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ASE Test announces second quarter results

2007-08-06 00:00:00

TAIPEI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua): ASE Test Limited ("We" or "the Company"), one of the world's largest independent providers of semiconductor testing services, today announced its second quarter (2Q07) diluted earnings of $0.03 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $0.53...

IPO diary

2007-08-06 00:00:00

City General Insurance Company Limited Nature of Business: General Insurance Subscription Open: Aug 19 2007Subscription Close: Aug 23 2007 Offer Price (Tk.): 100.00 Market lot (Share): 50 Public Offer (Share): 900,000 Sponsors Portion (Share): 600.000 Private Placement (Share): Total Paid...

corporatewatch

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Recommendation of dividend/no dividendUCBL: The board of directors of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) has recommended 30 per cent stock dividend (three bonus shares for every 10 shares) for its shareholders for the year 2001. The board of directors has...

Karzai, Bush to meet amid ROK hostage standoff

2007-08-06 00:00:00

GHAZNI, Aug 5 (AFP): South Korea said Sunday it hoped a meeting between the Afghan and US presidents could break the apparent deadlock in negotiations for the release of 21 aid workers held hostage by the Taliban. President Hamid Karzai...

Opposition leader demands Musharraf quit

2007-08-06 00:00:00

LAHORE, Aug 5 (AP): An outspoken Pakistani opposition leader Sunday demanded that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf step down so upcoming elections could be held free of his military government's interference. Javed Hashmi, the acting leader of exiled former Prime Minister...

Rival camps fight key Lebanon by-elections

2007-08-06 00:00:00

BIKFAYA, Aug 5 (AFP): Voters in Lebanon cast their ballots Sunday amid tight security in crucial by-elections seen as a test for the country's divided Christian parties ahead of a presidential poll. Voting is taking place in Beirut and the...

Lab likely source of UK foot-and-mouth

2007-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 5 (AP): Hopes rose Sunday that a potentially disastrous foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain could be contained, as scientists grew increasingly suspicious that the disease came from a government animal laboratory near the infected farm. The agriculture department said...

Rains compound India's monsoon misery

2007-08-06 00:00:00

BARABANKI, Aug 5 (AP): Torrential rains overnight compounded the misery of 2 million marooned Indian villagers, killing another 11 people and raising the death toll from house collapses and floods in South Asia to 240, officials said Sunday. Helicopters have...

Iran may consider American's request

2007-08-06 00:00:00

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (AP): Iran's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it would consider allowing the wife of an American man who vanished in Iran earlier this year to visit the Islamic country to search for him. "The request has not officially...

Top UN official to visit Sri Lanka as conflict deepens

2007-08-06 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Aug 5(AFP): A top UN official is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka this week to discuss the island's deepening Tamil separatist conflict and the plight of civilians caught in the crossfire, officials said today. John Holmes, the under-secretary-general...

Russians mark anniversary of Stalin's purges

2007-08-06 00:00:00

MEDVEZHEGORSK, Aug 5 (AFP): Relatives of the victims of Stalin's purges held a ceremony Sunday at an execution site in a Russian forest on the 70th anniversary of the start of the mass killings. Dozens of family members were joined...

China bans crude birth control slogans

2007-08-06 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug 5 (AP): China's top family planning agency has cracked down on crude and insensitive slogans used by rural authorities to enforce the country's strict population limits, state media said Sunday. Slogans such as 'Raise fewer babies but more...

US soldier gets 110 years in rape, killing of Iraqi girl

2007-08-06 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (AFP): A US soldier was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in jail for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her family, the army said. "Private First Class Jesse Spielman was sentenced to 110 years...

DPRK executes 'slogan tree' smuggler

2007-08-06 00:00:00

SEOUL, Aug 5 (AFP): North Korea has publicly executed a trade official for chopping down and smuggling cherished "slogan trees" on which founding leader Kim Il- Sung reputedly carved anti-Japanese messages, a report said today. Senior local timber trader Oh...

Abe to reshuffle cabinet on Aug 27

2007-08-06 00:00:00

TOKYO, Aug 5 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to reshuffle his cabinet on August 27 to secure an extension of the navy's support mission for Afghanistan following last month's election defeat, reports said Sunday. Abe will reshuffle the...

