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Rehana asked to appear before court by Nov 18

2007-11-12 00:00:00

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Sunday directed Sheikh Rehana now in the United Kingdom (UK) to appear before it by November 18 in connection with an extortion case, report UNB/ bdnews24.com.Additional CMM Shawkat Ali Chowdhury issued the order. Earlier,...

Buying spree leads stock prices at DSE to rise

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registered a rise for the third consecutive trading session Sunday as both retail and institutional investors continued their buying spree.The stocks under banking sector, Beximco Group issues, Eastern Lubricant and Padma...

Pak military courts get power to try civilians

2007-11-12 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Nov 11(AP): Pakistan's military ruler has amended a law to give army courts sweeping powers to try civilians on charges ranging from treason to inciting public unrest, officials said Sunday, as the country's opposition leader prepared to stage a...

Dhaka-Yangon JTC meeting today

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE Report Bangladesh-Myanmar second Joint Trade Commission (JTC) meeting will be held today (Monday) in Dhaka aiming to boost the bilateral trade relations between the two countries, official sources said. The meeting will discuss the overall bilateral trade position including...

NBR seeks account info of 14 people

2007-11-12 00:00:00

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought bank account details of 14 people, including the editor of the now defunct newspaper the daily Ajker Kagoj Kazi Shahed Ahmed and Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Tayebur Rahman. The Central...

5 killed, 30 injured in Jessore road accident

2007-11-12 00:00:00

At least five persons were killed and 30 others injured, as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Ghadkhali in Jhikargaccha Upazila under Jessore Saturday night. Former UP member Shariful Islam, Imroj, Mintoo, Abbas and an unidentified woman aged...

BTTB phone bills on internet

2007-11-12 00:00:00

The telephone bills of the digital phones of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) in Dhaka city was made available on internet from May 2007 through computerised ledger management system. The system has also been introduced across the country from...

Govt forms committee on unknown disease

2007-11-12 00:00:00

The Health Ministry Sunday formed an eight-member committee of specialised doctors to resolve the unidentified disease. The disease has killed 23 people, and affected over 1,500 people at Goainghat and Companiganj in Sylhet, Ramgati in Laxmipur, and seven upazilas in...

Knit export again gains momentum

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportLeaders of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) said Sunday the country's knit export is gaining momentum again, after overcoming difficult times.BKMEA president Fazlul Haque at a press conference said if the current export performance continues in...

7-pt strategy to explore new labour markets abroad

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Sunday spelt out a 7-point strategy for exploring new markets and expanding existing ones for Bangladeshi workforce, as the country earns huge remittance form the expatriate workers, reports UNB.Some 4,75,000 Bangladeshi workers have sent...

2000 loaded containers lying idle at Ctg Port for long

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Jasim Uddin Haroon Some 2000 containers loaded with industrial raw materials and other commodities have been lying at the Chittagong port for a long time without being cleared.Although penal rents are being levied every day on the consignments, the importers...

First Hajj flight leaves for Jedda today

2007-11-12 00:00:00

The first Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd, carrying 543 pilgrims, is scheduled to fly for Jeddah today (Monday) morning, reports UNB.Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is scheduled to inaugurate the Hajj flight formally. Some 45,000 pilgrims are expected...

Forex reserve stands at $5.50b now

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE Report The country's foreign exchange reserve stood at nearly US$5.50 billion Sunday for the first time because of disbursement of soft loans by a multilateral donor agency and robust growth of remittances.Besides, appreciation of five major currencies -Euro, Great...

MoU with S Korea on energy sector cooperation Nov 15

2007-11-12 00:00:00

M Azizur RahmanThe government is set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the South Korean government along with a consortium of five South Korean companies to boost bilateral cooperation in energy sector."A 15-member South Korean delegation led by...

C'wealth may support institutional capacity building projects

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Naim-Ul-KarimThe Commonwealth Secretariat will consider extending more support to Bangladesh's institutional capacity building and socio-economic development related programmes if the country approaches with specific projects."If Bangladesh approaches with any specific project aiming at poverty eradication and institutional capacity building obviously...

Dollar, call rate stable

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with steady demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The market remained moderately active due to weekend in the international market. The central...

CA calls for raising voice against violence on women

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed called for ending domestic violence against women through properly following social, state and religious rules, regulations, instructions and values, reports UNB. "To prevent repression on women they have to be given equal rights considering them...

Dhaka Club denies charge of grabbing

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Suhrawardy Udyan The authorities of Dhaka Club Limited, the oldest elite private club in the city, Sunday refuted the allegation that it had grabbed golf course land in Suhrawardy Udyan, reports UNB."We (Dhaka Club) have no intention of grabbing golf...

Asian currencies up against dollar

2007-11-12 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Nov 11 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mostly up against the dollar, with the Australian dollar heading towards parity with the greenback. JAPANESE YEN: The Japanese yen advanced in the past week as the dollar plunged amid...

Iran, Pakistan finalise multi-billion dollar gas pipeline contract

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Dubai, Nov 11 (PTI): Iran and Pakistan yesterday finalised the text of USD 7.4 billion gas pipeline project contract in Tehran without the participation of India, which is the third partner in the project. Pakistan and Iran have agreed to...

$100 oil to put Myanmar junta over a barrel again

2007-11-12 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Nov 11 (Reuters): Oil was $72 a barrel in August when a budget crunch forced Myanmar's ruling generals to slash fuel subsidies, sparking protests that snowballed into the biggest anti-junta uprising in two decades. Since then, crude prices have...

India to become third largest oil importer before ‘25

2007-11-12 00:00:00

India is set to become the world's third largest oil importer after the US and China before 2025, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) according to Internet. While India's importance as an exporter of refined oil products would increase...

Gold soars as a perfect storm begins to gather

2007-11-12 00:00:00

If a preoccupation with the weather is a curiously English phenomenon, then nothing could be as compelling a story as a "perfect storm" - a rare occurrence in which several weather conditions come together to destructive effect according to Internet....

First hajj-flight takes off

2007-11-12 00:00:00

The first Biman Bangladesh Airlines hajj flight left Dhaka at 6:55am Monday with 285 pilgrims on board, a top official said. Khan Mosharraf Hossain, deputy general manager (public relations) of Biman, told bdnews24.com that the second hajj flight is scheduled...

More young people use internet in Vietnam than India

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Elsa WenzelLike much of the developing world, Vietnam is caught between one era of pushcarts and foot-pedals, and a generation growing accustomed to SUVs and mobile phones. As the one-party, communist state embraces capitalism and foreign trade, Vietnam's gross domestic...

Google eyeing to conquer mobile work with its Android software

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Elinor Mills The search king became popular more than a decade after PCs went mainstream and several years after the Web became a staple. Has Google done exceptionally well? Of course. But it's one of many companies vying for the...

Silver lining on the copyright cloud?

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Jonathan Richards Will it be the silver lining media companies have been hoping for?There has been a lot floundering about how content owners should protect their material from being copied illegally and shared on the internet.A broad consensus seems to...

Why a child befriends his robot

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Children could soon be making friends with robots at nursery school. Scientists have developed a childlike machine that toddlers can be taught to regard as human. It is hoped that the robots will help to improve the children's behaviour and...

Latest MP3 sunglasses

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Oakley has announced the latest redesign of their popular Thump series of MP3 player sunglasses. The new design, called the Split Thump, will be out for the holidays in both black and white, offered at 512MB ($249), 1GB ($299), and...

Food security under threat

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Country's food security seems to be under serious threat, both in short and long terms. Two consecutive floods in the months of July and August this year, disruptions in the supply of farm inputs, including fertilisers, seeds and diesel, have...