FE ReportBangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has taken a plan to modernise its training module by involving technology.Mohammud Mohbub Ur Rahman, chairman of BSCIC, said this Monday while inaugurating a five-day BSCIC Handicraft Fair - 2007 as the...
FE ReportSoutheast Bank Limited inaugurated its 35th branch at Madhabdi Bazar, Narsingdi Sunday. Chairman of the bank Alamgir Kabir formally opened the branch as the chief guest. Former chairman of the bank Azim Uddin Ahmed, Director Rehana Rahman, Managing Director...
Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Dec 10: Acute shortage of fertilisers is hampering smooth farming, as additional land has been brought under cultivation in the district, sources said.Multiple uses of fertilisers are also the major reason for increasing demand of the chemical fertilisers.Farmers...
FE ReportIslami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) continued its relief operation in Sidr-affected areas of the country.A strong relief team led by Kazi Harun-ar-Rashed has been carrying on the relief distribution efforts in Barisal, Jhalakathi and Pirojpur through the concerned branches...
FE ReportReckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd, a multinational FMCG company, handed over Dettol products to Save the Children to help 12,000 families in distress after being hit by cyclone 'SIDR'.Dettol antiseptic liquids and Dettol soaps, donated by Reckitt Benckiser, will be...
FE ReportShahjalal Islami Bank Ltd (SJIBL) held a daylong workshop on 'Basel-II and other concepts' at its head office in the city Saturday.SJIBL Managing Director Muhammad Ali inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest.General managers Naba Gopal Banik, Chowdhury Mohidul...
BANGKOK (Thailand), Dec 10 (AP): Most Asian markets edged downward amid fading hopes for a substantive US interest rate cut this week and as investors pocketed gains in stocks that had rallied over the last week.In Tokyo, the stock market...
The Air Asia X, one of the designated airlines from Malaysia to operate air services to Bangladesh, started operation recently on charter basis to carry workers going for employment in Malaysia, reports BSS.The Airline already operated two flights from Dhaka...
Announcement of AGMAl-haj Textile: The 25th annual general meeting (AGM) of Al-haj Textile Mills Limited will be held on December 27, 2007 at 11:30 am at Hotel Purbani International in the city. Other information of the AGM of the company...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (AP): Pakistan's election campaign began in earnest Monday, a day after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif dropped threats to boycott the balloting to protest President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of a state of emergency. Sharif embarked on a...
TEHRAN, Dec 10 (Reuters): Iran and a team from the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog started a fresh round of talks Monday in Tehran to resolve doubts about the Islamic Republic's nuclear work, Iranian media reported.The International Atomic Energy Agency...
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec 10 (AP): Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign Sunday requested the resignation of a second Iowa volunteer coordinator who forwarded a hoax e-mail saying Barack Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the United States. Obama is...
JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (AFP): Israelis and Palestinians sit down this week for the first time since formally reviving their peace talks, but disagreements over an east Jerusalem settlement already threaten to undermine the process. On Wednesday a steering committee made...
KAMRA, Pakistan, Dec 10 (AP): A suicide car bomber struck near a bus carrying children of Pakistani air force employees to school at a northern army base Monday, the military said. At least five children were wounded. The bomber sped...
KATHMANDU, Dec 10 (Xinhua): Around 7,000 Nepali girls and women are trafficked annually from Nepal to India and the Gulf countries, a study issued by a non-governmental organisation has disclosed. According to Monday's The Himalayan Times daily citing its study,...
SINGAPORE, Dec 10 (Reuters): Singapore women under the age of 45 will no longer be able to travel alone on the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Singapore Straits Times reported Monday. Under Saudi Arabian law, haj-bound Muslim women...
KABUL, Dec 10 (AP): An Afghan army helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan Monday because of bad weather, killing four people, officials said.The Mi-17 helicopter went down near a field in Salar district of Wardak province, where the weather was foggy,...
SYDNEY, Dec 10 (AFP): Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard will strike a blow against Australia's macho male culture Tuesday when she becomes the first 'Sheila' to take over the top job. Gillard will become the country's first woman acting...
BANGALORE, Dec 10 (Cricinfo): After their efforts that saved the Kolkata Test, Misbah-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal staged another rearguard action that brightened Pakistan's chances of avoiding the follow-on in the final Test. Pakistan had slumped to 288 for 5 midway...
COLOMBO, Michael Vandort struck a patient fifty as Sri Lanka ended day two of the second Test on 105-2, 246 runs behind England in Colombo. The in-form Kumar Sangakkara was ousted by Ryan Sidebottom but Vandort shared firm with captain...
Two services teams - Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy -- won their respective matches in the Total Victory Day Basketball Tournament, beating their rivals at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in Mirpur Monday, reports UNB. In the day's first match,...
Ridding on a double hattrick by Shukhi, Narayanganj DSA crushed Sirajganj DSA by 15-0 goals in the second Inter-District Women's Football Competition at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex in the city, reports UNB.Shukhi, who was adjudged woman of the match,...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed said Monday that relief operation was taking an institutional shape in the country and the ongoing relief activities in the cyclone-affected areas were being carried out properly, reports UNB.He said rice is being distributed through...
Three persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different areas of the country during the last two days, report agencies. In Mymensingh, a madrasah student, who was kidnapped by miscreants from Singair in Manikganj district on...
Bangladesh will get Japanese loan assistance of US$ 324 million, approximately Tk 21 billion, for implementing three projects, reports UNB. To this effect, Japanese Ambassador in Bangladesh Masayuki Inoue and Secretary of Economic Relations Division (ERD) M Aminul Islam Bhuiyan...
CHUADANGA, Dec 10 (UNB): Farmers Sunday laid siege to Chuadanga Sadar UNO office, demanding adequate supply of fertilizer during the current peak rabi crops cultivation season.About 300 framers from several villages in Sadar pourashava gheraoed the UNO office and staged...
Our CorrespondentThe commemorative meeting on the occasion of second death anniversary of renowned industrialist Mostafizur Rahman was held at Lohagara Mostafizur Rahman College premises Monday.Presided over by the local chairman Ziaul Hoque Chowdhury, the meeting was attended, among others, by...
Owners of shops, markets, shopping malls and other commercial establishments will have to pay overtime allowance to their workers and employees for extra duties for the two-week period before Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB.
A maidservant named Janu (12) working at a residence at Uttar Kutubkhali under Jatrabari police station on the outskirts of the city has been missing since September 13. The girl looking gray with short-cut hair is the daughter of Nuru...
Mohammad Serajul Islam, noted educationist and former deputy registrar of Jahangirnagar University died of cardiac arrest in the early hours Monday. He was 66.He left behind his wife, two daughters, four sons and a host of relatives and admirers to...
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