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Zunaed to replace injured Nazim in Australia tour

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Opening batsman Zunaed Siddique will replace injury-hit top order batsman Nazim Uddin in the Bangladesh team now touring Australia, reports UNB.Nazim Uddin has been ruled out of the tour after tearing one of the tendons on his left ring finger...

India thinking currency notes on polymer

2008-08-19 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (PTI): In a bid to overcome the menace of fake Indian currency notes, the Government has started giving serious thought to printing currency notes on polymer, a practice prevalent in Australia.The Government is toying with the...

Brazilians book final berth

2008-08-19 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, Aug 18 :- Marta and Cristiane's Brazil had a five-star game and crushed the "invincible" Germans 4-1 to cruise to the Olympic women's football final here Monday.It's a fiasco night for Germany, as the World champions' perfect defence record...

Nitol Insurance launches Takaful wing

FE Report | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

Nitol Insurance Company Limited launched its first Takaful wing at the city's Bijoy Nagar area Monday to allow policy-holders of the company get an interest-free Islamic product.Takaful, an Arabic word meaning 'guaranteeing each other' or 'joint guarantee' observing the rules...

Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite

2008-08-19 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Aug 18 (Agencies): Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday.Saturday's test of the two-stage rocket, called the Safir-e Omid, or Ambassador of Peace, was successful,...

Ethics, morality and the objectives of education

Md. Anwarul Kabir | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

THERE is a strong correlation between institutional education and all pervasive corruption in our country. This perception, indeed, becomes true if we objectively analyse the prevailing corruption in the society. Who are the main actors in corruption? Put on a...

Tigers make frustrating start in Australia

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Touring Bangladesh national cricket team made a frustrating start as they lost to Australian Institute of Sports by 14 runs in the first practice match at the Garden's Oval in Darwin Monday, reports UNBSent into bat first, Australian Institute of...

Production in state-run jute mills declined

Rafiqul Islam | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

KHULNA, Aug 18: Production has fallen by one-third in seven state run jute mills in Khulna and Jessore region due to crisis of raw jute. It is therefore uncertain whether the mill would be able to fulfil their production target...

CA asks bureaucrats to maintain utmost neutrality

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed asked Monday the country's top civil bureaucrats to extend total cooperation to holding free, fair and neutral general elections by maintaining utmost neutrality and rising above all influence, fear and intimidation, reports UNB.Giving the directive while...

Internees of RMCH go on strike after attack on doctor

2008-08-19 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 17 (bdnews24.com): Internee doctors of Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) went on strike Sunday in protest at the assault of a doctor after the death of a patient, police said.Acting director of the hospital Dr Anisul Karim...

Georgia waits for promised Russian troop pullout

2008-08-19 00:00:00

GORI, (Georgia), Aug 18 (Agencies): Hungry and uncertain, beleaguered residents in Gori and other occupied Georgian cities waited anxiously Monday for Russian forces to begin their promised pullout after a short but intense war.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised the withdrawal...

China emerging as new sports superpower

2008-08-19 00:00:00

BEIJING (Reuters): It is China, though, slowly emerging as the new superpower of sport -- perhaps an inevitable trend given that the 1.3 billion population represent a fifth of humanity and a formidable Soviet-style sports system is geared to maximizing...

Southern African countries launch free trade zone

2008-08-19 00:00:00

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 18 (AFP): Southern African countries launched a regional trade zone at a summit yesterday that aims to eliminate import tariffs, with plans for a common currency by 2018.Eleven of the 14 countries that are part of the Southern...

1st half sale of Nestle Group increases

2008-08-19 00:00:00

The consolidated sales of the Nestle Group amounted to CHF (Swiss Franc) 53.10 billion in the first six months of 2008 registering an increase of 3.80 per cent over the same period of last year.The Group's EBIT (earnings before interest...

Blanik bags first gymantics gold for Poland

2008-08-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug 18 : Leszek Blanik won the gold medal in the men's vault Monday at the Beijing Olympics, the first gymnastics title for Poland in its Olympic history.In a black-and-white gymnastic suit, Blanik collected 16.537 points with two jumps,...

