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Japanese stocks eye earnings

2007-10-08 00:00:00

TOKYO, Oct 7 (AFP): Japanese share prices are likely to remain buoyant in the coming week, particularly if major US companies report solid earnings and concerns over credit market woes continue to ease, dealers said.Investors will weigh US and domestic...

Johny's Eid collection for various age groups

2007-10-08 00:00:00

FE Report Johny Textile Mills Limited has been in the Eid Market with variety of its Eid releases in saris, three-pieces, lungis and printed fabrics including voil, poplin etc. One of their main brands of cotton print saris is the...

RFL Plastics to give special rates for GP ubscribers

2007-10-08 00:00:00

FE ReportGrameenphone Ltd. recently signed an agreement with RFL Plastics Ltd. in order to provide grameenphone public phone and village phone subscribers special rates on purchasing any plastic items available at the select sales outlets of RFL Plastics Ltd.Under the...

Indian top court issues notice to pharma co

2007-10-08 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (Xinhua): India's highest court has issued a notice to pharmaceutical company Cadila Healthcare Limited over a state government complaint that it was supplying drugs unfit for consumption, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Sunday. India's...

corporate watch

2007-10-08 00:00:00

Recommendation of company dividendImam Button: The board of directors of Imam Button Limited has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006- 2007. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held on...

IPO diary

2007-10-08 00:00:00

Continental Insurance LimitedNature of Business : Insurance businessSubscription Open : Nov 18, 2007Subscription Close : Nov 22, 2007For Non resident : Nov 18 to Dec 1, 2007Offer Price (Tk.): 100.00Face Value (Tk.): 100.00Market lot (Share): 50Sponsors Portion (Share): 600,000Public Offer...

WASA chief engineer blames DESA for water crisis in city

2007-10-08 00:00:00

Chief Engineer of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Nurul Haque Sunday blamed Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (DESA) for the frequent disruption in water supply in different parts of the city, reports UNB."DESA is responsible for the present water...

Farmers demonstrate in Sherpur demanding fertiliser supply

2007-10-08 00:00:00

SHERPUR, Oct 7 (UNB) : Around 300 farmers demonstrated in front of the local Agriculture Extension Department (AED) at Khamarbari in the district town and locked its office for three hours Sunday, demanding immediate supply of fertiliser.Witnesses said, the agitated...

Mobile court realises Tk 0.1m fine in Barisal

2007-10-08 00:00:00

BARISAL, Oct 7 (UNB) : A mobile court, led by a magistrate, Saturday fined two private hospitals, two clinics and six diagnostic centres Tk 0.1 million on various charges. Magistrate ATM Mahbubul Karim conducted the drive with the help of...

Yarn-laden truck seized in Joypurhat

2007-10-08 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, Oct 7 (UNB) : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and BDR in a joint drive seized a truck loaded with Bangladeshi yarn at Atpara frontier in Panchbibi Upazila here Friday night.Acting on a tip-off a team of RAB-5...

3 people caught with 340 bottles of Phensidyl

2007-10-08 00:00:00

Detective Branch (DB) police arrested two youths along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from near Jagorani Club near Dinajpur town Friday night, reports UNB.Sources said, the DB police challenged the two youths while they were moving suspiciously in...

Pirates loot cash, valuables in S’ganj

2007-10-08 00:00:00

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 7 (UNB) : Armed pirates looted cash and other valuables from the passengers of a trawler on the Jamuna in Kazipur Upazila Saturday noon injuring seven.Police said, the gang coming by a boat, stormed into the trawler in...

Dacoit beaten to death

2007-10-08 00:00:00

KUSHTIA, Oct 7 (UNB) : An alleged dacoit was killed in mass beating at Mothurapur village in Daulatpur upazila Saturday night.Police said, a gang of 25/30 dacoits stormed into the house of Amjad Hossain of the village at dead of...

Call for unity in BNP should be welcomed by all, says ZA Khan

2007-10-08 00:00:00

BNP reformist leader ZA Khan said Sunday that the call for unity in BNP should be welcomed by all.He said this while making his observation about party's Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain's reply about Mannan Bhuiyan's call for unity in...

Naval Chief calls on President

2007-10-08 00:00:00

Naval Chief Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam made a courtesy call on President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in the city Sunday, reports UNB.During his routine visit, the Naval Chief apprised the President, also the Supreme Commander of Armed...

