26, of St Loius, Montana. A young post-graduate in social work, Kousky has successfully managed to blend her passion for both into creating 'Nest,'...
Enayet Rasul | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
THE mosques in the country should be seen overflowing with people tonight as they would be praying long into the night in huge number in keeping with the Islamic religious tradition in the expectation that the ones in prayers who...
BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain Friday said they do not undermine the contribution of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the country's independence and never belittle the mourning day by observing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's birthday on August 15, reports...
FE Report | 2008-08-16 00:00:00
Sharp drop in power supply over the last three weeks has sent people reeling and industries limping.The entire country has been facing frequent unannounced load-shedding of electricity for longer period of six to eight hours daily.Power supply in the capital...
Hundreds of her followers offered prayers and sent floral greetings to her at the makeshift jail in the parliament building complex as BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia stepped into 64 Friday, reports UNB.BNP and its front organizations...
EVERY country maintains a standard to import products from other countries. But whatever the reasons, it is absent in our country. For this lack of standardisation, we find same products of different qualities in our market. Often sub-standard products are...
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