BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua): Wind power plants are attracting increasing investment in China, according to statistics from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).The newly released UNEP report, Global Trends in Substantial Energy Investment 2008, shows that China's sustainable energy investment...
The 9th annual conference of the Leo Multiple District 315, Bangladesh was held in the city recently, said a press release.The largely attended conference was inaugurated by council chairperson Md. Omar Shafayat Kawsar MJF.Saiful Islam of Leo Club of Dhaka...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks continued to fall for the sixth session in a row Monday with the turnover crossing Tk 4.0 billion-mark after a gap of six weeks, thanks to the huge trading in shares of UCBL, Beximco Pharma and Square Pharma.Trading...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
Sanofi-aventis has signed a three year agreement with the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (ACI) of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland in the USA recently.Under the terms of this agreement, the partners will jointly work...
JERUSALEM, July 21 (AFP) : Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Iran Monday it must freeze sensitive nuclear work or face more sanctions, in the first address by a British premier to the Israeli parliament.Brown also attacked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's...
TOKYO, July 21 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is considering a cabinet reshuffle in a bid to reverse his dwindling public support, a report said Monday.Fukuda, who has been on holiday since Wednesday, will make a final decision of...
Muhammad Ali | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
The government has increased fuel oil prices by a margin of 33.85 to 37.5 per cent with effect from July 1, 2008. The price of most used oils -- diesel and kerosene -- increased to Tk 55 per litre from...
IT is one thing if the persons behaving oddly (even criminally depending how you look at it) on the streets with respect to traffic rules is a peasant just arrived from the village. But, if those people are city dwellers...
Mr Golam Mainuddin has been appointed the chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited (BATB Bangladesh) effective from August 3, 2008, said a press release.After a successful career spanning 26 years in BAT Bangladesh, Mr Mainuddin will retire from...
S M Jahangir | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
The government is to require almost doubling the allocation of subsidy for the Power Development Board (PDB) to facilitate the latter's payment of electricity bills owed to private rental power units, sources said.The state-run power entity PDB has sought Tk...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
BRAC Bank Limited and Bank Asia Limited will use El Dorado remittance and payment system for inter-bank money transfer between them.An agreement in this connection was signed between the banks in the city recently.BRAC Bank Managing Director-cum-CEO AEA Muhaimen and...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched seven attractive saving products to create inspiration among clients of the bank.The products are Mudaraba Hajj Savings Account, Mudaraba Saving Bond, Mudaraba Special Savings (Pension) Account, Mudaraba Monthly Profit Deposit Account, Mudaraba Muhor...
The country needs to put its own ideas in developing the new international standard for corporate social responsibility (CSR), known as ISO-26000, which would be implemented from 2010 across the globe.Speakers made the observation at a consultation meeting jointly organised...
GUANGZHOU, China, July 21 (AFP): Chelsea Monday denied tabling a sensational world-record offer for AC Milan's Kaka as the transfer rumour mill went into overdrive at the start of their Asian tour.Chief executive Peter Kenyon dismissed reports of a 150...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
Automated business establishments will not be required to instal electronic cash registers (ECRs) if they incorporate some specific soft wares into their systems to protect the actual sales data.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is expected to issue a statutory...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
Singapore is considering abandoning its plan to import sand from the country, as the Bangladesh government has not yet responded to its proposition for importing the construction material, said an official Monday.Moreover, the official said, the Singapore government has asked...
Dr M Mufakharul Islam, a retired professor of history of Dhaka University joined the National University as its Vice-chancellor Thursday.Born in Jamalpur, Professor Islam did his masters from Dhaka University in 1963 and Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Monday said the time is not yet ripe for fully lifting the state of emergency, as some reasons still stand that "justify its enforcement," reports UNB from Sylhet."We want to proceed towards complete withdrawal...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
JAIPURHAT, July 21: A daylong money laundering prevention workshop was held in Sadar Upzilla in Jaypurhat district Saturday. The Janata Bank of Jaipurhat organised the workshop.Mohammad Kamruchsama, Janata Bank Deputy General Manager from the head office inaugurated the workshop.Janata Bank...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda Monday voiced deep frustration over the upcoming city corporation and municipality polls, as there is a lack of quality candidates in the election race, reports UNB."Overall, the Election Commission (EC) is a little...
SHANNON, July 21 (AFP): Iran has two weeks to respond seriously to an international offer to halt its sensitive nuclear work or face further "punitive measures," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned.A meeting in Geneva Saturday sent a "very...
COLOMBO, July 21(AFP): Spin bowlers will be centre of attention during the Test series between India and Sri Lanka starting here Wednesday as three stars with a combined tally of more than 1,600 wickets do battle.Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
The fourth review meeting of the general managers of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) for the fiscal 2007-08 was held at its head office in the city recently, said a press release.BKB Board of Directors Chairman Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled inaugurated the...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
The Indian authority last Thursday gave the sailing permission to 50 Bangladeshi barges loaded with fly ash, a raw material for producing cement, that were stranded at Kolkata port since July 1.The barges having capacity between 500 and 1800 tonnes...
MYMENSINGH, July 21 (UNB): A Bangladeshi farmer was shot and injured grievously by Indian forest guards on Para Gobrakura frontier in Haluaghat Upazila Monday morning. Haluaghat thana police said Indian forest guards opened fire on a group of farmers when...
FE Report | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
Malaysia is all set to develop the untapped Bangladeshi Halal market after the Malaysian Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development (MeCD) announced the participation of at least 30 Malaysian Halal manufacturers in the upcoming four-day long Halal Malaysia Week (HMW)...
BEIJING, July 21(AFP): China is on the brink of becoming the most dominant sporting power in the world, with expectations running high that they will bounce the United States from the top of the Olympic medal table.At Athens four years...
Jim O'Neill | 2008-07-22 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceIN the midst of the current widespread gloom and doom in the west, it is important not to lose sight of the true structural themes shaping our era.Linked to the current mood, commentators often depict an embattled and...
THE terrible din that goes on during the construction of buildings is quite unimaginable. And it is intolerable, but then tolerate we must because the people whose buildings are being built and those who are building them -- the contractors...
LONDON, July 21 (AFP): British oil giant BP has blocked a mammoth dividend payment due to Russian shareholders of a strife-torn joint venture, an English newspaper reported yesterday.The move is seen as leverage amid a bitter row over investment plans...
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