Ira Chernus A week has passed since George W. Bush announced that U.S. troops will stay in Iraq in "a security engagement that extends beyond my Presidency." Last spring, those words would have evoked howls of protest from Democratic leaders....
Marwaan Macan-Markar from BangkokBurma's Buddhist monks are threatening to turn an on-going protest against steep hikes in fuel prices into a religious and moral showdown with the country's oppressive military regime. Friday marked the fifth consecutive day that hundreds of...
Neil Buckley VIKTOR Zubkov, Russia's prime minister has said he does not rule out standing for president next year, thrusting his name on to the list of potential successors to Vladimir Putin.His comments on September 13 fuel led speculation in...
DETROIT, Sept 24 (Reuters): The United Auto Workers (UAW) union set a firm Monday morning deadline to reach a contract deal with General Motors Corp and threatened to send 73,000 GM factory workers on strike if no deal is reached.The...
BOURNEMOUTH, Britain, Sept 24 (Xinhua): Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling vowed yesterday to draw lessons from the recent bank crisis and reform the country's bank system. "There are lessons to be learnt - and I will make the...
PARIS, Sept 24 (AFP): European Central Bank (ECB) head Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday that France's public finances were in "very great difficulty" with the worst public spending to output ratio in the European Union. "I would say that French public...
NEW YORK: A majority of the world's 500 largest publicly traded companies have implemented greenhouse-gas emission reduction plans, according to a study released Monday.The yearly report, issued by a group of investors called the Carbon Disclosure Project, looks at the...
YANGON, Sept 24 (Xinhua): Myanmar's second border trade zone of Myawaddy opposite to neighbouring Thailand will formally open later this month and preparations for the inauguration are underway, the local Voice journal reported today. The Myawaddy trade zone in southeastern...
Singapore's consumer prices rose in August at the fastest pace in more than 12 years, suggesting the central bank will maintain a policy of allowing its currency to appreciate to damp inflation. The consumer price index increased 2.9 per cent...
BEIJING, Sept 24 (Xinhua): A senior economist with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said recently that China's officially published national accounts have been greatly improved by progressive reforms over the past 25 years. The remark was made by Nishnu Pant,...
SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (AFP): Crude oil prices were lower in Asian trade Monday but stayed above 80 dollars a barrel as the peak Atlantic hurricane season remained a source of worry, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude...
SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (AFP): The dollar slipped against the euro in Asian trading today as investors continued to fret over the state of the US economy, dealers said. There were still lingering concerns that a robust 50 basis points cut...
ABU DHABI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua): The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the energy giant of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) , will cut its oil output for a scheduled essential maintenance program in November, the official Emirates News Agency...
BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua): China may come up with more restrictions to curb steel exports, including imposing licenses to export companies, restricting steel projects in the processing sector, a senior official with the country's top economic planner said recently. Restricting...
BEIJING, Sept. 24 (CEIS): China has announced 11 measures to arouse farmers' enthusiasm for oil-bearing crop production, the Ministry of Agriculture said here yesterday. The measures will be implemented to expand the acreage for oil-bearing crops, raise the unit output...
TAIYUAN, Sept. 24 (Xinhua): Foreign companies that own clean coal technologies and work with their Chinese counterparts to tap China's coal reserves, one of the world's largest, may get good returns as China is seeking to reduce the greenhouse gas...
BEIJING, Sept 24 (AFP): China expects to export more than 500,000 vehicles in 2007, the commerce ministry said, marking an increase of about 50 per cent from 340,000 the year before. China is also seen exporting auto parts worth 8.85...
LHASA, Sept. 24 (CEIS): A hydropower plant with the biggest single-unit capacity in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region started operation yesterday. The Zhikong Hydropower Plant, located about 100 km northeast of the regional capital of Lhasa, is equipped with four...
FE ReportBangladesh garments have a potential market in Russian Federation.The potentiality was shown when Russian buyers evinced their keen interest to buy Bangladeshi RMG products in a fair held in Moscow between September 17 to September 20.A 17-member delegation of...
FE ReportPrime Bank's (PBL) Islamic Banking Branch (IBB) organised a seminar on "Significance of Maahe Ramadan" at a city hotel recently.PBL Managing Director M Shahjahan Bhuiyan presided over the programme.Southeast University Vice Chancellor M Shamsher Ali and PBL Shariah Council...
FE ReportNational Housing Finance and Investments Ltd (NHFIL) signed a participatory agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) in the city recently.Under the deal, the NHFIL will avail refinancing from the BB for concessional lending to housing sector at 10 per cent...
Efforts are underway to bring 80 stranded workers back to Bangladesh from Malaysia, as they have failed to secure work they claim they were promised, reports bdnews24.com. A three-member delegation, headed by Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Abdul Matin...
FE ReportIslami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) opened its 186th branch at Dewanhat in Chittagong Sunday. Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI) President Saifuzzaman Chowdhury was present on the occasion as the chief guest, and Mohammad Kutub Uddin was the...
FE ReportAKTEL, one of the largest telecom service providers of the country, signed an agreement with Shin Shin Apparels Limited in the city recently.Shin Shin Apparels Ltd, a sister concern of Sin Sin Group, is a 100 per cent export-oriented...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sep 24 : China Major Bridge Engineering Company, assigned with the task of constructing the Third Karnaphuli Bridge, expressed optimism to finish its construction within 30 months instead of 38 months, the time limit set earlier.Around 35 per...
BANDARBAN, Sept 24 (UNB): Orange cultivators of the district who achieved bumper production this season are not getting fair price in the local market.According to Agriculture Department, bumper production of orange this season was due to favourable weather. The farmers...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARY, Sept 24: The proposed master plan for expansion and modernisation of Saidpur Railway Workshop in Nilphamari, which was scheduled to be undertaken few months earlier, has become uncertain for unknown reasons, sources said.Saidpur Railway authority finalised a project...
A week-long capacity building programme at two local newspapers in Bogra -- the daily Korotoa and the daily Aaj O Agamikal -- concluded Sunday aiming to increase the quantity and quality of business issues. This is the first-ever programme of...
FE Report Pubali Bank Limited (PBL) recently participated in an international seminar on 'Global Banking' jointly organised by Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) and Indian Banks Association (IBA) at Mumbai in India.Nearly 300 bankers from 15...
Purchase/ sale of director's sharesJamuna Bank: MA Khayer, one of the sponsors/directors of Jamuna Bank Limited, has stated his willingness to sell 14,285 shares out of his total holdings of 114,285 shares of the bank (in the block market) at...
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