PARIS, June 3 (AFP): Dinara Safina sent top seed Maria Sharapova crashing out of the French Open on Monday to throw the Roland Garros title chase wide open.Safina battled back from a set and 2-5 down, and also saved a...
GENEVA, June 3 (Agencies): The WTO's chief negotiator on freeing up access for industrial products said yesterday he sees no point in further talks until member states are ready to compromise over tariffs and other key sticking points.The 152 members...
FE Report | 2008-06-04 00:00:00
Dhaka stocks inched up Tuesday, led by banking sector shares after a sharp fall on the previous day, with a significant increase in the turnover.Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), however, went into the red after just 20 minutes...
Ambassador of the Netherlands Bea Ten Tusscher Tuesday said Bangladesh needs visionary parties, stronger planning and efficient implementing agencies for better water management and combating climate change, as she said, this deltaic country loses vast landmass each year and faces...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-06-04 00:00:00
THE news that the Bahrain government has imposed a temporary ban on issuing work permits to Bangladeshis has come as a shocker for us all. But the worries do not end here. At the same time, those expatriate Bangladeshi workers...
FE Report | 2008-06-04 00:00:00
Information Services Network Limited (ISN) declared 15 per cent stock dividend for the shareholders at its 13th annual general meeting (AGM) held at the auditorium of LGED, Agargaon, in the city Monday.ISN Chairman Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury presided over the meeting...
M Azizur Rahman | 2008-06-04 00:00:00
The government is set to lease around ten offshore gas blocks to the international oil companies (IOCs) for oil and gas explorations in the Bay of Bengal as the evaluation of bid documents is almost complete, officials said."We are going...
SAVAR, June 3 (UNB): Thousands of garment workers went on a rampage on the Abdullahpur-EPZ Road following the death of a fellow worker in a road accident Tuesday morning.The frenzied workers vandalised over 50 garment factories and damaged some vehicles.The...
Holcim (Bangladesh) Limited recently organised a training course on "Field Force Management Training-2008" for the staff of sales and marketing department at Spectra Convention Centre in the city, says a press release.Holcim (Bangladesh) Limited Managing Director PN Iyer addressed the...
The judge of a special court trying detained former premier Sheikh Hasina in the barge-mounted power plant graft case Tuesday left a latent threat to quit halfway through the proceedings as a defence lawyer went on showing misdemeanours, reports UNB.The...
Home Adviser MA Matin said Monday the government launched the combing operation across then country to crackdown on the miscreants to create peaceful environment for election in December, reports UNB."The election will be held in December and the operation is...
FE Report | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will monitor the adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by banks and financial institutions and their performance.The adoption of CSR and performance of the corporate entities will be treated as an additional indicator of their management...
FE Report | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
Md Humayun Kabir has been appointed as Managing Director of Karmasangsthan Bank recently.Prior to his promotion by the Government, he was the deputy managing director of Sonali Bank Ltd.Mr Kabir completed his BA (Hons) and MA in Economics at University...
THE hills that once were part of Chittagong's scenic beauty and 'pride possession' have been vanishing quickly. But surely Chittagong is not alone to have lost its hills and natural environment, because of human encroachment. Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachhari --...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
The country's realtors have sought reduction of flat registration charge, tax cut and holiday facility in the upcoming financial bill so that they can build cheaper residences outside the capital, a senior official said Sunday.Apartment businesses in the country marked...
Country's industries sector registered 5.60 per cent growth in the first seven months of the current fiscal (2007-08) compared to the corresponding period in the previous fiscal.During the first half of the fiscal the sector was affected by sluggish investment...
SEOUL, June 2 (AFP): Influential South Korean religious and civic group leaders urged their government Monday to send at least 200,000 tonnes of badly needed food aid immediately to North Korea.The 33 organisation heads say hundreds of thousands of North...
SHANGHAI, June 2 (AFP): China's foreign exchange reserves rose to US$ 1.76 trillion at the end of April, state media reported Monday, reaching a level higher than the rest of Northeast Asia's combined.China's reserves, by far the largest in the...
Siddique Islam | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
The central bank has started investigating the causes of volatility in the country's money market despite a large flow of fresh fund through buying back of government securities and repo auctions, officials said.The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is scrutinising deposit/advance ratio,...
Ethan Chorin | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
OVER lunch late last month in the United Arab Emirates, a friend from the emirate of Sharjah raised Senator Hillary Clinton's proposal to extend a US "nuclear shield" over allies in the Gulf. "A shield?" he exclaimed. "To protect us...
Qazi Faizuddin Ahmed, a social worker and community leader and eldest member of Ratanpur Qazi Bari of Ratanpur under Nabinagar Upazilla of Brahmanbaria, breathed his last at 3:30 pm on 27 May 2008 at his village due to old age...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
A lot has been said in seminars on national women development policy-2008. An impact is awaited. Has it stirred women and men in different strata of society, and helped mobilise public opinion at the grassroots?The rightist parties lost no time...
Md Habubur Rahman, senior assistant secretary of Finance Ministry, and Syed Mamunul Alam, senior assistant chief of Local Government Division, have been elected president and general secretary (GS) respectively of Bailey Square Officers' Welfare Association, reports UNB.The election was held...
Song Jung-a in Seoul andRaphael Minderin Hong KongFT Syndication ServiceThe Asian maritime sector is showing signs of renewed listing activity with plans by a leading South Korean ship parts maker to go public in the fourth quarter and the first...
Bangladesh A team is likely to leave here for Ireland on June 19 to play one three-day and two one day matches against Ireland, reports UNB.They then leave Ireland for England on July 3 to play five three-day and three...
The Club Cup finalists Sonali Bank SRC tasted the first win in their third super league match of the Green Delta Premier Division Hockey League beating Ajax SC by 7-2 goals at Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium Monday, reports UNB.With the...
Javier Blas, FT Syndication ServiceROME: Rich countries must increase their aid to agriculture tenfold to $30bn (
PANCHAGARH, June 2 (UNB): "Let's Build Bangladesh", the government-sponsored road show formally started its journey from the district with five agenda to rejuvenate all classes of people including farmers to boost production and fight out corruption.The road show comprising 15...
FE Report | 2008-06-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has allowed the country's corporate entities to use video conferencing facilities on non-commercial basis.In an announcement Monday, BTRC said the facilities can be used for internal usage. However, some terms and conditions must be strictly...
National Cancer Control Council (NCCC) has decided to take a new initiative to improve the treatment facilities for cancer patients, reports BSS.Under the initiative, the Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital in Dhaka in cooperation with the Directorate General of...
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