BEIJING, Aug 14 (AFP): Chinese swimmers Liu Zige and Jiao Liuyang produced stunning swims Thursday to win gold and silver in the Olympic women's 200 metres butterfly with the world record being shattered in the process.It was a remarkable achievement...
FE Report | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The central bank provided the overdraft (OD) facility for 30 million more US dollars Thursday to a state-owned commercial bank (SCB) for settlement of fuel oil import bills, officials said.'We've provided the SCB with such a facility against the government-approved...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday said there are scopes to further enhance relations in the field of trade and commerce between Bangladesh and North Korea, reports UNB.He emphasised on identifying new areas of cooperation through discussion among experts of...
Tim May, the chief executive of the global players' union, believes Pakistan must do more to ensure the safety of players at next month's Champions Trophy. May will form part of an ICC task force that will attempt to allay...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have felicitated their Korean counterparts on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the country that falls Friday, reports UNB.In a message to the President of Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak...
TOKYO, Aug 14 (AP): Asian stock markets struggled to gain ground Thursday as concerns about the region's big economies continued to weigh on investor sentiment.Chinese shares were mixed Thursday following the release of figures showing that growth in industrial output...
There are very compelling reasons to explain why much increasing the production of food grains ought to be a very high priority for Bangladesh. The country is able to maintain a balance of sorts between its basic food supply requirement...
A three-day specialised procurement training review on the Public Procurement Act and Rules ended in the city Thursday.The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation, Monitoring Evaluation Division under the Ministry of Planning organised the training.Secretary of Implementation, Monitoring and...
At least 11 Dhaka University students and a teacher were injured in a series of clashes following an altercation over a football match at the central playground on the campus on Thursday evening--reminiscent of a recent Armageddon triggered from the...
FE Report | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
Soroptimist International Club of Dhaka, Bangladesh has organised a two-day South Asian Conference on 'Women's Rights: South Asian Perspectives' at the Spectra Convention Centre, Gulshan in the city today (Friday).The conference will be preceded by a South Asian Forum meeting...
BEIJING, Aug 14: Ukraine beat China 45-44 to win the women's team sabre gold medal at the Olympic Games here Thursday.The United States downed France 45-38 for the bronze medal.Meantime, Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia claimed the men's 100kg judo title...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
Soaring price of poultry feeds has thrown another blow to the country's bird-flu affected poultry sector as the overall prices of feeds have almost doubled over the last one year pushing the production cost roughly by 20 to 40 per...
FE Report | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
A two-day orientation course on seed technology concluded at Seed Pathology Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh.The course was organised by the Seed Pathology Centre with financial support from Energypac Agro Ltd and SEDF.More than twenty officers from the production...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The port city of Chittagong, which is also called the commercial capital of Bangladesh, has been facing severe gas and power crisis since long. However, the source of both the crises is again gas, since most of the power plants...
BEIJING, Aug 14 : Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia outscored Askhat Zhitkeyev of Kazakhstan in men's 100kg class judo at the Beijing Olympic Games Thursday, winning the first gold medal his country had awaited for 44 years.Naidan, world-ranked 12th this year,...
SRINAGAR, Aug 14(Reuters): Protesters shouting "we want freedom" took to the streets of Kashmir on Thursday as a land dispute between Muslims and Hindus boiled into a litmus test of New Delhi's hold on the troubled Himalayan region.The row pits...
Berger Paints (BD) Limited opened three more Berger Colour Bank outlets in the city recently.Managing Director of the company Rupali Chowdhury inaugurated Sajjad Paints and Moonmoon Paints at Nawabpur Road and Al-Amin Hardware at North South Road in the city...
BEIJING, Aug 14: Reigning Olympic champion Hungary ended Spain's winning streak in the men's water polo Thursday with a 8-5 victory at the Beijing Olympics.Spain had a 3-2 advantage at the quarter break but by half-time Hungary had taken the...
DAMASCUS, Aug 14 (Reuters): Syria and Lebanon agreed Thursday to resume work towards formally demarcating their borders but Damascus said the boundaries of the disputed Shebaa Farms would not be drawn until Israel withdrew from them.Demarcation of the borders between...
THE readymade garment sector is, again, in trouble. A large number of garment factories in Ashulia were attacked the other day by agitating workers, demanding payment of their arrear wages. This is really regrettable. It has become a routine affairs...
SEOUL, Aug 14, (AFP): South Korea's main flag carrier Korean Air said today that it posted a net loss in the second quarter due mainly to higher fuel costs and a weaker won against the dollar.The airline recorded a net...
FE Report | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
Oracle, world's largest enterprise software company has announced that more than 24 leading colleges and universities worldwide recently purchased, implemented or upgraded Oracle
THERE are services which are extremely important for the simple reason that these involve human life. The same are the medical services and, for the obvious reasons, no compromise can be allowed in running them properly or in maintaining their...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Thursday expressed his hope that prices of essentials would remain stable during the upcoming holy Ramadan because of measures taken by the government, reports UNB."All kinds of measures have been taken to keep the prices of...
BEIJING, Aug 14 (AFP): Roger Federer complained the Olympic tennis schedule was "ridiculous" after playing six matches in just four days.The top seed won his singles match against Tomas Berdych and had just one hour and 40 minutes to recover...
BEIJING, Aug 14 : The star-studded Chinese men's team eased past Austria to advance into table tennis team semifinals at the Beijing Olympic Games here Thursday.The mighty trio of Wang Hao, Wang Liqin and Ma Lin eased past the European...
FE Report | 2008-08-15 00:00:00
The government has taken initiatives to set up "compact townships" aiming to ensure proper utilisation of the country's fallow lands, a planning ministry official said Thursday.The planning ministry at a meeting Thursday asked government ministries and agencies concerned to give...
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has taken up a project to connect all the four Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSCF) offices across the country.Under the project, IFC will provide hardwares, build...
The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 will be played between December 3 and 10, instead of October, the organisers - the boards of India, Australia and South Africa - have announced. To accommodate the change, the first Test between Australia and...
TUNGIPARA, Aug 14 (UNB): Awami League (AL) central leadership Thursday said if voted to power at the next polls, they would build a democratic and non-communal Bangladesh with the spirit of the 1972 Constitution to materialise the ideals of Bangabandhu...
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