FE ReportA twelve-member delegation led by Abdul Hai Sarker, president of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), left Dhaka recently for Dubai to attend a three-day seminar organized by Bayer Crop Science USA.The purpose of the seminar was to create awareness...
FE ReportCrystal Insurance Company Ltd held the 7th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company in the city recently.The AGM was presided over by Chairman of the company Abdullah Al-Mahmud. Managing director, directors and shareholders of the company were present,...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 5 (BSS): Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) has set a target to produce 5,075 tonnes of sugar by crushing 70,000 tonnes of sugarcane during the current sugar season, officials said here Tuesday.They said 7,500 acres of lands were...
Sarwar Zahan US dollar retained its stable face against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market last week despite intervention of the central bank to indirectly depreciate the greenback, fund managers said. The exchange rate of the greenback...
FE ReportUnilever Bangladesh Ltd organised a two-day Distributor Carnival 2007 at Hotel Sea Gull at Cox's Bazar recently.Distributors and managers from customer development function attended the carnival.Inaugurating the programme, Chairman of Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL) Rakesh Mohan praised all distributors...
FE Report'banglalink Desh Music Fest 2007' organised to raise funds for SIDR victims took place in the city's Kamlapur Stadium Friday. Carnival, Channel i, Radio Today and amadergaan.com have also joined hands with the main sponsor banglalink for this noble...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 06: A training camp on "Trade Defense Mechanism in Bangladesh" was held at Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) auditorium today financed by the European Union (EU) with technical collaboration of a Spanish organisation under Bangladesh...
BANGKOK (Thailand), Dec 8 (AP): Asian markets were mixed Friday as caution crept back into some bourses despite another strong showing on Wall Street on the US government's plan for dealing with the country's credit crisis.Benchmark indices in Hong Kong,...
Sonali Aansh recommendsno dividendThe board of directors of Sonali Aansh Limited did not recommend any dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006-2007. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on December 27, 2007 at 12:30...
MINGORA, Pakistan, Dec 08 (AFP): Pakistan's army claimed Saturday it has cleared almost all of embattled northwestern Swat valley of militants, killing 290 rebels and arresting another 143 in recent weeks. However the pro-Taliban cleric behind the bloody unrest, Maulana...
MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec 08 (AP): Persian Gulf nations must demand that Iran come clean about its past nuclear ambitions and openly vow to not develop such weapons in the future, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday. In a broad call...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Dec 8 (AFP): The United States (US) space agency Saturday postponed the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis for a third consecutive day and announced plans to strengthen safety rules governing launches. Problems with fuel gauges on...
KABUL, Dec 8 (AFP): Afghan and international forces are engaged in a massive operation to retake the strategically important town of Musa Qala which has been held by the Taliban for 10 months, North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO) said Saturday....
MOSCOW, Dec 8 (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States (US) Saturday of blocking a cooperation programme between Moscow and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) alliance in a row over a European arms treaty, Russian news...
BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (AFP): Europe brings down the last remnants of the Iron Curtain on December 21 when it opens land and sea borders into central Europe and expands its passport-free zone to 24 nations. Travellers, commuting workers, freight trucks...
SYDNEY, Dec 8 (AFP): Australia's mandarin-speaking Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has expressed concern over a spike in tensions between the United States (US) and China over US naval visits to Hong Kong, a report said Saturday. Rudd said that the...
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (AFP): The United States (US) State Department said Friday it regrets the postponement of the Lebanese parliament's presidential vote. "Today Lebanon's parliament once again failed to elect a president. While a majority of members are ready to...
STOCKHOLM, Dec 8 (AFP): The glittering Nobel prize festivities Monday will be a little less luminous without the presence of literature laureate Doris Lessing of Britain, who at 88 was unable to travel to Stockholm due to ill health. But...
COLOMBO, Dec 8 (Reuters): Sri Lankan troops killed 24 Tamil Tiger rebels in clashes in the north of the island, the military said Saturday, days after dozens of people died in rebels bombings of a bus and a shopping centre....
BAIJI, Iraq, Dec 8 (Reuters): A suicide car bomber struck at the house of a counter-terrorism official in northern Iraq today, a Reuters witness said. Hospital sources said at least seven people were killed and 35 wounded. A Reuters television...
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela, Dec 08 (AP): A new voice has emerged to challenge Hugo Chavez's push to turn Venezuela into a socialist society, someone with rare insight into the president's passions and vulnerabilities: his ex-wife. Marisabel Rodriguez says her return to...
BEIJING, Dec 8 (AFP): Rescue work after a China coal mine blast that took 104 lives has been completed, state media said today, indicating rescuers had given up hope of finding at least 16 miners still missing. "Rescue operations are...
BANGALORE, Dec 12 (Cricinfo): The Chinnaswamy Stadium has been witness to some exceptional batting down the years, from Sunil Gavaskar's 96 to Michael Clarke's century on debut, via Sachin Tendulkar's destruction of Shane Warne (1998). The last time India played...
One-day league leaders Rajshahi Division also took joint lead with Khulna Division in the four-day Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League beating Barisal Division by six wickets in a 7th round match Saturday, reports UNB.In the day's other two...
The Total Victory Day Basketball Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Basketball Federation and sponsored by Total Lubricants and Total Gaz Limited, begins today (Sunday) at the Mirpur Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in the city, reports UNB.Youth and Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury...
COLOMBO, Dec 8 (AFP): England coach Peter Moores wants his team to be streetwise and aggressive as the tourists bid for a series-levelling win in the second Test against Sri Lanka starting Sunday. England lost the first Test in Kandy...
A victorious Bangladesh U-19 team returns home from Karachi early today (Sunday) after a successful mission against the Pakistan Under-19 team, reports UNB.During the hectic tour, the Bangladesh U-19 team drew the lone four-day match against the Pakistan U-19 team...
SYDNEY, Dec 8 (AFP): Australian striker Ante Milicic is heading to Malaysian Premier League club Shahzan Muda FC and has had his A-League contract with Queensland Roar terminated by mutual consent, the club said Saturday. Milicic, 33, has had limited...
LONDON, Dec 8 (AFP): Sven Goran Eriksson believes Manchester City can take another step towards a place among the Premier League's elite by winning at Tottenham Sunday. Eriksson has never been one for dramatic statements when a cautious word will...
Holders Dhaka DSA made a flying start in the second Inter-District Women's Football Competition as they crushed Pabna DSA by 9-0 goals in an opening day's match at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Jahanara Akhter...
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