FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
AMCS Textiles Limited, a British company, will set up a specialised garments industry in the Adamjee Export Processing Zone, said a press release.The 100-per cent foreign-owned company will invest initially US$ 6.058 million (about Tk 43 crore) in setting up...
Tom Reilly | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
ONE look at the soaring profits of mining companies is enough to show how important exports to China and other emerging markets are to the success of domestic companies.But it is not just the vast multinationals such as BHP Billiton...
Zonal round of Womens' Kabaddi begins July 22The zonal round matches of the National Womens' Kabaddi, organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, will begin on July 22 at five venues across the country. The venues are Dhaka, Jamalpur, Faridpur, Jhenidah and...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Prices of edible oil rose further while prices of other essentials remained unchanged at their previous highs in the city markets during the last one week, traders said Friday.Traders also said prices of non-brand edible oil increased despite setting a...
Enayet Rasul | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
The World Population Day was observed in Bangladesh amid worrying information that this country is falling far short in taking measures to control its population though it is already a highly overpopulated country and has the highest density of population...
July 6 - July 10, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonThe United States (US) dollar softened slightly against Bangladesh taka in the last week as well mainly due to lack of demand and increased supply.The key reason for the less demand for...
Syed Masroor Hussain Shah | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
"Organizational Culture is defined as a system of learned, shared values, beliefs and norms that are used to interpret elements in the environment and to guide all kinds of behaviour" (Human Resource Development by Randy L. Desimone, Jon M. Werner...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Launch and lighterage workers went on strike from Thursday midnight demanding a hike in their wages, halting passenger and cargo services on major river routes across the country.The strike caused untold sufferings to the people generally travel on river routes....
Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, has criticised Shoaib Malik for his captaincy and for not bowling his offspin regularly, and called for the inclusion of Mohammad Aamer, the 16-year-old left-arm seamer, into the national team, according to Cricinfo website."In...
RAJSHAHI, July 11 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion meeting here today said planned family has become indispensable to make the nation poverty-free side by side with taking it towards the path of success in all respects.They underlined the need for...
BEIJING, Jul 11 : China has jailed 42 people for their roles in this year's unrest in Tibet, with more than 100 others still on trial who may face the death penalty, state press reported Friday.Twelve people were jailed for...
Bangladesh Under-21 Hockey team made a frustrating start in the 6th Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey conceding a humiliating 8-0 goals defeat to strong South Korea in the inaugural match at Hyderabad in India Friday, reports UNB.The winners led the...
S M Jahangir | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
The state-run petroleum oil marketing company BPC will have to turn to both the government and the donors for financing its deficit worth around Tk 100 billion for the current fiscal year, despite the large upward adjustments of fuel oil...
FE Report | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Sluggishness in share trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued in the past week that ended Thursday with limited participation of the investors.The market remained subdued during the week because of a debate over the mutual fund rules and...
Robbers looted valuables, worth about Tk 0.30 million from the house of a former civil officer of Air Force at East Manikdi in city's Cantonment area early Friday, reports UNB.Police said a gang of robbers entered the house of Nurul...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed called for strengthening the motivational programmes for workers, landless and floating people, urban slum dwellers and the poor in char and remote hilly areas to reduce the poor population, reports UNB.He said the Family Planning Directorate...
COLOMBO, July 11 (PTI): Indian economy is expected to grow by over 8.5 per cent during the current fiscal notwithstanding indications of a global slowdown, a top Indian government official said Thursday."We are hopeful that India will continue to maintain...
Price spiral is a common phenomenon in our life and recently it has become obviously critical. Everybody is in trouble, because of this. It is very much distinct that the price of each and every item of our life-support basic...
Shi Yuzhu | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
For an indication of Shi Yuzhu's ambition, one need look no further than the name of his company: Giant.An online game developer, Giant Interactive was founded just four years ago. Since then, Mr Shi has parlayed the success of its...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will take stern action against its leaders who would compete in the upcoming local government elections, going beyond the party decision of boycotting the voting, a party leader said.BNP acting office secretary Rizvi Ahmed told UNB...
Suicide, scams overshadow | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Egypt examsCAIRO, Jul 11 : Soad Ahmed Hassan paces anxiously outside the school where her daughter is sitting Egypt's end of year exams. So far the test has driven two pupils to suicide and sparked a wave of corruption claims....
Ed Crooks in London | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
Iraq has invited foreign companies to bid for contracts developing eight of its oil and gas fields, launching a process that will let big international oil companies back into the country for the first time in more than 30 years.Hussein...
WASHINGTON, July 11 (AFP): Americans will attempt to lead the overall medal table for the fourth Summer Olympics in a row next month in Beijing, but hosts China and Russia will challenge for supremacy in golds and total medals.US teams...
Joe Leahy in Mumbai and Amy Yee in New Delhi, FT Syndication ServiceIn December 2004, the year his government took office, Manmohan Singh warned that India's system of subsidies, particularly those covering fuel and energy, was unsustainable. "Today, we are...
The Public Servant (Marriage with Foreign National) (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 has been promulgated allowing a public servant to marry or promise to marry a foreign national with the permission of the President, reports UNB.The amended ordinance said the President might...
Martin Sieff | 2008-07-12 00:00:00
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's generational jealousy of Sen. Barack Obama spilled over -- and boomeranged right back on Jackson's head.Remember Jackson's notorious reference decades ago to New York City as "Hymietown" -- "Hymie" being a derogatory term for Jewish people?...
SYLHET, July 11 (UNB): Work on a modern laboratory for testing standard of various commodities began at Khadimnagar BSCIC industrial estate in the city involving Tk 100 million.Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute (BSTI) director Rezaul Karim said, the work is progressing...
A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says.Reports at the time said that 20 people were killed in the airstrike in Nangarhar province. The...
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua): China's export of textiles and garments fell 11 per cent year-on-year to 81.68 billion US dollars in the first half of this year, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) reported yesterday.Industry watchers attributed the...
Three persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Sylhet, the body of a newly-wed housewife was recovered from Lalarchak village in Kanaighat Upazila Thursday.The...
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