ROME, July 12 (AFP): AC Milan are on the brink of completing their purchase of Barcelona's Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho, the Italian press reported Saturday.According to La Gazzetta dello Sport an agreement has been reached between AC Milan's vice-president Adriano Galliano...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Saturday made an unequivocal and firm resolve regarding the question of transit to India, saying the Foreign Ministry will never ever agree to any arrangement that is contrary to Bangladesh's sovereign national interest,...
Amirul Islam | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
THE world might have to live with the higher cost of fuel oil for a longer time than anticipated, prompted by escalating demand for oil rather than lapses on the part of producers to pump out more oil. Even at...
RAJSHAHI, July 12 (UNB): The local unit of 14-party alliance today (Saturday) extended support to Awami League candidate Khairuzzaman Liton for mayoral post in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election.The alliance centrally nominated Workers' Party leader Fazle Hossain Badsha as its...
NEW DELHI, Jul 12 (AFP): US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he would not seek changes in a controversial nuclear deal with India and hoped it would be finalised by year-end, a magazine reported Saturday."The existing agreement effectively balanced...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkThe US government is taking over nation's two largest beleaguered mortgage banks. Leave alone something like this taking place, even such ideas are reprehensible. The Bush administration is seriously considering the take-over of nation's two largest...
William Drozdiak | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
One of the biggest foreign policy challenges facing the next US president will be how to modernise the main forums of global decision-making. Crises in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran will consume much of his time, but Barack Obama or John...
NEW DELHI, (Internet): India's economic woes have been further compounded with headline inflation zooming to 11.89 per cent for the week ended June 28, and industrial production rate plummeting to 3.8 per cent in May -- against 10.6 per cent...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 12: The 320 th meeting of the board of directors of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) was held at the board room of the bank on July 10.RAKUB Chairman Mohammad Yeahea Mollah presided over the meeting.A decision was...
The University Research Fellowships scheme aims to provide outstanding scientists, who should have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field, with the opportunity to build an independent research career. Those appointed are expected to be strong candidates for...
ROME, July 12 (AFP): Roma captain Francesco Totti has hinted that he may be open to a national team recall following the return of World Cup wining coach Marcello Lippi.Totti won the last of his 58 caps for Italy in...
Andrew Jack | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: Roche, one of the world's largest international pharmaceuticals groups, has decided to abandon research on medicines to treat HIV in a significant blow to doctors treating the spiralling international Aids epidemic.In a memo circulated this week to...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, July 12: Out of 324 licence holders of rice husking mills in Nilphamari district, 49 licences of different mill owners have been cancelled and their electricity lines have also been disconnected because of non-fulfilment of the contract they have...
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (PTI): The US will team up with Australia and European Union to conduct international pharmaceutical inspections in countries like India and China that make an increasing share of the active ingredients in medications."... Food and Drug Administration...
Visiting Bangladesh A team scored 183 runs for 6 wickets in 55.5 overs in the 1st innings against Warwickshire when the second day's play of the second three-day match was halted due to rain at Edgbaston in Birmingham Saturday, reports...
A Correspondent | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
BARISAL, Jul 12: Al Quran Academy of London announced an elaborate programme to observe two hundred years of translating the Holy Quran into Bengali.Hafiz Munir Uddin Ahmed, director general of Al Quran Academy London, publisher and chief executive of International...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain reiterated the demand Saturday for immediate release of detained party chairperson Khaleda Zia to make way for joining the dialogue with the government and the general elections, reports UNB."Give up all other thinking, devote...
SAVAR, Jul 12 (UNB): The workers of a foreign-owned garment factory in Dhaka EPZ area Saturday observed a daylong work abstention to press home their demand for higher wages. Sources said some 3,500 workers of Hopelone (BD) Limited, owned by...
CHITTAGONG, July 13: The month-long comprehensive training course on 'Capital Market' organised by Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) concluded in the city recently.The participants of the course were awarded certificates at the concluding ceremony, said a press release.CSE Chief Executive Officer...
SEVERODVINSK, Russia, July 12 (AFP): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday toured a new Arctic oil rig that is being built to boost Moscow's position in an intensifying competition for northern energy reserves.Putin also met ministers and top oil executives...
Sarwar Zahan | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
US dollar maintained a stable level against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market last week despite lower demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The demand for dollar was attributed to the combined effect of lower import payments...
NEWPORT, Rhode Island, July 12(AFP): Second seed Fabrice Santoro of France advanced to the semi-finals of the 385,000-dollar ATP Hall of Fame Championship grass-court tournament with a straight-sets victory here Friday.Santoro defeated Spain's Ivan Navarro 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to book...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
The share of textiles in total private sector investment dropped to 53.63 per cent in nine months of fiscal 2007-08 from around 70 per cent during the same period a year ago.According to the Board of Investment (BoI) provisional statistics,...
Taiabur Rahman and Niaz Ahmed KhanTHE recent years have seen an upsurge in e-governance and Information and Community Technology (ICT) application. It is often agued that the emergence of e-governance- both in practice and concept - has been a crucial...
Christopher Rhoads | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
A computer researcher revealed a fundamental flaw in the Internet's addressing system, necessitating a massive Internet security upgrade primarily for businesses and service providers, according to a division of the Department of Homeland Security.The problem makes it possible for computer...
DU Correspondent | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
Dhaka University (DU) is likely to open three new faculties from the next academic year to reflect all aspects of knowledge and practice at the university.The proposed faculties include --- Faculty of Fine Arts now known as Institute of Fine...
James Politi in Washington andSaskia Scholtes in New YorkFT Syndication ServiceThe Bush administration on Friday attempted to quash suggestions that the US government might have to nationalise Freddie Macand Fannie Mae, the giant mortgage companies that have unsettled the financial...
Nicholas Timmins, Clive Cookson and Andrew JackIt is a beguilingly simple question: which is the best health system in the world? But although it is often asked, there is no sensible single answer.Indeed, trying to answer it has proved destabilising...
FE Report | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
Japan Bangladesh Printing & Papers Limited (JBPPL), country's lone private security printing company will begin commercial operation by the end of this month aiming to launch the latest global standard printing technology in the country.The company's products include security printing,...
The caretaker government introduced leasing system to give jute mills to private operators as the last kiss of life to the moribund jute sector, once country's main foreign-exchange earner.With this system in place the old practice of taking money from...
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