HONG KONG, (Internet): Indian companies are likely to keep raising salaries by about 15 per cent a year until 2011 as skills shortages overshadow concerns about higher input costs, according to Mercer, the consultancy.The forecast, part of Mercer's annual Asia-Pacific...
Cristiano Ronaldo believes Portugal have a great chance of winning Euro 2008 if they can play as they did in the 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, reports BBC.Ronaldo scored one goal and set up another in the win which...
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was produced before court Thursday to face charge framing in the Niko graft case, reports bdnews24.com.The detained BNP chairperson was taken from the special jail to the Special Judge's Court-9 set up in the Jatiyo...
Singer Bangladesh Limited has announced the names of the winners in coupon draw of ongoing summer campaign titled "Panchti TV Protidin, Sathe Gari Jite Nin."A total of 35 lucky winners won color television in the first phase of the campaign....
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Dhaka Regency, the city's latest luxury hotel, and Siam Entertainment Company Limited signed an agreement recently to set up the largest spa in the city built on over 6,500 square feet of space.Dhaka Regency Managing Director (MD) Arif Motahar and...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd arranged a three-day training on 'fire insurance' for its 14 officers and branch in-charges.The concluding ceremony of the training programme was held at the head office of the company in the city Thursday.Managing Director-cum-CEO Nasir...
Local airliners demanded duty waiver on import of aircraft, spareparts and ancillary items, reduction of duty and VAT on jet fuel and withdrawal of international travel tax for travellers on local carriers for providing a boost to the aviation industry,...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Speakers at a seminar Thursday were critical of the recently announced national budget, saying that such a large deficit budget would be a burden on the country in terms of debt-servicing.They also observed that despite proposing a large volume of...
A Dhaka court has sentenced former chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and BNP leader Taimur Alam Khondoker to 14 years in prison for taking bribes, reports bdnews24.com.Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Md Golam Mostafa filed four separate cases...
BEIJING, June 12 (Agencies): Taiwan and China agreed Thursday for the first time ever to set up permanent offices in each others' territories as the two sides met for their first formal talks in more than a decade, an official...
Our Correspondent | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI June 12: Another tea processing plant has been opened in Panchagarh district. Sources said this is the third tea processing plant in Panchagarh district so far.The new tea processing plant named Korotoa Tea Plant situated just eight kilometres away...
ISLAMABAD, June 12 (agencies): The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan released footage Thursday of a skirmish with militants that Pakistan claims resulted in an airstrike on one of its border posts that killed 11 of its troops. Pakistan has lodged a...
BARISAL, June 12 (UNB): Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will set up a training centre here to improve efficiencies of the driver and masters of river vessels.Deputy Director of port and transportation of BIWTA Saiful Islam said this centre...
Turkey snatched a last-gasp winner to eliminate Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland and keep their own quarterfinal hopes alive with a 2-1 victory in rain-drenched Basel Wednesday night, according to CNN.Arda Turan scored with a deflected effort in the third minute...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
The award giving ceremony of 'Shada Moner Manush 2008' organised by the Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) was held at a city hotel recently.Ten personalities were selected this year as 'Shada Moner Manush'.The personalities are Fajilatunnesa Bulu from Rangpur, Rokib-Ud-Dowla Akand...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
There was quite a strong demand in the week mostly emanating from Blenders/Packeteers particularly for well-made liquoring varieties. There was a little more interest from the Loose tea buyers. Pakistan was more active particularly for the Fannings. Dusts were a...
President Iajuddin Ahmed said Thursday the present caretaker government is working relentlessly for holding of a free, fair and neutral election ensuring participation of all, reports UNB.He made a call for the government and the Election Commission (EC) to extend...
A 120-member contingent of Bangladesh police left Dhaka late Wednesday night for Kosovo by a UN-charted flight to attend the UN peacekeeping mission in the civil war-torn Balkan country, reports UNB.Police Superintendent M Khurshid Hossain is leading the team, which...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
The central bank has provided overdraft (OD) facilities for US$55 million to two state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) for settlement of its oil import bills, officials said."We have provided the OD facilities to the SCBs against its government approved securities and...
A fifth ODI century for Gautam Gambhir and another quickfire fifty from Virender Sehwag extended India's domination in the Kitply Cup, as they thumped Bangladesh by seven wickets and 14.5 overs to spare in Mirpur.Bangladesh needed to win by a...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Board of Investment (BoI) Executive Chairman Kamaluddin Ahmed said government officials should have skills for efficient handling of tender process as well as contract documents in a transparent manner.He was speaking as the chief guest of a two-day training programme...
THE hospitality industry is witnessing a boom across the world. Bangladesh is no exception. A plethora of new hotels opened in Dhaka, Cox's Bazaar, Chitagong and Sylhet. Such hotels remain largely overbooked.In Bangladesh, hospitality industry is doing well. The mushrooming...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (AFP): Malaysia's central bank could review its interest rates as rising prices and a fuel price hike is expected to push up inflation and slow growth for the year, its governor said today.Bank Negara governor Zeti...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Prime Minister of Czech Republic Mireck Topolank said his government is considering to invest more than $3.0 billion in oil-refinery, fertiliser, IT, energy and defence sectors of Bangladesh.He disclosed this recently during a meeting with Mahabubur Rahman, Honorary Consul of...
GENEVA, (Internet): Senior officials from a newly-constituted Group of Twelve (G12) countries under the auspices of the United States failed to make progress due to unbridgeable differences over the anti-concentration proposal demanded by the US, the European Union, Japan and...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Federal Express (FedEx) Corporation has been rated number one in customer satisfaction among express delivery companies and also first among about 130 companies.The University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has conducted the ratings.The ACSI is the only national,...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) wants the government to allow declaration of undisclosed money invested in different industrial sector without imposing any penalty."A substantial amount of undisclosed money has already been invested in the country's industrial sector. In this case, the...
TOKYO, June 12 (AFP): The dollar gained ground against the euro and the yen in Asian trade Thursday as traders waited to see whether Group of Eight finance ministers will voice support for a stronger greenback, dealers said.The dollar rose...
FE Report | 2008-06-13 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks rose to an 11-week high Thursday, led by banks, non-banking financial institutions, IT and pharmaceutical issues, amid low turnover.Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) began with positive note, pushing the benchmark index up more than 64 points...
Bangladesh national hockey team's trip to Singapore has been delayed further, not for visa problem, but for the delay of Bangladesh Biman flight again, reports UNB.The Singapore-bound Biman flight, originally scheduled to fly today at 10:30 am, was rescheduled for...
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