Team North earned an emphatic innings and 45-run victory over Team South on the third day of the four-day match of the Challenge Cup Cricket at BKSP ground in Savar Monday, reports UNB.Replying to Team North's first innings total of...
BSKP Green team managed a two-wicket victory against Kolabagan Cricket Academy in a super league match of the 3rd Division Qualifying Cricket at the Dhaka University ground Monday, reports UNB.Batting first, Kolabagan Cricket Academy scored 170 for 6 in stipulated...
The 22nd National Swimming Championship, organised by Bangladesh Swimming Federation, will begin tomorrow (Wednesday) at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur, reports UNB.LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal will inaugurate the four-day meet.Swimming Federation President and Navy Chief Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan...
CONSUMERS have been always at the receiving end in this country that is widely considered a sellers' market. Traders, utility service providers, health services etc., in both public or private sectors, can easily get away with their crimes that cause...
Syed Fattahul AlimWhat is the state of the economy? As if to defy the government's efforts to arrest the price of essential commodities, the prices are galloping upwards uncontrollably. Should one consider this as a failure of the incumbent government...
Samuel BrittanPROBLEMS are not so much solved as replaced by other problems. How many people remember that only a few months ago the main problem facing the world economy was supposed to be that of "imbalances": the large current payments...
Amirul IslamPOLICIES to reduce dependence on foreign aid are needed and these can be of the type of 'helping people to help themselves'. The main aim should be to export in increased number our best ready resource which, as everyone...
THE council of advisers recently took a decision to recover all the lands along the Hatirjheel and Begunbari canals from the illegal possession of the grabbers. The meeting also took the decision to improve their water flow to save the...
MORE often we break the rules in the streets. One driving a vehicle or pulling a rickshaw does not hesitate to break the rules. We find a majority of vehicle drivers making the city traffic difficult and chaotic. As pedestrians...
The Election Commission, reportedly, is planning to enroll non-Bengalis, popularly known as 'Biharis', in the new voter's list. The Biharis, who had opted for repatriation to Pakistan soon after the creation of independent Bangladesh, however, would not be enrolled as...
Sumathi Bali STEPHEN Riady, president of the Lippo group of companies, does not wish to be just a businessman. The Indonesian entrepreneur, who oversees a conglomerate, including 10 publicly listed companies from Singapore to China, says he derives greater satisfaction...
Jugran BahugunaFor the first time, the number of women participating in labour markets is at its peak, with an estimated 1.2 billion of the 2.9 billion workers across the globe being women. But the good news ends just there. For...
Muhammad Quamrul IslamConcerned activists wish a comprehensive assessment of reports published in national dailies so as to convey our experiences for information and action. On November 2,2007. Dr. Huguette Labelle chair board of directors of Transparency International [TI] said the...
NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (PTI): India Inc continues to grow strong in terms of expanding businesses across the world, but when it comes to cross-border transportation of goods, the country ranks below a number of other major economies such as...
TOKYO, Nov 12 (AFP): Japan's economy is expected to have returned to positive growth in the third quarter, averting recession thanks to higher corporate investment and brisk exports to emerging markets, analysts say. The world's second-largest economy has been gradually...
ROME, Nov 12 (Xinhua): Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi warned here yesterday that world economy is being jeopardised by soaring oil prices. "The price of crude oil has been doubled in 2007. The world economy is being jeopardised by high...
SEOUL, Nov 12 (AFP): Woori Bank said it set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in China today, the first such move by a South Korean lender, as part of its efforts to tap into the Asian banking market. The bank, South...
DUBAI, Nov 12 (PTI): Many of Bahrain's key exporters and firms dependent largely on expat workers could suffer massive losses when the labour fees are introduced in the country, a study has revealed. "The country will also lose its competitive...
SHANGHAI, Nov 12 (AFP): China's economic growth is likely to maintain a feverish pace of more than 11 percent in the fourth quarter, state media reported today, citing a government think tank. The economy is expected to expand 11.2 per...
SYDNEY, Nov 12 (AFP): Australia's central bank today warned that inflation was likely to be higher than it hoped at 3.25 per cent in the final quarter of 2007, increasing the likelihood of further interest rate rises. The predicted figure...
SINGAPORE, Nov 12 (AFP): Oil prices fell by more than a dollar in Asian trade today after OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia indicated the oil cartel will discuss raising output if the need arises, dealers said. In afternoon trade, New York's...
TOKYO, Nov 12 (AFP): The dollar tumbled below the 110- yen level today for the first time in more than 18 months as growing jitters over the US subprime mortgage crisis sent investors fleeing for safe havens, dealers said. The...
Gold declined in Asia after the euro weakened against the US dollar for the first time in five days and crude oil prices fell. Silver also dropped, reports Bloomberg. The euro declined, after rallying against the dollar to a record...
DUBAI, Nov 12 (PTI): With oil market experiencing a volatile trend, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the market that is not good for either consuming countries or producers, a top oil official has said."High oil prices are good for...
ROME, Nov 12 (Xinhua): The World Energy Congress, which was kicked off here in Rome of Italy yesterday, is to debate on the sustainable development and the prospects of the energy industry. The conference, organised by the World Energy Council...
COLOMBO, Nov 12 (PTI): Expressing satisfaction over the fall in inflation in India which has reached a five-year low at under three per cent, Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday attributed it to a tight monetary policy. "Inflation has been tamed...
SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 (/Xinhua): Singapore has been striving to develop its energy industry in recent years, aiming to increase the value-added of the energy sector from current 20 billion to 34 billion Singapore dollars (about from 13.8 billion to 23.4...
From Fakhrul AlamChittagong, Nov 12: Crisis of the container handling equipments at Chittagong Port is likely to continue up to June 2008. Meanwhile, the procurement of 12 straddle carriers and 6 vacant container handlers is underway, CPA sources said.Export and...
FE ReportThe 99th branch of National Bank Limited (NBL) has been opened at Gaibandha recently. Chairperson of the bank Parveen Haque Sikder formally inaugurated the branch as the chief guest. A discussion meeting was held on the occasion.The chairperson, in...
FE Report Bangladesh paid over US$462 million to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) on account of imports pushing the country's foreign exchange reserve to $5.02 billion Monday, official sources said. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) remitted the fund to the ACU...
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