NEW YORK, Jun 12 (BSS): Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Chairman Ashraf Abdullah Yusuf called upon expatriate Bangladeshis to invest in the country taking advantage of the current congenial investment climate, especially in the EPZs.Addressing a press briefing in...
FE ReportONE Bank Limited opened the 26th branch of the bank at Court Hill Lane in Cox's Bazar recently.Chairman of the bank Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury formally inaugurated the branch office.Managing Director (current charge) Farman R Chowdhury, members of board of...
FE ReportThe Westin Dhaka Hotel and Resorts signed an agreement with Transcom Beverages Limited in the city Sunday.The Westin Dhaka General Manager Sun Amalan and Transcom Beverages Key Accounts Manager Kazi Abdul Haider signed the deal on behalf of their...
The board of directors of the 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 at the Barisal Club in Barisal...
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UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (AFP): The Security Council Monday reiterated "deep concern" at mounting reports of "illegal movements of arms" across the Lebanese Syrian-border, amid fears of escalating strife. The 15-member council also renewed its full support to Lebanese Prime...
GAZA CITY, Jun 12 (AFP): Palestinian gunbattles rocked Gaza Tuesday, killing 17 people in 24 hours as mortar shells slammed into the home of premier Ismail Haniya and the seafront compound of president Mahmud Abbas. Amid the apparent no-holds barred...
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 (AFP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon is willing to consider "an expanded (UN) role and presence in Iraq," provided "adequate protection and security arrangements" are put in place, according to a report released Monday. Citing growing calls...
JALALABAD, Jun 12 (AFP): US-led soldiers and warplanes killed seven Afghan policemen in a midnight battle that erupted when both sides mistook each other for Taliban rebels, officials said Tuesday. The foreign soldiers, who had been on an anti-Taliban operation,...
SYDNEY, Jun 12 (AFP): Looters raided abandoned houses, businesses and cars during four days of violent storms in Australia, stealing everything from iPods to alcohol and cigarettes, outraged victims said Tuesday. As a massive clear-up operation got into full gear...
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (AFP): The United States welcomed Monday Pakistan's decision to join a global programme led by Washington and Moscow to combat nuclear terrorism. Islamabad Saturday announced its intention to join the "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism" although...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jun 12 (AP): The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted a wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs of murder, torture and persecution Tuesday and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign of...
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (AFP): Washington said Monday it would continue its close links with Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf's administration despite a call by a leading US newspaper to distance itself from the embattled general. The US State Department said...
WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (AFP): President George W Bush will make a new push Tuesday for a bill offering 12 million illegal immigrants a chance at US citizenship with an unusual visit to the Senate to prod his own party's legislators...
DOHA, Jun 12 (AFP): A conference on migration has called for Middle East countries to adopt measures to protect migrant workers from modern-day slavery, especially Asians on whom many states are reliant. Delegates at the two-day forum held in Qatar's...
YENAGOA, Nigeria, Jun 12 (AP): Hostage takers in Nigeria's restive oil heartland released 13 captives Monday, including three Americans, officials said. The militants said earlier they were releasing the hostages on "humanitarian grounds," while indicating they would continue attacks despite...
Japan-Bangladesh Group will set up a GSM Mobile handset plant, a computer hardware plant and a new generation technology printer in Bangladesh at an investment of US $225 million, reports BSS.In line with the plan, the company signed three separate...
FE ReportSpeakers at a seminar on Child Labour in Agriculture have underscored the need for developing an accurate system of data and information with a view to eliminating hazardous form of child labour from the agriculture sector.The system will help...
The Chinese government is committed to making all efforts and contribution to address the global issue of climate change, reports UNB.A press release of the Chinese Embassy in city Tuesday said the UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol are the core...
The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed for 45 days the High Court order asking authorities concerned to remove all the establishments of Wonderland Amusement Park in the city's Gulshan area, reports UNB. On May 24, the High Court, upon a public...
A condolence meeting on noted journalist, former secretary general of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and president of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) Zahirul Huq will be held at the auditorium of Jatiya Press Club in the...
Severe gas crisis has gripped the port city of Chittagong, with industrial, commercial and domestic consumers hit hard, reports UNB.According to sources, state-owned Petrobangla can supply only 171 million cubic feet (mmcf) of gas a day against the demand for...
DU CorrespondentThe three-day 'Thailand Exhibition 2007' begins at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel today (Wednesday).Finance and Commerce Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam will inaugurate the expo as the chief guest at Bakul and Chameli at the hotel at 10 am, said a...
COMILLA, June 12 (UNB): Twenty-five goats were burnt to death as fire caught a goat farm at Pir Kashimpur village in Muradnagar Upazila Monday after thunderbolt struck it.
The 31st death anniversary of LA Chowdhury, a renowned social worker and politician, will be observed today (Wednesday), said a press release.Chowdhury was a close associate of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haq. He was general secretary of the then Jukta Front...
The Election Commission (EC) is going to submit a draft proposal-suggesting ban on front organisations of the political parties to the government soon.Commissioner Sohul Hussain said this while talking to reporters at his office in the city Tuesday, adding that...
FE Report India is planning to construct a two-lane bridge over River Umngot at Dawki-the last Indian post in Meghalaya, which falls on the border, according to an Indian newspaper report. The bridge would be built, according to the reports,...
A Dhaka court Tuesday halted the long-pending verdict on a gold smuggling case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, reports bdnews24.com. The suspension came after First Additional Sessions Judge Md Abul Basar, who has recently been assigned to handle the...
RAJSHAHI, June 12 (UNB): Former deputy minister for land Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu was produced before a court here Tuesday on charge of patronising militancy.After hearing the case, Additional District and Sessions Court Judge M Jahirul Haque fixed June 17...
NATORE, June 12 (UNB): A cheating case was filed against three people, including Nadim Mostafa, a former BNP lawmaker from Puthia-Durgapur constituency in Rajshahi, and his wife Nurunnahar Parul.Ali Hossain, a brickfield owner of Borogachha in the town, filed the...
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