Yasheng Huang In designing his economic policy programme for the next five years, President Hu Jintao is well advised to seek counsel from someone virtually unknown to those Chinese who came of age in the 1990s. He is Wan Li,...
Praful Bidwai INDIA'S ruling United Progressive Alliance has blinked first in its eyeball-to-eyeball standoff with the Left over the India-US nuclear deal. It has suspended negotiations to complete it. Statements made last week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress...
FE ReportPrices of rice, onion, edible oil and newly arrived vegetable items increased and the prices of other essential commodities remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week.Market operators said prices of rice and onion registered a significant...
FE ReportTrust Bank Limited will provide a credit facility of Taka 50.0 million (5 crore) to the Fidelity Assets and Securities Company Limited (FAS), a non-banking financial institution.A pari passu security sharing agreement was signed between the two organisations at...
DUBAI, Oct 26 (PTI): Despite soaring prices, gold trade through Dubai, one of India's top trading partner, has reached USD 5.23 billion in the third quarter of 2007, a 55 per cent hike from last year's USD 3.37 billion. Dubai's...
FE ReportManaging Director (MD) of Pubali Bank Ltd Helal Ahmed Chowdhury has stressed the need for better customer service through utilisation of modern Information Technology (IT). He was speaking at a workshop titled 'Basic Concept of Backup, File Transfer and...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate showed a slightly upward trend last week due to withdrawal of large amounts of cash through auctions of reverse repurchase agreement (repo), treasury bills, Bangladesh Government Treasury (BGT) bonds and Bangladesh Bank (BB) bills,...
Commercial Bank of CeylonOctober 22 -- October 25, 2007Greenback kept on rising against BDT last week as most of the banks were engaged in paying their import obligations at the same time. Many of the banks delayed their LC payment...
SAN DIEGO, Oct 26 (Agencies): On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flamesBorder Patrol...
PESHAWAR, Oct 26 (Agencies): Security forces backed by helicopters attacked a stronghold of a militant cleric in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, trading fire with his supporters near the scene of a suicide attack that killed 20 people, police said. The...
CAIRO, Oct 26 (Agencies): Al-Qaida sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden's latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes by insurgents in Iraq Users of a leading...
ISTANBUL, Oct 26 (Agencies): Turkey warned Thursday that U.S. objections will not stop its troops from crossing into Iraq to pursue Kurdish separatists, while a steady stream of U.S.-made Turkish fighter jets roared across the skies along the borderHigh-level Iraqi...
MANILA, Oct 26 (agencies): Ousted President Joseph Estrada was a free man Friday for the first time in 6 ½ years after his successor pardoned his graft conviction in a move touted as an effort to bridge the Philippines' deep...
TRIPOLI, Oct 26 (AFP): Chadian President Idriss Deby and leaders of Chad's four main rebel groups signed Thursday a peace accord after the latest flare-up of unrest in the central African country, a Libyan official said. The agreement was signed...
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan KABUL, Oct 26: Two NATO soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a battle with Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, the military force said Friday. "Two service members were killed and three others...
Law and Information Adviser Mainul Hosein today said the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system would help settle disputes quickly and cheaply through understanding between the groups, reports BSS.He said the ADR process would help settle disputes through consensual method as...
Leaders of Ekatturer Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee and South Asian People's Union against Fundamentalism and Communalism have demanded formation of a special tribunal for the trial of war criminals and ban on politics based on religion and fundamentalism, reports UNB.In...
The Election Commission has taken no initiative to hold elections to the regional and three district councils, administered under specialised rule, of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, reports bdnews24.com. The EC, however, is preparing to hold polls to local government bodies...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 26 (BSS): The preparation of voter list with photograph and national ID card began here at all 90 wards under Joypurhat Pourasabha and Sadar Upazila areas, district election office (DEO) sources said.The sources said on the inaugural day...
TANGAIL, Oct 26 (UNB): US Charge de Affaires Geeta Pasi said Friday the United States supports the caretaker government's initiatives to implement the election roadmap towards restoration of democracy in the country.Speaking at a function on the premises of Elenga...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed felicitated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov on the occasion of the Independence Day of his country that falls Saturday, reports UNB.In separate messages, Iajuddin and Fakhruddin expressed their confidence that the excellent...
TANGAIL, Oct 26 (UNB): An Awami League activist of Konabari Village in Gopalpur Upazila here was killed by assailants early Thursday.
FE ReportConfidence Steel Limited (CSL), a subsidiary of the Confidence Group, has made a breakthrough in construction of telecommunication tower in the country, meeting its demand from the fast-growing mobile phone operators. Since the start of its operation in early...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Oct 26: National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mohammad Abdul Majid called upon the officials concerned to discharge the assigned duties with utmost sincerity in realisation of government revenue. He also called for time-befitting steps to be taken...
The admission tests for MBBS course in the 14 government medical colleges were held simultaneously from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Friday, reports bdnews24.com. Special security measures were taken at the examination halls on the eve of the tests. A...
KHULNA, Oct 26 (UNB): The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 1.0 million litres of counterfeit furnace oil worth about Tk 25 million from three fuel shops at the city's Khalishpur area Thursday night and Friday morning.The RAB men...
FE ReportThe second meeting of the governing body for SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC) was held at a local hotel in New Delhi, India recently.SAARC Disaster Manage-ment Centre Chairperson KH Masud Siddiqui presided over the meeting.Members of the governing body...
FENI, Oct 26 (UNB): Police in a drive at a house of a Jubo Dal leader at Char Chandia village under Sonagazi Upazila seized arms, ammunition and bombs and arrested two terrorists on the spot Thursday.Local people informed police that...
FE ReportCentre for Health, Population and Development (CHPD) organised a seminar on "Addressing Reproduc-tive Health Issues in Developing Countries: Contribution of Population Council" on the campus of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently.Population Council in Bangladesh Country Director Ubaidur Rob was...
A 90-member police team left here by a UN chartered flight late at Friday night to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast, reports UNB.Assistant IGP (UN desk) Mohammad Zahirul Islam Bhuiyan and other high officials were present at...
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