THERE is no doubt that television channels have given our people a different taste about presentation of news and current national and international affairs. But having watched the news programmes of different local private channels, it seems to me that...
THE financial sector reforms programme (FSRP) which was carried out over the years could, by and large, contribute to the improvement of the situation, particularly of the banks. Under the FSRP, the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) were also supervised...
FE Report Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman Tuesday called upon parents, teachers, community and religious leaders to work together for awareness creating on the risk intensity of HIV/AIDS in the country. "Our ultimate plan is to protect...
JESSORE, June 13 (UNB): The Summer Graduation Parade marking the commissioning of No 55 Flight Cadet Course and 5 Special Short Service Commission Course of the Bangladesh Air Force was held here at the BAF Academy Wednesday.Chief of Air Staff...
Leaders of National Forum of Organisations Working with the Disabled (NFOWD) at a press conference in the city demanded of the government to allocate 10 per cent resources for the disabled in proposed budget for the fiscal 2007-08, reports BSS.They...
FE ReportThe International School Dhaka (ISD) celebrated the graduation of the 36 members of its first Grade 12 class at a city hotel recently, said a press release. ISD, opened in 1999 with classes to Grade 5 and has grown...
FE Report The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed grief over the more than 100 deaths resulting from landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh and offered assistance from the world body. "The Secretary-General is deeply...
Speakers at a discussion in the city said women empowerment, increasing dignity, decreasing maternal deaths and birth registration would be ensured if the maternity allowance is included in the new budget, reports BSS.The discussion on "Maternity allowance in budget" was...
WASHINGTON, June 13 (AFP): A US-China showdown looms as US lawmakers unveil legislation today designed to pressure China to revalue its currency that could draw tit-for-tat measures from Beijing. As the Democratic-controlled Congress ups the ante over the currency dispute,...
BRUSSELS, June 13 (AFP): China faces a backlash of "impatience and anger" if Beijing fails to redress increasingly lopsided trade relations with the European Union, EU trade chief Peter Mandelson warned yesterday. In "frank, concentrated and prolonged" talks in Brussels...
WASHINGTON, June 13 (AFP): World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy called yesterday for the United States to show its commitment to global trade negotiations by renewing President George W Bush's special negotiating authority. The WTO director general, who spoke...
CAPE TOWN, June 13 (AFP): South African President Thabo Mbeki delivered a stout defence yesterday of the country's economic showing, asserting that more jobs were being created than at any time in the country's history. By September, he told MPs,...
ISLAMABAD, June 13 (APP): Minister of State for Finance, Omar Ayub Khan has said that economically Pakistan is a changed country now if compared with the conditions that prevailed 7-8 years ago. Talking to a private television channel the minister...
STOCKHOLM, June 13 (Xinhua): Unemployment in Sweden has reached its lowest level for sixteen years, Swedish news agency TT reported yesterday. Open unemployment figures for the end of May accounted for 154,000 people, or 3.3 per cent of the workforce,...
KATHMANDU, June 13 (Xinhua): Per capita income in Nepali rupee terms increased by 8.8 per cent to 27,209 Nepali rupees (around 415 US dollars) in the current fiscal year 2006-07, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported today. Thanks to continued...
SEOUL, June 13 (AFP): South Korea's economy is in good shape but faces longer-time challenges from an ageing society and cheaper foreign manufacturers, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today. It urged policymakers to create a more attractive foreign investment...
SINGAPORE, June 13 (Xinhua): Economists forecasted that Singapore's economy will expand by 6.1 per cent in the second quarter this year, a central bank survey said yesterday. Conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the survey received respondences from...
SYDNEY, June 13 (AFP): Australian consumer sentiment fell two per cent in June from record levels as petrol prices surged, according to a monthly survey released today. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index was 121.5 points in June, down from...
TOKYO, June 13 (AFP): The dollar jumped to the highest level against the yen for four and a half years today as investors sought safe havens amid growing worries about higher interest rates, dealers said. They said the dollar also...
WASHINGTON, June 13 (AFP): The IMF executive board will consider reform of its exchange-rate monitoring Friday, a sensitive issue in the context of the US-Chinese yuan currency dispute. "Work on reviewing this is now well advanced, and our executive board...
MANILA, June 13 (AFP): The Philippine government has finally paid off the Bataan nuclear power plant almost 32 years after work began on what became the country's biggest white elephant that never produced a single watt of electricity, a government...
SINGAPORE, June 13 (AFP): Oil prices were lower in Asian trade today as the market awaited US inventory data expected to show further builds in gasoline (petrol) stocks, dealers said. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for...
TOKYO, June 13 (AFP): Japanese carmaker Honda Motor Co. said today it plans to introduce vehicles with low-pollution, fuel-efficient diesel engines in Japan and North America within the next few years. Honda hopes to launch the clean diesel vehicles "as...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (AFP): Oil industry players have given only cautious approval to Malaysia's multi-billion-dollar northern pipeline project, citing slowing oil demand in the Asian region and cost concerns. The owner of the project has said it will cost...
RABAT, June 13 (Xinhua): Renault-Maroc, a subsidiary of Renault France, has just exported the first batch of 400 "Dacia Logan" vehicles to France and Spain, therefore jump starting its ambitious programme to export the Logan brand to Europe.With the export...
FE ReportA 53-member Bangladesh delegation, consisting of members of Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI), attended the 3rd World Islamic Economic Forum, held in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on May 27-29.The BMCCI team, during the visit, also signed two MOUs...
FE Report The Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) approved 20 per cent cash dividend and 25 per cent stock dividend (bonus share) for its shareholders for the year that ended on December 31 last.The dividends were approved at the 15th annual...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) signed a master facility agreement project 'Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF)' with Bangladesh Bank (BB) at the latter's office in the city Tuesday.DBBL Managing Director Md Yeasin Ali and BB Project and Executive Director...
RAJSHAHI, Jun 13 (BSS): Agro-experts at a workshop here Wednesday stressed the need for time-befitting and realistic marketing management for agro-products to further boosting yields in the economy's largest sector.Since proper marketing is a must for raising production in the...
FE ReportThe Grameenphone Zainul-Quamrul International Children's Painting Competition-2007, organised by Gandaria Kachi-Kachar Mela, was launched at a press conference in the city Tuesday.Gandaria Kachi-Kachar Mela Director Md Shafiur Rahman Dulu formally launched the competition at a press conference at the...
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