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CBC holds seminar

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE Report Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC) organised a seminar on 'UCP 600' at a city hotel Sunday.CBC Country Manager S Renganathan, Chief Operating Officer (Acting) Dilan Rajapakse, general managers Das Gupta and S Kutubuddin Ahmed, Deputy General Manager Golam...

PBL Foundation support for poor cataract patients

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportApart from its commercial banking operations, Prime Bank Ltd (PBL) Foundation has been playing a pivotal role in the society as part of its CSR activities.Aligning with its long-term aim and to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the bank,...

Supply of urea normal: BCIC

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE Report Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has taken initiatives to continue its efforts for normal supply and marketing of urea fertiliser in the country. As per demand of the Ministry of Agriculture, 1,52,630 tonnes of urea have been allocated...

DoF implementing freshwater lobster cultivation scheme in N region

2007-06-26 00:00:00

The Department of Fisheries (DoF) has been implementing freshwater prawn and lobster cultivation extension programme in the northern region for the last two years, reports BSS from Rajshahi.Sources said, the programme has been taken with an aim to enhance prawn...

BSFIC to export 10,000 tonnes molasses

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) and M/S Anwarul Haq of Jaypurhat signed an export agreement in the city recently.BSFIC Secretary Md Lutfur Rahman and M/S Anwarul Haq proprietor Md Anwarul Haq signed the agreement on behalf of...

HSBC launches new finance facility product

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportHSBC Bangladesh recently launched a new product 'Trade Up' to providing trade financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that supply larger manufacturers of readymade garments (RMGs).Speaking at the launching programme, HSBC CEO Steve Banner said the bank's commitment...

Mutual Trust Bank holds training course

2007-06-26 00:00:00

A month-long training course on 'Foreign Trade and Foreign Exchange' organised by the Mutual Trust Bank Training Institute (MTBTI) was inaugurated in the city recently, said a press release. Managing Director of the bank Kazi Md Shafiqur Rahman inaugurated the...

IBBL, Al Fardan sign agreement on cash arrangement

2007-06-26 00:00:00

An agreement on instant cash arrangement was signed between Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Al Fardan Exchange of United Arab Emirates in the city recently, said a press release. Deputy Executive President and Head of International Banking Wing of Islami...

Bata's regional product dev meeting starts in city today

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportA two-day regional product development meeting of Bata International Group (BIG) will commence in the city today (Tuesday). Managing directors, product development managers and merchandising managers from Bata companies in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, South Africa and...

Support to improve cattle-farming in Nilphamari demanded

2007-06-26 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, June 25: Local people have demanded necessary financial and technical support to improve cattle-farming in Nilphamari.Sources said, the inhabitants of the district are presently rearing almost 0.3 million (3.0 lakh) head of cattle, all of which are old...

Unilever Bangladesh organises seminar

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportA seminar on "Highlighting the Latest Discoveries in the Field of Fairness Science" was organised by Unilever Bangladesh Limited in the city recently. The members of Dermatological Association of Bangladesh (DAB) as well as renowned skin specialists of the...

BGIC approves 15pc dividends

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh General Insurance Company (BGIC) Ltd approved 15 per cent dividends comprising 7.0 per cent cash dividend and 8.0 per cent stock dividend at the 22nd annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.BGIC, the first private sector general insurance...

CEO of DSE leaves city for Singapore

2007-06-26 00:00:00

FE ReportChief Executive Officer of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Salahuddin Ahmed Khan Monday left Dhaka for Singapore to attend a two-day Asian roundtable conference on corporate governance which begins there tomorrow (Wednesday).Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) arranged...

Asian stocks decline

2007-06-26 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, June 25 (Bloomberg): Asian shares fell, led by Sony Corp. and BHP Billiton Ltd., on concern figures this week will show a drop in US home sales, signaling declining demand in the region's largest export market. ``Stocks globally take...

European stocks drop

2007-06-26 00:00:00

LONDON, June 25 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks declined for a third day, led by financial shares and utilities, after the Bank for International Settlements said central banks will need to keep raising interest rates to quell inflation. Deutsche Bank AG,...

IPO diary

2007-06-26 00:00:00

Phoenix Finance and Investments Limited Nature of Business Lease Finance and Term Finance Subscription Opens June 24, 2007 Subscription Closes June 28, 2007 Subscription for NRB June 24, 2007 to July 07, 2007 Offer Price (Tk.) 100.00 Face Value (Tk.)...

