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Indian parliament disrupted by nuclear deal critics

2007-08-17 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Reuters): Opponents of a historic nuclear energy deal between India and the United States disrupted the Indian parliament Thursday, saying the government had misled the chambers on the details of the agreement. Unruly MPs shouted slogans...

Iran Guards brush off US threat

2007-08-17 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Aug 16 (Reuters): Iran's Revolutionary Guards will grow in strength despite US efforts to isolate the force, a Guards official said in remarks published Thursday after Washington's threat to brand it a "terrorist" group. US officials said Wednesday the...

Almost 300 dead or missing in N Korea floods

2007-08-17 00:00:00

SEOUL, Aug 16 (AFP): Almost 300 people are dead or missing in floods in North Korea, an aid agency said Thursday, as the communist state painted a grim picture of inundated crops and homes, flooded mines and washed-out roads. The...

Taliban, ROK to resume hostage talks

2007-08-17 00:00:00

GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Aug 16 (AP): The Taliban will hold a new round of face-to-face talks Thursday with South Korean officials over 19 church volunteers still held hostage, a spokesman for the militant group said. Qari Yousef Ahmadi, who claims to...

US president goes missing in Africa

2007-08-17 00:00:00

BISSAU, Aug 16 (AFP): A bronze statue of Ulysses Grant has gone missing in the west African nation of Guinea Bissau with police on the lookout for the likeness of 18th US president and Civil War hero. "I don't know...

Thai immigration blacklists Thaksin

2007-08-17 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Aug 16 (AFP): Thai authorities Thursday placed ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife on an immigration blacklist, ordering their immediate arrest if they try to enter the country, police said. The order came two days after the Supreme...

Bomb kills two Pakistani soldiers

2007-08-17 00:00:00

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Aug 16 (AFP): At least two soldiers were killed and four injured Thursday when a bomb hit a Pakistani army convoy in a troubled tribal district near the Afghan border, the military said. The explosion occured at Spinwam,...

Tonga to send troops to Iraq

2007-08-17 00:00:00

NUKU'ALOFA, Aug 16 (AFP): A contingent of troops from the tiny Pacific kingdom of Tonga will leave Saturday for a six-month deployment in Iraq. Captain Toni Fonokalafi, who will lead the 55 soldiers, said Wednesday that the Tongan troops will...

US army records highest suicide rate in 26 years

2007-08-17 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Xinhua): The US army's suicide rate is at the highest level in 26 years, a latest military report has found. The report, obtained by US media Wednesday, said 99 active-duty army soldiers killed themselves in 2006, the...

Surveyors resent move to appoint non-technical persons to certain Land Ministry posts

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportThe surveyors and officers-in-charge of the land survey and settlement under the Management and Settlement Division of the Land Ministry have demanded that the government step back from the move to allow appointment of Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree...

Citibank, UCBL sign correspondent deal

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE Report Citibank, NA Bangladesh and United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) has recently signed a correspondent banking agreement, which will enable Citibanik to expand its distribution channel in the country. The agreement will facilitate transactions of the valued clients of...

Moneylenders fleece village people in B'baria

2007-08-17 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Aug 16: Money lenders have been fleecing the share croppers and marginal farmers at remote villages under Sarail and Sadar Upazilas by charging abnormally high rate of interest against loan money.Share croppers of village Chaturpur under Merashani Union...

Eastern Bank opens ATM booth in city

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportEastern Bank Limited (EBL) opened another ATM booth at Concord Arcadia Shopping Mall in the city's Dhanmondi area Thursday.EBL Managing Director (CC) Ali Reza Iftekhar inaugurated the ATM booth.The EBL MD, in his inaugural speech, said: "We have a...

Lighthouse Group signs accord with Bashundhara

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE Report Lighthouse Group and Bashundhara Group signed a business promotion agreement at the BAPL Convention Centre in the city recently.Lighthouse Group President Akbauddin Ahmad and Bashundhara Group Executive Director Mustafizur Rahman signed the agreement on behalf of their respective...

