LONDON, July 6 (AFP): Venus Williams outhit younger sister Serena to claim her fifth Wimbledon crown in exhilarating fashion here Saturday.The defending champion recovered from a whirlwind start by her younger sister to land her seventh Grand Slam title courtesy...
TOYAKO, Japan, July 6 (AFP): Leaders of the world's richest countries began arriving in northern Japan today for a summit aimed at tackling red-hot food and oil prices that could derail global economic growth.Authorities sealed off Japan's northern island of...
Baroness Tonge will arrive in city today (Monday) on a three-day visit to officially launch the Dhaka Initiative's report on 'Bihari Settlements in Bangladesh.'The Dhaka Initiative was set up to establish the wishes of the Biharis and help them achieve...
HONG KONG, July 6 (AFP): Major Asian currencies ended the week mainly lower against the dollar as US jobs data was not as bad as feared, although concern persisted over the state of the world's largest economy.JAPANESE YEN: The yen...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2008-07-07 00:00:00
The fares of different modes of transports, especially those which carry goods, rose sharply following price hike of fuel oil threatening to destabilise the price of consumer items further, market operators told the FE Sunday.The average truck fares on different...
FE Report | 2008-07-07 00:00:00
The government borrowed Tk 9.00 billion (900 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 9.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 91-day, 182-day and 364-day bills on...
The government has decided to allow trade union activities on a limited scale by easing some sections of the Emergency Powers Rules (EPR), Local Government, Labour and Employment Adviser Anwarul Iqbal said Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.The Adviser told newsmen that prior...
FE Report | 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Remittances sent by Bangladeshis working abroad reached nearly US$8.00 billion, a record in the country's history, in the just concluded fiscal, marking a 32.80 per cent growth over the same period of the last fiscal.The flow of remittance in fiscal...
Francesco Guerrera in New York, Krishna Guha in Washington and Javier Blas in LondonFT Syndication ServiceTHE spectre of inflation returned to haunt the global economy last week as companies ranging from Dow Chemical of the US to South Korea's Posco...
Bangladesh cricket team returned home Sunday by Thai Airways after a disappointing performance in the Asia Cup in Pakistan, reports UNB.Bangladesh, which made a flying start in the tournament with a 96-run win over group opponent United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
Amy Yee , FT Syndication ServiceNEW DELHI: Fleets of the white Ambassador saloons used by government officials frantically criss-cross the capital city in a sign of the political storm that is brewing. Outside the headquarters of India's main parties, television...
Kayes M Sohel | 2008-07-07 00:00:00
The High Court issued a three-month stay order against a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) directive on recasting the board of directors of Z-category companies which expired June 3 last.It also asked the commission to reply within four weeks as...
WASHINGTON, Jul 6 (AFP): After months vowing to get US troops home from Iraq, Barack Obama has succumbed to the war's political entanglements, struggling to explain his plan in the light of recent security gains.More than five years after the...
A Dhaka court Sunday exempted BNP leader Tarique Rahman from personal appearance in the court in a bribery case, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Shahed Nooruddin of Special Judge's Court-3 set up in the Sangsad Bhaban area relieved Tarique of court appearance in...
Javier Blas | 2008-07-07 00:00:00
FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: The rise in food and oil prices could "severely weaken" the economies of up to 75 developing countries, including Pakistan and Indonesia, the International Monetary Fund said in its first broad assessment of the crisis.Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF...
RANGPUR, July 6 (BSS): Education and Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman has said quality seeds and their proper preservation by using the latest technology will greatly help increase crop production in the country.In this respect, he suggested increased use of...
John Aylieff has assumed responsibility as the World Food Programme (WFP) representative in Bangladesh.Earlier, he served as the emergency coordinator and director, assessment, analysis and preparedness division in WFP headquarters in Rome.He has 18 years of experience in the humanitarian...
MADRID, July 6 (AFP): Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish sports daily AS reported Saturday.The private talks will take place...
South Korea has announced the first in a series of measures intended to tackle the cost of rising fuel prices, reports BBC.Thousands of public sector vehicles will only be allowed on the road on alternate days and government buildings air...
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman Sunday termed the party's July 3 dialogue with the government as unfruitful, as he said the government does not want to withdraw the state of emergency, reports UNB."We went to talk to the...
SINGAPORE, July 6 (AFP): Singapore's booming residential property sector is finally showing signs of cooling but projects including two casino developments should underpin long-term prices, analysts say.The market was described by real estate giant Jones Lang LaSalle as the world's...
Adviser for LGRD and Cooperatives, and Labour and Employment M Anwarul Iqbal Sunday said the government has taken an initiative to withdraw 30,000 child workers from risky jobs and provide them with institutional education, reports BSS.Besides families of the child...
SYLHET, July 6 (UNB): A 10-day tree fair began at Alia Madrasah ground in the city Saturday.
IT would be a good step for the government to impose restrictions on jaywalking. Newspapers reported that the police was considering to increase fines for jaywalkers by 4,000 per cent to Tk 200 from Tk five to ease the gridlock...
A lawyer has petitioned the High Court (HC) to freeze polls of four city corporations and nine municipalities, reports bdnews24.com.Supreme Court lawyer and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Jasimuddin Sarker filed the writ petition Sunday with the High Court bench of Justice Iman...
SEOUL, July 6 (AFP): South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor today lowered its domestic sales target for 2008 due to weakening demand amid rising prices of oil and raw materials, company officials said.Hyundai said in a revised forecast that it...
ILIGAN, Jul 6 (AFP): Five people were killed early Sunday when gunmen opened fire on a bus in the rebellion-hit southern Philippines, survivors and officials said.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the ambush, which occurred before dawn near the town...
FE Report | 2008-07-07 00:00:00
Building a better capacity for reducing risks at the local government level and especially at the Union Parishads (UPs) in the event of natural calamities is a prerequisite for better disaster management in the country.The above view came at a...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed leaves for Kuala Lumpur Monday to attend the 6th D-8 Summit in the Malaysian capital Tuesday, which is going to adopt a new economic cooperation agenda, reports UNB.The summit meet of the heads of state...
Asian stocks fell for a fourth week, on concern record crude oil prices will slow global economic growth and erode earnings.BHP Billiton Ltd, the world's largest mining company, led declines on concern metals demand will drop. Toyota Motor Corporation, the...
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