BEIJING, Aug 17 (AFP): Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura was in China today to discuss plans to jointly develop East China Sea gas fields amid rapidly warming relations between the two Asian economic giants, an official said.Koumura and Chinese Foreign...
NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters): Cablevision Systems Corporation appeared to bow to pressure from investors when it said Friday that its board had agreed to initiate a regular quarterly dividend.The decision follows meetings earlier last week between Cablevision Chief Executive...
aOne of the laudable initiatives on the part of the incumbent government is the move to establish a mechanism to carry out reforms expressly designed to facilitate businesses. The government formed the Better Business Forum (BBF) last year to this...
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and UNAIDS Bangladesh recently signed an agreement to form 'Bangladesh Business Coalition on AIDS' (BBCA) with a view to contributing to the national response to AIDS in the country, says a press release.Mr Shah Masud Imam,...
FE Report | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of ICB declared total net asset value (NAV) of its two unit funds in the city recently. The unit funds are ICB AMCL Unit Fund and ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit Fund.The...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
Majority of the country's 2.5 million garment workers will not get a pay increase ahead of the month of Ramadan as the leading manufacturers have said they would not follow the example set by the knitwear exporters.The Bangladesh Knit Manufacturers...
Hosts South Africa Academy team crushed visiting GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team by an innings and 63 runs inside three days in the 2nd four-day match at Laudiam in Pretoria on Saturday, reports UNB.Roelof van der Merwe was the star...
LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters): The conflict between Russia and Georgia is giving the dollar an old-fashioned boost, based on US stability and military if not economic might.Armed conflict between Russia and its former and vastly outmatched Soviet neighbour Georgia over...
A discussion and doa mahfil on former minister and eminent journalist Anwar Zahid will be held at the National Press Club at 11 am today (Monday), reports BSS.Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) and National...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 17: Due to the drastic reduction in power generation from Chittagong-based power centres, load shedding in Chittagong has reached intolerable levels. The load shedding was around 230 to 250 megawatt during peak hours for the last few days.Besides...
I am extremely delighted to learn something about the waste management of plastic -- both domestically and internationally -- by reading an article titled 'Effective use of plastic waste in road surfacing' written by Mr. Shahiduzzaman Khan and published in...
LONDON, Aug 17 (AFP): Most commodity prices fell sharply this week, with gold under 800 dollars per ounce and crude oil slumping further, as weak economic growth heralded lower demand for raw materials, analysts said.OIL: Crude oil prices tumbled owing...
ANKARA, Aug 17 (AFP): Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in neighbouring northern Iraq overnight, the military said Sunday.The air raid targeted a cave in the Avasin-Basyan region, which served as a base for a "large group" of Kurdistan...
Former Home Minister Mohammad Nasim, convicted of graft, was released from police guard on bail Saturday but remained at LabAid Cardiac Hospital, a top prisons official said, reports bdnews24.com."Nasim was released in line with a High Court (HC) order," Deputy...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
KURIGRAM, Aug 17: Arum cultivation has changed the lot of a good many farmers in Kurigram, a poverty stricken district, of the country's northern region.The people in the rural areas of Kurigram are mostly poor but now many have come...
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (PTI): India's sugar exports have reached about 43 lakh tons till first week of August in the current 2007-08 season, which is more than double from the entire shipments last season."Sugar exports have reached to about...
BEIJING, Aug 17 : Chinese shuttler Lin Dan claimed the men's singles title at the Beijing Olympics Sunday, beating Lee Chong-wei from Malaysia 21-12, 21-9 in the final.China's Chen Jin beat Lee Hyun-il from South Korea 21-16, 12-21, 21-14 in...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (Agencies): Pakistan's ruling coalition tightened the screw on President Pervez Musharraf Sunday, saying that it had readied impeachment charges against him and was giving him two days to stand down.Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar told AFP, "The charge...
BEIJING, Aug 17 : China clinched the women's Olympic team table tennis (TT) title here Sunday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Singapore to win the final 3-0.It was the 17th gold medal that China won at the Olympic...
HONG KONG, Aug 17 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week down against the dollar as the greenback rallied strongly on sentiment that the US was best placed to combat a global economic downturn, dealers said.An increasing chance of American interest...
Newly-recruited Probationary Officers of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) have been urged to avail the opportunities of helping alleviating poverty of the rural poor through their devotion and service of the bank, which is the largest government-owned bank primarily dedicated...
BEIJING, Aug 17 (Agencies): Swimmer Michael Phelps went Sunday where no one has been before to win a record eighth gold at one Olympics and surpass Mark Spitz's famous 1972 feat.The American stole the limelight even from Jamaican Usain Bolt's...
BEIJING, Aug 17 (AP): Elena Dementieva won the gold medal in women's singles Sunday at the Olympics by beating fellow Russian Dinara Safina 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.A flurry of double-faults doomed Safina. She flung her racket, broke it and smacked a...
FE Report | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
The country's terry towel exports will grow double digit in the current fiscal year as its main sub-continental rivals have shifted focus on manufacturing high valued textiles due to soaring costs of production, industry said on Sunday.Exports of terry towel...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
RASHAHI, Aug17: Members of RAB-5 at Railway colony camp recovered a large number of counterfeit revenue stamps and arrested one person from Bonpara by-pass crossing of Natore and Baghail Notun Para village under Pabna district recently.Acting on a tip off,...
FE Report | 2008-08-18 00:00:00
Lalmai Foods Products Ltd, one of the leading food companies of the country, signed an agreement with Aspen Trading and Contracting Company to export ARKU food products to Qatar recently.Under the agreement Lalmai Food Products Ltd will be exporting products...
BEIJING, Aug 17 : France claimed the men's sabre team title at the Beijing Olympics Sunday, beating the United States 45-37 in the final. Italy edged Russia 45-44 in the bronze medal fight
Former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina wants to return from the US at the end of September "even if her US doctors want to extend her treatment", her personal physician said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.When reminded about the...
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 17 (AFP): Southern African leaders were gathering Sunday for the final day of a summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe's crisis, amid a push for a deal between the country's rivals before the meeting wraps up.The leaders were expected to...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (APP): The committee on exploration, mining, leasing and development for preparation of National Steel Policy decided to establish four sub-committees for identification of iron ore, public and private partnership in exploration, development of infrastructure and capacity building....
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