Students of Dhaka University (DU) are taking their meals on higher payment in view of the current soaring prices of essentials, but eating low quality food under some sorts of compulsion, reports BSS.Residential students often allege that they are in...
BANDARBAN, July 11 (UNB): Four members of a family, including two children, were trampled to death by wild elephants at Yangsa Bonpur in Lama Upazila Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Syed Alam, his wife Jarina Khatun, son Md Jubayer...
The general public, nowadays, are investing their small savings in the share market and purchasing shares of public limited companies hoping to earn better return compared to savings in terms of deposit schemes with the banks. They want to know...
Kayes M Sohel | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Share trading of Rupali Bank Limited, the top market capitalisation leader of 2006 and 2007, is likely to resume in the stock market sometime in the third week of this month, officials said.Trading on the largely state-owned bank share has...
Iran has successfully test-fired both medium- and long-range missiles in two consecutive days, in what many analysts described as a move to trigger grave concerns over stability in the region.By testing a long-range missile capable of reaching targets in Israel...
BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua): China's export of shoes was 3.39 billion pairs in the first five months of this year, dropping 3.6 per cent year on year, according to statistics from the customs.The average export price was three dollars per...
THE Dhaka-Chittagong and the Dhaka-Khulna highway have turned into death traps. Bad news are coming regularly about accidents on these two highways. In the latest accident on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway the other day two buses collided head-on, leaving, at least...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate remained steady Thursday due to adequate flow of cash. The US dollar maintained stable nerve against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market on comfortable liquidity, fund managers said.The call rate in extreme...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
KHULNA, July 10:- Four educational institutions of Jessore have been closed temporarily due to outbreak of mass hysteria. A five member committee of ICDDR,B called by the health department visited the schools and Jessore Sadar Hospital.Sources said that ten female...
Krishna Guha | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceTOYAKO (Japan): A long-awaited meeting between US president George W Bush and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh ended Wednesday without a formal announcement that India is ready to implement their bilateral accord on civil nuclear power.Instead, the two...
BEIJING, Jul 10 (AFP): North Korea returned Thursday to international talks on its nuclear activities after a nine-month break, raising cautious hopes the reclusive regime will take another step towards disarmament.Envoys from the six nations involved in the long-running talks...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
The import of capital machinery dropped by 27.5 percentage points in the just-concluded fiscal that indicates the country's industrialisation will slow down further in the new fiscal, an expert said.According to Bangladesh Bank's provisional statistics, letters of credit (LCs) for...
CHITTAGONG, July 10 (BSS): The leaders of visiting German business delegation at a discussion with the leaders of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) here Wednesday expressed their eagerness to invest in Chittagong." We are considering to invest here...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Radisson Water Garden Hotel Dhaka has appointed Kai-Uwe Klenz as the new executive chef.Chef Klenz is originally from Germany and a 23-year veteran in the culinary industry.Before joining the Radisson family, he had been working at Hotel Inter-Continental in Bukharest...
LOS ANGELES, July 10 (AFP):Always formidable in the Olympic pool, the United States will launch a squad of proven performers at Beijing's Water Cube in their bid to maintain their swimming superiority.Eight of the nine world records set or matched...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 10: District Election Commission (DEC) office of Chittagong has published draft voter list of 41 wards under Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), where total number of voters has reached 1,568,191 with an increase of 429,873 voters.Earlier, in 2000 number...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Akij Food and Beverage Limited (AFBL) Thursday launched a voting campaign for powering the country's main sea beach in Cox's Bazar to stand first in the '7 Natural Wonders in the World'.AFBL, a subsidiary of local conglomerate Akij Group, will...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Commerce adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Thursday said the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) will work to ensure that the prices of essential items remain under control during the upcoming Ramadan -- the month of fasting.He...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Chevron has completed seismic survey in Lawachara national forest and its adjoining areas last month, officials said."The project was completed on schedule, safely, properly protected the environment and the biodiversity, and we have recorded all data as planned," chief Geophysicist...
PESHAWAR, Jul 10 (AFP): At least six people were killed and nine others injured Thursday in three separate landmine blasts in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, an official said.The blasts took place in Kurram, a tribal district bordering Afghanistan...
We are horrified to see in the newspapers the detection of tonnes of mango, adulterated with extremely harmful chemicals such as carbide, for ripening. What are we taking in the name of mango in that case? Are we poisoning us...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Finance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam said Thursday the newly introduced "employment guarantee scheme" will not fuel inflation and affect labour market."It is a relatively a small country and by now transportation and communication links between different regions have...
Belal Hossain | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Students of the Dhaka University (DU) have started to take refuge in the mosques located on the campus as there is not enough room in the residential halls and the rent of mess in the city has gone up significantly...
The Sadat Smriti Summer Open (ranking) Badminton Competition, organised by Bangladesh Badminton Federation, will begin on July 20 at the NSC Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city, reports UNB.The competition will be held in four events -- men's singles and...
MADRID, Jul 10 (AFP): Fourteen migrants, including nine small children, died on board a boat that was heading for southern Spain from north Africa, Spanish national radio said Thursday, quoting survivors.It said a police maritime patrol intercepted the boat during...
The government has decided to appoint Mohammad Ali Akbar, currently serving as Consul General, Consulate General, Jeddah as the country's Ambassador to the Republic of the Kingdom of Bahrain, reports UNB.
Raphael Minder | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceBANGKOK: Six Asian stock exchanges are planning to establish a trading platform linking their 180 largest companies to help promote cross-border and foreign investment.The plan, being elaborated by the stock exchanges of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and...
Resumption of share trading | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
City Bank: Normal trading of the shares of the bank will resume Sunday after its record date and there will be no price limit on the trading of the shares of the bank on the day.National Life Insurance: Normal trading...
SYDNEY, July 10 (AFP): Australian unemployment surprisingly fell in June, official data showed today, leading Treasurer Wayne Swan to say the economy was still growing despite a global credit crunch and high oil prices.Unemployment fell to 4.2 per cent in...
TOKYO, July 10, (AFP): A Japanese government body said today it would fund a joint project of leading firms to develop a key technology to produce large, energy- saving organic displays.The organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, which is self-...
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