Our correspondentBOGRA, Dec 6: To create awareness among the people about the problems of disabled persons the 'World Disable Day' was observed at Bogra Tuesday. District Social Welfare office took an elaborate programme to mark the day.A discussion meeting was...
BOGRA, Dec 6 (UNB): The government's decision to raise the prices of chemical fertilisers, except urea, from December 1 may hit the rabi cultivation in the northern region this season like other areas of the country.Farmers of the region have...
FE ReportUniversity of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) published the result of the admission test for B Pharm (Hon's) course for January 2008 session.The admission test was held on November 26. The results, published in two categories -- merit list...
League leader Khulna Division were struggling with 216 for 6 in 77 overs against Chittagong Division's huge first innings total of 359 at stumps on day two of the 7th round four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National...
Visiting Bangladesh Under-19 team face Pakistan Under-19 team in the 5th and series-decider one-day match today (Friday) at the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) ground in Karachi, reports UNB.Earlier, the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series outplaying...
The second Inter-District Women's Football Competition, organised by Bangladesh Women's Sports Association, begins tomorrow (Saturday) at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex in the city, reports UNB.Women and Children Affairs Adviser Geeteara Safiya Chowdhury will formally inaugurate the eight-day meet as...
Popular Abahani take on Mohammedan Sporting Club in the third and last best-of-three football match today (Friday) with both teams optimistic in clinching the series. The match gets underway at 4:30 pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city....
Joe Leahy from MumbaiIN the prospectus for its proposed Indian listing, Emaar MGF makes a statement that markets less frothy than India's might give investors pause for thought."Most of our projects are in the preliminary stages of planning and require...
Md IbrahimIT is significant that in a country of over 140 million people, only about 20 per cent of this number in Bangladesh are in the habit of taking synthetic medicines or visiting allopathic doctors for treatment. A major part...
THE inhuman prison systems of the past when people were thrown into jails by fiats and perished there suffering in inhuman conditions, have generally given way to a more caring system in many countries where the imprisoned ones are allowed...
THE appeal that the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation made in Dhaka on Wednesday to the international donor community for extending support to Bangladesh in its recovery efforts in the cyclone-hit areas is well-purported. She visited some of the worst-hit...
Dune Lawrence and Alan KatzChina, its safety reputation tattered by lead paint in toys, cancer-causing chemicals in seafood and antifreeze ingredients in toothpaste, is gearing up to become the world's biggest producer and operator of nuclear plants. The country plans...
Clifford J. LevyWith President Vladimir V. Putin's opponents persistently hobbled by the Kremlin, his party swept Sunday to the kind of landslide long predicted for the parliamentary elections. Yet the results, while a triumph for Mr. Putin, also usher in...
Jehangir KhattakIN his latest book Beyond The White House, former US President Jimmy Carter says, "Peace is more than just the absence of war. People everywhere seek an inner peace that comes from the right to voice their views, choose...
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (AFP): East Asia's moves to forge a giant free trade area is a wake up call for the United States after being fixated on the Middle East, a US-Japan forum was told yesterday. Studies are underway to...
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will spell out the economic implications of climate change in research and discussions set for early 2008, a senior IMF official said yesterday, as governments gather in Bali for post-Kyoto negotiations....
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters): President George W Bush is expected to unveil a plan today to help struggling American homeowners avoid foreclosure, addressing a mortgage crisis that risks tipping the US economy into recession and has shaken financial markets around...
SINGAPORE, Dec 6 (Reuters): China must aim for more balanced economic growth to live up to its international responsibilities, and greater yuan flexibility would help, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview published today. Paulson, who will be...
BEIJING, Dec 6 (Xinhua): China is to further promote the establishment of free trade zones with other countries and enhance bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation next year, according to the central economic work conference which closed here yesterday. The three-day...
NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (PTI): India is considering a free trade agreement (FTA) with China but a decision will be based on sensitivities of domestic industry, government told Rajya Sabha yesterday. Replying to supplementaries, Minister of State for Commerce and...
JAKARTA, Dec 6 (AFP): Notoriously bureaucratic Indonesia is set to open a so-called "national single window" for importers and exporters to receive trade permits, the trade minister said today. "Basically we are trying to create a single window for... the...
CHICAGO/LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters): Oil's OPEC-fueled gains yesterday reversed by an unexpected rise in US stocks of gasoline, while wheat tumbled as the United States lost out to Russia in selling the food grain to Egypt. Spot gold fell below...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) signed a subordinated loan agreement with Netherlands Finance Development Company at the DBBL's head office in the city Monday.DBBL Managing Director Md Yeasin Ali and Netherlands Finance Development Company Director WJM Wienk and Senior Investment...
FE ReportThe City Bank Limited has launched three new attractive saving products -- City Onayash, City Projonmo and City Ichchapuron -- for its customers. "The new products will add great value to our retail banking," said Kazi Mahmood Sattar Managing...
FE ReportMedexpo-2007, the fifth International Medical Equipment and Healthcare Services Exposition-2007 began at a city hotel Thursday.National Professor MR Khan inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest.Medexpo-2007 Chairman Kazi Wahidul Alam and Chief Coordinator Syed Alamgir Haider and Otobi Limited...
Our CorrespondentMYMENSINGH Dec 6: A three-day 'Jute Products Fair' ended at Mymensingh recently.The fair was jointly organised by Jute Diversification Promotion Centre (JDPC) under Textile and Jute Ministry and the district administration. The fair was held from November 29 to...
FE Report Remittances by the Bangladeshi expatriates stood at $2.806 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal, marking a 21.69 per cent growth over that of the same period of the last fiscal, official sources said. The...
FE ReportBangladesh Association of Information Services (BASIS) held a meeting in a bid to cooperate with the ITB, the IT industry association of Denmark, for participating in the BASIS SoftExpo-2008 to be held in Dhaka in February 14-18.BASIS Director and...
FE ReportSaif Powertec Limited Thursday donated Tk 0.5 million to the Bangladesh Army Relief Fund to help the hurricane-affected people. The donation fund was generated from one day's salary of the officials and employees of Saif Powertec Limited. Managing Director...
FE ReportA Sri Lankan company namely M/s Fergasam (Bangladesh) Ltd will set up a garments manufacturing industry in the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (EPZ).The one hundred per cent foreign-owned company will invest about 10.624 million US dollars and will produce...
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