FE reportThe visit of Intel Corporation Chairman Craig R Barrett to Bangladesh last week has ushered a new era in the country's education of information and communication technologies (ICT) with the launch of the company's World Ahead Programme (WAP). During...
Martin LaMonicaThis Sunday is the deadline for an important standards vote on Microsoft's Open XML file formats, with early reports pointing to an inconclusive result--and a hefty dose of disillusionment with the standards process. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...
Victoria Shannon If I narrowed my eyes a little bit, I could convince myself that the people on the other side of the office table were in the same room. But they weren't: I was seated at a conference table...
Ina Fried When I saw Steve Jobs showing off the new mobile iTunes music store, my first thought was, wow, as if the device wasn't attractive enough to thieves, now they can steal the device and buy more songs off...
Victoria Shannon First, we saw a recoil against social networks, then a backlash against blogs. Now, just when digital music has reached enough of a mass audience to make even my tech-challenged sister take the plunge, the Web is awash...
Several signs are pointing to the imminent launch of Google Wiki and the company's long-awaited presentation service at this week's Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco.The biggest indicators are history and vague comments by Google officials. Last year's Office 2.0...
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (AFP): The world's largest economy was hit with surprise job losses in August as a housing slump and a pullback in home construction triggered increased layoffs, a government report revealed yesterday. The Labour Department said US employers...
GENEVA, Sept 8 (Reuters): World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy said Saturday a global trade deal was now within reach but political leaders needed to give a "final push" to complete the current round of negotiations.Lamy warned that the...
KATHMANDU, Sept 8 (Xinhua): The Nepali government is preparing to slash landing, parking and ground handling fees at Tribhuvan International Airport, the only international airport in the country based in Kathmandu, by 25 per cent for a year for new...
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 8 (Xinhua): The governor of Thailand's central bank said Thursday that the rapid appreciation of domestic currencies and international "hot money" are among the risks facing Asia's emerging economies in the near future. Tarisa Watanagase, the first...
OTTAWA, Sept 8 (AFP): Canada's economy generated 23,000 jobs in August as the unemployment rate held at a 33-year low of 6.0 per cent, Statistics Canada said yesterday. The report was better than expected by analysts, who had predicted on...
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (PTI): As part of its efforts to combat climate change, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has created an information gathering web resource-displaying data, studies, policy papers, videos and other materials. "This service is a...
LONDON, Sept 8 (AFP): The New York oil price soared this week close to a record high on weak US energy stocks, while gold struck the highest level since May 2006. But many commodities were hit after an unexpectedly weak...
Citibank picked up 95 awards in Asiamoney magazine's largest ever client poll of the Asian cash management business. Citibank was chosen as Best Cash Management Bank for small, medium and large corporate houses in Asia Pacific, Best Cash Management Bank...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sep 8: A mineral water producer in the port city has been fined Tk 50,000 on charge of marketing polluted water.Chittagong Port (CP) Magistrate Mohammad Munir Chowdhury fined Rabino Limited of the amount and informed the BSTI authority...
LONDON, Sept 8 (PTI): Developing nations would soon face serious social unrest if they failed to arrest soaring food prices, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. "Food represents about ten to 20 per cent of consumer...
MELBOURNE, Sep 8 (PTI): Australia and China have signed off a gas export deal worth upto USD45 billion, even as they agreed to hold a high-level annual security dialogue, marking a new high in the bilateral relationship. Besides, Chinese leader...
FE ReportGrameenphone Ltd signed an agreement with Expeditors (Bangladesh) Ltd to provide complete communication facilities under its Business Solutions package in the city recently, said a press release.According to the agreement, Expeditors (Bangladesh) Ltd. is being provided complete communications solutions...
NEW DELHI, Sep 8 (PTI): Petrol and diesel prices are likely to be hiked by Rs.2 a litre and Re.1 per litre respectively after the current monsoon session of Parliament ends next week. Petroleum Ministry has moved a Cabinet note...
PHNOM PENH, Sept 8 (Xinhua): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted Cambodia could earn 174 million US dollars from oil production in 2011, with the windfall rising to 1.7 billion US dollars after 10 years, said the latest issue...
FE Report Economists at a dialogue Saturday debunked the myth of syndicates' nexus in fuelling the country's recent inflationary pressure, saying "wrong-headed policy interventions", rocketing external food prices and the exchange rate policy rather contributed to the creeping inflation.The rising...
FE ReportReadymade garment exporters said Saturday apparels can fetch US$50 billion a year by the next decade if the government declares it a thrust sector and creates a separate ministry for the industry."We can make the dream come true if...
Dialogues between the Election Commission (EC) and political parties, scheduled to start on September 12 (Wednesday), are unlikely to get off on time as the politicians are yet to be prepared for the consultation under the ban on indoor politics,...
FE ReportThe Council of Advisers at its weekly meeting approved Saturday in principle the Fertiliser Management (Amendment) Ordinance 2007, aiming to prevent production and sales of substandard organic fertilisers in the country.Definitions of organic and composite fertilisers, which were absent...
A 10-member medical board has been formed Friday night at the Cardiology Department of BSMMU hospital for the treatment of Arafat Rahman Koko, as his condition is 'not stable', said his physician Saturday, report UNB/bdnews24.com. "Koko has no cardiac problems....
A light earthquake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, jolted the country early Saturday. However, there was no report of casualty in the tremor that occurred at 02 hours 14 minutes 51 seconds, said a Met office press release. The...
BRAHMANBARIA, Sept 8: BDR jawans seized a touchstone-made statue from Shahbazpur village in Sarail Upazila Friday. BDR recovered the statue weighing 4.0 kg from near a tempo stand at Shahbazpur — UNB.
"I will not accept any condition that clashes with the interest of the country," said Adviser for Finance and Planning AB Mirza Azizul Islam after a meeting with the visiting IMF delegation at his Planning Commission office in the city...
Shakhawat HossainAn Energy Division proposal on upward adjustment of the tariffs of natural gas for seven types of consumers is awaiting approval by the finance ministry, official sources said.The division has proposed the hike of gas tariffs by 3.29 per...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government has convened an urgent meeting tomorrow (Monday) to find ways to help over 50,000 newly employed Bangladeshi workers leave the country at the earliest.Non-availability of adequate number of seats on the outbound aircraft has posed a major problem...
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