Siddique Islam The commercial banks are likely to be allowed time to raise their total capital - paid up and reserve capital - to Tk 2.0 billion from the existing Tk 1.0 billion until June 2009, official sources said. The...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Local apparel exporters do not expect any significant rise in apparel export orders this fall mainly due to the abnormal rise in fuel oil prices and the huge inventory of the major global retailers. The local ready-made...
FE Report The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the largest destinations of Bangladeshi overseas job seekers, is planning to end hiring manpower from abroad through recruiting agencies."The measure was being mulled to curb exploitation of workers," said a report...
FE ReportAn inter-ministerial meeting will be held today (Tuesday) to discuss the conditions of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and strategies of loan negotiation with the multilateral capital donor for preparing a detailed design of the Padma Bridge.The multilateral donor...
Farhan Bokhari Lahore: Pakistan's government plans to enforce new laws banning political marches on the streets during the upcoming election season in the wake of last week's devastating bomb blasts in Karachi that wrecked opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has appointed 11 primary inquiry officers against 11 corruption suspects out of the 35 on the Commission's fourth list, reports UNB.The 11 suspected corrupts are Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka, Awami League (AL) presidium...
FE Report The government is sending a high-powered delegation to three European countries in the first week of next month to explore the potentials of exporting manpower and boosting trade, commerce and investment, diplomatic sources said.They said the delegation to...
FE ReportThe US dollar was steady against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Monday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with moderate demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The inter-bank call money rate also remained steady in an active market.The exchange rate...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government has shelved for the time being its plan to appoint fertiliser dealers at the union level before the next Boro season. The plan was aimed at ensuring proper distribution of fertiliser and avert any supply shortfall of the...
Genetic clues to why we overeatRebecca Knight, FT Syndication ServiceScientists have discovered one likely reason some people eat to live and others live to eat.Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York have found that people with genetically lower...
Law adviser Mainul Hosein Tuesday said executive magistrates will be given temporary judicial power in some specific cases until the rules on separation of the judiciary were amended. Judicial power will be given to the executive magistrates in specific cases...
Joint forces raided the home of former caretaker government adviser Justice Fazlul Huq in a five-hour operation that ended early Tuesday. No arrest was made. The security forces arrived at the former judge's flat of Al Baraka Tower in Dhaka...
BANDARBAN, Oct 21 (UNB): Vacuum in the judges' court in three hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban will continue when separation of the judiciary will be effective from November 1.Officials said Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court would start operating...
On the occasion of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus, President Iajuddin Ahmed and his wife Dr Anwara Begum hosted a reception for the members of the Hindu community at Bangabhaban Sunday, reports UNB.Diplomats, including the High...
BANDARBAN, Oct 21 (UNB): Work on preparing voters' list with photograph and ID card will begin in the district today (Monday).The work will formally start with enlisting the name of Deputy Commissioner M Abdul Majid Shah Akand at 9:00 am....
Awami League central working committee meets Monday to decide whether or not they would sit with the Election Commission on November 4 to discuss proposed electoral reforms, reports UNB.Acting general secretary of the party Syed Ashraful Islam said that they...
Holders Dhaka Division need 242 runs with eight wickets in hand for victory in the 1st round four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League against Khulna Division on the 4th day today (Monday) at the Mirpur...
The one-day series might have gone but India lived up to their world champions tag in the Twenty20, finishing with a thumping seven-wicket win in Mumbai. Australia have bossed around for most of the last month but India can take...
MANCHESTER (England), Oct 21 (AFP): Manchester United striker Louis Saha will miss his side's Champions League trip to Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday as he struggles to recover from a knee injury.The France international aggravated the long-standing problem in the warm-up...
MUNICH, Oct 21 (AFP): Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld says he is delighted with the form of midfielders Franck Ribery and Bastian Schweinsteiger as his side opened a six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.Bayern had to come from...
DUBAI, Oct 21 (AFP): Shoaib Malik and the Pakistan team have been fined for slow play, the International Cricket Council said Saturday, following their 25-run victory over South Africa in their second day-night international at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore...
ZURICH, Oct 21 (AFP): Justine Henin claimed her ninth title of the year Sunday when she defeated unseeded Tatiana Golovin of France 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Zurich Open.The match was a repeat of their final in Stuttgart...
TOKYO, Oct 21 (AFP): Gamba Osaka trounced Ventforet Kofu 5-0 Sunday to reduce defending champions Urawa Red Diamonds' lead at the top to six points in the J-League with five games to go. Takahiro Futagawa produced a pin-point pass for...
Second "Citi Cup Golf Tournament" organised by Citibank NA begins at Kurmitola Golf Club on October 25, said a press release.Commandant of National Defence College Lt Gen ATM Zahirul Alam will inaugurate the two-day event and distribute prizes among the...
Sirajganj Krira Shikkha Protishthan (SKSP) beat Khilgaon Progoti Shongshod by 4-3 runs in a baseball game competition held at the Paltan Maidan Sunday, reports UNB.In the day's six innings match, Khilgaon Progoti Shongshod lost the 6th innings to concede defeat...
Bangladesh play Turkmenistan today (Monday) in their third Group D match of the AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers at the Military Physical Education Centre Stadium in Abu Dhabi, reports UNB.Bangladesh, which made a flying start in the Asian junior soccer meet...
John Dyson, the former Australian batsman and coach of Sri Lanka, has been put in charge of West Indies and will succeed his countryman David Moore. Moore had assisted the head coach Bennett King, who departed after the World Cup,...
SYDNEY, Oct 21 (AFP): Central Coast Mariners' striker Sasho Petrovski scored in stoppage time to seal a dramatic 2-1 victory over Wellington Phoenix Sunday and open a three-point lead at the top of the Australian A-League table.The former Sydney FC...
GLASGOW, Oct 21 (AFP): Rangers manager Walter Smith warned his players they still need to improve despite their emphatic 3-0 win at home over Celtic. The Ibrox side drew level on points with their Glasgow rivals in the Scottish Premier...
David MorsePAGAN Amum, the Secretary General of the SPLM, claims to think so. More sedate than I remembered him from an interview in 2005, he was nonetheless clearly determined to remain publicly optimistic. A heavyset man with a thin goatee...
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