Mohammad Ali Sattar | 2008-07-28 00:00:00
SELDOM does the top boss of the UN speak out so loudly especially for rousing awareness amongst the member countries. The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki moon came out very strongly in warning the leading economies of world...
Education and Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Sunday said he would rather not debate over such issues as former PM Khaleda Zia's freedom, reports bdnews24.com.Asked what conditions the government may impose on Khaleda in exchange for her release, as BNP...
FE Report | 2008-07-28 00:00:00
Importers, wholesalers and traders have assured the government of their cooperation in keeping prices of essentials at a tolerable level during the month of Ramadan.Their assurance of cooperation came at a meeting with the commerce adviser Sunday in the city.Commerce...
A brilliant Masud Rana hattrick guided BKSP to a 6-0 win over Tejgaon Nobotorongo KSS in a match of the Metropolis Pioneer Football League on the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Komolapur in the city Sunday,...
BUDAPEST, July 27 (AFP): At least 10 people were injured Saturday when supporters of Budapest football club Honved clashed with fans of Austria's Sturm Graz during a match in the Hungarian capital.While Sturm Graz qualified for the Intertoto Cup during...
ANKARA, July 27 (AFP): Turkey carried out fresh air strikes in the early hours of Sunday on Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq, the Turkish military announced. Twelve targets linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Kandil mountains...
The government declared August 4 public holiday in the four city corporations and nine municipalities that are going to the polls on the day in the first phase of a series of elections planned in the present transition process, reports...
GENEVA, July 27 (Agencies): Top negotiators Sunday were set to seek to firm up emerging signs of consensus on a new global trade pact but with every sign marathon talks here will spill into another week.Key players in the delicate...
HONG KONG, July 27 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the dollar with traders awaiting the release of key US financial data as concerns lingered over the state of the world's largest economy.JAPANESE YEN: The yen rebounded from...
KHOST, (Afghanistan), July 27 (AFP): Between 50 and 70 Taliban-linked militants were killed Sunday in air strikes by international forces in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, a provincial governor said. he past weeks have seen a spike in insurgent...
AHMEDABAD, (India), July 27 (AFP): Indian leaders issued appeals for calm Sunday after a wave of bombings killed 45 people and left 162 injured in the religiously-tense western city of Ahmedabad..The string of 16 bombings ripped through crowded places in...
A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted many parts of the country, including the capital in the early hours of Sunday, report UNB and bdnews24.com.Witnesses said people got panicked as the tremor jolted twice...
The High Court (HC) declared Sunday illegal the cancellation of National Mourning Day and pubic holiday on August 15 by the previous BNP-led four-party alliance government, reports UNB.It was, however, not clear immediately if the interim administration would appeal against...
FE Report | 2008-07-28 00:00:00
Eighteen banks and financial institutions will provide loan worth Tk 3.955 billion to Summit Group to generate at least 110 megawatts (MW) of electricity through installation of four power plants.The Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IIDFC), a leading...
The Election Commission (EC) Secretariat signed Sunday an agreement with mobile phone operator Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd to facilitate quick information for the people about the August 4 elections to four city corporations and nine municipalities, reports UNB.EC Secretary M Humayun...
FE Report | 2008-07-28 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will receive applications from drivers with valid licence from today (Monday) for giving permission to operate 5,000 more CNG-run three-wheeler auto-rickshaws.The government has recently decided to allow 5,000 more auto rickshaws to ply on...
ISLAMABAD, July 27 (APP): The government would spend Rs 520 billion by 2012 to develop National Trade Corridor (NTC) in order to boost trade activities and exports.A source in ministry of communications told newsmen yesterday that NTC will link upper...
GENEVA, July 26 (AFP): A new sense of optimism surrounded WTO negotiations on a new global trade pact today amid hopes of a breakthrough after seven years of deadlock.Key deal-makers said most of the 35 leading trading nations meeting here...
CHITTAGONG, July 26 (BSS): Simultaneous blasts of a number of large-sized oxygen cylinders at a factory in Kadam Rasul area under Sitakunda Upazila in the port city killed at least two workers and injured seven others Saturday morning.Witnesses and police...
TEHRAN, July 26 (AFP): Iran now has between 5,000 and 6,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on Saturday, confirming that the country has expanded its contested nuclear work."Today they (the West) have agreed that the existing...
BEIJING, July 26 (AFP): Families whose children were left disabled in China's devastating earthquake will be allowed to have another baby, the government of the province worst hit by the disaster said.A new regulation adopted by the Sichuan government, posted...
COMILLA, July 26 (UNB): A mobile court seized 100 maunds of carbide-ripened mango and also fined two fruit traders Tk 0.15 million (1.50 lakh) at Shasangachha in the district Thursday night.The RAB-led court, headed by Magistrate Sharif Nazrul Islam, conducted...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2008-07-27 00:00:00
WATER-logging in the capital may take a severe turn very soon as the authorities are yet to improve the drainage and storm-sewerage systems. Heavy downpour that lasts a few hours on a single day creates water-logging causing immense suffering to...
CHITTAGONG, July 26 (BSS): Pakistan High Commissioner in Bangladesh Alamgir Babar Saturday said his country wanted a broad-based relationship with Bangladesh for the welfare of people at the two countries."We believe in partnership in different prospective fields for the welfare...
Bangladesh is planning to build new warehouses as its emergency food stocks has been rising, a senior food official said on Saturday, reports Reuters.The country started raising emergency food stocks through domestic and overseas procurements, after twin floods and a...
FE Report | 2008-07-27 00:00:00
Banglalink started its journey three years ago with only 30,000 customers. Now it is the No. 2 mobile operator in the country with over eight million subscribers.Since its inception, banglalink tried its best to provide quality customer care service to...
The 3rd edition of the book entitled "Banking, Finance and Economics Compendium", written by a senior banker of Bangladesh Mr Nasiruddin Ahemd was unveiled recently by Dr BR Shetty, CEO of UAE Exchange and President Abu Dhabi Cricket Council, in...
Ahmadul Ameen | 2008-07-27 00:00:00
STOCK trading is no longer confined to the domain of the professional investors. It has become a universal pursuit by amateurs and professionals alike. One of the main reasons for such ubiquity is the ease of trading through brokers or...
The present transmission system is contributing to the inefficiency in power supply from their frequent disabled conditions at many places. The need for repair works of the transmission system is a major cause for power outages in many places of...
PABNA, July 26 (UNB): Erosion by the rivers Padma and Jamuna have taken a serious turn in last one week due to a sudden rise of water level caused by onrush of hill water and torrential rain.The rivers devoured hundreds...
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