LONDON, Dec 27(Reuters): Champions Manchester United begin the second half of their Premier League title defence at the top of the league on Saturday but manager Alex Ferguson will be hoping for better luck at West Ham United. United were...
LONDON, Dec 27(AFP): Tottenham manager Juande Ramos admitted he will have to treat Ledley King with care after the England defender finally returned from injury. King made his long-awaited comeback in Wednesday's 5-1 win over Fulham at White Hart Lane....
DERBY, England, Dec 27(AFP): Rafa Benitez and Paul Jewell could find themselves in hot water with the Football Association after clashing at Pride Park during Liverpool's last- gasp 2-1 win over the Premiership's bottom side. The rival managers confronted each...
Shane Warne will take up a development role with Australia's young spinners, Cricket Australia (CA) has announced, according to BBC SPORT. The Hampshire leg-spinner retired from international Test cricket in January with a then record 708 wickets. He will now...
HANOI, Dec 26 (Xinhua): Vietnam is determined to post gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of 960 US dollars in 2008, up from estimated 723 dollars in 2007, the Pioneer newspaper today quoted Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as...
TORONTO, Dec 26 (Internet): SkyLink Travel, which is part of the local SkyLink Group owned by Indo-Canadian Surjit Babra, claims to have created the world's fastest travel search engine, much of whose work was done out of Noida near New...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (Reuters): Malaysia's drive to woo investment is losing traction, as efforts to get rid of red tape and inept bureaucrats falter, threatening to put it further behind neighbouring Singapore. A year after the authorities vowed to...
SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (AFP): Singapore received a record number of visitors last month but hotel rates were also at fresh highs, the city-state's tourism authorities said today. The Singapore Tourism Board said 837,000 visitors arrived in November, the largest number...
ABU DHABI, Dec 26 (Xinhua): Thuraya, a satellite telecom firm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will distribute its satellite telecom products in the United States in a bid to expand its market base, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported yesterday....
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec 26 (Reuters): Uncertainty in the global economic outlook is rising and central banks need to be careful at such a time, Bank of Japan Policy Board member Hidetoshi Kamezaki said Wednesday."At the moment, uncertainty in the global...
BANGKOK, Dec 26 (Xinhua): Thailand's inflation rate is likely to rise to 4 per cent next year, fuelled by rising oil prices and higher product prices, the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) said today. FPO director-general Pannee Sathavarodom was quoted Wednesday...
BEIJING, Dec 26 (AFP): China reiterated today its long- term dependence on coal for energy, but pledged to step up efforts to burn the fuel more cleanly to reduce its impact on global warming. In its first white paper on...
PARIS, Dec 26 (AFP): Oil prices of near 100 dollars per barrel caused alarm in consuming countries in 2007 and analysts forecast another tense crude market next year with triple-figure records a real prospect. Despite a murky outlook for the...
TOKYO, Dec 26 (AFP): Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. and trading house Sumitomo Corp. will tie up with Kazakhstan's state-run energy company in uranium processing for nuclear power generation, an official said today. The move is part of a wider...
TOKYO, Dec 26 (AFP): The dollar held steady in subdued Asian trade Wednesday, propped up by hopes of an easing of the US subprime loan crisis, dealers said. They said activity was muted amid a dearth of fresh trading leads...
SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (AFP): Oil prices were higher in Asian trade today on expectations of strong heating fuel demand as cold weather swept through the US midwest, dealers said. In afternoon trade, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for...
SEOUL, Dec 26 (AFP): South Korean steel giant POSCO said today it had bought a Malaysian steelmaker as part of efforts to establish a production network elsewhere in Asia. POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steelmaker, said it had signed a deal...
FE Report Citibank NA, sister concern of leading global financial services company Citigroup, will disburse soft loan Tk4.0 billion in the devastating SIDR hit areas through its partner NGOs as part of its rehabilitation programme."We have already disbursed Tk1.0 billion...
FE ReportSoutheast Bank Limited expanded its network further by opening its 36th branch at Rangpur recently. Former chairman of the bank MA Kashem formally opened the branch in presence of its current Chairman Alamgir Kabir. Among others, Director Sirat Monira,...
FE ReportBangladesh received confirmed spot order of US$ 3,40,000 and prospective order of US$ 1,20,000 in India International Trade Fair-2007 (IITF). IITF -2007 was held during November 14-27 in New Delhi, said a press release of Export Promotion Bureau (EPB)...
FE ReportBBDO Asia Pacific, an Omnicom Group company, has opened an office in Bangladesh recently, according to a press release.The new agency BBDO QAK, which was launched on August 15 this year, will be led by AKM Mahiuddin (Mahi), a...
Fakhrul AlamCHITTAGONG, Dec 26 : Karnaphuli Ship Builders Limited (KSBL) during its long seven years' efforts, has successfully proved that it is quite capable of building ultramodern sea-going vessels.If proper patronisation of the government and the concerned agencies are extended...
FE ReportThe International Banking Wing of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) recently organised a workshop on Musharaka Documentary Bills (MDB) at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower in the city recently. IBBL Executive Committee Chairman Mominul Islam Patwary was...
FE ReportJute Spinners Ltd, a reputed jute yarn manufacturing industry of the country, has declared a 20 per cent dividend for its shareholders for the fiscal 2006-2007.The dividend was declared at the company's 28th annual general meeting (AGM) held at...
NILPHAMARI, Dec 26: Non-bonafide hide traders dominated the Eid-ul Azha skin and hide market of the district, sources said. People from all walks of life, even the school students, participated in purchase and sales of hides and skins of the...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Dec 26: A three-day training on Economic and Trade Reporting was organised for journalists in the district recently.A total of 25 newsmen from different national dailies participated in the training.The training was organised by the Centre for Communication...
FE ReportThe City Bank Limited has opened its 83rd branch at Lotus Kamal Tower in Nikunja on the Airport Road in the city.Chairman of the bank Aziz Al Kaiser inaugurated the branch as the chief guest Wednesday, said a press...
FE ReportRapport Bangladesh Limited organised a function to award Seventh Rapport Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development-2007 in the city recently.Chairman of the Transparency International Bangladesh Prof. Dr Muzaffer Ahmad was present at the function as the chief guest,...
FE ReportIFC Advisory Services for South Asia - The South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) and BRAC jointly published two books recently on broiler farm management to facilitate small poultry farmers' access to proper farming management and bio-security measures. The...
BANGKOK, Dec 26 (AP): Most Asian markets rose in thin trading Wednesday, with stocks in Japan and China advancing modestly while the Philippine benchmark index jumped to two-week high.South Korean and Taiwanese shares dipped and trading in many markets was...
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