CHITTAGONG, June 27 (UNB): Acting President of Chittagong unit of the Bangladesh Garments Manufactures and Exporters Association (BGMEA) MA Salam Friday said Chittagong, known as country's commercial capital, has become economically crippled due to crisis of water, gas and power.Addressing...
Sagar Shabnam | 2008-06-28 00:00:00
Dhaka, Jul 21(News Network) - Shahabuddin Tomal is a lively young man. He has got a decent job even before he finished the master's examinations. When his friends were desperately looking for job, he was already a high official at...
Ferdous Ara Begum | 2008-06-28 00:00:00
THE proposed budget for fiscal 2008-09 has been able to draw the attention of many because of its high quality social safety-net programmes, policies for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), extension of tax holidays, reduction of corporate rate of taxes...
RAJSHAHI, June 27 (UNB): A fortnight-long tree fair began at government madrasah ground here Wednesday on the occasion of National Tree Plantation Campaign, 2008.District administration organised the fair in association with forest department and Agriculture Extension Department.Divisional Commissioner Hafizur Rahman...
BNP-led four-party alliance will sit Sunday to finalise its position on elections to city corporations and municipalities as well as future course of programme, reports UNB.BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain declined to give instant reaction to the Awami League's...
BARISAL, Jun 27 (UNB): A court here Tuesday convicted a man and awarded him nine years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for hoarding fertiliser illegally.The court also fined Niranjan Sarkar, a fertiliser dealer of Batajore Bazar of Gournadi Upazila, Tk 1000,...
Thai PM wins | 2008-06-28 00:00:00
no-confidence voteBANGKOK, June 27: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej won a vote of no-confidence in parliament Friday.Samak, who took over from a military-run administration four months ago, gained a simple majority of MPs in an electronic ballot. "There are 442...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a union of governments and NGOs working on environmental issues, is likely to submit its Lawachhara forest post-survey report to the Ministry of Forrest and Environment next month, reports UNB.According to sources,...
June 22 - June 26, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonUS dollar retained its burly tone against Bangladesh taka last week.The central bank had been very vigilant on rate movement and intervened as and when necessary to achieve price stability in the...
Simon Webb | 2008-06-28 00:00:00
Older oil refineries in Britain and the United States could soon face the threat of closure as a wave of new plants start up in Asia and the Middle East and flood the market with gasoline.For over three years, a...
VIENNA, June 27 (AFP): Spain, one of the pre-tournament title favourites ensured they made their first final for 24 years when they demolished Russia 3-0 here on Thursday in their Euro 2008 semi-final.Xavi, Daniel Guiza and David Silva scored the...
In a major shift in its strategy, Awami League Friday decided to join the elections to four city corporations and nine municipalities slated for August 4, reports UNB.Acting Awami League president Zillur Rahman announced the decision Friday night after a...
KUSHTIA, June 27 (UNB): Two extremist leaders, including brother of slain Janajuddha kingpin Dada Tapan, were killed in a shootout between their accomplices and the RAB at Goneshpur in Khoksha Upazila here early Friday.The deceased were identified as Golam Hossain...
Konika Biswas | 2008-06-28 00:00:00
Saleha Begum of Bagerhat's Chitalmari upazila was married off in 1975 with a schoolteacher when she was only 16. The adolescent bride did not get the mental support from her in-laws what she needed.Her husband, Sajedur Rahim, used to move...
A defence counsel said Thursday the caretaker government has put the armed forces in dock by trying to entrap an elected Prime Minister in the Mig-29 scam case, reports UNB."This is for the first time in the history of Bangladesh...
GENEVA, June 26 (AFP): World Trade Organisation (WTO) head Pascal Lamy has decided to play for high stakes and try to broker a Doha Round trade deal in a month's time, arguing that after that date the chances of an...
FE Report | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
People's Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFS) approved 35 per cent stock dividend for its shareholders for the year that ended on December 31, 2007.The approval came at the 12th annual general meeting (AGM) of the non-banking financial institutions (NBFI)...
Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Thursday said that the prices of essentials will start coming down, reports bdnews24.com."The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that food prices in the international market are decreasing. We hope the impact will fall on...
FE Report | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
The prize distribution ceremony for the light sellers of Sylhet region of Transcom Electronics Limited was held recently.Abdul Kadir Khoshru of Shammi Electric received the first prize while Bijoy Das Joyonto of Umma Electric won the second prize among the...
FE Report | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate lost ground Wednesday due to comfortable flow of cash in the market. The US dollar, however, appeared stable against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with moderate demand for the greenback, fund...
SINGAPORE, June 26 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asian trade today but the market remains supported by supply worries despite an increase in US crude stockpiles, dealers said.New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, dipped...
MUNSHIGANJ, Jun 26 (UNB): A free eye camp set up at Bhaberchar Health Complex in Gazaria upazila provided treatment and medicines to nearly 1,000 eye patients Tuesday.Vision Twenty-Twenty, a social organisation, organised the eye camp.Deputy Commissioner M Monir Uddin was...
FE Report | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
Corruption has plagued the country's water sector like other economically potential sectors as around half of the expenditure earmarked for this sector goes down the drain, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed Thursday."Systems loss in Bangladesh's water sector especially in irrigation,...
PIROJPUR, Jun 26 (UNB): About 30 shops were gutted in a devastating fire at Pharmacy Patti in Mathbaria municipality area Wednesday night.Fire brigade sources said the fire erupted at about 12:15am from an electric short circuit in a shop, owned...
FE Report | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
A meeting of the Shari'ah Council of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) was held at Islami Bank Tower in the city Tuesday.Moulana Mohammad Qutubuddin, shari'ah council chairman and President of Baitush Sharf Anjuman-e-Ittehad Bangladesh, presided over the meeting.Member Secretary of...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
The finance ministry sanctioned Thursday Tk 5.0 billion for the cash-strapped state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) that faces a record business loss worth Tk 10.08 billion next month due to higher payment liability, officials said.The amount has been released to...
Syed Ishtiaque Reza | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
Hit by escalating global food prices and energy costs the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) holds a summit on August 2-3 in Colombo with food security and energy self sufficiency high on agenda.Heads of government of eight- member...
Bangladesh champions Abahani limited earned a face-saving 1-0 goal victory over Pakistan WAPDA in their third and last group match of the AFC President's Cup Football at the MPPJ Stadium in Kuala Lumpur Thursday, reports UNB.Zahid Hasan Emily scored the...
JAKARTA, June 26: High global prices for palm oil mean good times ahead for Asian producers over the next 12 to 18 months but little growth in much-touted biofuels, credit rating agency Moody's said today."A rapid rise and continued high...
Masih Malik Chowdhury | 2008-06-27 00:00:00
THE question is whether or not the economy of 150 million pairs of working hands can attain that goal. Have not the incumbent and the recent past governments led us to uncertainties? It is a sordid commentary on our state...
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