SEOUL, Oct 8 (AFP): South Korea and Southeast Asian nations have reached an agreement on services, the foreign and trade ministry said today, raising hopes for a comprehensive free trade deal by year's end. Asia's third largest economy and nine...
SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (AFP): World oil prices fell in Asian trade today but worries over tight energy supplies limited the drop, dealers said. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, was 33 cents lower...
PARIS, Oct 8 (AFP): Germany's SAP, a world leader in business software, announced yesterday that it had agreed with France's Business Objects on a buy-out worth just over 4.8 billion euros (6.8 billion dollars). "The Business Objects board of directors...
SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (AFP): The dollar gained against the yen in Asian trade today, a day ahead of the US Federal Reserve's release of its September minutes, dealers said. The greenback was at 117.07 to the yen in afternoon trade,...
KOLKATA, Oct 8 (PTI): Notwithstanding the non- availability of iron-ore in te state, West Bengal has emerged as one of the favourite destinations for setting up steel projects with investments totalling Rs.700 billion lined up in the sector. Some of...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government of late has started thinking of ways and means to rein in prices of the milk powder and baby food items that skyrocketed and are going beyond the buying capacity of consumers, sources said.They said the Ministry of...
FE ReportPrime Bank Limited (PBL) Islamic Banking branch organised a seminar on 'role of zakat in fair distribution of wealth' in a city conference centre Saturday.Chairman of the bank Azam J Chowdhury was present on the occasion as the chief...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 8: Nearly 100 sawmills in the district are facing closure with resultant unemployment of thousands of workers and employees, sources said.Forest officials of the district ordered the work suspension of the mills that do not have licences...
FE Report A workshop on Rules and Regulations related to Government Receipt and Reporting Process was held at the Janata Bank Training Institute in the city Sunday.Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Md Khurshid-ul-Alam delivered inaugural his speech as the chief guest....
Our CorrespondentBOGRA, Oct 8: Eid shopping spree has gained its full momentum at Bogra town markets. Buyers are crowding the markets to do their Eid shopping for near and dear ones.One saree trader said it is hard to sell costly...
FE ReportSquare Pharmaceuticals Ltd signed an agreement with FARMACON, the government-accredited pharmaceutical importer and distributor in Tajikistan, in the city recently.Square Pharma Director (Marketing) Muhammadul Haque and FARMACON Dirtector Djamila Rahimova signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organisations.The...
The retail price of the most of essentials remained almost stable in the city markets while price of some items such as onion, green chili and hilsha fish have slightly been increased, a market report of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) said...
Bangladesh agreed in principle to have Rohanpur as entry-and-exist point for transit to Nepal and conduct bilateral trade traffic by rail between the two countries through fulfilment of necessary formalities, reports UNB.The agreement came in response to a request from...
FE ReportIslami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) arranged a discussion meeting and Doa Mahfil for the death of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Khatib Moulana Ubaidul Huq at IDEB auditorium in the city Monday.IBBL Chairman Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher was present...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 8: Taking the opportunity of closure of state-owned Rajshahi Silk Mills, a section of employees and workers of the mills are plundering large trees from inside the mill compound and selling those at a throw-away price, sources...
FE ReportAs a part of corporate social responsibility, Dhaka Bank Limited has donated Tk 5.0 million (50 lakh) to Bangladesh Army Relief Fund for post-flood rehabilitation programme.Dhaka Bank Limited Chairman Khondoker Monir Uddin handed over a cheque for the amount...
FE ReportBabel Miah and Abdul Malik have been elected chairman and vice chairman of Progressive Life Insurance Company Limited respectively for the term of 2007- 2008.The election was held at the 49th meeting of the board of directors of the...
FE Report The 444th board meeting of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) was held at its board room in the city Monday. BKB Chairman SA Chowdhury presided over the meeting. BKB directors, managing director, deputy managing director, and all general...
LONDON Oct 8 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks rose to a record after a pickup in U.S. hiring stoked optimism the world's biggest economy will avoid a recession. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest resources company, led raw-materials producers higher. Hon Hai...
BEIJING, Oct 8 (AP): China's central bank further boosted development of the corporate bond market by issuing regulations on bond issuance, transaction, and trusteeship in the inter-bank market, China Business News reported Monday.According to an announcement made by the People's...
NEW YORK Oct. 8 (Bloomberg): US stock futures fell after metal and oil prices declined, dimming the profit outlook for commodity companies, while concern grew that third-quarter earnings rose at a rate that won't justify this year's rally. Freeport-McMoRan Copper...
DUBLIN, Oct 8 (Reuters): Waterford-based customer relations company Rigney Dolphin is to create 250 jobs in Waterford, Dublin and Dundalk. The announcement was made at the opening this morning of Rigney Dolphin's €5 million contact centre at the IDA Business...
Purchase/sale of director's sharesMercantile Bank: AKM Shaheed Reza, one of the directors of Mercantile Bank Limited, has stated his willingness to buy 10,000 shares of the bank at current market price through stock exchange within next 30 working days.Monno Fabrics:...
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LONDON, Oct 8 (AFP): The US-led "war on terror" has been a "disaster" and Washington and its allies must change their policy in Iraq and Afghanistan to defeat Al-Qaeda, an independent global security think tank said Monday. The Oxford Research...
CHICAGO, Oct 8 (AFP): Blood transfusions may do more harm than good for a majority of patients because banked blood begins to lose a key gas almost immediately after it is donated, researchers said Monday. Nitric oxide facilitates the transfer...
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct 8 (AFP): Kurd separatist rebels killed a Turkish soldier early Monday only hours after 13 others were killed in fighting near the Iraq border, authorities said. The latest fatality in the military was blown up by a...
YANGON, Oct 8 (AFP): Myanmar's military junta has donated thousands of dollars as well as food and medicines to monasteries in Yangon, state media reported Monday, in an apparent gesture of reconciliation. Buddhist monks had last month declared a boycott...
BASHMAKH, Iraq, Oct 8 (AFP): Iran reopened its border with northern Iraq Monday after a two-week closure imposed in protest at the detention by the US military of an Iranian national. "Bashmakh border point was open at 9 o'clock," Rostum...
CHICAGO, Oct 8 (AFP): At least five people were killed Sunday in a small town in the northern state of Wisconsin after a man, possibly a sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage there, news reports said. The officer suspected...
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