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...
LONDON, July 12 (AFP): England removed three of South Africa's leading batsmen to leave the Proteas in a perilous position in the first Test at Lord's here Saturday.South Africa, at lunch on the third day, were 78 for three, still...
William McKenzie | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
CUSTOM dictates that in this, my final journal, I should exclaim: "It seems like only yesterday that I began my MBA". However, this clich
Yahoo will allow other Web sites to use its technology to build their own search services in a new revenue-sharing scheme announced on Thursday.Yahoo said it would release the beta version of an API (application programming interface) on Thursday that...
JAKARTA, Jul 12 (AFP) : Indonesia kicked off a mammoth nine-month legislative election campaign Saturday with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ruling coalition under pressure over soaring food and fuel prices.Indonesia's election committee (KPU) opened the campaign with restrictions on public...
WASHINGTON, Jul 12 : Pentagon employee Gregg William Bergersen was sentenced Friday to 57 months in jail for handing secret military documents over to a Chinese government agent, his lawyer said.The agent, Tai Shen Kuo, is due to be sentenced...
The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed mostly higher Friday after Wall Street finished in positive territory Thursday. After a directionless morning session, most Asian markets moved into positive territory after the New York Times reported that the US...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
New Delhi's offer to import eight million pieces of garments from Bangladesh, aimed at reducing the trade deficit, may not be completely executed as prices being offered by many Indian buyers are quite low, sector insiders said Saturday.Their observation came...
FE Report | 2008-07-13 00:00:00
Global Finance, a US-based financial magazine, adjudged Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited as the best Islamic financial institution in Bangladesh for 2008.IBBL will be rewarded for the achievement at a prize distribution ceremony on October 13, 2008 at National Press Club...
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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