Rebecca Knight | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
WHEN Sean Arnette, a former first lieutenant in the US Air Force, led missions out of Osan Air Base 48 miles south of the Korean demilitarised zone the last thing on his mind was applying to business school."I was a...
Aharon Etengoff: | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
Creator of Second Life, Linden Lab and IBM have achieved virtual world interoperability by teleporting avatars between the Second Life Preview Grid and an Opensim virtual world server.Teleporting an avatar between platforms will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the...
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PHNOM PENH, Jul 12: A Cambodian journalist and his son were shot dead as they left a sports stadium in the capital Phnom Penh, police said Saturday.Khim Sambo (47) died in hospital Friday evening soon after being shot twice in...
CHITTAGONG, July 12 (UNB): Home Affairs Adviser MA Matin has said the law and order situation is under control even though it has deteriorated a little bit."I think that there is no need of conducting special drive ahead of the...
The country was not faced with any flooding in next three days despite rises in the levels of the Ganges-Padma and the Brahmaputra-Jamuna last week, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre(FFWC) officials said, reports BSS.After some upward movement, during which the...
NEW DELHI, July 12 (PTI): Riding high on the success of music, ringtones and other innovative multimedia applications, the value added services (VAS) industry is expected to touch revenue of Rs 200 billion by 2015, says a report.The industry, which...
Mohit Chouhan of Dhaka Club emerged champion in the A Division of the 1st Delta Life National Squash Tournament crushing Omar of Gulshan Club by straight 3-0 sets in the final at the Dhaka Club in the city Saturday, reports...
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CHITTAGONG, July 11 (BSS): Chittagong Medical College (CMC) has been closed sine die following clashes between Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) Thursday night, sources said.Students left their hostels in the morning as the medical college authorities...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh will take part in 27 international trade fairs this fiscal aiming to boost the country's export earnings through tapping new markets across the world, a senior commerce ministry spokesman said Thursday.Apart from this, he said Bangladesh will also arrange...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
AMCS Textiles Limited, a British company, will set up a specialised garments industry in the Adamjee Export Processing Zone, said a press release.The 100-per cent foreign-owned company will invest initially US$ 6.058 million (about Tk 43 crore) in setting up...
Tom Reilly | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
ONE look at the soaring profits of mining companies is enough to show how important exports to China and other emerging markets are to the success of domestic companies.But it is not just the vast multinationals such as BHP Billiton...
Zonal round of Womens' Kabaddi begins July 22The zonal round matches of the National Womens' Kabaddi, organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, will begin on July 22 at five venues across the country. The venues are Dhaka, Jamalpur, Faridpur, Jhenidah and...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Prices of edible oil rose further while prices of other essentials remained unchanged at their previous highs in the city markets during the last one week, traders said Friday.Traders also said prices of non-brand edible oil increased despite setting a...
Enayet Rasul | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
The World Population Day was observed in Bangladesh amid worrying information that this country is falling far short in taking measures to control its population though it is already a highly overpopulated country and has the highest density of population...
July 6 - July 10, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonThe United States (US) dollar softened slightly against Bangladesh taka in the last week as well mainly due to lack of demand and increased supply.The key reason for the less demand for...
Syed Masroor Hussain Shah | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
"Organizational Culture is defined as a system of learned, shared values, beliefs and norms that are used to interpret elements in the environment and to guide all kinds of behaviour" (Human Resource Development by Randy L. Desimone, Jon M. Werner...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Launch and lighterage workers went on strike from Thursday midnight demanding a hike in their wages, halting passenger and cargo services on major river routes across the country.The strike caused untold sufferings to the people generally travel on river routes....
Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, has criticised Shoaib Malik for his captaincy and for not bowling his offspin regularly, and called for the inclusion of Mohammad Aamer, the 16-year-old left-arm seamer, into the national team, according to Cricinfo website."In...
RAJSHAHI, July 11 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion meeting here today said planned family has become indispensable to make the nation poverty-free side by side with taking it towards the path of success in all respects.They underlined the need for...
BEIJING, Jul 11 : China has jailed 42 people for their roles in this year's unrest in Tibet, with more than 100 others still on trial who may face the death penalty, state press reported Friday.Twelve people were jailed for...
Bangladesh Under-21 Hockey team made a frustrating start in the 6th Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey conceding a humiliating 8-0 goals defeat to strong South Korea in the inaugural match at Hyderabad in India Friday, reports UNB.The winners led the...
S M Jahangir | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
The state-run petroleum oil marketing company BPC will have to turn to both the government and the donors for financing its deficit worth around Tk 100 billion for the current fiscal year, despite the large upward adjustments of fuel oil...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Sluggishness in share trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued in the past week that ended Thursday with limited participation of the investors.The market remained subdued during the week because of a debate over the mutual fund rules and...
Robbers looted valuables, worth about Tk 0.30 million from the house of a former civil officer of Air Force at East Manikdi in city's Cantonment area early Friday, reports UNB.Police said a gang of robbers entered the house of Nurul...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed called for strengthening the motivational programmes for workers, landless and floating people, urban slum dwellers and the poor in char and remote hilly areas to reduce the poor population, reports UNB.He said the Family Planning Directorate...
COLOMBO, July 11 (PTI): Indian economy is expected to grow by over 8.5 per cent during the current fiscal notwithstanding indications of a global slowdown, a top Indian government official said Thursday."We are hopeful that India will continue to maintain...
Price spiral is a common phenomenon in our life and recently it has become obviously critical. Everybody is in trouble, because of this. It is very much distinct that the price of each and every item of our life-support basic...
Shi Yuzhu | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
For an indication of Shi Yuzhu's ambition, one need look no further than the name of his company: Giant.An online game developer, Giant Interactive was founded just four years ago. Since then, Mr Shi has parlayed the success of its...
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