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One gets 10 yrs' imprisonment for possessing arms

2007-09-29 00:00:00

JESSORE, Sept 28 (UNB): A court here Wednesday convicted a man and awarded him 10 years imprisonment for possessing arms.The convict is Masum Billah alias Billal, son of Afsar Gazi of Sarafpur village in Keshabpur Upazila.According to prosecution, acting on...

'Elected govt should enact Right to Information Law'

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Former chief adviser Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman has said the proposed Right to Information Law should be finalised by an elected government, not by a caretaker one, reports UNB.He was addressing the inaugural session of a three-day celebration, marking the...

Prices of onion, brinjal increase further in city markets

2007-09-29 00:00:00

FE ReportPrices of onion and brinjal increased further and the prices of hilsa fish declined while the prices of other essential commodities remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week.During the last week, prices of local variety of...

BEPZA signs $19.038m lease deal with Korean co

2007-09-29 00:00:00

FE ReportM/S DongMi Textile Company Ltd, a one hundred per cent Korea-owned company, is going to set up a composite textile industry at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) area.An agreement to this effect was signed between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones...

Meghna Life Ins opts for GP Business Solutions

2007-09-29 00:00:00

FE ReportGrameenphone (GP) signed an agreement with Meghna Life Insurance Company Ltd to provide complete communication facilities under its Business Solutions package in the city recently.Meghna Life Insurance Managing Director Ekramul Amin and GP Deputy General Manager (Commercial Division) Khandaker...

Call rate marks steady level

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate marked its steady level last week despite withdrawal of large amounts of cash through auctions of reverse repurchase agreement (repo), treasury bills, Bangladesh Government Treasury(BGT) bonds and Bangladesh Bank (BB) bills, fund managers said.The...

Awal SIBL chairman, Sayedur, Nasiruddin vice chairmen

2007-09-29 00:00:00

FE ReportSocial Investment Bank Limited (SIBL) elected Abdul Awal Patwary chairman of the bank unanimously in its 157th board meeting in the city Thursday.Sayedur Rahman and Nasiruddin have been elected vice chairmen of the SIBL at the meeting. Humayun Kabir...

Meghna Cement Mills declares 25pc cash dividend

2007-09-29 00:00:00

FE ReportMeghna Cement Mills Ltd approved 25 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year that ended on December 31, 2005 at the 15th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.Mahaboob Morshed Hassan, sponsor-director of the company, presided...

weekly currency roundup

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Commercial Bank of CeylonSeptember 23 - September 27, 2007In the last week of September, U.S. dollar kept its upbeat tone against Bangladesh taka due to continued high demand for foreign exchange to meet import-related obligations and relatively lower inward remittances....

Myanmar breaks up rallies, cuts Internet

2007-09-29 00:00:00

YANGON, Sept 28 (AP): Soldiers clubbed activists in the streets and fired warning shots Friday, moving decisively to break up demonstrations in Myanmar before they could gain momentum. Troops occupied Buddhist monasteries and cut public Internet access, raising concerns that...

Japan to demand full explanation of death of journalist in Myanmar

2007-09-29 00:00:00

TOKYO, SEPT 28 (AP): Japan will press Myanmar for a full explanation of the death of a Japanese journalist during a violent crackdown on anti-government protests, officials said Friday.Kenji Nagai was among nine people killed Thursday when soldiers fired automatic...

Zimbabwe blasts CNN, BBC 'bias' over Mugabe’s UN speech

2007-09-29 00:00:00

HARARE, Sept 28 (AFP): Zimbabwe's information minister has castigated western media for their coverage of President Robert Mugabe's speech at the UN General Assembly, state media reported Friday. Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said CNN and the BBC gave US President George...

Iraq rejects US Congressional proposal to divide country

2007-09-29 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, SEPT 28 (AP): Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Friday rejected a US Senate proposal calling for the decentralisation of Iraq's government and giving more control to the country's ethnically divided regions, calling it a "catastrophe." The measure, whose primary...

Russia, China resist push for tougher Iran sanctions

2007-09-29 00:00:00

UNITED NATIONS, SEPT 28 (AP): Russia and China refuse to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran until the UN nuclear agency reports on Tehran's disclosure of its past suspicious nuclear work at the end of the year, France's foreign minister...

