FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate eased Monday with injection of fresh cash into the market that improved liquidity. The US dollar, however, appeared mostly steady with downward bias against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market because of...
BEIJING, Aug 11:: In a competition between champs of Europe and Africa, Norway trounced Angola 31-17 to clinch their second win at the Beijing Olympic women's handball tournament here Monday.Isabel Fernandes scored the first goal in the first minute to...
BEIJING, Aug 11: On the back of Sunday's sweeping victory by their women compatriots, the South Korean men scored a new Olympic 24-arrow record of 227 to win their country a second archery gold at the Beijing Olympics Monday.IM Dong-Hyun,...
SYDNEY, Aug 11 (AFP): Australia's central bank today said domestic demand was slowing significantly, leading it to cut its economic growth forecasts for the year and increasing the prospect of a fall in interest rates.In a quarterly statement on monetary...
LA PAZ, Aug 11 (Reuters): Bolivian President Evo Morales easily won a recall vote Sunday and vowed to push on with socialist reforms that his rightist opponents in South America's poorest country are trying to block.The election pitted Morales against...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
KURIGRAM, Aug 11: The members of 27 battalion of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) raided Bhurungamari frontier Sunday and recovered a large amount of Indian goods including a motor cycle and a truck worth Tk 2.4 million.Deputy Commanding Officer of Kurigram 27...
Bangladesh gets into Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) to derive immense benefits in spheres of research and education, enhance global connectivity, and get high-speed connection to the information superhighway, reports UNB.The national taskforce on ICT affairs Monday approved a proposal to...
SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (AFP): Singapore said today its key exports could fall up to four per cent this year as a global economic slowdown takes its toll on Southeast Asia's most advanced economy.The city-state's main non-oil domestic exports could fall...
Sachin Tendulkar will not play the ODI series in Sri Lanka after sustaining an injury to his left elbow during the third Test in Colombo. S Badrinath, the Tamil Nadu batsman, is likely to be his replacement. reports Cricinfo."I spoke...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Lottery for share allotment of the Grameen One: Scheme Two, the second scheme of Grameen Mutual Fund One, will be held Thursday, subject to the approval of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), officials said Monday.The largest initial public offering (IPO)...
The 18th annual general meeting (AGM) of Sandhani Life Insurance Company Limited has approved 25 per cent stock dividend (bonus share) for the year that ended on December 31, '07.The AGM was held in the city recently. Chairman of the...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The government Monday allowed the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to import 0.15 million tonnes of refined oil from the Maldives by December, a senior official said."The council committee on economic affairs at a meeting today has waived a provision...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The country's nearly $11 billion export-oriented garments sector will face a 'severe blow' if the government fails to take stern action against the 'trouble-makers', the industry warned Monday.President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Anwar Ul Alam...
The ICC delegation in Pakistan to review the security arrangements for the Champions Trophy has all but ruled out Rawalpindi as a venue for the tournament after being briefed by the country's Interior Ministry Monday, reports Cricinfo."It is a strong...
SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (AFP): Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) said today its regional mobile user base was up 45 percent to almost 198 million in the second quarter against a year earlier.India led the way as SingTel's mobile associate Bharti added a...
HANOI, Aug 11 (AFP): Vietnamese emergency services were Monday seeking to reach isolated and flood-hit northern communities after tropical storm Kammuri left at least 100 people dead and 50 missing over the weekend.Flash-floods and landslides since Friday have cut major...
Popular Life Insurance buys CSE membershipThe authorities of Popular Life Insurance Company Limited have stated that the company has purchased a membership of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) at a cost of Tk 11,11,11,111.11 only.Stock dividend creditedThe authorities of Prime Insurance...
Enamul Haque | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
Emergency provides the opportunity for harsh and swift application of the laws against unethical practices. Besides, it gives the government sweeping powers to address pressing economic issues safeguarding the genuine interests of the workers of modest means who, getting cheated,...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (Xinhua): Silicon Valley and the broader Bay Area, flexing its leadership status in technology during an economic downturn, accounted for a remarkable 40 per cent of venture capital investment in the second quarter this year, it...
BEIJING, Aug 11: Chinese teenager divers Lin Yue and Huo Liang clinched the gold of the men's 10m platform synchronised at the Beijing Olympic Games here Monday.Lin and Huo, winners in 2007 Melbourne worlds, led throughout the final to win...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
The United States has asked the caretaker government to lift ban on trade union activities and improve labour rights in the garment factories before it holds a hearing on Bangladesh's GSP facilities in October, an official said.The call came late...
AMSTERDAM, Aug 11 (Reuters): Shares in Dutch TNT NV rose more than 6.0 per cent Monday after a source said Europe's No.2 mail and logistics company was in talks with US rival United Parcel Service (UPS.N).The source, who declined to...
Drip by drip, Sri Lanka made their way to a comprehensive series win, their first over India since 2001. On what turned out to be the final day of the series, Sri Lanka did not attack overtly, and kept their...
LONDON, Aug 11 (AFP): Europe's major stock markets rose slightly Monday, with London lifted by gains to energy and mining majors, and after share prices had rallied in Tokyo and before the weekend on Wall Street.Markets were also monitoring escalating...
FE Report | 2008-08-12 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 asker, milad and doa mahfil marking the holy Fateha Yazdaham (the holy Egaro Sharif) after Maghrib...
Bangladeshi shooter Mohammad Imam Hossain made a dismal performance in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as he finished 46th among 51 competitors in the qualifying round of the Men's 10-metre Air Rifle Shooting held at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall...
The Chittagong Customs has claimed to have got definite proof of irregularities committed by a leading business house of the country in the import of more than 400 metric tonnes of powdered milk. The bags containing the milk in question,...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-12 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 11: Speakers at a seminar Saturday last urged the government to immediately establish a landport in bordering Chilahati town in Nilphamari district by utilising its suitable geographical location to increase trade of the country with the neighbouring countries."Four...
Dutch-Bangla- Bank Limited organised a week long orientation course for its newly recruited assistant officers, said a press release.Additional managing director of the bank AHM Nazmul Quadir inaugurated the course held Sunday at the bank's training centre in the city.The...
Unregulated discharge of the industrial effluents is contaminating waters of rivers and aquatic life in them and similarly spoiling underground water aquifers from seepage through soil. Soil affected by such discharge is also turning toxic and dangerous for any form...
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