JHENAIDAH, Nov 17 (UNB): Mobarakganj Sugar Mills in the district started production Friday for the on-going crushing season 2007-08.Mill sources said the crushing programme began with a production target of 13,025 tonnes of sugar by crushing 180,000 tonnes of sugarcane....
Sarwar Zahan US dollar fell against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market last week because of lower demand for the greenback and selling of the foreign currency to selected dealer banks by the central bank, fund managers...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 17: Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) are set to begin the excavation work of canals and reform of drains in the port city at a cost of around Tk 330 million (33 crore)...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) has decided to donate Tk 10 million (one crore) to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Rehabilitation Fund for cyclone-hit people.The decision came at an emergency meeting of the executive committee of the board of directors...
SINGAPORE, Nov 17 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks fell for a second week, led by BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, and Woodside Petroleum Ltd., after metals prices declined and crude oil retreated below $94 a barrel. "We have exited...
Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Nov 17: The Bangladesh Taka (BDT) appreciated marginally against the US dollar at Bogra Thursday. Following the Bangladesh Bank (BB) intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by selling US dollar to commercial banks, the exchange rate of...
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (AP): E-Trade customers had some needless hand-wringing this past week, worrying about the brokerage's financial problems and whether they might jeopardise the safety of 3.7 million accounts.The New York-based online broker told account holders their money...
LONDON, Nov 17 (Bloomberg): European stocks slumped to their lowest in almost two months this week, paced by commodity producers as metal and oil prices fell. Boliden AB, Europe's third-biggest copper refiner, and Anglo American Plc, the world's second-largest mining...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (AFP): A senior US diplomat was to give Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf a "very strong message" in blunt talks Saturday to end emergency rule and hold free elections, officials and diplomats said. John Negroponte, number two in...
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (AFP): The US Senate unanimously adopted a resolution Friday urging an upcoming ASEAN summit to suspend military-ruled Myanmar from the grouping for its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. The move came as President George W. Bush and...
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told US President George W. Bush here Friday that he would make his "utmost efforts" to restart a Japanese naval mission supporting US-led efforts in Afghanistan.After talks meant to defuse tensions...
TBILISI, Nov 17 (AFP): Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili replaced his prime minister on Friday after ending emergency rule he imposed following clashes between security forces and opposition supporters.An interior ministry spokesman confirmed the lifting of the state of emergency and...
CARACAS, Nov 17 (AFP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez demanded Friday that Spain's King Juan Carlos apologize for telling him to "shut up" during a summit in Chile last week.Chavez said Juan Carlos should "offer some type of apology."A diplomatic row...
TOKYO, Nov 17 (AFP): Japan's Defence Ministry will dismiss a senior bureaucrat following revelations that he received money from a former vice defence minister already involved in a bribery scandal, media said Saturday. The ministry will replace defence policy chief...
PRISTINA, Serbia, Nov 17 (AFP): A tense Kosovo voted Saturday to elect a government that would lead the troubled province to independence as demanded by majority Albanians but fiercely resisted by Serbs.
M A IslamOne of the main reasons why students do not like to attend classes or become inattentive in classes is that they do not find pleasure and excitement in them. Teachers can make the classes interesting by presenting examples...
FE Special Just after passing class eight, students take a very sensitive and important decision of their life--which group they will study--science, arts or commerce. Many of them fall in a big dilemma. Since they are at their very young...
Laurence Blandford Six weeks into my MBA at Insead, I am beginning to understand how demanding and rewarding it will be. Of course there are the readings, the case work, and getting my rusty maths skills back to where they...
A Sesamee Street busOnce there was this bus which happened to be from Sesamee Street. On the bus were some very strange people with very strange things to do. First there were two identical twins whose names were both Pattie....
Victoria ShannonDon't look now, but the French are in the technology vanguard again. A dozen major companies have opened the largest trial outside of Asia for the use of cellphones as mobile money -- giving consumers the ability to pay...
John MarkoffINTEL plans to announce a family of microprocessor chips on Monday that, it says, will speed the availability of high-definition video via the Internet.Sean Maloney, Intel's chief sales and marketing officer, said last week that the chips' increased computing...
Debate over US control of core internet systems threatens to overtake an international meeting in Brazil this week that is meant to cover topics including spam, free speech and cheaper access.The Internet Governance Forum is the result of a compromise...
Microsoft Corporation recently issued two security fixes in a regular monthly update, including one that removes a dangerous bug in all versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.Microsoft gave the serious security fix its most urgent "critical" rating. Hackers...
Rachel RosmarinWhat do mobile phone geeks call their useless, deactivated handhelds? Bricks. But enterprising new owners of Apple's iPhone have discovered that even if they remove the tiny activation card from their new toy, it's still far more useful than...
Oracle has been positioned in the leaders quadrant in the recent Gartner report, "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, 2007." The report that evaluates vendors for their ability to execute and completeness of vision states, "Enterprise Content Management is an...
HOBART, Nov 17 (BBC): Australia piled on the runs to reach 542-5 before declaring on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Michael Hussey added 31 to his overnight 101, but Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist...
Jacques Kallis's imperious form continued unabated at Centurion with his 29th Test hundred as South Africa completely dominated the second session over a demoralised New Zealand. At tea, the home side edged into the lead by 63 runs, reports Cricinfo....
With the slogan `Pollution-free society through sports', the Olympic Day Run was held in the city Saturday along with the other five divisional cities in the country, reports UNB. Health and Family Welfare Adviser Major General (retd) Dr ASM Motiur...
VIENNA, Nov 17 (AFP): Michael Owen will miss England's potentially decisive final Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia Wednesday after limping out of a 1-0 friendly win over Austria here. A Peter Crouch header just before half-time ensured a subdued display...
Coach Peter Moores has ruled out any possibility of Monty Panesar being overlooked in the starting line-up for England's three Tests in Sri Lanka, reports BBC. "You would expect him to do well over here. Certainly he is our number...
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