Decline in stock prices persists

FE Report | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

The benchmark DGEN index Monday sank 2.09 per cent or 56.12 points to close at 2618.95, its lowest level in the last 11 months.The market operators and analysts attributed the fall to price adjustment of market heavyweight Square Pharmaceuticals and...

He Wenna boosts hosts

2008-08-19 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug. 18 : China's He Wenna won the first Olympic trampoline gold medal for her country before overjoyed home fans here Monday.He took the title with a collection of 37.8 points. Karen Cockburn from Canada took the silver in...

AL vows to thwart 'spying' on political parties

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman said Monday that the party would thwart any alleged move by the caretaker government (CG) to spy on political parties through the political intelligence office recently launched to purge the country's politics, reports...

Manik appointed national football coach until Nov

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Monday appointed renowned football coach Shafiqul Islam Manik as the national football coach until November next, reports UNB.Manik replaces former national booter cum football coach Abu Mohammad Yousuf, who earlier quit from the hot seat following...

British Airways and ATAB agree on trade re-engagement

2008-08-19 00:00:00

British Airways and Association of Travel Agents in Bangladesh (ATAB) have reached a mutually agreeable solution to the outstanding differences over travel agency remuneration payments, says a press release.This agreement widens further the options for British Airways (BA) customers in...

Women's Reservation Bill: To live another day

Kalpana Sharma from Mumbai | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

IT took a high level of strategizing. Women stood around the man given the task. They literally "protected" him. And in the end they and he won. He managed to "table" a piece of paper that was in danger of...

BoF forecasts 0.1pc Q3 growth

2008-08-19 00:00:00

PARIS, Aug 18 (AFP): France's gross domestic product (GDP) should be 0.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2008, the Bank of France (BoF) forecast today, as France's prime minister summoned key ministers to discuss the economy.This preliminary estimate...

New rice varieties

2008-08-19 00:00:00

THE Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has received accolades from home and abroad for evolving a good number of high yielding rice varieties since its establishment in 1970. It will soon release submergence-resistant and salt-tolerant rice varieties. This is, no...

MTB holds half yrly managers' conference

FE Report | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) held its half- yearly managers' conference 2008 at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre recently. MTB Chairman Samson H Chowdhury attended the meeting as chief guest and Managing Director Kazi Md Shafiqur Rahman presided over the event,...

Japan, China agree on food poisoning probe

2008-08-19 00:00:00

TOKYO, Aug 18, (AFP): The foreign ministers of Japan and China agreed to boost cooperation to probe toxic Chinese-made dumplings, an issue that has caused a furore in Japan, officials said today.Japan's Masahiko Komura raised the dumpling issue in a...

Workshop on 'Life Skill for Career Development Planning' at RU ends

RU Correspondent | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

A three-day workshop and seminar on "Life Skill for Career Development Planning" and seminar "Career Opportunity and Planning" ended at Rajshahi University (RU) Sunday.The Rotaract Club of RU organised both the workshop and seminar. The workshop was held on the...

CU BCL protest Shibir attack

2008-08-19 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Aug 17 (bdnews24.com): Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) held demonstrations on Chittagong University (CU) campus Sunday against an attack by Islami Chhatra Shibir supporters on a Bangabandhu mourning procession the previous day.Leaders of the Awami League (AL) student wing said...

Emirates' inflight entertainment secures fourth consecutive Skytrax award

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Dubai, Aug 18: Emirates has again received plaudits for its innovative inflight technology after scooping the muchcoveted Skytrax 2008 Best Airline Inflight Entertainment Award for the fourth consecutive year, says a pres release.The airline's ice (information, communication and entertainment) and...

Trial in Hasina

2008-08-19 00:00:00

Trial of the extortion case filed by businessman Azam Jahangir Chowdhury against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina resumed Monday, after cancellation of the case by the High Court (HC) and its restoration by the Appellate Division on a government appeal,...

Strong dollar to cut imports, but inflation unlikely to ease

Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-08-19 00:00:00

An upward rally of the US dollar against major global currencies has started to reduce import costs but any chance for a declining inflation appears to be bleak thanks to the country's 'rogue' traders, officials and experts said Monday.They said...