Advanced Development Technologies Ltd General Manager (Sales & Marketing) Md Taslim Bhuiyan passed away in the city Wednesday, said a press release. He was 47. He is survived by his wife and one daughter.
BEIJING, Aug 1 (Agencies): US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson yesterday hailed US-China strategic economic dialogue (SED) as helpful for bilateral economic relationship to survive the hard times. "The SED allowed us to build a strong relationship, which has been useful...
FE ReportGlobal Insurance Limited approved 5.0 per cent dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006 at the 7th annual general meeting (AGM) of the company.Chairman of the company Mahabub Morshed Talukder presided over the AGM in the city recently.The...
BRUSSELS, Aug 1 (AFP): Higher Eurozone interest rates might be in order to curb inflation and member governments should resist the temptation to ease budget targets when the economy is strong, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. In an...
BEIJING, Aug 1 (CEIS): China's short-term foreign borrowing as a proportion of its total outstanding foreign debt has hit a record 57.5 per cent by the end of March. At the same time, the country's total outstanding foreign debt increased...
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (PTI): The nine per cent GDP growth may not mean much for the masses, going by an ADB study which says India is ranked 17 among 23 when economies are compared based on a measure of...
MANILA, Aug 1 (AFP): The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana today welcomed Southeast Asia's plans to create a single market by 2015. Speaking at an Asian security summit in the Philippines, Solana said Europe was following "with the...
TOKYO, Aug 1 (AFP): Japanese land prices surged 8.6 per cent over the year to January as the economic recovery fuels a boom in real estate construction, a government survey showed today. The rise was much bigger than the 0.9...
Islamabad, Aug 1 (PTI): Seven Pakistani companies yesterday received temporary permits to export cement to India as manufacturers in the country gear up to bag chunks of orders from its neighbour with the ongoing Secretary level talks in New Delhi...
SEOUL, Aug 1 (AFP): South Korea's Pyeonghwa Motors said today it plans to assemble trucks in communist North Korea through a partnership with an auto company from China or elesewhere. Pyeonghwa, which has exclusive rights to produce cars in North...
BEIJING, August 1 (CEIS): Profits of China's textile and apparel industry will grow 35 per cent year-on-year to 112.5 billion yuan (14.8 billion US dollars) in 2007, China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) announced yesterday. The CNTAC predicted the...
SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (AFP): Oil prices eased in Asian trade today on profit-taking after rising close to all-time highs on expectations of declines in US energy reserves, dealers said. At 3:15 pm (0715 GMT), New York's main contract, light sweet...
TOKYO, Aug 1 (AFP): The dollar fell towards a three- month low against the yen in Asian trade today as signs of growing problems in the US housing market prompted investors to pull out of risky positions, dealers said. The...
BEIJING, Aug 1 (AFP): China is considering setting up an emissions quota system and a carbon trading exchange in order to protect the environment and conserve energy, the central bank chief said. "(We must) seriously study and learn from international...
ULIPUR (Kurigram), Aug 1 (UNB): Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed today said the government has adequate preparations to deal with the exigencies caused by the raging floods in the country."There is adequate food in government stock to tackle the emergency situation...
FE ReportResponding to the current floods in Bangladesh, the UK has given $2.5 million (Taka 17 crore) of immediate aid, providing food, water, shelter and medicines for 50,000 people in the ten worst-affected districts and special assistance through the Chars...
Bangladesh is committed to peace and development, Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, now in Manila to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting, said Wednesday. For this Bangladesh joined the ARF at a time when the dawn of the...
Law adviser Mainul Hosein Wednesday defended the government's appeal against the High Court's order that granted bail to Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case, reports bdnews24.com. "Any corruption case is government affair. That's why the government appealed...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia made Wednesday a fervent call to the leaders and workers of BNP and its affiliated organisations to stand beside the flood affected people of the country, reports BSS.In a message, the former prime minister said as...
JESSORE, Aug 1 (bdnews24.com): A resident of Jessore town filed Wednesday a case against former BNP minister Tariqul Islam for grabbing land. Lutfor Rahman filed the case with a Jessore court against nine people including Tariqul, his wife Nargis Begum,...
Expressing concern over the country-wide deteriorating flood situation, Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh, has urged the government to allow it to work for the flood-affected people, reports UNB.
RAJSHAHI, Aug 1 (BSS): Speakers at a press conference here today emphasised the need for enrolling the disabled persons in the voters' list for establishing their fundamental right.They also laid emphasis on giving identity (ID) cards to the disabled persons.The...
Chalmers JohnsonOVER the years, in order to compensate for these serious inadequacies, the CIA turned increasingly to signals intelligence and other technological means of spying like U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and satellites. In 1952, the top leaders of the CIA created...
Leslie-Ann Boctor "You can grow anything here," says 76-year-old Mohamed Ahmed, spreading his arms wide to point to the cascading bougainvilleas and an orchard of mango trees drooping with fruit. But, "When I first came here, there was nothing here...
THE current flood, which has followed a report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) about the shaping of a disruptive La Nina climate pattern in the Pacific, may not be just a usual passing phenomenon. It may worsen, prolong and...
Syed Fattahul AlimIN the midst of nationwide campaign against corruption, especially by the law, debates are also raging in the intellectual sphere on how better to address the social scourge along the moral plane. The Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin...
Farhan Bokhari from Islamabad PERVEZ Musharraf, Pakistan's embattled president, has held talks over sharing power with Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister who lives in exile. However, he left unresolved the issue of his dual role as head of the...
Abdur RahimTHE environmental awareness has been picking up in Bangladesh from the late eighties when a separate ministry of the Environment with the Department of the Environment (DOE) under it, came into being. Later, the environment court was set up...
Reaz RahmanIT is necessary for the government to regulate drug prices. The companies, under the free market system, may be allowed to go on setting drug prices but they should be clearly warned and obliged to do so -- reasonably...
SOMETIME in the year 1984, a high level foreign delegation was taken on a tour of the Sangsad Bhaban Complex. The dignitaries were visibly impressed. In the end, the leader of the delegation wanted to know whether the Parliament was...
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