ISLAMABAD, Dec 6 (AFP): Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif will Thursday meet Pakistan's ousted chief justice, who remains under effective house arrest after refusing to endorse a state of emergency, party officials said. Top judge Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was sacked on...
BAGHDAD, Dec 6 (AFP): The top American general in Iraq, David Petraeus, expressed satisfaction on Thursday at the progress made in Iraq but said the military was still far from any victory dance. "Nobody in uniform is doing victory dances...
BEIJING, Dec 6 (AFP): An explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed 40 people Thursday and trapped another 74 underground, officials said, in the latest tragedy to strike the notoriously unsafe industry. The gas blast happened just after...
OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec 6 (AFP): A teenager who wanted to die "famous" shot dead eight Christmas shoppers with an assault rifle at an Omaha shopping mall before killing himself. Robert Hawkins (19) left a suicide note in which he explained...
Crime incidents appeared suppressed in recent months in Dhaka city. The imposition of emergency, changes in the formation of the police and other measures adopted by the government as well as by the reorganised police force, created the conditions for...
Mozzamel Haque THE prices of basic foods such as ata (wheat flour) and rice are now very high-a situation that is otherwise considered unusual during this part of the year when harvesting of 'aman' crop exerts a moderating influence on...
Peter Thal LarsenIN recent years, senior bankers have grown fond of using a simple metaphor to sum up the changes taking place in the global financial landscape. Banks, they proclaimed, used to be in the storage industry. But in recent...
David Wighton JOHN Thain says one of the first things he has to do as the new chairman and chief executive of Merrill Lynch is revamp the Wall Street bank's risk management system. Over at Citigroup, they have launched a...
Bangladesh was a strongly inward looking economy until the early eighties when it adopted trade liberalisation policies as part of the structural adjustment programme. It was found that during the period of extensive trade liberalisation from 1992 to 1996, fiscal...
SERIOUS observers at field levels know that the official family planning programme is not running well. The door- to-door visitors of the family planning department to households are hardly seen doing their job. Although they are paid from the public...
Although welcomed by many, the government is yet to implement a decision it took a few months ago to cancel the allotment of plots on Hatirjheel and Begunbari canals. One can still see the banners of different business houses and...
Robert PearBUSINESS lobbyists, nervously anticipating Democratic gains in next year's elections, are racing to secure final approval for a wide range of health, safety, labour and economic rules, in the belief that they can get better deals from the Bush...
Stephen Kotkin NEARLY a quarter century ago, Theodore Levitt, the Harvard business professor, heralded a global convergence of consumer tastes. The global corporation, he proclaimed, "sells the same things in the same way everywhere." In 2005, Thomas L. Friedman, The...
Dune Lawrence and Alan Katz from BeijingCHINA, its safety reputation tattered by lead paint in toys, cancer-causing chemicals in seafood and antifreeze ingredients in toothpaste, is gearing up to become the world's biggest producer and operator of nuclear plants, and...
GENEVA, Dec 5 (Reuters): Politicians should not rely on international trade talks to cope with domestic disruptions stemming from globalisation, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy said yesterday. Lamy said it was up to individual countries to ensure that...
KATHMANDU, Dec 5 (PTI): Soaring tourist arrivals in Nepal has brought smiles to the faces of travel-related entrepreneurs and operators in the Himalayan state which is hoping for peace dividends after the end of the decade-long insurgency last year. After...
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (Xinhua): Indian government said as many as 2 million people may become jobless in the export sector which has been hit hard due to rupee appreciation against US dollar in the last one year, local newspaper...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Xinhua): ASEAN needs a blueprint to ensure economic growth and to make it an attractive investment market, ASEAN secretary-general designate Surin Pitsuwan said in Kuala Lumpur, local media reported yesterday. "We need a new blueprint to...
BEIJING, Dec 5 (Xinhua): China and India signed here yesterday a joint statement pledging to expand financial cooperation between the world's two largest developing countries. In the statement signed at the second China-India Financial Dialogue in Beijing, the two countries...
NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters): Copper markets plummeted a second straight day yesterday on deepening worries over the US economy, while oil traded steadily below the $90 a barrel mark feared by consumers. Gold, the commodity that attracts investors when...
TOKYO, Dec 5 (AFP): The dollar was higher in Asian trade today with market participants looking for fresh leads, including interest rate decisions and key economic indicators, dealers said. But they said dollar-selling sentiment remained strong as the market was...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Wednesday requested the Thai government to extend the duty-cutback on the import of 229 items from Bangladesh, as the facility expires this month, reports UNB.He also said that Thailand might encourage its businessmen to import more goods...
Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Dec 5: Potato cultivation in eight districts of greater Rangpur and Dinajpur region is likely to face a serious setback this year due to a serious scarcity of quality seeds in the region, sources said.The demand for seeds...
FE ReportWarid Telecom has launched a country-wide promotional campaign for its Music Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service endorsed by three popular music artistes of the country, said a press release.Branded as caller tunes, the service is being promoted by folk...
FE ReportFormer adviser to the caretaker government and Chairman of Apex Adelchi Footwear Ltd Syed Manzur Elahi stressed the need for establishing audit committees and inducting independent directors in every listed company to pave the way for good governance in...
FE ReportSocial Marketing Company (SMC), Bangladesh's largest producer of oral rehydration saline (ORS), has ensured adequate supply of Orsaline by channeling distribution through its Barisal, Khulna and other area offices and relief agencies.The company has taken decision to supply saline...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Dec 5: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of Rajshahi division and various farm owners have taken up extensive programmes for cultivation of winter vegetables and spices in the areas, sources said.Under the scheme, a total of 10,39,747...
FE ReportThe 67th branch of IFIC Bank Limited was opened at Manik Villa, Tarabo Bazar, Rupganj recently. The branch was inaugurated by Chairman of the bank Mohammad Lutfar Rahman. Director of the bank Didarul Alam, Managing Director Mashiur Rahman, other...
Our correspondentBOGRA, Dec 5: Onion price has sharply declined while price of rice is increasing gradually at the local markets of Bogra. Onion is selling at Tk 28-30 per kg compared to last week's price of Tk 55-60. Following the...
Company's net profitBSC: Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) earned a post-tax net profit of Tk 159.59 million for the year that ended on June 30, 2007. The earning per share (EPS) of the company stood at Tk 5.56.Sonali Aansh: Sonali Aansh...
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