COLOMBO, July 23 (AP): Malinda Warnapura hit his third test half-century Wednesday as Sri Lanka reached 85-2 at close of a rain-shortened opening day of the first cricket test against India.Overnight and morning rain and wet ground meant only 22...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2008-07-24 00:00:00
Two contradictory reports appeared in the FE the same day this week. One of the reports says the country will not afford to have any more gas-fired power plants due to dwindling supply of the natural gas. The other report...
GUANGZHOU, China, July 22 (AFP): Chelsea captain John Terry admitted he was still haunted by his horror penalty miss in the Champions League final as he gears up for the new season here.Terry, who will lead Chelsea against Guangzhou Pharmaceutical...
FE Report | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
An anti-tobacco mobile court fined six persons and two establishments a total of Tk 1,500 for violating tobacco (control) law 2005 Tuesday.Magistrate Mohammad Kamruzaman in cooperation with the directorate of health services conducted a drive at Kamalapur Railway Station in...
Heavy rains upstream have been pushing the Ganges-Padma to inundate low lying areas down stream at Munshiganj, Manikganj and Dhaka districts in next 24-72 hours, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) reported Tuesday, reports BSS.It also warned that the north,...
Shayan S. Khan | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
Since the dawn of enterprise, conventional wisdom has drawn a firm line between achieving corporate excellence and providing what may be called merit goods. The returns from providing low-cost education, healthcare, etc., were not deemed high enough for risk-taking entrepreneurs...
THAKURGAON, Jul 22 (UNB): Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury shot a question pointblank at government officials and employees in a meet whether their wives and children know that they commit corruption in public offices."And do your fathers know...
COLOMBO, 22 July (Reuters): Ajantha Mendis loomed large as the biggest obstacle to India's chances of claiming a first series win in Sri Lanka for 15 years.The 23-year-old unorthodox spinner will be making his test debut at the Sinhalese Cricket...
COLOMBO, 22 July (Reuters): Ajantha Mendis loomed large as the biggest obstacle to India's chances of claiming a first series win in Sri Lanka for 15 years.The 23-year-old unorthodox spinner will be making his test debut at the Sinhalese Cricket...
THE people are used to hearing bad news, such as rise in load-shedding, closure of one or two power units, national grid failure and, thus, all about the power sector. But they were, possibly, not prepared to what was divulged...
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed, whose force is backing the reformist interim regime, Tuesday requested country's voters to choose honest, capable and dynamic leaders who can lead the country into the right direction, reports UNB."Let us vote at a...
GENEVA, July 22 (Reuters): The United States, the European Union and emerging economic heavyweights tried again Tuesday to bridge huge differences and unblock a trade deal aimed at delivering a boost to the world's flagging economy.On the second day of...
FE Report | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BPL), country's leading pharmaceutical manufacturer and exporter has received Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Clearance from Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Australia for its new Oral Solid Dosage (Tablet, Capsule), and the Metered Dose Inhaler and Spray manufacturing facilities.BPL...
IT is a common sight in the city to see the men of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) stopping cars and other vehicles and searching them. But one is led to questioning the merit of this form of search when...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
The government is drawing a plan to expand the income tax department to 110 more upazilas of the country to net in the marginal taxpayers left out across the country, officials said.There are only 303 circle offices in seven upazilas...
BAGHDAD, July 22 (AFP): US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed support for a pullout of US troops by 2010, after talks in Baghdad with the premier.Obama who is on a two-day trip to...
Mahmuda Shaolin | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
A move of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to appoint a service provider for collection of Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) and other fees has drawn poor response despite extending the timeframe twice for appointing such a firm.BRTA floated a tender...
SINGAPORE, July 22 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Tuesday as initial signs showed Tropical Storm Dolly would likely have limited impact on energy production in the Gulf of Mexico, dealers said.In afternoon trade, New York's main contract,...
Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty presented Tuesday a 55 volume work on the History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture that had been brought out by the Centre for Studies in Civilisation in India as a gift to the...
Acting Awami League (AL) President Zillur Rahman Tuesday called for resisting Upazila parishad elections jointly, as the Chief Election Commissioner's disclosure hit the headlines that the local-body polls would be held on October 23, reports UNB.The AL leader categorically stated...
LEEDS, July 22 (AFP): Graeme Smith may have had to be told he'd replaced the late disgraced Hansie Cronje as South Africa's most successful Test captain after his side's 10-wicket triumph here at Headingley but one statistic he was all...
BELGRADE, July 22 (Reuters): Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, indicted for genocide in the Bosnia war, was captured in disguise near Belgrade after 11 years on the run and had been working as a doctor, Serbian officials said on...
FE Report | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate remained unchanged Tuesday with steady flow of cash in the market. The US dollar also maintained its stable level against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market because of ample liquidity, fund managers...
Anwarul Iqbal | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
THE Annual Development Programme (ADP) is the main source of public sector investment in the country. But success in ADP implementation is not only about fulfilment of expenditure targets either. Success must not be measured primarily on the basis of...
After the taking-over of power by the caretaker government of Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed on January 11, 2007, we, the general public, saw a dramatic improvement of the overall law and order situation. Not only hartals and blockades were gone, the...
FE Report | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
An anti-tobacco mobile court fined six persons and two establishments a total of Tk 1,500 for violating tobacco (control) law 2005 Tuesday.Magistrate Mohammad Kamruzaman in cooperation with the directorate of health services conducted a drive at Kamalapur Railway Station in...
Footwear market in Bangladesh is growing with consumers looking to 'brand products', said Business Development Manager of Nike Singapore Private Limited Sabrina Hong.He was opening 'Nike Summer 2008 Collection' corner at the Gulshan outlet of Bata Bangladesh in the city...
TOKYO, July 22 (Xinhua): Japan's economy may grow at an annual rate of less than one per cent in the 2020s, said an annual report released by the government today.The projection was made on the grounds that aging and shrinking...
FE Report | 2008-07-23 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks continued to fall for the seventh consecutive session Tuesday with the benchmark DGEN sinking to nearly 10-month low.Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), however, opened with downbeat mood but it quickly rose by 24 points within next...
Leading academicians, including vice-chancellors of the country's private universities, called for implementation of the proposed "Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project" to ensure quality education and research, reports UNB.They made the demand at a discussion on 'Setting up of National Research...
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