Four Somali soldiers killed in Mogadishu attack

2007-09-29 00:00:00

MOGADISHU, Sept 28 (AFP): Four Somali soldiers were killed and several wounded when an army truck was ambushed in the capital, where the government is battling a deadly insurgency, an official and witnesses said Friday. The soldiers were heading to...

Benazir says she met secretly with Musharraf

2007-09-29 00:00:00

NEW YORK, SEPT 28 (AP): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto acknowledged Thursday that she has met secretly with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf but said she was increasingly pessimistic about reaching a power-sharing deal with the leader.Bhutto plans to return...

Talks on Kosovo's future starts

2007-09-29 00:00:00

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 28 (AFP): Major powers urged Serbia and Kosovo's Albanian separatists to show "a constructive spirit" ahead of their direct talks on the breakaway province's future status to open Friday in New York. With a December 10 deadline...

Sri Lankan military sinks three Tamil Tiger boats

2007-09-29 00:00:00

COLOMBO, SEPT 28 (AP): Naval attack craft waged a three-hour sea battle with 20 Tamil Tiger boats off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka Friday, sinking three of the rebels' boats and killing one of their top naval commanders, the...

Pakistan opposition to challenge Musharraf election verdict

2007-09-29 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Sept 28 (AFP): Lawyers for Pakistan's opposition said Friday that they would appeal against a ruling that President Pervez Musharraf can stand for re-election while keeping his role as army chief. The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a raft of...

news digest

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Four family members found hanged in kitchen in France CALAIS, France, Sept 28 (AFP): Four members of the same family were found hanging in the kitchen of their home in northern France in what appears to have been a joint...

Injury-hit Aussies stay confident

2007-09-29 00:00:00

BANGALORE, Sept 28 (BBC): Ricky Ponting has warned Mahendra Dhoni's celebrating India that Australia are determined to start the one-day series in Bangalore with a win. The Australia captain said India would be under pressure after lifting the ICC World...

Pollock dropped by South Africa

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Shaun Pollock has been left out of the South Africa team for the first Test against Pakistan - the first time in his career that he has been dropped, reports BBC. The 34-year-old former South Africa captain has played in...

Bell propels England victory

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Ian Bell scored England's first century of their one-day tour of Sri Lanka, and James Anderson starred with three wickets, as the team warmed up for their five-match one-day series by defeating a Sri Lanka Board XI by 80 runs...

Belief pushes Brazil to brink of glory

2007-09-29 00:00:00

HANGZHOU, China, Sept 28 (AFP): Self-belief has pushed Brazil to the brink of World Cup glory as the Samba Girls go in search of a title won by their more famous male counterparts five times. Few would have wagered money...

Ballseye

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Saiful KaiserShaun Pollock has grown old, he does not have the strength that he once had and he was going to be quite ineffective on the slow dry pitches of Pakistan, thought the South African cricket management. So although Pollock...

Real Madrid overcome battling Betis to regain top spot

2007-09-29 00:00:00

MADRID, Sept 28 (AFP): Real Madrid maintained their unbeaten record and returned to the top of La Liga after a 2-0 win over Real Betis but they made hard work of despatching the side from Seville Thursday. The reigning Spanish...

Uttar Baridhara suffer 4-5 goals defeat in tiebreaker

2007-09-29 00:00:00

Uttar Baridhara Football Club of Dhaka suffered a 4-5 goals defeat to Kolkata Mohammedan in tiebreaker in the final match of the Datta Narayan Adhikary Smriti Winners Football Tournament at Chengrabanda in West Bengal Friday, reports UNB.The match rolled into...

Ronaldinho set for Barcelona return

2007-09-29 00:00:00

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept 28 (AFP): Barcelona's under-fire Brazilian star Ronaldinho will return to the pitch for Tuesday's Champions League match against Stuttgart, according to Spanish press reports Thursday. The club was forced to issue a statement supporting Ronaldinho Wednesday after...

Hewitt moves into Mumbai Open quarter-finals

2007-09-29 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Sept 28 (AFP): Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt overcame initial resistance from Serbian Boris Pashanski to storm into the Mumbai Open quarter-finals with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 victory here Thursday. The second-seeded Australian saved three break-points in the...

Right to information needs to be a law:Justice Habibur Rahman

2007-09-29 00:00:00

The public's right to information needs to be brought under a legal framework, said speakers at a seminar Friday.