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Govt borrows Tk 8.00 billion thru' treasury bills

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE Report The government borrowed Tk 8.00 billion (800 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 8.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 28-day, 91-day and 182-day...

Warid Telecom ties up with 100 operators for international roaming services

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE Report In six months of its commercial operations, Warid Telecom International Limited in Bangladesh has expanded its international roaming services to 100 operators across 59 countries. This is the fastest roaming expansion in the world's GSM industry.Subscribers can roam...

Pran Exports inks $3.5m deal with 3 Middle East cos

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE Report Pran Exports Ltd (PEL), a subsidiary of Pran-RFL group, Sunday signed three separate export contracts worth $ 3.5 million with three companies in the Middle East.Hassan Mahbub, chief of PEL, and Tariq Al Natsheh, general manager of M/s...

IBBL Bogra zone holds workshop on Shari'ah compliance

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportBogra Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a workshop on 'Shari'ah Compliance and Implementation' at a local hotel in Bogra recently. IBBL Shari'ah Council Member Additional Secretary Mohammad Serajul Islam was present at the workshop as the chief...

JIPL organises workshop on career planning

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportJOBS-ICT Private Limited (JIPL), in association with JOBS-Bangladesh, organised a workshop titled soft skills development for students as well as professionals in the city recently.The workshop provided tools for identifying and planning a career path and practical skills to...

LEIC holds third steering committee meet

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportLocal Enterprise Investment Centre (LEIC), a private sector development project managed by IDLC Finance Limited (IDLC) with contribution from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), held its Third Steering Committee meeting in the city recently.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and...

Sonali Bank branch managers conference held

2007-11-12 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Nov 11 (BSS): Senior bankers here asked the branch managers of Sonali Bank of Rangpur Zone for providing people-oriented services to clients with a view to achieving further success of the bank.They made the call while addressing an assessment...

Airbus wins $20b order from Emirates at Dubai

2007-11-12 00:00:00

DUBAI, Nov 11 (AFP): Airbus overshadowed its US rival Boeing at the Dubai air show Sunday, winning an order from Emirates worth more than US$20 billion. Airbus executives said the orders -- for 70 midsized A350 XWB (Extra Wide Body)...

corporate watch

2007-11-12 00:00:00

City General Ins makes debut today The shares of City General Insurance Company Limited make its debut at DSE and CSE today (Monday) under 'N' category. DSE trading code for the company is "CITYGENINS" and DSE company code is 25734...

Musharraf reaffirms election schedule

2007-11-12 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Nov 11 (Agencies): Pakistan's military ruler said Sunday that parliamentary elections should be held on schedule and that his recent declaration of emergency rule was the "most difficult" decision he has ever made. We should have elections before the...

Clash in Iraq kills 18 Al-Qaida members

2007-11-12 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (Agencies): Former Sunni insurgents asked the US to stay away, then ambushed members of al-Qaida in Iraq, killing 18 in a battle that raged for hours north of Baghdad, an ex-insurgent leader and Iraqi police said SaturdayThe...

Bush, Merkel say diplomatic solution needed on Iran

2007-11-12 00:00:00

CRAWFORD, (Texas), Nov 11 (Reuters): U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday they would seek a diplomatic solution in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. "What the Iranian regime must understand is that we will...

Deaths mark grim Afghan, Iraq milestones

2007-11-12 00:00:00

KABUL, Nov 11 (Agencies): Militants ambushed and killed six US troops walking in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan - the most lethal attack in a year that has been the deadliest for the US military here since the 2001 invasion....

Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru

2007-11-12 00:00:00

LIMA, Nov 11 ((Reuters): A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas, a leading archaeologist said on Saturday. The temple, inside a larger...

UN human rights envoy visits Myanmar

2007-11-12 00:00:00

YANGON, Nov 11 (Agencies): A U.N. human rights envoy arrived Sunday in Myanmar on a mission to get inside the country's prisons to determine the numbers of people killed and detained since the military regime's crackdown on pro-democracy protestersPaulo Sergio...

