FE ReportThe overall import in the first half of the first month of the current fiscal (2007-08) has fallen compared to the corresponding period of the last fiscal following less import of some essential food items.Businessmen imported goods worth US$...
FE ReportOfficials of the BASIC Bank Limited have been urged to provide customers with the best services with utmost honesty and sincerity. Managing Director of the bank AH Ekbal Hossain made the appeal while distributing certificates among the participants at...
FE ReportStandard Chartered (StanChart) Bank has taken over the US MRV visa fee collection service of the US embassy, said a press release. With opening of the service, Standard Chartered Bank has become the exclusive bank for collecting of US...
FE ReportWarid Telecom has introduced economy ISD facility, allowing its subscribers to make international calls at lower rates, said a press release.Both the post-paid and the pre-paid subscribers of Warid can make overseas calls at rates as low as Tk...
FE ReportA month-long exposition of rainy season wear and crafts, based on inspiration of indigenous textile designs, was inaugurated Monday at Nogordola, a house of handicrafts and handloom textiles, at Dhanmondi in the city.Women's right activist Maleka Begum inaugurated the...
The country can earn huge foreign exchange by exporting snake venom, experts told a meeting of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) in the city Sunday, reports UNB."There is huge potential for the country to export snake venom, and we should...
FE ReportWith a view to providing modern banking services to its clients, Mirganjbazar branch of Pubali Bank at Sylhet has been shifted to its new premises recently.Chairman of the bank's board of directors Hafiz Ahmed Majumder inaugurated the new premises...
FE Report The lottery for allotment of primary shares of Bangladesh Finance and Investment Company Ltd (BFIC) was held at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre in the city Monday.The company offered 0.7 million shares of Tk 100 each for public...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, July 16: Crisis of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas has been continuing in the district following sudden prices hike of the fuel item and gas cylinders.The situation has been causing misery to the consumers for about a fortnight.According to...
HONG KONG, July 16 (AP): Most Asian markets fell Monday, with companies like Samsung Electronics in Korea and China Mobile in Hong Kong declining on profit-taking. BANGKOK: Thailand's shares ended lower on profit-taking, tracking regional declines. The Stock Exchange of...
LONDON, July 16 (AFP): Europe's main stock markets mainly rose as investors seized on the latest developments in the multi-billion-euro takeover battle for control of Dutch lender ABN Amro, dealers said Monday. They also kept an eye on surging oil...
FENI, July 16 (BSS): The officials and employees of customs, excise and VAT department of Feni Division realised a record amount of Tk 781.30 million revenue in 2006-07 financial year.The Feni Division comprises of Noakhali, Lakkhipur and Khagrachhari districts and...
FE ReportUttara Bank Ltd and Seylan Bank Ltd of Sri Lanka have signed a remittance agreement in the city recently, said a press release. Shaikh Abdul Aziz, deputy managing director (DMD) of Uttara Bank Ltd, and Ajita Pasqual, chief executive...
FE ReportSinger has launched four categories of power generator with different capacities, said a press release. These petrol-run generators are energy efficient, environment friendly, can generate both 220 volt AC current and 12 volt DC current. The generators are capable...
Square Pharma recommends 50pc cash, 50pc stock dividendsThe board of directors of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited has recommended 50 per cent cash and 50 per cent stock dividends for the year that ended on March 31, '07. The annual general meeting...
KIRKUK, (Iraq), July 16 (Agencies): Twin suicide car bombings exploded within 20 minutes of each other in the northern city of Kirkuk on Monday, killing at least 80 people and wounding around 150 in attacks targeting a Kurdish political office...
SEOUL, July 16 (AFP): North Korea's shutdown of its plutonium-producing reactor is a good start but persuading it to abandon all its nuclear ambitions will be difficult, the chief US negotiator said Monday. "We took a long time to get...
KASHIWAZAKI, (Japan), july 16 (agencies): A strong earthquake struck northwestern Japan on Monday, destroying hundreds of homes, buckling roads and bridges and causing a fire at a nuclear power plant. At least six people were killed and hundreds were injured....
ISLAMABAD, July 16 (AFP): Pakistani security forces were on high alert today after pro-Taliban militants scrapped a controversial peace deal as a spate of suicide attacks left more than 70 dead. Three separate attacks in northern Pakistan-two against troop convoys...
LONDON, July 16 (AFP): There has been explosion outside the British embassy in Santiago, Chile, the Foreign Office said today, adding that there was "only minor damage" and no casualties reported.
KABUL, July 16 (AFP): Afghan and US-led forces killed several suspected militants and detained another in a joint operation in southern Afghanistan today, the US-led coalition said. The coalition said "credible intelligence" led them to residential compounds in troubled Zabul...
A Dhaka court Monday extended the deadline for Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia's appearance, in a case involving the Bangla daily Dinkal, to August 26, reports bdnews24.com.Khaleda was to appear before the court of metropolitan magistrate Abdullahel Baqi...
Motia Chowdhury of Awami League termed Monday the arrest of Sheikh Hasina unwanted, reports bdnews24.com.In an instant reaction Monday morning she said, "Nobody will accept it. She has been arrested to be harassed politically." "The Awami League president has been...
The United States (US) commended the Election Commission (EC) for releasing a roadmap to general election in Bangladesh but said a specific, time-bound goal to hold credible elections is the best way to generate momentum in restoring democracy in the...
Motia Chowdhury of Awami League termed Monday the arrest of Sheikh Hasina unwanted, reports bdnews24.com.In an instant reaction Monday morning she said, "Nobody will accept it. She has been arrested to be harassed politically." "The Awami League president has been...
Former minister and BNP leader Shahjahan Siraj, his wife Rabeya Siraj and son Rajib Siraj were sued for tax evasion Monday, as part of the government's ongoing anti-corruption drive, reports UNB.National Board of Revenue (NBR) filed separate cases against them...
DU Correspondent The Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Sunday brought out a demonstration on the campus protesting the arrest of Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina.Some 15 to 20 BCL leaders and activists from different halls converged at...
Sheikh Hasina's husband and eminent nuclear scientist Wazed Miah was admitted to LabAid Specialised Hospital with chest pain Monday noon, hours after his politician-wife's arrest, reports UNB.Family sources said Wazed Miah has been suffering from heart ailments for long and...
In his reaction to arrest of Sheikh Hasina, Awami League presidium member Amir Hossain Amu, who is now in Singapore, told the bdnews24.com by telephone Monday: "Let me have an understanding of everything. I will give my reaction then." Abdur...
Education Adviser Ayub Quadri Monday stressed the need for concerted efforts of all stakeholders to ensure quality education in primary schools across the country, reports UNB."We're all stakeholders… so, participation of all of us is needed to implement the PEDP...
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