Bibiyana, one of the largest gas fields in Bangladesh, celebrated its first anniversary of operation Wednesday. The Chevron-operated field came on stream in March 2007 and since then production has seen a steady increase, while maintaining a high standard of...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Mar 13: A local union parishad chairman, namely Graho has set a rare example of vegetable farming in the district by cultivating vegetables on the banks of ponds. He is now a source of inspiration for many in...
HONG KONG, March 13 (Internet): The US dollar plunged below 100 yen Thursday for the first time in more than 12 years, dragging Asian stocks down with it.In Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index skidded 427.69 points, or 3.3...
FE ReportICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL) declared Net Asset Values (NAV) of its two unit funds recently. The total NAV of ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit Fund stood at Tk. 7,41,89,326.17 on the basis of cost price and Tk....
FE ReportTranscom Electronics Limited, one of the leading electrical and electronics companies, has made an agreement with communication company Paper Rhyme.Under this agreement, Paper Rhyme will be the exclusive communication partner of Transcom Electronics Limited.General Manager (Sales & Marketing) of...
FE ReportWholesale Conference - 2008 of Singer Cables and Home Appliances was held at a conference hall in the city recently. Director and Chief Operating Officer of Singer Bangladesh Limited AM Hamim Rahmatullah presided over the conference. Over 200 dealers...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) signed an agreement with Q-Cash for sharing ATM/POS network at a simple ceremony in a city hotel recently.Under this agreement, customers of all member banks of Q-Cash can avail the opportunities of withdrawing money and...
NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters): The powerful bull run in key commodities showed little fatigue yesterday as oil closed up after hitting a record above $110 per barrel and wheat settled higher after rallying for a second straight day. Metals...
TOKYO, March 13 (AFP): The euro struck a fresh lifetime high of 1.5590 dollars in Tokyo trade today as economic worries kept the embattled greenback under pressure, dealers said. Market players said the US currency was likely to remain under...
PARIS, March 13 (AFP): A wheat-killing fungus has spread from Africa to Iran and may already be in Pakistan, which depends crucially on wheat to feed its population, New Scientist magazine says. The killer pathogen, known as Ug99, emerged in...
TANJONG MALIM, March 3 (Bernama): It's not unusual for rubber tappers to earn between RM200 and RM300 a day, depending on the size of their plantation and the number of rain-free days.The windfall and high price came through an initiative...
COLOMBO, March, 13 (AFP): Sri Lanka, one of Asia's most expensive places for electricity, will further increase tariffs by more than 30 per cent from Sunday, the state-run power utility said. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) proposed the increase to...
NEW YORK, Mar 13 (Reuters): US policy makers, led by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, will recommend a revamp of rules on credit markets and mortgage brokers, to help avoid a repeat of the recent credit crunch, the Wall Street Journal...
WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (AFP): US high-tech firms are forced to outsource jobs overseas because of immigration restrictions, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said yesterday as Congress debated a visa programme for skilled workers. Gates, echoing a longstanding complaint from the technology...
GENEVA, Mar 13 (AFP): Leading trade unions in South Africa, the Philippines and Brazil voiced fears here yesterday that their industries could come out badly in the current Doha round of trade liberalisation talks. Rudi Dicks of the South African...
TOKYO, Mar 13 (Reuters): Senior lawmakers from Japan's ruling and opposition parties called for a breakthrough by Monday in the stalemate over a new Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor, in an effort to avoid a policy vacuum during the global...
DALLAS, (Internet): Southwest Airlines Company cancelled flights Wednesday and temporarily grounded 43 planes to examine if they were sound enough to carry passengers, the latest twist in the low-cost carrier's saga of missed safety inspections and civil penalties.The groundings affected...
SYDNEY, Mar 13 (AFP): Australia's unemployment rate dropped 0.2 points to a fresh 33-year low of 4.0 per cent in February, official data showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate fell from 4.2 per cent...
ABU DHABI, Mar 13 (Xinhua): A senior official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said yesterday that his government is taking measures to contain the country's inflation rate within five per cent this year, Emirates News Agency reported. The UAE...
Muhammad Quamrul IslamOUR friendship developed quickly, once we came to know each other in 1959, introduced by Abdul Gafur, his close class friend. We three were resident students of S M Hall. We studied Economics. We shared democratic values. We...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamA comprehensive law is needed for exploiting of Bangladesh's potentials for the development of tourism on modern lines.Bangladesh's diverse and distinctive flora and fauna, including a unique mixture of species at the Sundarban and Chittagong Hill Tracts, should...
Abu RawsabONE of the conspicuous contours of Bangladesh politics these days is the hey-day of ultra-secularists. Secularism is a political ideology characterised by "this worldly orientation" and the separation of religion and the state. Though the ideology wants the religious...
Peter Wehner THE US "surge" in Iraq has been so manifestly successful that no serious person can deny that gains have been made. Even Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have (grudgingly) conceded progress. Yet both Mrs Clinton and Mr Obama...
FE Report Bangladesh has achieved impressive gains in women's status and gender equality, but access to reproductive health services, labour markets, physical security and role in decision-making need urgent attention, said a World Bank (WB) report released Thursday.Titled "Whispers to...
This year's three-day long Adibashi Cultural Festival kicked off Thursday with indigenous people from around the country taking part in a colourful pageant in front of the Shilpakala Academy, reports bdnews24.com. The chief adviser's special assistant in charge of CHT...
Our correspondentBOGRA, March 13: Road communication between Bogra and Dhunat has been disconnected because a bailey bridge on 9th kilometre of Bogra-Dhunat road has collapsed.Executive Engineer of the R&H confirmed that the bridge had collapsed because heavily loaded trucks often...
A modern training centre named 'Rokeya Smriti Kendro' has been established in Rangpur district town to train the distressed people for meeting the country's shortage of skilled labour, reports UNB.Army Chief General Moyeen U Ahmed is expected to inaugurate the...
A commemorative meeting on late Sangbad editor Bazlur Rahman will be held at Shaheed Tajul auditorium of Moni Sing-Farhad Memorial Trust today (Friday), reports UNB.Political leaders and eminent personalities will attend the meeting to be held at 3.00pm, said a...
FE ReportThe British Council Teaching Centre announced the registration for the new term in 2008.The council will run Young Learner English courses for children aged between 7 and 14 years; business English courses for students who need English for their...
THE successive governments since independence have been treating Bangladesh Biman -- that represents the nation during its travel on the international routes -- as a problem child whose only job is to throw problems at the authorities concerned and cry...
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