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Of rice price, statistics and subsidy

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...

Investors withdraw as DSE tries 'cooling' mechanism

FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

Stock prices and turnover in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to dip Sunday as both institutions and retail investors opted for an exit.A group of aggrieved investors numbering 20-30 gathered in front of DSE building on the day at around...

Tigers have gym session in Lahore

2008-06-23 00:00:00

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...

Japan's business bosses say expansion already over

2008-06-23 00:00:00

TOKYO, June 22 (AFP): The majority of Japan's top executives have said an expanding phase of the nation's economy has already been over, a poll showed today.The Asahi Shimbun daily carried out its latest biannual survey between May 29 and...

No compromise on nuclear programmes: Musharraf

2008-06-23 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, June 22 (PTI); Amidst renewed global concern over the nuclear proliferation ring operated by disgraced Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan, President Pervez Musharraf Saturday said there would be no compromise on the country's nuclear and missile programmes.During a meeting with...

Price conduction from PPI to CPI

2008-06-23 00:00:00

BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua): The long-debated finished oil and power prices adjustment plan finally comes out in the evening of June 19, just after the sharp fall in month-on-month growth in the consumer price index (CPI).Experts hold that the price...

MPO-enlisted school/college teachers, employees to get 20pc DA

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Finance Adviser Dr Mirza Azizul Islam Sunday made it clear that the teachers and employees of MPO enlisted non-government schools and colleges will get the 20 per cent dearness allowance as proposed in the budget for 2008-09, reports UNB."It has...

UK's Wilton Park to host confce on democracy in Bangladesh

2008-06-23 00:00:00

The internationally renowned UK-based Wilton Park Conference Centre in southern England will host a two-day British-sponsored moot on democracy in Bangladesh this week, reports BSS.The conference, titled 'Bangladesh: the Prospects and Means for Strengthening Democracy' is expected to bring together...

Zillur new DMD of Rupali Bank

FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

Dr. Md Zillur Rahman has recently been promoted to the post of deputy managing director (DMD) of Rupali Bank Limited.Prior to his new position, he was general manager (GM) of the bank and GM (current charge) of Bangladesh Krishi Bank...

Land acquisition act to come into play for coalmine uplift

M Azizur Rahman | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

The government is set to follow the country's existing land acquisition act to acquire required land and pay compensation money to the people displaced from the mining sites to ensure smooth development of coalmines and its subsequent utilisation, officials said."The...

The Fed, the dollar and wider price concerns

David Hale | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

BEN Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, produced a brief dollar rally by expressing concern that a falling exchange rate could bolster inflation. Mr Bernanke is correct to be concerned about a weak dollar because it is part of a larger pattern...

Housing policy formation stressed

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Speakers at a discussion in the city Sunday called for formation of a policy with concerted initiatives of the government and the private entrepreneurs to bring back confidence in the housing sector, reports BSS.The major problem in housing industry is...

EXIM Bank holds foundation course

FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

EXIM Bank Limited organised a foundation course on banking for the newly recruited management trainee officers of the bank at its training institute in the city recently.Managing Director of the bank Kazi Masihur Rahman inaugurated the course as the chief...

sports digest

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Tiger is my idol, says: NadalLONDON, Jun 22 : Rafael Nadal maybe the world number two and a keen football fan but it's golfing superstar Tiger Woods he really admires. "Tiger is probably my idol," said Nadal who watched the...

Asian currencies mainly up against dollar

2008-06-23 00:00:00

HONG KONG, June 22 (AFP): Major Asian currencies ended the week mainly up against the US dollar as a US interest rate hike was seen as less likely, and ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting.Japanese Yen: The yen rebounded from...

Fustrating start for Abahani

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Bangladesh champions Abahani Limited made a frustrating start in the AFC President's Cup football tourney as they lost to Nepal Police Club 4-0 in the inaugural match at the MPPJ Stadium in Kuala Lumpur Sunday, reports UNB.The B League (professional...

