HANOI, July 15 (Xinhua): The Vietnamese government has approved a plan on fostering its economic corridor involving Hanoi capital, Hai Phong city, and Lang Son and Quang Ninh provinces by 2020 to mainly boost exports to China, Europe and Southeast...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) central leaders Tuesday accused a section of the caretaker government of patronising the 'BNP-Jamaat-led' anti-liberation forces, reports UNB.The AL leaders said on one hand the government is putting many pro-liberation war heroes behind the bars and...
FE Report | 2008-07-16 00:00:00
Share trading of Rupali Bank Limited, the top market capitalisation leader of 2006 and 2007, resumes next Sunday on the stock exchanges after remaining suspended for over eight months.The decision came at a board meeting of the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
Detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer and former minister Motiur Rahman Nizami walked to freedom on Tuesday evening on a two-month interim bail in the Gatco graft case in which ex-premier Khaleda Zia is the principal accused, report UNB/bdnews24.comHe happens to be a...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-07-16 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to bring some flexibility in implementation of its order on mandatory installation of electronic cash register (ECR) in 10 services sector.The NBR order is scheduled to come into effect from January 1,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 15 (AFP): Oil output in Brazil was cut seven per cent yesterday as workers for Petrobras started a five-day strike over a demand for an extra day's pay, the state- run company said.The stoppage affected platforms...
Israeli cabinet approves | 2008-07-16 00:00:00
Hezbollah prisoner swapJERUSALEM, Jul 15: An Israeli government spokesman says the Cabinet has overwhelming approved a prisoner swap with Hezbollah.The hotly debated deal would release a convicted Lebanese child-killer and four Hezbollah guerrillas in exchange for two missing Israeli soldiers...
KABUL, Jul 14 (Reuters): Afghanistan opposes US use of its territory for launching a possible attack against neighbouring Iran, President Hamid Karzai said in an interview broadcast Monday.Iran has threatened to target Israel and US interests in the region in...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Cement does so much for us that it's difficult to imagine a world without it. Cement is a key element of modern construction, from our homes, through to schools, hospitals, offices, roads, railways and airports and what not?. Construction and...
Following the distribution of symbols to the candidates today election fever gripped the four city corporation and nine pourasabha areas centering the mayor and councillor elections to be held on August 4, reports BSS.The poll campaign started by the contestants...
Inter teen star ready to commit to ItalyROME, July 14: Italian champions Inter Milan's teenage sensation Mario Balotelli told La Gazzetta dello Sport Monday that his first call up to Italy colours cannot come soon enough. The 17-year-old striker -...
The national cricketers began their practice camp Monday at the Mirpur She-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) for the ensuing Twenty20 meet in Canada and ODI series against host Australia, reports UNB.Only nine players joined the day's two-hour fitness session under the...
Eight persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Jhenidah, a farmer, who was injured in an attack by his friend Saturday, died at Sadar...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh's trade restrictiveness is one of the highest in the South Asian region, a World Bank report said Monday."While high-income countries still have the world's lowest tariff barriers, many developing countries are converging rapidly. Bangladesh still maintains a very restrictive...
BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua): China's customs tax revenues nationwide stood at 489.6 billion yuan (71.6 billion US dollars) from January to June this year, up 35.6 per cent year on year, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) said...
WASHINGTON, Jul 14(AFP): US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama vowed Monday to pull out the bulk of US forces from Iraq by mid-2010 -- but insisted on keeping "a residual force" to fight remnants of Al-Qaeda in the country for...
GSTAAD, Switzerland, July 14 (AFP): Victor Hanescu won his first career title as he took advantage of a tired Igor Andreev to claim a 6-3, 6-4 victory in 70 minutes at the Gstaad Open here Sunday.A rainy weekend stayed dry...
IT was shocking to read a newspaper report that the default loans in the country's banking system, are fast rising. Why is this happening? It appears that the default loans are soaring because the borrowers are big businessmen who are...
NOWADAYS share business in Bangladesh is all the craze. Those who are aware prefer to invest in the capital market as return on investment in shares is more than that from the deposits kept in the banks. All the shareholders...
Adviser for Primary and Mass Education Rasheda K Chowdhury Monday urged all students, youths and juvenile to take a vow to say no to drug, reports BSS.Rasheda K Chowdhury made the appeal while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of a...
'Secretarial Science and Office Management' subject has been omitted from the higher secondary-level curricula in general and madrasa education with effect from 2009-10 academic session, an official announcement said Monday, reports UNB.The caretaker government (CG) took the step as a...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
The country's leading industrial enterprises prefer to watch the gas supply situation before making any further investment that declined in fiscal 2007-08.According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the growth of private sector investment fell by 4.13 percentage points...
The High Court (HC) granted Monday two-month interim bail to detained Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and former minister Motiur Rahman Nizami in the Gatco graft case in which former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is the principal accused.A special court that is trying...
A freshers' reception, organised by the Bangladesh Shishu Academy and sponsored by Meril Baby Line of Square Toiletries Ltd, was held in the city recently, says a press release.More than 3,000 students, who have just been admitted into different departments...
Left-wing parties in India have launched a national campaign against a controversial India-US nuclear deal, reports BBC.The communists stopped supporting the government last week in protest at its decision to push ahead with the deal to meet India's soaring energy...
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...
Mohammad Asif has been confirmed as the player who tested positive for a banned substance during the Indian Premier League, the IPL has announced.The IPL, though, hasn't revealed the drug that was found in the sample that Asif, who played...
TOKYO, July 14 (AFP): The dollar rose against the yen in Asian trade today.The dollar firmed to 106.51 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade from 106.25 in New York late Friday. The euro gained to 1.5878 dollars from 1.5832 while slipping...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks fell Monday snapping two straight gaining streak amid low turnover.Trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) began on downbeat from the very outset and the negative trend continued towards close of the trade.The market moved to the negative...
FE Report | 2008-07-15 00:00:00
Premier Bank Training Institute concluded its training course for the newly recruited trainee junior officers (cash) recently.The bank's Managing Director Khondker Fazle Rashid was the chief guest of the concluding session.Premier Bank Additional Managing Director Mokhlesur Rahman, SEVP and Head...
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