Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 17: About 73 teachers of Chittagong University (CU) who went abroad for higher studies and did not come back, are reported to have drawn a big amount of about Tk 30 million excess money.In response to the...
FE ReportThe send-off ceremony for the fellows of Japan Development Scholarship (JDS) was held at the Japanese Ambassador's residence in the city recently. The JDS fellows who had earlier returned after studying in Japan were also invited at the ceremony.Out...
FE ReportAbu Mohammad Said, managing director of Lama Rubber Industries, and SM Harun Ur Rashid, proprietor of Novelty Rubber Estate, have recently been elected president and secretary of Bangladesh Rubber Garden Owners' Association (BRGOA) respectively for 2007-09.A 25-member executive committee...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 17: The water-logging problem has gradually turned worse in Chittagong despite spending around Tk 200 million. The project of excavation of 11 sub-canals including Chaktai canal during the last 4 years by the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC)...
Budget allocation is indispensable for improving the living standard of working children in the country, human rights activists said Sunday, reports UNB.Addressing a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity, they said many of the working children are deprived of...
SEOUL, June 17 (AFP): The United States wants to revise a hard-won free trade agreement with South Korea to reflect new US trade policy guidelines, the foreign ministry here said Sunday.The US Trade Representative office Saturday presented a revised pact...
SINGAPORE, June 17 (AFP): A sharp surge in Singapore property prices is not sustainable in the long-run, a government minister said Sunday.Home prices in Singapore surged by 10 per cent last year on the back of a robust economy and...
HANOI, June 17 (AFP): Business and trade are expected to top the agenda during the first visit this week by a post-war Vietnamese head of state to the United States, despite disagreements over human rights.US President George W Bush and...
BANGKOK, June 17 (AFP): Low-cost carriers are dramatically expanding their network of flights across the Mekong region, encouraging record numbers of Southeast Asian tourists to explore neighbouring countries.Thailand's top budget airline, Thai AirAsia, plans to double its flights from Bangkok...
CHONGQING, China, June 17 (AFP): As China becomes a more urban society, its leaders could not do better than look to Chongqing, deep in the nation's southwest, for lessons about managing vast and sprawling cities.Rapid economic growth has made Chongqing...
OTTAWA, June 17 (Xinhua): Canada has concluded negotiations on a foreign investment protection and promotion agreement (FIPA) with India, marking an important step in tightening bilateral trade ties, International Trade Minister David Emerson announced yesterday."This FIPA is a concrete step...
HONG KONG, June 17 (AFP): Asian currencies ended the week mostly lower against the dollar after rock-bottom Japanese interest rates were left unaltered and the likelihood of a rise in Australian rates receded. JAPANESE YEN: The yen sank to a...
BANGALORE, India, June 17 (AFP): Metahelix Life Sciences, a biotech firm founded by five Indian scientists in 2001, says it is doing research that may lead to the development of insect-protected rice and high-yield corn. Avesthagen, which like Metahelix is...
HONG KONG, June 17 (AFP): A bird market in Hong Kong has been closed down amid fears of an avian flu outbreak after a starling tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease. Authorities said yesterday the market,...
BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua): China imported 484,000 tons of synthetic rubber in the first four months of this year, a growth of 14.7 per cent over the same period of last year, according to customs sources. The imports were valued...
HARARE, June 17 (AFP): Zimbabwean schoolteacher Sylvia Ngandu is unapolegetic about juggling her responsibilities in the classroom with her other job selling fruit and vegetables in order to make ends meet. "At first the school head threatened me with suspension...
BEIJING, June 17 (AFP): Rogue companies. Secret profits. Legal threats. Allegations of "evil deeds" and "tyranny." It may sound like an overwrought corporate thriller, but all are elements in a dispute between French firm Danone and its Chinese partner which...
Four leading pharmaceutical companies will qualify to enter with their products in the European markets next year, reports UNB."We the four companies will be able to export and fetch US$ 10-15 million each by exporting our products," said Abdul Muktadir,...
FE ReportCommercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd (CBC) organised a workshop on Anti-Money Laundering, Phase-II in the city Saturday.Acting General Manager M Mahfuzur Rahman and Anti-Money Laundering Department Deputy General Manager of Bangladesh Bank Swapan Kumar Biswas conducted the session. The...
DU CorrespondentAmbassador of the European Commission (EC) to Bangladesh Stefan Frowein Sunday said the European Union (EU) would raise its trade related technical assistance (TRTA) to 2.0 billion euros by 2010 for Bangladesh to enable the country face various challenges...
FE ReportThe government borrowed Tk 7.00 billion (700 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 7.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 28-day, 91-day and 364-day bills...
DU CorrespondentAmbassador of the European Commission (EC) to Bangladesh Stefan Frowein Sunday said the European Union (EU) would raise its trade related technical assistance (TRTA) to 2.0 billion euros by 2010 for Bangladesh to enable the country face various challenges...
FE Report Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) donated Tk 2.5 million (25 lakh) for the distressed people of Chittagong. DBBL Managing Director Md Yeasin Ali handed over the cheque of the said amount to Adviser for Communications, Shipping, Civil Aviation and...
FE ReportSpeakers at a workshop recently said, before making investment decisions in the industrial financing sector by the banks, financial institutions and the entrepreneurs, it is very important to undertake a detailed feasibility study. They made the observation at the...
FE ReportThe First International Conference of Young Economists 2007 (ICYE '07), organised by the Young Economists' Forum (YEF) of North South University (NSU), was held at a city hotel Sunday. University Grants' Commission (UGC) Chairman Nazrul Islam inaugurated the daylong...
Poland is interested to recruit Bangladeshi workers for construction and infrastructure sectors of the European country to fill vacancies created there through migration of their own people to high-salaried European Union (EU) countries, reports UNB."We discussed the possibilities of Bangladeshi...
FE ReportTitan started a new retail experience for consumers by launching its exclusive showroom 'World of Titan' at Bashundhara City Mall in the city Sunday.Noted TV actress and theatre personality Bipasha Hayat inaugurated the showroom. Kallol Group of Companies Managing...
FE ReportIn the continuing step for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Green Delta Insurance Company Limited (GDICL) honoured renowned book lover Polan Sarkar of Rajshahi.GDICL Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nasir A Chowdhury handed over more than 300 books...
BARISAL, June 17 (BSS): A three-day 'Krishi Prajukti Mela' (Agriculture Technology Fair) was concluded here on the premises of Barisal regional office of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Saturday.The concluding function was presided over by DAE Deputy Director GMS...
FE ReportThe annual distributors' conference of Gulf Oil Bangladesh Limited was held in Cox's Bazar Friday. Among others, the company's Chairman V Ramesh Rao, CEO TM Mazumder, Director V Satish Kumar, Company Secretary ATM Nurun Nobi and Sales Manager Nazmul...
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