It is important to build awareness about the participatory aspects of the people in solid waste management and also about what things need to be done for proper waste disposal on a regular basis. Many people are found to be...
The population of Bangladesh is still preponderantly rural although the rate of urban migration of people in this country has been increasing. Nonetheless, about 80 per cent of the people of Bangladesh have a rural existence and they live in...
Michael Schwartz LATELY, even Democratic candidates for president have been weighing in on why the U.S. must maintain a long-term, powerful military presence in Iraq. Hillary Clinton, for example, used phrases like protecting our "vital national security interests" and preventing...
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Amy Yee from New DelhiAs global gold prices surged to the highest level since 1980 last Monday, the World Gold Council launched the latest push of India's most aggressive marketing campaign to boost business ahead of the country's festive season.The...
Amy Kazmin from Bangkok In early September, Tay Za, a charismatic Burmese businessman accused of having close links to the military junta, was in Singapore to launch a daily service between the city state and Rangoon for his airline, Air...
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters): International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn cautioned India Friday that curbing capital inflows too much could undermine confidence in the country, Asia's booming, third-largest economy. Strauss-Kahn, in his first news conference a day after starting his...
GENEVA, Nov 3 (Reuters): The chairman of farm talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said Friday he was delaying his revision of a draft negotiating text, widely seen as the key to a comprehensive deal in the long-running Doha...
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (AP): Prospects for a year-end rally dimmed this past week right along with the chances of another interest rate cut, and that has investors wondering if the bull market can be saved. Investors enter November with...
DAKAR, Nov 3 (Reuters): New trade deals being negotiated between EU countries and former colonies must be accompanied by detailed plans to replace lost revenues when poor countries cut tariffs on imports from Europe, an IMF official said Friday. The...
DETROIT, Nov 3 (AP): The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said early Saturday it reached a tentative four-year contract agreement with Ford Motor Co, avoiding even the threat of a strike against the struggling automaker.The deal, reached around 3:20am, must...
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AFP): US officials yesterday dismissed a claim by tourism professionals that visitor numbers to the United States have plummeted since 2001 and were not forecast to pick up in the short term. "The total number of travellers...
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AP): Employers added twice as many new jobs to their ranks than expected in October, an encouraging sign that the nation's employment climate is not cracking under the stress of a deepening housing slump. The Labour Department...
LONDON, Nov 3 (AFP): Crude oil prices broke fresh record highs this week, surging above 96 dollars a barrel for the first time, on worries about tight global energy supplies. Gold futures soared above 800 dollars an ounce, a feat...
NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters): Gold hit $800 yesterday for the first time in 28 years as record-high oil prices, all-time lows in the dollar and the global credit crunch made investors take cover in the safe haven of the...
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (AFP): The dollar dived to a fresh record low against the euro yesterday as foreign exchange speculators appeared to shrug off an upbeat economic report which revealed a surprisingly strong surge in US job creation. The...
COLOMBO, Nov 3 (PTI): Acceding to the request of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, India has agreed to export 6,000 metric tonnes of rice to the island nation, which is reeling under high inflation due to spiralling food prices. The...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (PTI): Pakistan yesterday said it is committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project despite the sanctions imposed by the US to pressure Tehran to stop its nuclear programme. "We are committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project and...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The government is likely to approve the first ever policy for the country's ship breaking industry shortly to reduce environmental pollution and give impetus to the sector that provides steel to hundreds of re-rolling mills.The policy will...
FE ReportSocial Investment Bank Ltd (SIBL) has extended an investment facility of Tk 100 million to LankaBangla Finance Ltd to finance its business activities. SIBL Managing Director (MD) KM Asaduzzaman and his LankaBangla Finance Ltd counterpart Mafizuddin Sarker signed an...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 3 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here today (Saturday) called for undertaking collective efforts for smooth functioning of the cooperatives, which could be an important means of alleviating poverty from society.The discussion was organised on the occasion the...
FE ReportThe inaugural meeting of a pilot project linking information and communications technology (ICT) with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in rural Bangladesh was held at the National Press Club in the city Friday, said a press release.The Commonwealth...
Our CorrespondentChittagong, Nov 03: A seminar on "Export Policy, 2006-2009 and strategy: Its implication, application and inceptive measures "was held under the auspices of Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Chittagong at the conference room of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
Sarwar Zahan US dollar closed weak against Bangladesh taka (BDT) last week influenced by injection of dollar into the market by the central bank. The demand for greenback, however, was still high, fund managers said. The exchange rate of greenback...
FE ReportIndustrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IIDFC) Limited and Summit Group arranged a road show presentation for raising syndicated funds. Zero coupon bonds would be issued to raise fund for Summit Uttaranchol Power Company Limited and Summit Purbanchol Power...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Nov 3: The government has allocated seeds and fertiliser worth Tk 1,48,22,063 for rehabilitation of flood-affected farmers in the district.Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Brahmanbaria Rafiqul Islam said this Financial Express. Under the post-flood...
FE ReportEmirates airline launched two new non-stop services: a six-a-week service to Ahmedabad in India, and a thrice-weekly service to Toronto, Canada -- marking a simultaneous expansion of its global route network eastwards and westwards from Dubai.Emirates Airline and Group...
The supply of winter vegetables to the city markets is increasing, reports BSS. The vegetable traders expressed the hope that the prices of the vegetables would start coming down with the increasing supply in a couple of days, a market...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 3: President of Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Rokeya Afzal Rahman has called for extending cooperation to the women entrepreneurs for achieving economic prosperity of the country. She was speaking as the chief guest at a day-long...
COLOMBO, Nov 3 (PTI): Sri Lanka has decided to import 20,000 metric tonnes of big onions from China to augment its domestic supplies in the wake of high inflation prevailing in the island country. India, which is facing a dip...
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