Democrats blitz Iowa to rev up support

2007-11-12 00:00:00

DES MOINES, (Iowa), Nov 11 (Agencies): The race for the Democratic presidential nomination moved into overdrive Saturday, as candidates scrambled to outdo each other to win over the Iowa activists who will leadoff the contest on Jan. 3. Six Democratic...

news digest

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Divided Palestinians remember Arafat RAMALLAH, Nov 11: Palestinians Sunday mark three years since the death of their legendary leader Yasser Arafat, bitterly divided by the internal strife he always held at bay. The third anniversary of Arafat's mysterious death on...

Dhaka score 300 for 5 in 95 overs, Javed hits century

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Opener Javed Omar hit a century to put holders Dhaka Division in a commanding position in the 4th round four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League against Chittagong Division at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in...

Sylhet declare at 335 for 9, Barisal score 215 for 6 on day 2

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Riding on splendid 168 runs from Alok Kapali, Sylhet Division declared their 1st innings at 335 for 9 in 99.1 overs on the 2nd day of the 4th round four-day National Cricket League match against Barisal Division at the Narayanganj...

Vandort, rain, bad light frustrate Australia

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Michael Vandort gave Australia's new-look attack its first real examination, forcing the players to work a full five-day week with his resilient 82 before he became Stuart MacGill's 200th Test wicket. Australia had set out to wrap up the first...

Yuvraj's all-round show powers India to series lead

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Led by Yuvraj Singh with bat, ball and in the field, India repelled a determined push from Salman Butt to pull off an ultimately comfortable 46-run win at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. Butt's fourth ODI hundred intermittently threatened...

Army beat Air Force by 2-1 goals

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh Army notched 2-1 goals victory over another Services team, Bangladesh Air Force, in the lone Office Hockey League match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Skipper Mohammad Sirajul Islam and Mohammad Sanwar Hossain...

BCB, DU sign deal to modernise central playground

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will bear the cost of putting up a modern cricket pitch, gallery, dressing room, a media centre, toilets and two practice pitches at the Dhaka University central playground, reports UNB.BCB signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

Team East earn 3-wkt win over Team West

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Team East earned a three-wicket victory over Team West in the four-day Challenge Cup Cricket on the third day at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium Sunday, reports UNB.Team East, dismissed for 186 in the first innings, opened the second innings today...

Nadal blows Gasquet away at tennis Masters

2007-11-12 00:00:00

SHANGHAI, Nov 11 (AFP): World number two Rafael Nadal overcame a stuttering start before sweeping aside Richard Gasquet as he kicked off his bid for a first Masters Cup title here Sunday.The muscle-bound Mallorcan lost the first set but found...

Monitoring body finds price hike of soybean oil, onion 'illogical'

2007-11-12 00:00:00

An inter-ministerial committee Sunday recommended taking legal actions against those involved in jacking up the prices of several essentials, especially of soybean oil and onions, reports UNB.The monitoring committee on essentials' prices in a meeting at the Commerce Ministry reviewed...

Govt to finalise policy on spl economic zones soon

2007-11-12 00:00:00

A Z M AnasThe government is going to finalise a policy soon designed to regulate the country's proposed special economic zones (SEZs) that will link both domestic and international markets, thereby moving away from the exclusive export-oriented industrial park concept....

Consumers' protection ordn to undergo further scrutiny

2007-11-12 00:00:00

FE ReportThe council of advisers at its weekly meeting Sunday agreed in principle to approve the proposed Consumers' Rights Protection Ordinance and sent back the draft of the same for further scrutiny.Chaired by the Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, the meeting...

No possibility of martial law in country: Mainul

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Law Adviser Mainul Hosein Sunday dismissed possibility of proclaiming martial law and reassured the people that election would be held as promised by the end of next year, reports UNB."We do not see any possibility of martial law in the...

NBR to closely monitor performance of PSI cos

2007-11-12 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) will hold a meeting with all the customs house commissioners Tuesday to discuss performance of pre-shipment inspection (PSI) companies.The board will closely monitor field-level performance of the PSI companies against the backdrop...