BEIJING, Aug 7 (AFP): Everything about the Beijing Olympics is on a huge scale and organisers intend to start as they mean to go on judging by their plans for Friday's opening ceremony, a three-hour 'spectacular'.But the longer the performance,...
BANGKOK, August 7 (agencies) : President Bush praised the spread of freedom in Asia while training a harsh spotlight Thursday on the region's democratic laggards, sharply criticizing oppression and human rights abuses in China, Myanmar and North Korea.Bush's speech, outlining...
CHANDPUR, Aug 7 (BSS): The erosion of the river Meghna has rendered about 200 families homeless at Haimchar upazila of the district during the last one week.According to Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Chandpur office sources, the erosion of the...
FRANKFURT, Aug 7 (AFP): Shares in the German insurance group Allianz plunged Thursday after the group warned that it would not reach its operating profit target going into 2009 following a difficult second quarter.Allianz shares showed a loss of 3.52...
Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Thursday called upon the commercial banks to focus on the poor people to bring them under the banking services to help the country join the club of developing countries soon, reports UNB."It depends...
A total of 219 'Blue Helmets' from Bangladesh Air Force have been awarded the United Nations peacekeeping medals in DR Congo, reports BSS.Force Commander of the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) General Babacat Gaye...
COLOMBO, Aug 7 (Reuters): Sri Lanka have retained the same 15-man squad but are expected to make one change to their bowling line-up for the third test against India starting Friday.India levelled the series 1-1 with a 170-run victory in...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The number 8 is associated with prosperity and confidence in Chinese culture. China perhaps would not have agreed to host Olympics in any other year that would not bear the digit 8 as a qualifying index and I guess China...
Lea Terhune | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
THOSE most affected by the current global food crisis are the poor, particularly in developing countries, international agencies and independent experts agree, and a large number of people for whom steep food prices spell disaster live in South Asia.Rice, an...
FE Report | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The price monitoring committee chief of the country's apex trade body, Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Thursday said syndicates among businessmen are active in Bangladesh 'in limited scale' resulting in artificial hike of commodity prices across the country."Syndicate takes place in limited...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 7 (UNB): A baby boy was electrocuted at Moheshpur village in Palashbari Upazila on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Hasan, 2, son of Milon Miah of the village.Witnesses said Hasan died on the spot when he...
DAMASCUS, Aug 7 (Xinhua): Syria and Iraq signed yesterday minutes to develop bilateral economic cooperation, the official SANA news agency reported.The two sides inked the documents at the end of their meetings of the joint ministerial economic committee.The minutes include...
SEOUL, Aug 7 (AFP): South Korea's central bank today raised its key interest rate to the highest level since 2001 in an attempt to curb inflation despite the slowing economy.The Bank of Korea increased the benchmark seven-day repurchase agreement rate...
Amal Roy and Ranjan Ram pair of NTC emerged champions in the men's doubles of the Dhaka Open Tennis Competition beating Niranjan Ram-Mahmudul Huq pair 6-2, 7-6 in the final at the National Tennis Complex in the city Thursday, reports...
SYDNEY, Aug 7, (AFP): Australia's Treasurer Wayne Swan today welcomed new figures showing a higher than expected jobs surge in July, but warned that employment growth was slowing.The number of Australians employed rose by 10,900, the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
Touring GP-BCB Academy team start their campaign in South Africa with a four-day match against South Africa Academy team Friday at Tukkies in Pretoria, reports UNB.Earlier, Monday, a 14-member GP-BCB national cricket academy team left Dhaka for South Africa to...
BEIJING, Aug 7 (AFP): Asian nations are planning to bag a hatful of medals at the Olympics, but regional powerhouse China is set to overshadow their achievements.The world's largest and most populous continent, home to over four billion people, or...
Dhaka University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rikkyo University of Japan Thursday with the objective of establishing and promoting academic exchanges and research programmes between the two institutions, says a press release.Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor SMA Faiz...
CAIRO, August 7 (AFP): Egypt is to carry out DNA tests on the mummified remains of two foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun to determine if they were the children of the boy king, antiquities authorities said Thursday.The bodies...
FE Report | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The country's near-term economic outlook remains positive, but it faces several downside risks like power shortage that might make economic management challenging in the near future, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) said Thursday."The authorities concerned should respond timely to face the...
The long-awaited and somewhat controversial Beijing Olympics officially open Friday. From the Chinese capital, VOA's Jim Stevenson has this preview of the 29th Olympiad.A lavish opening ceremony and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron will formally begin the Beijing Games,...
The High Court (HC) has rejected Tarique Rahman's appeal to grant him bail and cancel Sabbir murder suppression case, his lawyer said, reports bdnews24.com.An HC bench of Justice Sharifuddin Chaklader and Justice Imdadul Haque Azad gave the ruling Thursday.The court...
IT is indeed a good decision of the government to construct better infrastructure at the land border ports. It will certainly facilitate better handling of export-import business activities. It is necessary to facilitate the border trading with better infrastructures.Benapole, Banglabandha,...
FE Report | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks closed slightly lower Thursday after two straight sessions of gain with the turnover increasing, thanks to significant trading in Titas Gas shares, which accounted for over 20 per cent of the total turnover.Trading in shares of the United...
FE Report | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
Warid Telecom Wednesday signed an agreement with IFIC Bank to provide complete telecommunication services under its corporate package.Under the agreement, IFIC Bank will enjoy customised call tariff and value added services of the Warid Telecom which would keep the users...
TOKYO, Aug 7 (AFP): Toyota Motor Corp. today reported a 28.1 per cent slide in first-quarter net profits as a weak US economy, a stronger yen and rising costs put the brakes on its recent rapid growth.Toyota, in a close...
FE Report | 2008-08-08 00:00:00
The Institute of Internal Auditors of Bangladesh (IIAB) held a CPE seminar Wednesday on changes of fiscal policies from the Finance Ordinance 08-09.The Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Muhammad Abdul Mazid attended the seminar as the chief...
BEIJING, Aug 7 (AFP): Malaysia's shuttlers are not taking any chances as they gun for the country's first ever Olympic gold medal, opting for prayer as well as hard training ahead of Saturday's tournament.Coach Misbun Sidek said Malaysia was counting...
HEFEI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua): Asia, Europe, Africa and South America have constituted four main destinations for China's car export, and the establishment of China-Chile Free Trade Zone has made the sales of Chinese home-brand cars in Chile grow abruptly, according...
SEOUL/HONG KONG, Aug 7 (Reuters): HSBC Holdings denied Thursday a South Korean media report saying it had agreed with US private equity firm Lone Star to set a new deadline for a US$6.30 billion deal for control of Korea Exchange...
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