Abe Fellowship | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship Program competition. Funding for the Abe Fellowship Programme is provided by CGP. Application...
A record 72.18 per cent students have come out successful in this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent -- Dhakil and vocational -- examinations. Besides, nearly 52,500 students, the highest number since the introduction of the grade average...
BOMBAY, (Internet): Farmers in Maharashtra are worried a lot at a time when cooperative banks in Maharashtra are facing cash crunch due to high default on loans sanctioned in 2007-08. Even those eligible for fresh crop loans are also bearing...
GENEVA, June 28 (Agencies): Governments negotiating a global trade treaty Friday backed what trade experts said was a "make-or-break" test of the seven-year drive to cut tariffs and subsidies that pinch exporters and constrain growth.World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal...
FE Report | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
The central bank has recently amended its guidelines relating to the liquidity support facility provided to primary dealers (PDs).Under the amended guidelines, the PDs will be provided liquidity support facility against devolved treasury bills and bonds for a maximum period...
Touring Bangladesh A team conceded a 82-run defeat against hosts Ireland A team in a Twenty20 match at the Eglington Cricket Club ground Friday, reports UNB.Batting first, hosts Ireland scored a moderate 161 for 6 in 20 overs with number...
NEW YORK, June 28 (AFP): The dollar weathered fresh losses yesterday, despite a stronger-than-expected snapshot on consumer spending, amid expectations that eurozone interest rates will be hiked next week.The gap in US and eurozone rates-US rates are considerably lower-has already...
FE Report | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has invited applications from prospective MBA students of reputed institutions for internship programme.The internees will be assigned to research work on trade policy/trade agreements/market access/WTO/ compliances/corporate management/ private sector development etc.They...
FE report | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
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TOKYO, Jun 28 (AFP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived Saturday in Japan, an airport official said, in the first leg of a two- week Asian tour that will take him to China, South Korea and the Group of Eight summit...
Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) chief Ferdous Ahmad Quraishi Saturday asked party workers to elect 'honest people' from those who had supported the 1/11 changeover, reports bdnews24.com."Those who supported 1/11 will be the 'stars' of our party," Ferdous Ahmad Quarishi stated...
Amitava Basu | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
PUBLIC-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been in existence since long before the Revolutionary War. In 1652, the Water Works Company of Boston was the first private firm in America to provide drinking water to citizens. Today, creative government leaders develop partnerships...
SEOUL, June 28 (AP): Fierce rivalries old and new will resume in the final round of Asian qualification for the 2010 World Cup as Japan and Australia cross swords while traditional foes South Korea, North Korea, Saudi Arabia and Iran...
M/s Pungkook Chittagong (Pvt) Company Limited, a Korean company, will set up a bags, packs and luggage manufacturing industry in the Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone (EPZ).The one hundred per cent foreign-owned company will invest initially about Tk 3.15 billion in...
FE Report | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
The half-yearly business meeting of the branch in-charges of Karnaphuli Insurance Company Limited was held at its head office in the city recently.Chairman of the company Nizamuddin Ahmed was present as the chief guest at the function while its Managing...
SEOUL, Jun 28 (AFP): The United States wants to introduce a UN Security Council resolution next week to send a "strong message of deterrence" to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday."I understand that the...
SEATTLE, June 27 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.Three...
FE Report | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
Speakers at an orientation session said that Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. Over 340,000 people develop TB each year of whom 79,000 die in the country.They appealed to the participants to be more conscious about...
NEW DELHI, June 28 (PTI): Pushed by higher prices of food articles including milk, cereals, tea, edible oils and some manufactured items like soaps and detergents, inflation soared to 11.42 per cent for the week ending June 14.The inflation number...
Rod Newing | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
SOME people regard the chartered financial analyst (CFA) qualification as equivalent to a masters degree in finance, but Jeffrey Diermeier sees it differently.
Robert Hormats and Jim O'NeillWHOEVER moves into the Oval Office in January 2009 will have to deal with a significantly different global economy from the one George W. Bush inherited just eight years earlier - and will need to forge...
Iffat Jerin | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
ZAHURA Begun lives in a city slum. She works in a number of houses as a maid in her Tejgaon neighbourhood. Though she cleans others' houses, her own home always remains dirty.There are about 500 rooms in the slum she...
SEOUL, June 28 (AP): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted Saturday that U.S. beef is safe to eat and urged South Koreans to accept their government's decision to lift a ban on the products.Rice also said she hoped the beef...
TENERO, Switzerland, June 28(AFP): Germany coach Joachim Loew is hoping his Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde team fulfill their potential by beating Spain in Sunday's Euro 2008 final to complete the summer fairytale started in 2006.Germany have shown two different...
Mobile phones under development by Google Inc and its partners face slipping delivery schedules, with the first phones not likely to arrive until late 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported recently.Google had said eight months ago that the first phones...
FE Report | 2008-06-29 00:00:00
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) organised a day-long workshop on "Prevention of Money Laundering" at its head office in the city Saturday.SJIBL Managing Director Muhammad Ali inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest while Bangladesh Bank (BB) General Manager (Anti-Money...
NEW DELHI, (Internet): In a major relief to over 25 lakh truck operators in the country, the government late last week exempted them from payment of service tax on supply of vehicles to goods transport agencies. In a statement, the...
Russia is ready to participate in Bangladesh's proposed nuclear power plant (NPP) project, if the government here makes a decision to put it into reality, reports UNB."The issue is quite complex and embraces various aspects - technological, financial etc. Therefore,...
BAGERHAT, Jun 27 (UNB): A Tk 250.6 million (Tk 25.06 crore) budget of Bagerhat municipality for 2008-2009 fiscal has been announced without imposing any new tax.Municipal chairman Khan Habibur Rahman placed the budget through a press conference at local press...
OUR capital city of Dhaka is becoming crowded everyday. One of the main reasons is the rise of private cars. Because of poor public transport system, even the lower middle class families started buying cars. A private study, a reported...
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