Students urged to make efforts to understand social issues

2007-08-06 00:00:00

The five-day 'Mutual Trust Bank-The Daily Star Debate Contest 2007' ended in the port city recently with a call for students to extend their horizon beyond academic studies and make efforts to understand social issues, says a press release. The...

Call to prevent child marriage across the country

2007-08-06 00:00:00

MOULVIBAZAR, Aug 5 (UNB): Speakers at an opinion exchange meeting here Saturday urged Imams of mosques and marriage registrars (Kazis) to come forward for preventing child marriage in the country.They called upon the Imams to deliver speeches in mosques about...

Warid salutes bravery

2007-08-06 00:00:00

FE ReportWarid Telecom Sunday awarded schoolboy Rakibul Hasan whose bravery helped avert a possible train accident in Comilla on August 2. Rakibul was inspired by the Warid TV advertisement that showed a story of a boy who stopped a train...

NU detects 52 fake students at degree level

2007-08-06 00:00:00

FE ReportNational University (NU) authority has identified a total of 52 fake students at the degree (honours) level at different colleges across the country. Of them, there were 23 in the 2004-05 session and 29 in the 2005-06 session.The university...

Two cattle traders gunned down by BSF

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in separate incidents on Benapole and Satkhira borders Sunday, reports UNB. In Benapole, BSF troops shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Agrabhulot frontier here early in...

Caritas to spend 60m for relief

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Caritas has planned to spend Tk 60 million in flood relief through immediate distribution of food, non-food household items and shelters for the flash floods, landslides and flood-affected families of the various districts of the country, said a press release.Caritas...

Islamic Studies Journal

2007-08-06 00:00:00

DU CorrespondentSerajul Haque Islamic Research Centre of Dhaka university published a journal on Islamic Studies both in Bangla and English languages Tuesday.DU Vice-Chancellor SMA Faiz unwrapped the covers of the two research journals as the chief guest in the ceremony.Southeast...

Soma Ray in city

2007-08-06 00:00:00

FE Report Soma Ray, eminent Rabindra Sangeet singer, arrived Dhaka Sunday on a three-day visit, said an Indian High Commission press release.Soma Ray, a talented young artist from Shantiniketan, India, is one of the very few artists of Rabindra Sangeet...

Sharapova secures Schnyder final

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Defending champions Maria Sharapova stopped Anna Chakvetadze's bid for a third WTA title in as many weeks Saturday, reports BBC.Sharapova secured a 6-3 6-2 semi-final victory in the San Diego Classic, reaching her third final of the season. Top seed...

Roddick-Isner face-off in final

2007-08-06 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (AP): Andy Roddick beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) Saturday to reach the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic for the third time.He will face John Isner Sunday in an unlikely all-American final....

England unchanged for final Test

2007-08-06 00:00:00

England have named an unchanged squad for the third and final Test against India starting Thursday at The Oval, reports BBC. All-rounder Andrew Flintoff and pace bowler Matthew Hoggard are not ready to return after ankle and back problems. Leicestershire...

Preparatory meet begins today

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh Hockey Federation has organised a preparatory tournament at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium from Monday, ahead of the Asian Cup Hockey to be held on September 1-9 in Chennai in India, reports UNB.The 28-member preliminary Bangladesh squad for...

Kent clinch Twenty20 Cup

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Kent clinched a gripping four-wicket victory over Gloucestershire in the Twenty20 Cup final at Edgbaston, reports BBC. Spitfires seamer Ryan McLaren bagged a hat-trick to help limit the Gladiators to 146-8 off 20 overs before Kent edged home with three...

Ballseye

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Saiful KaiserPeter Moores, England's coach, says that stump microphones should be turned off during Test matches so that players can carry on a sledging contest on the side without a live audience who can learn a lot of unauthorised curses.According...

Fed Cup squash Bholalal, Jagdish advance

2007-08-06 00:00:00

Bholalal of Sonargaon Hotel and Ram Jagdish of Cadet College Club won their respective matches by straight sets in the premier division of the Federation Cup Open Squash Tournament at the Gulshan Club Squash Court in the city Sunday.Bholalal beat...