The Design Zone 2nd Office League, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation, will begin in the city on July 24.Interested associations have been requested to send their team entries and affiliation fees by July 18 at the Federation office. Interested teams...
BAGERHAT, Jul 10 (UNB): Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed today (Thursday) said the country would be self-sufficient in food someday if all can produce food-grains in uncultivated land in the country."Even an inch of land can't be left uncultivated....
FE Report | 2008-07-11 00:00:00
Shahzada Syed Nizamuddin Ahmed has been appointed independent director of Standard Bank Ltd at the 127th board meeting of the bank recently.A post-graduate in Commerce, Nizamuddin Ahmed has a successful banking career of more than four decades to his credit...
DU Correspondent | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) conferred degrees on a total of 1,283 graduates of different disciplines at its second convocation ceremony at the city's Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre Wednesday.Primary and Mass Communication Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury attended the function as the...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Seven private commercial banks and cell phone operator Grameenphone Limited were among the top ten income tax payers in fiscal 2007-08.National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid, for the first time in history, disclosed the names of top...
The rain-affected first three-day match between visiting Bangladesh A team and hosts England Under-19 team ended in a draw on the third and final day at the Hazelgrave Ground in Loughborough Tuesday, reports UNB.More than half of the playing time...
Kabir H Choudhury has been re-elected chairman and Farzana Chowdhury and A Farjad Ahmed have been elected vice-chairmen of the board of directors of Green Delta Insurance Company Limited.The election was held at the 254th board meeting held in the...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
The government launches a nationwide campaign on energy conservation and use of renewable energy today (Wednesday). The campaign aims at reducing the mounting pressure on conventional energy sources and protecting environment."Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to inaugurate the...
Fazle Rashid | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
NEW YORK, July 09: Haider Akbar Khan Rono, a firebrand student leader of the 60s, now a leading light of the left politics, categorically stated here the other day that the Workers Party has no connection either with the Awami...
TEHRAN, July 9 (AFP): Iran test-fired Wednesday a missile whose range puts Israel within reach, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war.The Shahab-3 was among a broadside...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Invasion of the computer networks belonging to a large number of brokerage houses by a new virus halted most part of the trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Wednesday.A total of 120 brokerage houses failed to log on with...
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will hold a meeting of its executive board Thursday to discuss its team's tour to England next year that will force its national cricketers to miss a chunk of the second season of the Indian Premier...
Eminent economist Prof Wahiduddin Mahmood has lauded the caretaker government's employment generation programme during the lean months with a call to make it a permanent measure to help the hardcore poor, reports UNB.He was speaking at a daylong workshop on...
Bir Sreshtha Noor Mohammad Rifles Public School & College (BNMRPSC), Bir Sreshtha Noor Mohammad Rifles Public School & College (BSNMRPSC) [English medium] and Bir Srestha Munshi Abdur Rouf Rifles College (BMARRC) jointly signed an agreement with Bank Asia Limited at...
WASHINGTON, July 9 (AFP): China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by mid-century, a study released yesterday by a US research organisation concluded.The report by economist Albert Keidel of the Carnegie...
John Aglionby in Jakarta | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Bayan Resources highlighted early this month the interest investors are taking in Indonesia, the world's largest thermal coal exporter, when it announced plans to raise up to $695m by floating 25 per cent of its shares on the country's stock...
A six-day leadership training programme for women with disabilities, organised by SARPV-Bangladesh concluded at the city's BIAM Foundation recently, said a press release.Twenty-five women with disabilities participated in the training on the issues of analysing the situation of women with...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a workshop on book-building method next month (August) to finalise its preparation on introducing the system."We are hopeful that the market experts will give their valuable suggestions in the workshop which will...
LONDON, July 9 (AFP): Britain's economy, buckling under the credit crunch and a slowing property market, faces a "serious risk" of recession as firms face soaring costs and falling orders, according to a survey published yesterday.The British Chambers of Commerce,...
RAJSHAHI, July 09 (UNB): As a rare example amid a nationwide purge against political corruption, a 28-year-old student has put himself as a contender in mayoral election in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) with a dream of change.Abdul Khaleque, a law...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed Wednesday stressed the need for engaging the services of techno-human resources in banking sector to combat multiple risks facing the financial sector.He said application of high tech information technology, complex business transactions, derivatives...
Our Correspondent | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
KHULNA, July 09: A deadlock has been created in transportation of imported goods through Benapole landport due to the rise in transport fares coupled with a truck crisis.Sources said truck owners have increased their fares due to the fuel price...
SEOUL, July 9 (AFP): South Korea and six Gulf states agreed today to forge a free trade deal by the end of next year, a chief negotiator from the Seoul side said."At today's opening session, the chief delegates from both...
KATHMANDU, July 9 (Xinhua): The South Asian Regional Conference on Food Sovereignty, Agrarian Reforms and Peasants' Rights began here Tuesday, The Rising Nepal daily reported Wednesday.Participating in the conference are farmers, agro-scientists, researchers, environmentalists and representatives of organisations from the...
TOKYO, July 9 (AFP): The dollar eased against the euro in Asian trade Wednesday as investors remained cautious over the United States (US) credit squeeze and news that Iran test-fired a long-range missile, dealers said.Iran today test-fired its Shahab-3 missile,...
The 3-day 24th Nat
Last Tuesday's very daring case of robbing of a gold jewellery shop at Mirpur in broad daylight in the working hours comes as a rude shocker -- particularly for businesses. The robbers got away with jewellery valued at some Taka...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
BADC seed dealers have urged the authorities concerned to allow them to lift and distribute BADC-imported TSP and MOP fertilisers.In a statement Wednesday, the seed dealers' association of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) said, on January 24 last, the Ministry...
President Professor Iajuddin Ahmed sought enhanced assistance from the Asian Development Bank in developing power, gas and transportation sectors of Bangladesh, reports UNB.He stressed the need for funding these priority sectors while talking to ADB Country Director Hua Du when...
FE Report | 2008-07-10 00:00:00
There was a larger weight on offer, which met with a fairly strong demand but as there was less competition, prices declined for all types. Blenders and Packeteers operated in good strength whilst there was fair interest from the Loose...
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