China's power enterprises | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
urge subsidy from govtBEIJING, Aug. 10: China Electricity Council, an organisation of all China's power enterprises, urged the governmentto subsidise power enterprises to maintain their normal operation, reported Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities Journal. The suggestion comes at a time when profit...
QINHUANGDAO, Aug 10 (Xinhua): Cameroon took over Honduras 1-0 in the Olympic men's football tournament here Sunday.Midfielder Stephane Mbia's right-foot low shot in the 74th minute finally opened the scoring for Cameroon after they wasted several great opportunities.In the 85th...
TBILISI (Georgia), Aug 10 (AP): Russia expanded its bombing blitz Sunday against neighbouring US-allied Georgia, targeting the country's capital for the first time while Georgian troops pulled out of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, as Russia has demanded.Georgia's Security...
BEIJING, Aug 10 (Xinhua): Defending champion Xian Dongmei won China's first judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here Sunday, stunning Kum Ae An from DPR Korea in the 52kg class final.Xian flipped Kum Ae An with a yuko...
Dhaka Abahani reached quarterfinal of the Citycell Federation Cup Football Tournament eliminating Chittagong Abahani by 4-1 goals in the group B match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Sunday, reports UNB.Striker Zahid Hasan Emily and midfielder Arif Khan Joy struck twice...
FE Report | 2008-08-11 00:00:00
A section of garments workers attacked over a dozen apparel factories in Jampara, Ashulia Sunday compelling some 50 factory owners to keep their establishments closed for over an hour.Around a hundred workers of Polania Garments started staging demonstration on Dhaka-Tongi...
BEIJING, Aug 10 (AFP): The death toll from a bombing and the aftermath in China's northwestern Xinjiang province Sunday rose to eight, with four injured, state media said.Seven attackers and one security guard died in the attack in which the...
OTTAWA, Aug 9 (AFP): Canada's economy lost 55,200 jobs in July, the highest monthly figure in 17 years, the government said yesterday.Statistics Canada said the overall unemployment rate fell slightly to 6.1 per cent, from 6.2 per cent, as more...
Burton Bollag | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Grameen Bank, acclaimed for improving the lives of the poor in Bangladesh by providing tiny business loans, has begun operations in the United States.This is its first attempt to bring microlending to the poor in a developed country.Grameen America's first...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Dozens of newly set-up factories in the country's export processing zones (EPZs) could not start operation as they have failed to get gas connections despite assurances by the authorities, officials said Saturday.The companies-most of them owned by foreign entrepreneurs--- have...
LIVERPOOL, Aug 9(AFP): Fernando Torres had only been a European champion for a matter of hours when the Liverpool star consigned Spain's triumph to the history books and turned his attention to Anfield's own trophy drought.Torres's typically clinical finish against...
JAVA, Georgia, Aug 9 (AFP): Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a "state of war" Saturday as his troops battled it out with Russian forces over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.Russian warplanes bombed and virtually destroyed a key Georgian port...
BNP secretary general Khondoker Delwar Hossain Saturday alleged that the Caretaker Government (CG) wants to hold the general election under the state of emergency to see the "politicians of entente" victorious to get the seal of legitimacy, reports UNB/ bdnews24.com."Because,...
NEW DELHI, (Internet): Glistening marble floors. Landscaped lawns. A golf course. This $1.5 million-a-pop housing development is one of the plushest yet in Gurgaon, a satellite city on New Delhi's edge that has become an icon of booming India.But 18...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
THE government has taken up a programme to make electricity available for all by 2020 when the demand will reach 17,800 MW. To reach that level Bangladesh needs to enhance electricity generation by 1000 MW annually. The country will not...
Syed Moazzam Hossain, Director, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has emphasised the role of purchase and supply function and its involvement in the material planning and inventory control.Addressing the closing and certificate awarding programme of a three-day training...
Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Saturday said that the release of former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was at the final stage, reports UNB."I can tell you her release is at the final stage," he told journalists...
Mohammad Shahidul Islam | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
THE posh South Asian University (SAU) is expected to start by 2010. It will be going in for a "cafeteria approach" (freedom of choice in opting subjects) where students can go straight for studying science and humanities courses.The regular university...
CARACAS, Aug 9 (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has enacted an aggressive package of 26 laws increasing the state's power over the economy ahead of key regional elections.Some of the laws claim to aim to fight food shortages, market speculation...
Gregg Keizer | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has given MobileMe to the executive who heads iTunes, part of a shakeup over the synchronization service's public problems since its launch last month, according to a memo sent to company employees earlier this week.In...
Aftab Mahmud Khurshid | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Branding has certainly become the buzzword in financial area in 2008! A Good Brand is like gold in the vault in case of financial industry. A quantum leap is occurring in the influence of brands in financial services recently.In the...
IBM has announced that it was joining Linux distributors Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat in building Microsoft-free PCs for business. The four companies agreed to provide hardware partners with the software to build desktops that would have alternatives to Windows...
Emirates Airline showcased its new, double-decker Airbus A380 in San Francisco and Los Angeles over the last two days as part of a number of exclusive tours of the aircraft that were planned for the United States, says a press...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): Ekaterina Karsten of Belarus has set her sights on a third Olympic gold medal in Beijing, but the single sculler admitted here Saturday that she would be pushed hard by strong rivals.Karsten, who won the single...
Hashim Amla stroked his ninth Test fifty as England were made to work hard on the third morning at The Oval. James Anderson and Steve Harmison were both guilty of bowling a little too wide, and runs flowed accordingly to...
Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Saturday said the government has announced a 12-point package programme for the overall development of greater Sylhet, reports BSS.He said the announcement was made at the meeting of the council of advisers held...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): Alina Alexandra Dumitru of Romania won the first judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here Saturday.Dumitru defeated Yanet Bermoy of Cuba to take the first judo gold on offer.And the bronze medal was shared...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): The Athens Olympics silver medalist Wang Lei is expected to win an unprecedented epee gold for China as the intense competition among 41 fencers will stage Sunday, the second competition day of the Beijing Olympics.Wang, the...
KURIGRAM, Aug 09 (BSS): Rajshahi Krishi Unnyan Bank (RAKUB) has decided to distribute Tk 466.3 million as loan for boosting rural economy and as well as generating employment in the current fiscal year (2008-09).The RAKUB regional office at Kurigram will...
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (AFP): US President George W. Bush expressed confidence Saturday that China's future will reflect "the universal aspirations of mankind," despite criticism of a lack of freedom in the world' most populous country."The China of the future will...
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