CPB for transparency within NGOs

2007-10-08 00:00:00

The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) called Saturday for a clearer public understanding of the "ownership and profit distribution" of organisations involved in microcredit programmes. "NGOs have turned poverty into a business," said CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan and General...

Two Bangladeshis nabbed over Maldives blasts released

2007-10-08 00:00:00

The two Bangladeshis, arrested by the Maldives police in connection with a bomb explosion on September 30, were released Sunday as they had no links with the blast, foreign ministry officials said. "The Bangladeshi mission in Male informed me that...

Ex-BNP leader Lutfar Rahman produced before court

2007-10-08 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (UNB): Former director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) and former assistant-secretary of city BNP Lutfar Rahman was produced before the District and Sessions Judge Court in an extortion case today (Sunday).Nurun Nabi of Shalgharia village in...

One LMG, one pistol, 22 bullets recovered

2007-10-08 00:00:00

BHOLA, Oct 7 (UNB): Police recovered a light machinegun (LMG), nine rounds of bullets and a sharp weapon from an embankment at Bhabani area of Doulatkhan Upazila Friday.Police said tea stall owner Latif Baksi found the arms and ammunition wrapped...

Verdict on Nasim couple's graft case today

2007-10-08 00:00:00

The judgement in a graft case against detained former telecommunications minister Mohammad Nasim and his wife, now absconding, will be delivered by a special court in the city today (Monday), reports UNB.On March 21, Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Akhter...

26 killed in Pakistan clashes

2007-10-08 00:00:00

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Oct 7(AFP): At least 26 people including four civilians were killed Sunday in clashes between militants and soldiers in Pakistan's restive tribal areas, the military and residents said.Security forces launched an attack against militant bases and hide-outs in...

Pakistan Supreme Court weighs election

2007-10-08 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (AP): Gen. Pervez Musharraf won an overwhemingly majority in a presidential election boycotted by nearly the entire opposition Saturday, and attention shifted to Supreme Court deliberations on whether he can claim victory. Opposition parties that snubbed the...

12 killed after Sri Lankan navy sinks Tiger ship

2007-10-08 00:00:00

COLOMBO, OCT 7 (AP): Sri Lanka's navy sank a ship suspected of carrying arms for separatist Tamil Tiger rebels killing at least 12 people aboard Sunday, while nine combatants died in a series of battles, military officials said.After receiving intelligence...

Iraq Shiite leaders look to dominate with pact

2007-10-08 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A pact forged by Iraq's two most powerful Shiite leaders demonstrates their determination to avoid conflict and take advantage of their dominant positions, observers said on Sunday.After jockeying for position since the 2003 US-led invasion, Moqtada...

Eight die in fighting along Kashmir border

2007-10-08 00:00:00

SRINAGAR, Oct 7 (AFP): Two Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in a clash along the border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan as India's new army chief wrapped up a visit, the army said Sunday. The army chief's...

Miracle Malaysian girl makes progress with real heart

2007-10-08 00:00:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (AFP): A Malaysian girl who had to lug around a battery weighing nine kilogrammes (20 pounds) to power her mechanical heart is making progress after receiving a real heart, a report said Sunday. Tee Hui Yee,...

28 dead in Cuba as train slams into bus

2007-10-08 00:00:00

HAVANA, Oct 6 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years Saturday after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. "In this fatal accident, as of (2200 GMT) 28 people...

Global protesters march against Myanmar junta

2007-10-08 00:00:00

LONDON, OCT 7 (AP): Thousands of demonstrators in cities across Europe and Asia joined in protests against the military junta in Myanmar after the regime acknowledged detaining hundreds of Buddhist monks who had led huge protests.While sympathisers from typhoon-wracked Taipei...

Egypt papers strike over press crackdown

2007-10-08 00:00:00

CAIRO, Oct 7 (AFP): Egyptian independent and opposition newspapers suspended publication Sunday in protest at a government clampdown that has seen several journalists hit with lengthy jail terms. At least 15 newspapers did not publish their Sunday edition, and independent...

Baghdad bombs kill nine

2007-10-08 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A spate of bomb attacks on day targeting police and military patrols and a government building in Baghdad killed at least nine Iraqis and wounded 12, security officials said. "A roadside bomb went off Sunday morning...