FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Wednesday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market because of moderate demand for the greenback, fund managers said.The exchange rate of the dollar against the BDT moved between Tk 68.50...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep sadness as monsoon floods have killed hundreds of people and affected tens of millions in South Asia, including Bangladesh, and reaffirmed the UN's readiness to help the victims, reports UNB. In a message...
FE ReportA four-member team of the European Union (EU) will arrive in Dhaka October 16 to inspect food safety measures adopted in shrimp processing plants.It will examine whether or not the processing factories are following the EU food safety directives.The...
An unruly crowd attacked controversial writer Taslima Nasreen at the Hyderabad Press club in India Thursday. Three MLAs of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or MIM were among those who attacked her with bouquets, flowerpots and virtually anything they could...
Police Thursday fired tear gas and charged batons to disperse hundreds of jute mill workers demanding arrears, leaving one worker dead and 20 others wounded, police and witnesses said. The violence erupted after the workers of the state-owned Amin Jute...
THE on-going flood has engulfed in varying degrees many districts of the country and a good part of it is still under deluged conditions, though flood waters have started receding from a number of affected areas. Emergency assistances are badly...
Qazi AzadBUSINESS leaders of almost all local chambers of commerce and industry and manufacturers associations, as many as 14 of them, have voiced their angry resentment collectively against prescriptions of the multilateral donor agencies, particularly the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
Abdul EhsanPASSPORT is not only an ordinary travel document in the context of Bangladesh that citizens of many countries obtain with the utmost ease. From applying for a passport to getting one ultimately, Bangladeshis without connections at the right places...
Farhan Bokhari from IslamabadTHE latest spiralling militant violence in north-western Pakistan killed at least 23 people, adding to mounting uncertainty for the beleaguered government of General Pervez Musharraf, the country's pro-US military ruler. Last Saturday, a car bomber rammed an...
THERE is a need to give special attention to the New Market, the oldest market of the Dhaka City Corporation. It is because this market has been experiencing a growing pressure of customers and shoppers and losing its wide and...
IT appears that the existing power plants in the country have a total generation capacity of over 5000 mw but the same cannot be realised in many cases due to ageing machinery, lack of replacement and repairs. It is possible...
S. M. Rahman in the second of a three-part articleCLIENTS want liberty from the current insurance practices. Micro insurance appears in various names. Premiums are collected in different modes. There are mainly two kinds of insurance that include loan insurance...
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman SiddiqueTHE historic " Paltan Moidan" had been and is being used for public meetings by our political parties. This big chunk of land has been in regular use as a play ground also. It's third use is...
Khan Ferdousour RahmanTHE principles of law laid down in Nuremberg Trial, brought about a radical change in the entire field of the laws of war in general and war crimes in particular. Report in the International Law Commission in its...
Mohammad Khairul AlamCOMBATING HIV/AIDS epidemic is described as the worst difficulty in the history of health. In fact, human beings have been having great problems since time immemorial but there had never been the worst complexity like AIDS. HIV/AIDS is...
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (AFP): The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep US interest rates on hold at its meeting today despite increasing concerns about America's troubled housing and mortgage markets, economists say. Ten members of the Federal Open Market...
FE Report The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Ltd in Bangladesh inaugurated a new international ATM on the premises of its recently opened branch at 5-star Westin Hotel in the city recently.Westin Hotel and Resorts General Manager San Amalan...
SINGAPORE, Aug 7 (AFP): Former US vice president Al Gore, now a globe-trotting environmental crusader, urged the business community today to be part of the solution to the global warming challenge. Consumers around the world are increasingly becoming aware of...
HANOI, Aug 7 (AFP): World Bank President Robert Zoellick was today due to visit an aid project in communist Vietnam, whose fight against poverty he praised as a "tremendous success story." Zoellick, on his first Asia trip since taking office...
MANILA, Aug 7 (AFP): Philippine consumer prices rose at a higher than expected clip of 2.6 per cent in July, the government said today, as a dry spell pushed up food and utility costs. The July figure was 0.3 percentage...
KARACHI, Aug 7 (APP): President General Pervez Musharraf has emphasised the need for acceleration of the process of industrialisation as it contributes towards poverty alleviation and reduction in unemployment. The president called for industrialisation to create more jobs and urged...
NEW DELHI, Aug 7 (PTI): The much-delayed legislation to provide social security to unorganised sector workers might take some more time as the group of ministers (GoM) is still examining various aspects of the proposed measures. The GoM, which was...
HANOI, Aug 7 (Xinhua): Vietnam will soon present foreign investors with a wish list of 136 pre-planned foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities eligible for bypassing lengthy application procedures, local newspaper Vietnam Investment Review reported yesterday. Priority would be given to...
YANGON, Aug 7 (Xinhua): Experts of Myanmar and Thailand have made survey on some river ports along Myanmar's Thanlwin River in preparation to build a hydropower plant already agreed over a year ago between the electric power authorities of the...
HANOI, Aug. 7 (Xinhua): Vietnam will strengthen regulating the over- the-counter(OTC) market in order to reduce investor's risks on the market, local newspaper Vietnam News reported yesterday. A draft plan drawn up by the State Securities Commission is expected to...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz yesterday said that the proposed textile policy would help increase export of textile products, improve competitiveness and generate employment in the industry.He was chairing a high level meeting which approved in principle...
SYDNEY, Aug 7 (AFP): ASEAN countries will complain to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about an Australian ban on prawn imports that they say constitutes an artificial trade barrier, it was reported Tuesday. Both the Australian and the Australian Financial...
SINGAPORE, Aug 7 (AFP): Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade today following sharp declines overnight on concerns at the potential global implications of troubles in the US sub-prime mortgage market, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude...
SEOUL, Aug 7 (AFP): Orders received by South Korean shipyards hit a record high of 33.2 billion dollars in the first half of this year thanks to a surge in global demand, official data showed today. High oil prices are...
FE ReportA discussion meeting on "Increase of Indian Investment in Bangladesh" between Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) and India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) was held in the city Monday. BCI Senior Vice-President MA Shahid led the BCI team...
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