FE Report | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
HP, ranked top in the country's PC market for both notebooks and desktops category segments in terms of unit shipments has introduced HP 2133 Mini-Note PC as its first product in the mini-notebook PC category in the country. The HP...
MILAN, Aug 9 (AFP): The Italian economy contracted in the second quarter, official data showed yesterday, adding to a deepening sense of gloom about the Eurozone economy amid a flurry of bad news for the 15-nation bloc.Italy is the first...
SHENYANG, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) : Germany snatched three points from African champions Nigeria in an Olympic women's football match here Saturday.German defender Kerstin Garefrekes opened the scoring in the 65th minute, when she speedily put into the Nigerian net a...
NEW DELHI, AUG 9 (AP): A top Indian government panel has recommended raising domestic fuel prices over the next 15 to 18 months to bring them more in line with international oil prices, a government official who has seen the...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 9 (PTI): In a bid to help combat Malaria and other fatal diseases in India, World Bank has announced a USD520 million scheme, the largest such project by the world body in any country.Over 100 million people...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed directed Saturday the Board of Investment (BoI) to redesign its strategic plan incorporating new ideas, practical suggestions and forward-looking proposals to enhance investment, reports UNB.He also asked the Board for placing the restructured strategic plan...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (AP): For over a year, Zhao Gang and Liu Rui had hoped to get married at 8:08 a.m. on China's auspicious triple-eight date Friday. Problem was, so did more than 16,000 other Beijing couples.The couple ended up...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
The country's bicycle export is growing fast as the European buyers are looking for non-traditional countries like Bangladesh following rise in the manufacturing cost in China and Taiwan, industry sources said.According to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), the country exported...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkPRESIDENT George Bush, making what will perhaps be his last foreign trip, implicitly accused China of human rights violation. President Bush is in Beijing with other world leaders for the inaugural function of the summer Olympics....
The Local Enterprise Investment Centre (LEIC) signed an agreement with Creation (Pvt) Limited, for capacity building of the company through training of 225 persons recently.The three-month long training programme will develop the expertise and practical skills of the trainees, most...
FE Report | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
International Migrants Foundation (IMF) has expressed deep concern over the forced deportation of Bangladeshi workers from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Malaysia.In a press statement Saturday, IMF President Nayan Bangalee feared that it would create a negative impact on the total...
LONDON, Aug 9 (AFP): World oil prices tumbled this week, in line with almost all commodities, on mounting concern that slower economic growth in the United States will translate into lower global demand for raw materials."Deteriorating sentiment over the demand...
Bangladesh Volleyball Federation Saturday distributed certificates to 16 women players on completion of a three-week residential training at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex, reports UNB.Abdur Rahman Sarker, managing director of National Bank Limited, distributed the certificates among the participants as...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
The country's three state-owned commercial banks are taking up automation project shortly for introduction of online banking, said officials of the banks and the finance ministry."Tender procedures have already been completed and approved for the automation" said Agrani Bank chief...
It was good old-fashioned Test cricket - an examination of patience, will and concentration - on the second day, and Kumar Sangakkara kept Sri Lanka's nose ahead with a patient century. After Chaminda Vaas and Sangakkara had frustrated India in...
Amirul Islam | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh desperately needs faster economic growth. The growth has to be led by the private sector. The smaller the role of the government, the better the prospect of efficient use of scarce resources for economiSc growth.Following this principle, Bangladesh has...
Newcomers BKSP caused the biggest upset in the Citycell Federation Cup Football Tournament beating professional League semi-finalists Sheikh Russell KC by 1-0 goal in their first appearance at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Saturday, reports UNB.BKSP captain Towhidul Alam Sabuj, a...
NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters): World sales of major commercial properties fell 49 per cent to $306 billion in the first six months of 2008 from the same period last year, as sales in developed countries were hit hard by...
"The shape of post-military politics begins to emerge (in Bangladesh)", The Economist reported in its Aug 9 issue, reports bdnews24.com.In an article, titled 'Sheikh Hasina's happy day', the British news weekly said of the Aug 4 city and municipal elections:...
JAKARTA, Aug 9 (AFP): A hardline Muslim group staged a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta Saturday to protest over a call by Washington for the release of two Papuan activists.Some 100 members of Hizbut Tahrir massed outside the...
Shafiqul Alam | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
SOLVING the problem of congestion in a mega-city like Dhaka is not an easy task. A solution should approach a system that consumes less of fuel.Trams and trolley bus would provide a performance even better than that of underground mass...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (Xinhua): Serbia beat Kazakhstan 3-1 here Saturday in a pool B preliminary match between two Olympic women's volleyball debutants at the Beijing Games.In their first appearance at the Olympic Games, the Serbian women repeated their victory over...
SINGAPORE, Aug 9 (AFP): Singapore yesterday cut its economic growth forecast this year to 4-5 per cent from 4-6 per cent as Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned Singaporeans to brace themselves for a "bumpy year ahead."Speaking on the eve...
The government would implement the regulations on the employment of indigenous people, cultural adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com."The regulations on the employment of indigenous people are at final stages," Rasheda K Chowdhury said this while speaking at...
LONDON, Aug 9(AFP):In the final moments before Sunday's Community Shield clash against Portsmouth, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will look into his players' eyes and feel reassured that the club's future is in good hands.Just 10 weeks after the...
Rik Myslewski | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
Soon after Intel's recent announcement of its new Centrino 2 mobile platform, rumours began to circulate about what would be inside Apple's next round of MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops (which are, themselves, rumoured to be refreshed in the near...
M Azizur Rahman | 2008-08-10 00:00:00
The country's renewable energy producers will be allowed to add electricity to the national grid to help them earn money and mitigate supply shortfall.They generate 15 megawatt (MW) of power by using solar power, biogas and wind."The sponsors of the...
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (AFP): Struggling mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae unveiled yesterday a steeper-than-expected quarterly loss and announced dramatic measures to weather the worst US housing slump in decades.Fannie Mae reported a net loss of 2.3 billion dollars in the...
A month-long training camp for women kabaddi players began at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex Gymnasium in the city Saturday ahead of the ensuing 3rd Asian Women Kabaddi Championship, UNB reports.National Sports Council (NSC) director (sports) Haiyul Qaiyum inaugurated the...
BEIJING (AFP): China took an early lead in the Olympic march to sports supremacy, winning two of the first seven golds when the Beijing Games began in earnest Saturday.The remaining golds were shared among the United States, Spain, the Czech...
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