Square Hospital, Dhaka Bank sign corporate deal

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportSquare Hospitals Ltd (SHL) and Dhaka Bank Ltd (DBL) have recently signed a corporate agreement under which all employees of DBL and their dependants will get privileged coverage of health check-up, medical consultation, diagnostic services and outdoor and in-patient...

Prime Islami Life Ins holds seminar in Sylhet

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportPrime Islami Life Insurance held divisional seminar at a local hotel in Sylhet Tuesday.Sylhet central mosque Khatib and Central Shariah Council President and Executive Chairman MA Khalek was present on the occasion the chief guest.Executive Chairman of the company...

Nokia's set launching programme concludes in city

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportNokia Bangladesh organised the grand finale of the launching programme of five phones, two classic devices and a premium handset at a city hotel Thursday.The programme began on August 5 at Bogra. The phones launched through the programme are...

Meghna Life Ins holds Shariah Council meet

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportA meeting of Shariah Council of Islami Bima (Takaful) of Meghna Life Insurance Company Ltd was held in the city recently.Shariah Council Chairman and Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Obaidul Hoque presided over the meeting.The meeting was attended...

corporatewatch

2007-08-17 00:00:00

Purchase/ sale of director's sharesIbn Sina: Md Tajul Islam Majumder, one of the sponsors/directors of Ibn Sina Hospital Limited, has stated that he has completed his sale of 450 shares of the company at current market price through stock exchange.Mutual...

Ctg businesses for immediate automation in taxation system

2007-08-17 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Aug 16: Exporters and importers here called at Chittagong Customs House (CCH) for immediate introduction of automation in taxation system and described it as a time-befitting measure. Such was the reaction of businessmen attending a meeting on the...

Bank Asia holds foundation course for MTs, POs

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportBank Asia Limited held a certificate distribution programme of the foundation course for the fourth batch of management trainees (MTs) and the first batch of probationary officers (POs) of the bank in the city recently, said a press release.President...

BSFF holds meet to stimulate exchange of information on fish export

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) organised a meeting with Bangladesh Ambassador to the US Humayan Kabir in the city recently to stimulate exchange of information in respect of various non-tariff trade barriers for shrimp and fish export from...

Islami Bank, CDBL sign Mudaraba bond deal

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE Report Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) and Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) signed an agreement on Mudaraba Perpetual Bond at the IBBL head office in the city Wednesday. IBBL Executive President Md Fariduddin Ahmed and CDBL Managing Director MH...

Agreement signed: Customers can buy Samsung products from Singer outlets

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportSamsung, an electronic products manufacturer has appointed another renowned brand manufacturer, Singer, to market its products through the retail outlets of the latter in Bangladesh.An agreement to this effect was signed between president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

GP opens medical camp

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportGrameenphone (GP) Tuesday opened a medical camp near Kazipur Nouka Ghat of Sirajganj town for helping the local flood-affected people.More than 2,000 people received free treatment and medicines for various waterborne diseases and other common post-flood diseases on the...

Emirates accelerates road-show blitz ahead of route launching

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE Report Emirates Airline is powering up for a transcontinental road-show blitz to support a flurry of route launches across the world, beginning with the Newcastle service on September 01.From Ahmedabad in India to Sao Paulo in Brazil, Emirates is...

JB launches post-flood agri credit programme

2007-08-17 00:00:00

FE ReportJanata bank (JB) has taken a massive post-flood agri credit programme for the rehabilitation of the flood-affected farmers. The main objectives of the programme are - providing new agri credit to the flood-affected borrowers by rescheduling their loans, disbursing...

Affordable food prices and food security

2007-08-17 00:00:00

THE prices of basic foods, ata (wheat flour) and rice, are now so high that these are considered to be unprecedented. The soaring high prices of foodgrains would not have been a cause of so much concern had there been...

When quackery takes a toll in human life

2007-08-17 00:00:00

Enayet RasulA female aged about 40 years died in a so-called private hospital located in the old part of Dhaka city recently. It would be counted as routine death but for the fact that the relatives of the deceased seemed...

Life beginning at 60 for the Indian economy?

2007-08-17 00:00:00

Amartya SenPABLO Picasso once remarked: "One starts to get young at the age of 60." Something rather like that seems to be happening to India right now, at least on the economic front. There is much more sign of life...