Food services workers step up protest

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Boston, June 22 (AP): Scores of food services workers marched in front of Boston's two main convention centers yesterday, launching a three-day strike to protest what they consider unfair labor practices.The strike, which began yesterday and will continue through tomorrow,...

Investors to get compensation from errant companies

Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

An amendment to the Securities and Exchange Ordinance, 1969 has paved the way for compensating the aggrieved investors with the penalty money realised from the errant listed companies or brokerage houses.Stock exchanges or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) usually...

Hasina flies to Florida for eye treatment Wednesday

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina now in Washington plans to go to Orlando, Florida Wednesday for treatment of her damaged ears, reports UNB.Washington AL sources told the news agency that although Hasina was recovering from high fever, she developed...

Road crash kills 9 in Cox's Bazar

2008-06-23 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, June 22 (UNB): A Dhaka-bound passenger bus collided head on with a micro-bus in the district's Chokoria Upazila, leaving at least nine people dead and 20 others injured Sunday, police said.The accident occurred at 12:30 pm on the...

Pricey rice and other essentials

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Consumers in Bangladesh have been wailing for price normalisation and stabilisation and umpteenth times they were told that help for them would be on the way. But every time their expectations were given a boost to be only cruelly shattered...

ICB Islami Bank share trading starts tomorrow as SEC ban goes

Kayes M Sohel | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

Share trading of the ICB Islami Bank Limited, formerly known as Oriental Bank, will resume tomorrow (Tuesday) after a gap of 24 months and three days as the securities regulator lifted the trade suspension order Sunday.On the other hand, share...

Shareholders take brunt of banks' capital raising

2008-06-23 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Jun 22 (AP): America's banks and brokerages are scrambling to raise badly needed cash, but it may be at the expense of shareholders.Since the subprime mortgage market imploded, financial companies caught in the fallout have been raising capital...

US company offers launching IT, broadcasting satellite for Bangladesh

2008-06-23 00:00:00

A US company, 'New Skies' has offered Bangladesh to carry out all of its work to launch its own IT and broadcasting satellite at a cost of 100 million dollars, highly placed sources said, reports BSS.A senior consultant of the...

ASEP parliamentarians concerned about global economic problems

2008-06-23 00:00:00

BEIJING, June 22 (Xinhua): Delegates to the fifth Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership Meeting (ASEP), which concluded here Friday, noted global economic problems and agreed on tackling them through further cooperation."In the process of globalisation, Asian and European countries, particularly developing ones,...

Developing countries gloomy on WTO farm talks

2008-06-23 00:00:00

GENEVA, June 22 (AFP): Brazil and other developing countries have complained that agriculture proposals at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) do not open up markets enough, dimming prospects of a deal being reached this year."The options on the table do...

School Chess begins July 8

2008-06-23 00:00:00

The 10th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament will begin on July 8 at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room in the city, reports UNB.

ADB team visits Square Pharma site in Gazipur

FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

A six-member delegation of the board of directors of Asian Development Bank (ADB) visited Square Pharmaceutical's State of the Art manufacturing facilities at Kaliakoir in Gazipur recently.ADB Country Director Hua Du led the delegation.The site currently houses three manufacturing facilities...

Govt releases final instalment of export subsidy for FY '08

FE Report | 2008-06-23 00:00:00

The government Sunday released cash subsidy worth Tk 2.50 billion to the leading exporting sectors, which is the last instalment of the total allocation amounting to Tk 11 billion of the outgoing fiscal.The finance ministry, through the Bangladesh Bank (BB)...

Rises in the east: Could Asia buckle under the burden of inflation?

2008-06-23 00:00:00

Chris Giles and Raphael MinderUNTIL six months ago, most Asian countries could boast of strong growth and moderate inflation. It was a record the rest of the world looked on with a mixture of respect and envy.The main concern across...