BANDARBAN, July 14 (UNB): A six-year-old boy was killed by a herd of wild elephants at village Dochhuri in Naikkhangchhari Upazila Sunday night.Local people said three elephants coming from the hill attacked the house of Abul Kashem of the village...
Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) launched Western Union money transfer service at its 450 branches across the country Sunday. Special Assistant to Chief Adviser for Ministry of Telecommunication and Post M A Malek along with Country Director of Western Union Ratheesh...
NCC Bank Training Institute organised a day-long workshop on export financing in the RMG sector for the bank's executives and desk-level officers at the institute in the city recently.Managing Director of the bank Md Nurul Amin inaugurated the workshop as...
Shaqeel Quasem | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
POWER or electricity is counted as the life-blood of a modern economy. Economic activities, ranging from the production processes to distribution and even marketing, are dependent on steady and reliable power supply. Many factors are responsible for the current underinvestment...
A special court that deals with high-profile corruption cases Monday exempted the detained former minister Mohammad Nasim from personal attendance during trial of the WorldTel scam case, reports UNB.Granting the application filed by Nasim, Judge Shahed Noor Uddin fixed July...
KESHOBPUR, Jessore, July 14 (UNB): Chief Advisor (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed said Monday that the people would derive the fruits of Representation of People Order (RPO) Ordinance which would prohibit front organisations of political parties in the educational institutions.The head...
BARCELONA, July 14 (AFP): Barcelona has received a 32 million euros (51 million dollar) offer for two-time world player of the year Ronaldinho from English Premiership side Manchester City, the Spanish club's president Joan Laporta said Monday.The 28-year-old Brazilian -...
PARIS, Jul 14 (AP) : The leaders of 43 nations from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have launched a Union for the Mediterranean, a brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy that aims to improve cooperation in the region...
The final bid submission for the proposed 450 MW Bibiyana Power Plant has been deferred to July 25, raising the prospect of delay in implementation of the government's prioritised project, reports UNB.Earlier, the closing date for the bid submission was...
Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal Monday demanded that the government take measures to curb prices of fertiliser, seeds and other materials to help the agriculture sector grow, reports UNB.At a press conference at the NAM apartment of BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
THE only scheduled bank operating in Bangladesh which can boast about the architectural beauty and functional facilities of its own training institute is undoubtedly Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) whose sprawling training institute covers acres of prime land in Mirpur of...
Dispute on Paris summit | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
wordingIsrael and the Palestinians have disagreed over the final declaration of the Mediterranean summit held in Paris, France's foreign minister has said. Bernard Kouchner said the wording of the founding text of the Union for the Mediterranean would have to...
MYMENSINGH, July 14: The students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) have been suggested to obtain computer training in order to achieve professional skills and academic excellence as well as create employment opportunities.Vice-chancellor of the university Md Akhtar Hossain give the...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Workers invest through their labour as like as entrepreneurs invest their money. As such workers should get their proper wage too.This was spelled out by Executive Director Ellie Kiel Larson of American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Two listed issues of Beximco Group - Shinepukur Holdings and Beximco Fisheries- will be merged with Beximco Ltd subject to the approval of the High Court and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The listed companies took the decision in separate...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
The Saudi government will continue to recruit Bangladeshi workers and there is no complaint against them excepting some minor cases of violation of rules.This was stated by Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Bin Nasir Albasir while addressing newsmen at...
Farhan Bokhari | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Pakistan's uneasy ruling coalition between the party of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister, and that of Nawaz Sharif, her erstwhile rival, is facing mounting criticism for its failure to deal with pressing issues, five months after taking power.Critics...
BANGKOK, July 14 (AFP): Thailand plans to announce a new economic stimulus package that will include tax cuts aimed at helping the poor cope with rising inflation, which is at a 10-year high, the finance minister said today.The new measures...
US Ambassador James F Moriarty again said Monday that holding free, fair and credible elections in Bangladesh would be difficult under the state of emergency, reports UNB.About the much-debated upazila polls, envisaged before the next parliament election, the envoy, who...
ANKARA, Jul 14 (AP) : Prosecutors indicted 86 hardline secular Turks Monday on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the Islamic-rooted government, a chief prosecutor said.Aykut Cengiz Engin said the 86 include at least one former...
SINGAPORE, July 14 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asia today after supply worries helped push prices to a record high last week.New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, fell 41 cents to 144.67 dollars a barrel.The...
LONDON, July 14 (AFP): Europe's top football clubs will be barred from snapping up the game's most talented teenagers if plans outlined in a leaked UEFA document go ahead, it was reported Sunday.UEFA boss Michel Platini has handed over a...
The rain-affected second three-day match between visiting Bangladesh A team and English county side Warwickshire ended in a draw on the third and last day at Edgbaston in Birmingham Sunday, reports UNB.The first three-day match between touring Bangladesh A team...
Manzur Ahmed | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
The governing principles of transhipment and transit in international trade, as laid down under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article V of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), state that goods (including baggage), and also vessels and other...
Singer will launch a month-long monsoon promotional campaign titled "Singer Plus Offer Bristi", at Singer Plus Shops across the country from today (July 15, 2008).The promotion is packed with attractive gifts and special discounts for the customers, said a press...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
The wages of migrant workers in the Gulf states are on the sliding trend, as these countries lack in measures meant to protect jobs and minimum wages, International Labour Organisation (ILO) officials said."Wages in all the Gulf States are going...
A two-day long "Job Fair" and seminar on "Career Development" began Monday under the auspices of the 10th Batch BBA students, Department of Marketing of Dhaka University, on the premises of the Business Studies Faculty, reports BSS.Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof....
TEHRAN, July 14 (AFP): Iran yesterday said it has discovered a new oil field in the hydrocarbon-rich province of Khuzestan with more than one billion barrels of crude in place.Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said the oil field held 1.1...
KABUL, Jul 14(AFP): Taliban militants claimedresponsibility Monday for the abduction of an Afghan senator who was snatched at a gunpoint 70 kilometres (40 miles) from capital Kabul.Abdul Wali, a member of the Upper House of the parliament from the province...
JAKARTA, July 14 (Xinhua): Indonesia aims to lead the charge in making the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) an automotive industry production house, the Jakarta Post daily quoted Edy Putra Irawady, a deputy to the coordinating minister for industry...
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