The chamber judge of the Supreme Court Tuesday did not stay the bail to Khaleda Zia and sent the government appeal against the bail to the full bench of the Appellate Division for further hearing Thursday. Also, the chamber judge...
The government from time to time puts in place some beyond-the-usual means to mop up additional resources. The frequency of application of these methods does depend largely on the government's own resource position to meet recurrent as well as development...
Syed Fattahul AlimRight to information is a basic human right. The concept of human freedom is also inalienably linked to the right to information. Information is the first step towards awareness. And a population that is uninformed about what is...
Daniel Dombey THE world's big powers has given Iran a new deadline of late November to rein back its nuclear programme or face heightened sanctions, but also asked Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, to work on reaching...
Sajedul Islam THE proposal for enhancement of retirement age for government servants including freedom fighters from 57 years to 60 years is being heard since long without any realistic step to implement the same. Recently though a proposal by the...
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was raised and specially empowered and enabled to bypass traditional law enforcement agencies like the police. After its formation, the RAB showed brilliant successes and organised crimes receded as a result. A considerable number of...
THE Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) had invited the attention of the Beneficiary Owner(BO) account holders to paying annual account maintenance fee of Tk 300 by September 30, 2008. Many account holders complied with the directive but quite a good number...
Kevin Allison from San FranciscoIN the lobby of Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer screens display lists of the words being entered into the company's search engine.Although Google says the system is designed to filter out any scandalous or...
Ashfaq Yusufzai from PeshawarAn acute shortage of food items in Afghanistan and Pakistan have sent prices shooting upwards in both countries. But, while the food crisis in the war-torn country is a result of continuing conflict, north-western Pakistan has been...
Paul Panckhurst and Lee SpearThe biggest cost to China from the wave of product recalls isn't shuttered toy factories or wasted toothpaste: It's the damage to its aspirations to become a center of high-quality production. ``China's leaders want its exporters...
TOKYO, Oct 1 (AFP): Japan's top executives remain upbeat despite recent financial market turmoil, with business confidence holding steady close to a two-year high, a central bank survey showed today. Companies also upgraded their plans for spending on new factories...
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (AFP): The United States reaffirmed last year its leadership in world arms trade, cornering nearly 42 per cent of the market as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan prompted a weapons shopping spree among neighbouring nations, according...
The near doubling in the cost of a college degree the past decade has produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that could haunt the US economy for years.While scholarship, grant money and government-backed student loans - whose interest rates...
SINGAPORE, Oct 1 (AFP): Prices of private residential properties in Singapore rose 8.0 per cent in the three months to September and more land may be released for development if demand stays strong, the government said today. The September quarter's...
NEW DELHI, Oct 1 (PTI): India will ask the European Union to recognise its quality testing standards and remove non-tariff trade barriers when the two sides meet here tomorrow for week- long negotiations on an agreement for elimination of import...
LONDON, Oct 1 (AFP): A credit crunch in global financial markets will limit growth in eastern Europe and former Soviet republics, the chief economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said, according to the Financial Times...
SEOUL, Oct 1 (AFP): South Korea's exports declined in September for the first time in five years as shipments of cars and other key items were hit by a three-day national holiday, officials said today. Exports fell 0.4 per cent...
BEIJING, Oct 1 (Xinhua): The Beijing government has finally decided to cut subway fares by about 30 per cent amid efforts to boost public transport, ease road congestion and improve air quality ahead of the Olympics. A single pricing system...
FE ReportIDLC Finance Limited (IDLC), a joint-venture multi-product financial institution and one of the premier and largest home loan providers in the country, signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) recently.Under the deal, the IDLC will extend home loan...
FE ReportICB Securities Trading Company Limited approved 40 per cent dividend for its shareholders for 2006-2007 out of net profit of Tk 30 million (3.00 crore) at the 7th annual general meeting (AGM).The AGM was held in the city Sunday...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Oct 01: The district town is in grip of Eid and Durga Puja shopping fever as the traditional market places are bustling with shoppers from all walks of life, sources said.Market sources said gathering of people for shopping...
FE Report British High Commissioner in Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury inaugurated the first shipment of Square manufactured pharmaceuticals for United Kingdom (UK) by receiving a token pack of products being shipped to UK from Square Group Chairman Samson H Chowdhury. The...
FE ReportKarnaphuli Fertiliser Company (KAFCO) Limited earned a post-tax net profit of $79.8 million reflecting higher fertiliser prices in the global market and an excellent performance of company plants comparable to the best in the region.This was disclosed at the...
FE Report British Airways recently unveiled new uniform, designed by Indian fashion designer Rohit Bal, for its cabin crew in India and Bangladesh.The new uniform comprises of a Kurta suit and a Sherwani. This will replace the current sari. A...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 01: Speakers at a seminar warned about the harmful effects of GM (genetically modified) seeds. They said the use of GM seeds would bring a catastrophe in the entire agriculture arena of the country, sources said.The seminar...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Oct 01: The handloom industry in Sirajganj district is now in dire straits because of smuggled Indian cloths, sources said.Dearth of capital, high price of raw materials and absence of loan facilities, natural calamities, extortion and lack of...
FE ReportFormer president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Annisul Huq urged all concerned to work together for maintaining the steep growth of the country's apparel export.He was speaking at an Iftar party hosted by the Bangladesh...
FE ReportQatar Airways launched its flight to the central Indian city of Nagpur from the September 24, marking the airline's seventh destination in India.The Civil Aviation Minister of India, Praful Patel, was among the guests at Dr. Ambedkar International Airport...
FE Report The government borrowed Tk 9.00 billion (900 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 9.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 28-day, 91-day, 182-day and...
FE ReportApex Foods Limited has approved 18 per cent dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006-2007.The approval was given at the 28th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company at the National Shooting Federation in the city recently.Apex Foods...
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