Food, Health and Family Welfare Adviser MM Shawkat Ali Thursday admitted that the high prices of food items would have an adverse effect on public health for low-dose nutrition intake, reports UNB."Definitely, this (increased prices of food) will have no...
Sri Lanka's tour of England next year hangs in the balance with Mahinda Rajapakse, the country's president, instructing his sports minister to ensure that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) propose alternate dates for the tour or decline the invitation of the...
S M Jahangir | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
The government has no immediate plans to enhance its cash subsidy allocation for distribution among cultivators of Boro crop on their use of diesel for irrigation purpose despite a significant rise in cultivation costs following the recent upward adjustment of...
Siddique Islam | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
The government has gradually changed its debt management strategy towards long-term borrowing from short-term to facilitate development activities.Under the new strategy, the government will increase borrowing for longer tenure by issuing different bonds instead of short-term borrowing through treasury bills...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
MOULVIBAZAR, July 10: Moulvibazar BSCIC area failed to become a successful industrial zone despite having huge potentials.With available raw materials and a large amount of remittance remaining idle with the local bank branches, industrialisation can be boosted by making proper...
The ICC's annual conference in 2009 will be held at Lord's, David Morgan, the ICC president, has confirmed. Lord's had held the yearly conference since the first in 1909, but the meeting this year was hosted in Dubai, the first...
India has sought greater cooperation from Bangladesh in security matters as New Delhi found some connectivity of a number of terrorists groups between Bangladesh and India causing certain security breaches."We will be seeking greater cooperation so both the countries can...
Nine persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Mymensingh, three people, including a woman, were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision...
SAO PAULO, July 10 (AFP): Brazil's state-run energy group Petrobras is looking to produce electricity from sugarcane by 2012, it said Tuesday.The bio-energy will initially be generated in a 60-megawatt plant in the central town of Britaruma, but eventually "we...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Prices of non-brand edible oil remained unchanged Thursday at their previous highs at the retail level amid lax government monitoring despite setting a cap on their wholesale rates earlier on Wednesday.In a meeting between the officials of the Directorate General...
LONDON, July 10 (Reuters): The Bank of England (BoE) is expected to hold interest rates at 5.0 per cent Thursday and will probably sit tight until it has a better idea of which is the greater evil, surging inflation or...
JHALKATHI, July 10 (UNB): Udbodhan Secondary School earned a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Kirtipasha Prasanna Kumar Secondary School in the opening match of the Kishore Football League at the local stadium Thursday.Zakaria scored the all-important goal for the winners in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
The prices of essential commodities have again shot up following the latest hike in fuel oil price effected by the government. The prices of essential commodities have again started the old cat and mouse game with the hapless common consumers...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has dispelled an explanation of Prime Textile Spinning Mills Ltd on a show-cause cum hearing notice served on the company directors by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)."The news published in The Financial Express in its...
The Mentor's 3rd Inter-Private University Football Tournament 2008 will begin in the second week of October at the Army Stadium in the city, reports UNB.Maximum 12 private university teams will be entitled to participate in the third version of the...
MANILA, July 10 (AFP): Philippine merchandise exports grew by only 2.3 per cent in May against a year earlier after a slump in the key electronics sector, the government said today.May's figure was 4.224 billion dollars, the national statistics office...
US Ambassador James Moriarty visited Cox's Bazar and Teknaf to review the US-funded projects in the region and reaffirmed the US government's long-term commitment towards the development of Bangladesh, reports UNB.During the tour from July 8-10 the Ambassador also visited...
The US has said it will not hesitate to defend its interests and those of its allies as Iran continues missile tests, reports BBC.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the US had increased its security in the region and Iran...
Pascal Lamy | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
DG, WTO------------------------------------A memorandum to the world's trade ministers:As the world economy is on a downturn, most trade agreements were concluded under the pressure to create additional welfare from trade. For the past eight years, the global economic pressure has not...
Bangladesh starts their 6th Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey campaign taking on South Korea in the inaugural match in the Indian city of Hyderabad today (Friday), reports UNB.Bangladesh Under-21 Hockey team reached Hyderabad Wednesday hoping to clinch the 5th place...
New Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah bin Naser Al-Bosairi praised the Bangladeshi workers for their performance contributing to the Saudi economy, reports UNB.After maiden call on Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Al-Bosairi told reporters that there were many...
Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel found their Lord's legs to turn around the opening day of the series following a wicketless morning session. Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss pushed England to 114 without loss before three wickets tumbled in 13...
SINGAPORE, July 10 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asian trade today, gaining support from Iran's test of a missile that could hit Israel, dealers said.New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, rose 34 cents to 136.39...
Our Correspondent. | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
JESSORE, July 10: The authority of Jessore Government MM College has taken a decision to introduce HSC after a decade of closure. HSC classes were suspended by the authority in the college following a direction by the education ministry in...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Increasing integration among Asian economies offers a new platform to promote growth, strengthen trade links, and reduce poverty. This is good not only for Asia, but also for the US and the rest of the world, said Asian Development Bank...
Martin Wolf | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Something has changed in the debate on man-made climate change: the US is engaged. But its engagement - or at least the engagement of President George W. Bush - is neither enthusiastic nor unconditional. In particular, at discussions among the...
COLOMBO, July 10 (AFP): India and Sri Lanka will expand their free trade agreement with a new pact to be signed on the sidelines of a South Asian summit in Colombo, diplomats said today.The two countries entered a free trade...
TOKYO, Jul 10(AFP): Japanese Emperor Akihito plans to visit Canada next year with his wife, more than five decades after his maiden trip there, an official said today.Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper agreed to arrange...
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has launched a new ATM booth at Dhanmondi in the city recently.SCB head of Shared Distribution and Service Quality Tanvir Haider Chaudhury inaugurated the new ATM booth.Senior officials of the bank were present on the occasion.The...
BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua): Wan Jifei, president of China Chamber of International Commerce said yesterday that the country needs to participate in the formulation of global economic and trade rules apart from taking part in international division of labour and...
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