The High Court Sunday directed the caretaker government to explain why the proclamation of state of emergency and the Emergency Power Ordinance along with its rules should not be declared illegal and contrary to the Constitution, reports bdnews24.com.After a long...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Prices of drugs administered for respiratory diseases remained unchanged in the local market despite a significant cut on the import duty of the items.The government reduced the duty on import of life-saving and critical drugs to 7.0 per cent from...
DINAJPUR, July 20 (UNB): Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury Sunday called upon officials and employees of the service sectors to be vigilant so the country's poor people do not become victims of corruption."To eliminate corruption...
NEW DELHI, JUL 20 (PTI): Grains: Wheat prices fell in the national capital during the week under review on increased supplies from producing regions of Haryana and Punjab amid restricted buying support from stockists and rolling flour mills.However, prices of...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), in collaboration with the British High Commission in Dhaka, will hold a national Social Responsibility (SR) Stakeholders' Conference at the BSTI conference suite in Tejgaon today (Monday), said a press release.BSTI has already completed...
The Pope has urged young people to stay away from the "spiritual desert" he says is spreading across the world, at the end of his trip to Australia, reports BBC.Pope Benedict XVI told a crowd of about 200,000 people at...
GENEVA, July 20 (AFP): Brazil is willing to wait until 2012 in order to secure a better deal on the negotiating table at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), its Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said yesterday.Speaking to journalists in Geneva, where...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
The country remains indebted to expatriate Bangladeshis. For without the money they send home it would have been really hard for the government to finance the ever-increasing import bills and maintain a reserve enough to meet import requirements for, at...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Korean enterprise Park (Bangladesh) Company Limited will set up a luggage and handbag manufacturing industry in the Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone (EPZ).This 100 per cent foreign-owned company will invest about Tk 560 million in setting up their plant and will...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh taka (BDT) has appreciated marginally by 0.03 per cent against the US dollar as the inflow of foreign currency increased in the market.The US dollar was quoted at Tk 68.48 -Tk 68.53 in the inter-bank foreign exchange market Sunday...
SYLHET, July 20 (UNB): Chief Adviser's Special Assistant for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Prof M Tamim Sunday said the reserves in the existing gas fields need a quick and proper reevaluation.'Necessary steps would have to be taken to extract...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 20: A new air-conditioned train is being launched on Chittagong-Dhaka rail route.Bangladesh Railway (BR) would take a final decision to this effect within a month, concerned sources said.Sources said, the new AC train would be launched on trial...
Net Asset Value (NAV) of eight Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) mutual funds was recently declared on the basis of market value of the portfolios.The NAV of eight ICB mutual funds were: Tk 4,474.48 of First ICB Mutual Fund, Tk...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
Share prices at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to decline for the fifth straight session Sunday amid higher turnover.Trading of the Rupali Bank shares resumed on the day after over eight months but there was no buyer for the...
COMILLA, July 20 (UNB): A man was killed and four people were injured in a wall collapse incident at Gayam Bagicha in the district town Sunday.
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
A delegation of twelve distributors of Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) recently visited Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) -- the Unilever India business.UBL Manager (Customer Development Operations) Kazi Amirul Haq led the delegation, the first of its kind. It was organised so...
COLOMBO, July 20 (Cricinfo): India's only chance to acclimatise before the Test series ended in a tame draw with less than three days' play at the Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo. Having declared at an overnight 196 for 8, the...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate rose Sunday, as withdrawal of fund surpassed the fresh cash injected that put some pressure on liquidity. The US dollar, however, lost ground against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market mainly due...
Chairman of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) Prof Muzaffar Ahmed Sunday called upon the people to vote for honest, efficient and visionary leaders who would be able to guide the nation in fulfilling the challenges of the present century, reports BSS."We...
ISLAMABAD, July 20 (AFP) - Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition will meet in Islamabad next week to devise a comprehensive strategy to root out terrorism and extremism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said late Saturday.Gilani's announcement of the meeting set...
TEHRAN, July 20 (AP): State radio is quoting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying the latest round of talks between Iran and world powers are "a step ahead."The Sunday report also quotes the Iranian leader as saying his country's official assessment...
SYLHET, July 20 (UNB): A truck helper was killed in a road mishap at Fakirbad under Balaganj Upazila here Saturday.The deceased was identified as Rajib Hossain (26), son of late Motlab Member of Rampur village under Kapasia Upazila of Gazipur...
IN any discourse on poverty alleviation, the term micro-credit appears as a matter of course. Since Dr. Yunus has innovated and popularised micro-credit through the latter's practical application in addressing poverty in the countryside of Bangladesh, he and his brainchild,...
FE Report | 2008-07-21 00:00:00
AKTEL, one of the country's leading mobile operators, became the official telecom partner of 'Kelab Malaysia Bangladesh'. This was announced at a get-together of the club members held in the city recently.Kelab Malaysia in Bangladesh organised a two-day sports carnival...
BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua): China's textile and clothing export value in June totaled 15.52 billion US dollars in June, down 4. 2 per cent year on year, statistics with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) show.In the first six months...
A four-day border conference between Bangladesh and India begins tomorrow (Monday) in Kolkata to discuss a long list of issues between the two next-door neighbours, including the latest irritant one, reports UNB.The agenda of the border talks include the killing...
GUANGZHOU, China, July 20 (AFP): Chelsea arrive in China Monday to kick-off their pre-season Asian tour with Luiz Felipe Scolari keen to assess his squad and the players fighting to impress him.The Blues are expected to bring a virtually full-strength...
SYLHET, July 20 (UNB): Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed offered fateha at the mazars of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) and Hazrat Shah Paran (R) here Sunday.Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed prayed for peace, progress and welfare of the country and people.The Chief...
The Supreme Court Sunday stayed for a month the crucial High Court judgment declaring illegal the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (Registration) Amendment Ordinance 2008 that had empowered the deputy commissioners to recruit kazis, devolving the authority from the law ministry,...
In a rare venture 12 officials of Bakhrabad Gas Systems have agreed to return to the exchequer Tk 20 million (2 crore) they acquired through illegal means, reports UNB.CBA (employees union) leaders are among the officials who submitted an affidavit...
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