TOKYO, Aug 30 (AFP): The dollar was mixed in volatile Asian trade today as investors waited for further economic developments in the United States to gauge the state of jittery markets, dealers said. The dollar dropped to 115.35 yen in...
FE ReportThe sale met with less demand and prices were easier all around, particularly for the medium and plainer teas and there were fairly heavy withdrawals. Blenders/packeteers lent a good support whilst loose tea buyers operated in usual strength. Pakistani...
FE ReportThe 57th meeting of the board of directors of Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank (AVUB) was held at its head office in the city recently. The meeting was chaired by Ansar-VDP Director General and Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank (AVUB) Chairman Md Sadik...
NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (Xinhua): India's state-run railways has decided to privatise train manufacturing in the country, which has one of the world's largest rail networks, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported yesterday. "There is a growing need for...
SINGAPORE, Aug 30 (AFP): World oil prices traded flat in Asia today as the market weighed surprisingly steep declines in US energy stockpiles and the potential of weaker global demand amid financial turbulence. New York's main futures contract, light sweet...
TOKYO, Aug 30 (AFP): Japanese and South Korean firms have won a 1.8 billion-dollar contract to build a diesel oil refinery in Egypt to respond to rising car demand in the emerging economy, the Japanese company said today. Japanese trading...
Australian cricket coach John Harmer arrived in city Thursday to make presentation before the BCB interview board as a candidate for Bangladesh cricket coach, reports UNB.John Harmer, a former coach of England women's team, will make his presentation at the...
Bangladesh National Cricket Academy team suffered second successive defeat in Australia tour conceding an 8-wicket loss against Queensland Academy of Sports in the third one-day match in Kahlin Thursday, reports UNB.Batting first, GP-BCB National Academy team were all out for...
Bangladesh play their opening group match against Thailand in the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey, which begins today (Friday) in the Indian city of Chennai.The match gets underway at 9:30 pm, reports UNB.Other matches on the opening day: Malaysia vs...
Muttiah Muralitharan has sustained an elbow injury that will rule him out of next month's Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. No replacement has been announced as yet but it is believed that Dilruwan Perera, the offspinning allrounder who was...
The first phase of the Fresh IGP Cup National Youth Kabadi Competition, organised by Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, begins tomorrow (Saturday) at seven zonal venues across the country, reports UNB.Thirty-two teams, split into seven groups, will compete in the preliminary round...
Matuail Udayan Sangha beat Rainbow AC by 2-0 goals in a match of the Third Division Football League at the Kamalapur Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB.Mohammad Biplob and Shailesh Chandra Barman scored...
Cricket's world governing body is seeking membership of the International Olympic Committee so Twenty20 matches can be part of future Games. "The long-term objective is to have cricket in the Olympics," International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed told reporters...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 30 (AFP): England midfielder David Beckham, already battling an ailing ankle, left his Los Angeles Galaxy's SuperLiga final against Pachuca of Mexico Wednesday with a knee injury. Despite lingering soreness in his left ankle, which has troubled...
Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka has ended speculation over his future by signing a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2011, reports BBC. Anelka, 28, has been linked with a move away from the Reebok, with several...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) Wednesday directed all commercial banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to freeze bank accounts and seize all saving certificates of immediate past prime minister Khaleda Zia, her son Arafat Rahman Koko and...
Shakhawat Hossain The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has set December as the deadline to complete procedures relating to flood rehabilitation projects by the ministries and divisions to ensure utilisation of foreign aid and help maintain budgetary discipline, sources said.It will...
FE Report Industrial credit flow significantly increased to 28.44 per cent in the last fiscal compared to the previous fiscal mainly due to increased import of capital machineries for some emerging sectors including textiles, telecommunications, energy and power. The recovery...
Dhaka University teachers Anwar Hossain and Harunur Rashid, arrested following student rioting, were taken on a four-day fresh remand Thursday after they were produced in court, report agencies.Before being taken in police custody for further interrogation, Anwar, Dhaka University Teachers'...
Bangladesh and Pakistan have decided to consider certain measures of duty concession to each other's export products to raise the annual bilateral trade to US$ one billion from a paltry US$ 300 million, reports UNB. "It's our desire to raise...
Senior Awami League (AL) Presidium member Amir Hossain Amu Thursday demanded of the caretaker government to let political activities resume on full scale, reports UNB.He also said his party has to stand ready to go for dialogue with the Election...
FE Report The amendments to the Bank Companies Act, 1991 does not have any provision to change the definition of loan defaulters, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) said Wednesday in response to reports published in the media that an amendment has...
Wolfgang Proissl, FT Syndication ServiceBRUSSELS: Developing countries could provide the future head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if they accept Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister, this time round as the new director of the body, according to...
No recognised major political party is agreed to sit for dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) unless the ban on indoor politics is lifted, said BNP leader Hannan Shah on Thursday, reports UNB."No major political party that is recognised by...
The holy Shab-e-Barat or the night of fortune was observed across the country Wednesday night with due religious fervour, reports UNB.Muslim devotees spent the night on prayer mats reciting the holy Quran and saying special prayers in mosques and homes,...
A three-member administrative board comprising a representative of the United Arab Emirates and two officials of the Home Ministry has been formed to look into compensation for the young victims who were used as camel jockeys in the UAE. An...
Two alleged terrorists were killed in a gunbattle between members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and a group of terrorists at Singair Balughat of Savar off the city Wednesday night. Two members of the elite force also sustained injuries...
The overall situation in the flood-hit areas has further improved as all the major rivers, including those of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna and the Ganges-Padma basins receded. Although Sylhet district is experiencing flashflood, the situation is likely to start improving in the...
Visiting Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Ahmad Mohamed Ali Thursday offered the bank's assistance for Bangladesh's post-flood rehabilitation programme and funds for a power project, reports UNB.Ali gave the assurances when he made a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Fakhruddin...
The Law Ministry has termed illegal the agreement signed a year ago between the Rajshahi city mayor and the `National Committee for Protecting Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources' on Asia Energy's Phulbari coal mine project, reports UNB.There is no scope...
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