Our Correspondent | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 08: Movement of trucks during daytime will cease in the port city with effect from Sunday next.This was resolved in a coordination meeting of the Traffic Department of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) with the leaders of Bangladesh Garments...
BEIJING, Aug 8 (Xinhua): Hong Kong plans to win a table tennis (TT) medal at the Beijing Olympic Games to repeat its Athens glory in 2004, a coach said.Li Huifen, head coach of Hong Kong's women's team, said that "one...
Billy I Ahmed | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
FOOD prices rose 4.0 per cent in the United States in 2007, the highest rise since 1990. All over the world, food prices are on the rise and Bangladesh is no exception.There are many reasons contributing to this current crisis,...
Rampura KC moved to the final of the Pioneer Football League with a solitary goal victory over Swadhinata Krira Sangha in the first semifinal at the Bir Shrestho Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.With this...
S M Jahangir | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has given over 50 licences to the operators of captive and stand-by power generators while process of issuing about 125 more licences are also underway, official sources said.The regulatory authority is, at the same...
NEW YORK, AUG 8 (AP): Oil prices resumed their descent Friday, droppingbriefly below $116 a barrel as a huge jump in the U.S. dollar and expectations of slowing global demand offset supply concerns over a sabotaged pipeline in Turkey.Light, sweet...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
Many new technological innovations have been made during the last few decades. But though those inventions are of recent origin, they have already become essential elements of our day to day life. Now think of a day without the Internet,...
Quazi Shahabuddin, Ph.D. | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
FOOD prices in both domestic and international markets have reached all-time high in recent times. The surge in the prices of food grains, especially that of rice, has become a matter of serious concern not only in Bangladesh, but also...
Amal Roy of NTC won double crown in the Dhaka Open Tennis Competition as he emerged the men's singles champion Friday after clinching the men's doubles title, reports UNB.In the day's men's singles final, Amal Roy beat teammate Ranjan Ram...
KABUL, Aug 8 (AP): US.-led coalition forces "inadvertently" killed four women and a child during a clash with militants in a central Afghan province, the military said Friday.Meanwhile, a coalition service member died in a roadside blast in the nation's...
The army will be deployed in the upcoming upazila polls with power of arrest, election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain said, reports bdnews24.com."At least eight to nine lakh people are required to maintain law and order in big elections like the...
A total of Tk 7.04 billion (704.40 crore) as loans were disbursed during the last fiscal year among the poultry farm owners and traders to help them overcome the losses caused by the avian influenza known as bird flue, reports...
Simon Webb | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
OPEC has held its nerve while oil prices have dropped nearly 20 per ent in a month and the producer group is expected to let the market slide further before taking any action to cut output.Oil traded at below $120...
FE Report | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been elected member to two top international postal bodies -- the Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal Operations Council (POC).The elections were held Wednesday in Geneva during the on-going 241th International Postal Congress, said a press release...
Nirupama Dutt | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
SEEMA Banawal, 23, of village Karora in Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana, has one aim in life -- to avenge the murder of her brother Manoj and his wife, Bubbly.It was less than a year ago that...
Speakers at a seminar in the city Friday said a dialogue between Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is a must, reports BSS.A solid footing of democratic culture would not be established until AL and BNP come...
MANCHESTER, Aug 8 (AFP): Sir Alex Ferguson said Friday he was confident Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will remain with Manchester United for longer than a single season.Real Madrid had been looking to sign the 23-year-old winger all summer but Ronaldo...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh will be facing serious challenges in the coming years as it will have to create an estimated 7.32 million additional jobs in just three years' time, starting from the current fiscal, to absorb its increasing labour force, a government...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
The shrimp price fall in global markets put a squeeze on earnings from the country's frozen food exports, exporters concerned said Friday.Earnings in the sector, the country's second biggest foreign currency earner after garments, fell short of the target by...
FE Report | 2008-08-09 00:00:00
Downtrend in share prices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) persisted for the eighth consecutive week that ended Thursday, with the investors thinning out from a bearish market.However, the shares of the Titas Gas, the state owned gas distribution company,...
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, now in the USA on interim bail, has instructed her party not to take part in general elections under the state of emergency, reports UNB."I am telling you, at the instruction of Sheikh Hasina,...
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Agencies): Japan painted a darker picture of its economic health Thursday, warning of deteriorating exports, output and corporate profits - signals that may point toward a contraction of the world's second largest economy."The economy is recently weakening,"...
Striker Lionel Messi starred for Argentina in their opening Olympic victory after his club Barcelona cleared him to play, reports BBC.The 21-year-old put the champions ahead and created another goal in the 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast Thursday.A day...
Kohinoor Chemical Company (Bangladesh) Limited, one of the toiletries and cosmetics manufacturing companies in the country, has launched Clean Master liquid toilet cleaner.The extra effective germ killer Clean Master liquid toilet cleaner contains extra power LABSA and special inorganic chemical...
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters): Chrysler LLC is in talks with Japan's Nissan Motor Company about jointly producing midsize cars, a partnership that would move the US auto maker toward a radical new business model, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday.In...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkBeware computer users in Bangladesh. It could be a tool for stealing company money. Federal prosecutors here in the US, alarmed by the theft of credit cards, have acknowledged ' computer networks and the internet are...
Syed Ishtiaque Reza | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The government's revenue earning from the cigarette industry, already exists at higher level, could be raised further if customs officials can check fraudulent practices in the sector.Industry insiders say apart from using counterfeit band rolls or tax stamps the cigarette...
JOYPURHAT, Aug 7 (UNB): BDR jawans, in separate drives, arrested 13 people along with huge quantity of Indian contraband items from different parts of the district Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off, the border guards arrested eight people along with 1,680 kgs...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) president Azizul Bari Helal and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) general secretary Mahfuzul Haider Chowdhury Roton were released from jail Thursday, report UNB/bdnews24.com.Jail sources said Helal was set free from Dhaka Central Jail on bail at about...
Majedur Rahman and Abdul Alim have been elected president and secretary general of Joypurhat (City) Press Club (JPC) respectively for a two-year term (2008-10), says a press release.The election was held at Prithibi Complex in Joypurhat recently. An eight (8)...
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