Eight gold-miners killed and burnt at remote camp in GuyanaGEORGETOWN, June 22(AFP): A mining camp owner said Saturday he found the bodies of at least eight gold miners killed at a mining camp in Guyana's remote southeast, the mining company...
RANGPUR, June 22 (UNB): Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad today said his party would contest the local body elections and warned that anyone trying to oppose the polls would be resisted by the people.Addressing the Rajshahi divisional conference of...
A ministerial meeting followed by a Ministerial Retreat of Rural Develop-ment Ministers of 14 countries of the Asia Pacific region will be held on June 24-26 in New Delhi, reports UNB.The government of India and Centre on Integrated Rural Development...
FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
Kay & Que (Bangladesh) Limited approved 10 per cent stock dividend for its shareholders for the year 2007.The approval came at the 24th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company at the Bashundhara City seminar hall in the city.Chaired by...
Home Affairs Adviser Maj Gen (retd) MA Matin Sunday said there would be no major anti-corruption drives before general elections slated for December, Reports UNB"We have no plan now for big anti-corruption drives," he told reporters when asked whether the...
KHOST, (Afghanistan), June 22 (Reuters): Rockets fired from Pakistan hit a residential area in eastern Afghanistan killing four civilians, Afghan officials said Sunday, one of three cross-border attacks around the same time overnight.Tension has mounted between the neighbors with Pakistan...
BASEL, Jun 22 (AFP): Russia beat 1988 champions Holland 3-1 after extra-time in their Euro 2008 quarter-final here Saturday.Two goals in extra-time - from Dmitri Torbinsky and Andrei Arshavin - sealed a deserved victory for the Russians, whose coach Guus...
Tim Southee and Kyle Mills were the New Zealand heroes as they won a tense, low-scoring one-day international in Bristol to level the series 1-1, reports BBC.Southee took 4-38 and Mills won the man of the match award after hitting...
TRIPOLI, (Lebanon), June 22 (AFP): Heavy clashes erupted Sunday between rival factions in the northern city of Tripoli forcing the withdrawal of the Lebanese army from the area, an army official told AFP.The clashes in the Bab al-Tebbaneh and Jabal...
Jane McGrath, wife of former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath, has died after a long battle with breast cancer, BBC reports.England-born Jane (42) died peacefully at her Sydney home with her husband and two children, James and Holly, by her...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday discussed the Ombudsman (Amendment) Ordinance 2008 and sent it back for further examination pending approval, reports UNB.A meeting of the council of advisers with Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed in the...
Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
The '9th Textech International Expo' 2008, ended Sunday in the city with around 20000 visitors were estimated to have strolled the largest expo for textile and garments machinery in Bangladesh."Approximately, on an average 5000 visitors have visited the 4-day expo...
FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Sunday said it has imposed the condition of providing 100 per cent bank guarantee on import of plastic raw materials under the bond facility to thwart market distortion and revenue leakage.It has blamed a...
FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
The country's telecom regulatory body said it is not aware of a partnership deal signed between Malaysian TM International, 70 per cent stakeholder in Bangladesh's third-biggest wireless carrier AKTel, and Japanese NTT DoCoMo, said a senior official Saturday."TM International Bhd...
Dr. Mohammed Hossain | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
THE public servants, employees of the Republic, whether employed on a permanent, temporary or contract basis, are expected to implement the policies and decisions of the government of the day in an impartial manner. Since independence in 1971, it has...
FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
The 129th board meeting of Standard Bank Limited (SBL) was held at its head office in the city recently.Chaired by SBL board of directors Chairman Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed, the meeting was attended, among others, by Vice-chairman Mohammad Shamsul Alam, directors...
MOGADISHU, June 22 (Reuters): Somali gunmen have kidnapped the local head of the UN refugee agency in Mogadishu in the latest abduction of aid workers in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, witnesses said on Sunday. Ten assailants raided the...
Backing the Election Commission (EC) decision on holding local body elections ahead of parliamentary polls, Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain Sunday said there is no bar to such elections under the constitution, reports UNB."There is no bar for the...
Geoff Dyer, FT Syndication ServiceBeijing: China unveiled subsidies for fuel users in an effort to prevent unrest and soften the blow of the big increases in energy prices that took effect last Friday.Beijing announced subsidies for grain farmers, taxi drivers...
Bangladesh born Chef Tommy Miah has given heed to the Army Chief's injunction that people should help counteract the current rice shortage by eating more potatoes instead of rice, said a press release.Tommy is focussing on dishes where potatoes replace...
Message for investors | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
All investors have been requested to make their investment decision on the basis of financial strength of the companies, not on the basis of rumour.Bank Asia receives consent fromDSE to purchase membershipBank Asia Limited has received consent from Dhaka Stock...
FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
The governor of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), Salehuddin Ahmed, stated Sunday categorically that there was no liquidity crisis in the country's banks.He also ruled out any possibility of demonetising currency notes of Tk 500 (five hundred)."Both deposits and credits grew...
Bangladesh national cricket team, now in Lahore to play the Asia Cup, had gym session Sunday morning under the supervision of strength and conditioning coach Grant Trafford Luden at the Pearl Continental Hotel, reports UNB.Earlier Saturday, the 15-member national team...
KATHMANDU, June 21 (PTI): In a new twist to the ongoing power struggle in Nepal, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala Saturday said he will step down as soon as a new President is elected, a day after the Maoists quit his...
Anna Fifield in Seoul | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
Reviving South Korea's economy was Lee Myung-bak's number one priority when he became president in February.But surging oil prices, spiralling inflation, sagging export demand and anaemic foreign investment have coincided with anti-government demonstrations and a series of strikes to create...
Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) would urge the government to provide tax rebates to the banking companies, including reduction of corporate income tax from 45 per cent to 40 per cent, reports UNB.They would raise the issue as well as...
Reaffirming the caretaker government's (CG's) target to hold general election in December, Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday said his government is working to hold the election without influence of money, muscle and misuse of authority, reports UNB.The head of...
Power rate increase to | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
prop up power stocksBEIJING, June 22: The unexpected "sudden assault" of power rate increase and restriction of power coal prices will be a good news for power block stocks but a bad news for coal block shares, analysts hold. Power...
LONDON, June 22 (AFP): Oil prices raced to all-time highs of almost 140 dollars a barrel this week despite Saudi plans to increase output.A weak US currency pushed up demand for crude and metals as they became cheaper for foreign...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2008-06-23 00:00:00
There has been a sort of euphoria among the official circle about Boro rice production this year. But that seems to be fading fast as the rice prices have gone back to their previous highs within a month from the...
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