Key world leaders seek plan for Darfur

2007-06-26 00:00:00

PARIS, June 25 (AP): French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged swift international action Monday toward speeding up deployment of troops in Darfur, as key world players met to try to consolidate efforts and resources for the ravaged Sudanese region. Sudan was...

UN nuclear monitor to visit North Korea

2007-06-26 00:00:00

BEIJING, Jun 25 (AP): North Korea said Monday it was moving forward with its agreement to shut down its nuclear reactor in exchange for aid and would meet with UN monitors Tuesday on how to verify the long-delayed shutdown. The...

Mideast leaders meet in Egypt to bolster Abbas

2007-06-26 00:00:00

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt June 25 (AFP): Middle East leaders will meet in Egypt Monday seeking to bolster Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and his new Western-backed cabinet after the bloody seizure of the Gaza Strip by Hamas. But there is little...

Baghdad hotel bombed as dozens killed in Iraq

2007-06-26 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, June 25 (AFP): Suicide bombers struck a Baghdad hotel and police targets on Monday in a wave of insurgent bombings in Iraq that killed at least 31 people, including a lawmaker, policemen and tribal leaders. The three suicide bombings...

27 passengers killed in Myanmar shootings

2007-06-26 00:00:00

YANGON, June 25 (AFP): A total of 27 people were killed and 11 injured last week when ethnic rebels attacked two passenger buses in southeastern Myanmar, state media said Monday. Ten people were killed and three wounded Thursday in an...

Abe to visit India, Indonesia, Malaysia

2007-06-26 00:00:00

TOKYO, June 25 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit India, Indonesia and Malaysia in August, the government said Monday, as he tries to build a closer alliance with New Delhi and builds on Southeast Asian ties. The Japanese...

Spanish minister in Lebanon after UN attack

2007-06-26 00:00:00

KHIAM, Lebanon, June 25 (AFP): Spanish Defence Minister Jose Antonio Alonso arrived in Lebanon Monday to visit his country's troops the day after a bomb attack killed six UN peacekeepers, an AFP correspondent said. Alonso was visiting the headquarters of...

35 kids killed by unknown disease in western Nepal

2007-06-26 00:00:00

KATHMANDU, June 25 (Xinhua): Thirty-five children have died of an unknown disease in Kalikot district over the last two months, according to the Kalikot District Public Health Office (DPHO). Local leading media group's website THT Online reported on Monday that...

Taylor absent as Liberia war crimes trial resumes

2007-06-26 00:00:00

THE HAGUE, June 25 (AFP): The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor resumed Monday in The Hague in the absence of the former Liberian president charged in connection with rebel atrocities in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Taylor, 59, has been seeking...

Police grill Indian doctors over teen surgeon stunt

2007-06-26 00:00:00

CHENNAI, India, June 25 (AFP): Police in southern India said Monday they had detained a doctor couple who allowed their 15- year-old son to perform a caesarean section in a bid to enter the record books. The pair raised a...

EC to start preparing voters' list from Rajshahi on July 15

2007-06-26 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) is going to start the main task of voter-list preparation on July 15 from Rajshahi, without prior consultation with the political parties.Before the start, the EC would amend the Voter Roll Ordinance 1982 which is necessary...

Tough penalties for cooperatives doing illegal banking business

2007-06-26 00:00:00

Shakhawat Hossain The government has taken a move to impose tough penalties on cooperatives doing illegal banking business, official sources said.The penalties at a maximum of Tk 2.0 million and a minimum of Tk 0.2 million in addition to seven...

Bhuiyan unveils 15-pt reform plan for BNP

2007-06-26 00:00:00

BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Monday announced a 15-point party reform plan, including a proposal to curb the powers of the BNP chairperson, report bdnews24.com/UNB. He rolled out this landmark plan in a news briefing to reporters after a...

BIRDEM docs go on work-abstention for jobs regularization

2007-06-26 00:00:00

Over 300 temporary physicians of BIRDEM Hospital struck work Monday morning to demand regularisation of their jobs and continued with the abstention, reports UNB.One of the strikers told the news agency that over 300 physicians, including medical officers (MOs), assistant...