HONG KONG, Feb 10 (AFP): Rising food prices have hit Asia's poor so hard that many have taken to the streets in protest, but experts see few signs of respite from the growing problem. An array of factors, from rising...
CAIRO, Feb 10 (Xinhua): Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia were planning to promote cooperation in the electricity and energy domains, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported yesterday. On the sidelines of the 23rd session of the Arab electricity ministers council's...
Fakhrul AlamCHITTAGONG, Feb 10: With handover of the task of operating Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) of Chittagong Port (CP) to the private operator 'Saif Powertec Ltd', the staying period of vessels at the CP has been reduced to two days...
FE ReportEastland Insurance Company Ltd held a prize distribution programme at a convention centre in the city recently.Chairman of the company Mahbubur Rahman presided over the programme and distributed prizes among office executives and officers for their outstanding performance in...
Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Feb 10 : Crisis of cash money is seriously hampering Boro paddy cultivation in the district this year as the farmers incurred huge losses in the last Aman season, sources said.According to local farmers and agriculturists, production cost...
FE ReportThe government borrowed Tk 9.00 billion (900 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 9.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 28-day, 91-day and 364-day bills...
FE ReportThe annual conference-'08 of Bank Asia was held at a city hotel Friday.Chairman of the bank M Syeduzzaman inaugurated the conference, while vice chairmen A Rouf Chowdhury and Arifur Rahman Sinha, Director M Shamsul Alam and President and Managing...
The annual distributors' conference 2008 of Square Consumer Products Ltd, a component of Square Group of Companies, was held at Pabna Saturday, said a press release. Anjan Chowdhury, managing director of the company, inaugurated the conference.Over 160 distributors of the...
FE ReportThe three-day Corporate Bazaar 2008 concludes today (Monday) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city.This is the third time in three years that aamra networks limited, a leading corporate Internet service provider in the country, has arranged...
MYMENSINGH, Feb 10 (BSS): Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture MA Aziz urged the officials concerned to make their best efforts to succeed in fulfilling the government's target of Boro production. He made the call while speaking as the chief...
FE ReportWarid Telecom has participated in the Corporate Bazaar-'08, an exclusive congregation of leading corporate houses, which began in the city Saturday.The mobile phone operator is showcasing its four major corporate offerings -- Internet Solution, Mobile e-mail Solution, Voice Solution...
FE ReportCitycell launched a new recharge system 'e top-up' Sunday. 'e top-up' is an instant recharge system through which Citycell customers can electronically and easily recharge their pre-paid account without using any scratch card, said a press release.With this facility,...
Asian stocks fell for a sixth week, extending their longest losing streak in more than three years, after a surprise contraction in US service industries fuelled concern that the world's largest economy is in a recession, according to a Bloomberg...
Continued from page 16Iran and the IAEA were held in Tehran and Vienna on 11-12 July, 24 July and 20-21 August 2007 respectively. The IAEA delegation consisted of the heads of technical, political and legal departments. As a result of...
Withdrawal of authorisedrepresentativeUniroyal Securities Limited, DSE member No. 89, has withdrawn one of its authorised representatives, Mohammad Sohel Rana with immediate effect. SJIBL gets broker registration certificateShahjalal Islami Bank Ltd (SJIBL), DSE member No. 233, has got its broker registration...
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (AP): Senator Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Illinois...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 10 (AP): Hundreds of mourners wept Sunday as villagers buried the victims of a suicide bombing at a Pakistani political gathering, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of this month's crucial...
KATHMANDU, Feb 10 (AFP): Mounting tensions between the partners in Nepal's peace deal are posing a serious challenge to its stability two months ahead of polls meant to transform the country into a republic, analysts say. Former rebel Maoists faced...
MUNICH, Feb 10 (AP): Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for six decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States (US) and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism...
YANGON, Feb 10 (AFP): Aung San Suu Kyi's soft voice and demeanour belie a steely resolve in the long and painful struggle to bring democracy to Myanmar after decades of military dictatorship. A slender woman who often wears flowers in...
COLOMBO, Feb 10 (AFP): At least 42 Tamil Tiger rebels and four soldiers were killed in fresh fighting across Sri Lanka's troubled north at the weekend, the defence ministry said Sunday. In the heaviest fighting in Vavuniya district, at least...
GAZA, Feb 10 (Reuters): An Israeli air strike killed a Hamas activist in the Gaza Strip Sunday, Palestinian medical workers and Hamas said. Hamas said the missile strike killed a local commander in the southern Gaza town of Rafah. The...
Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Feb 10: Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nur Mohammad, inaugurated the 'Open House Day' programme at Sylhet Kotwali police station Saturday.He said in his speech as the chief guest that action would be taken, if allegation was found...
Seventeen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Natore, three persons were killed and another three injured in a road accident on the Natore-Pabna...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Feb 10: The three-day 6th Chittagong Apparel, Fabrics and Accessories Exposition (CAFAXPO)-2008 will begin from February 14 at the Engineers' Institute, Chittagong. Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters' Association (BGMEA) is organising the exhibition. BGMEA held a press...
US Pacific Marine Commander Lt General John F Goodman arrived in Bangladesh Sunday on a two-day visit, reports UNB.As part of his tour programme, he paid courtesy call on Army Chief General Moyeen U Ahmed, Navy Chief Vice-Admiral Sarwar Jahan...
BAGERHAT, Feb 10 (UNB): The visiting Bangladeshi-born British MP, Baroness Pola Manzila Uddin, Sunday visited two Sidr-hit villages in Sharankhola Upazila.While visiting Bagi and Tapalbari villages, Pola, the first Bangladeshi in the House of Lords, talked to the affected people...
Members of the Hindu community will celebrate one of their religious festivals Saraswati Puja, today with much fanfare and festivity seeking blessings of the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, music and art, reports BSS.The Hindu devotees particularly the students celebrate the...
A five-wicket win chasing 160 might seem a comfortable victory but India made hard work of their success at the MCG, grinding out their first triumph of the CB Series with less than five overs to spare, according to website...
Abahani Limited clinched the title of the Protiti Pharma Victory Day Club Cup Football Tournament beating Arambagh KS by 3-2 goals in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. Army Chief and National Sports Council chairman Gen...
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