The Supreme Court Wednesday closed hearing a government appeal against the High Court granting bail to Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case taken under the cover of emergency powers rules and set Thursday for a verdict. A six-strong full-court of...
THE hi-tech park at Kaliakoir was one of the much trumpeted projects of the immediate past BNP-led alliance government. The technology minister of that government and a lot of plan documents did very often refer to it something like a...
Qazi AzadPACIFISTS around the globe, irrespective of colour, creed and nationality, are terribly unhappy at the current state of world affairs. They find no prospect of an immediate end to the war of terror of the weak against the terrorising...
Roel Landingin from Manila SHE hardly speaks any English or Tagalog but that does not stop the white-haired grandmother from China's southern Fujian province from running her clothes store in Divisoria, Manila's bargain shopping centre. She has three Filipina assistants...
M M Haque from JeddahTHE stunning victory of Justice and Development (AK) party in Turkey with 47 per cent votes defied the false fear created by the western media and the elite republicans, who enjoy the majority in the establishment...
THE government deserves credit for the signing of an agreement with Myanmar to establish a direct road link between the two countries. The agreement, once implemented in a phased manner, will help link Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh with Taungbro in...
Hasan MahmudONE of the editorial pieces of The Financial Express in its issue on July 25 addressed the issue of natural resources policy of Bangladesh. There has been a heated debate over it for several years. The debate has even...
M I Ali THE seven points of the Chief of the Army Staff of Bangladesh identifies the low salary of the police as one of the issues that need to be rectified in order to stem corruption in the country....
Joe LeahyTHE setting is typical Bollywood glamour -- a boardwalk over azure waters with beach huts in the background and a beautiful blue, if slightly pixellated, sky above.The Hindi music kicks in and the dancer, a Bollywood hero in a...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (AFP): NowPublic announced today that the fast-growing citizen journalism website has scored 10.6 million dollars (US) in financing to fuel its drive to become the world's largest news agency. The Vancouver-based start-up says it is growing...
BEIJING, July 30 (AFP): China's state-run press said Monday a new United States (US) currency bill smacked of protectionism as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, visiting the Asian giant for economic talks, called for a stronger yuan. The English-language China Daily...
ALOR STAR, Malaysia, July 30 (AFP): Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today launched a US$ 51-billion development masterplan to spur economic growth and reduce poverty in northern Peninsula Malaysia. The Northern Corridor Economic Region (Northern Corridor) is a government initiative...
BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua): The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, has urged all banks nationwide to expand education loans to college students from needy families, according to a notice on its website Sunday. All financial institutions should...
KATHMANDU, July 30 (Xinhua): Some 561 Nepali youths leave the country daily for jobs abroad in the fiscal year 2006/2007, local newspaper The Himalayan Times reported yesterday. According to official data, some 561 Nepali youths leave daily and an equal...
HANOI, July 30 (Xinhua): Vietnam reaped nearly 1.1 billion U. S. dollars from exporting electronics goods, including computers in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 24. 6 per cent, according to the Vietnam Electronic Industries...
MANILA, July 30 (AFP): Southeast Asia must ratify free trade deals with China and South Korea, and make progress on a similar accord with Japan, as the bloc prepares its own free-trade zone, the Philippines said Monday. At a key...
MANILA, July 30 (AFP): The World Bank said today it has asked the Philippines to make better use of hundreds of millions of dollars lent by the multilateral agency every year. For 2007, just 15.2 per cent of the total...
SEOUL, July 30 (AFP): A South Korea delegation has left for Indonesia and Thailand as part of efforts to export civilian nuclear reactors and technology, officials said today. The Ministry of Science and Technology said the eight-member delegation of government...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) organised 'smile brighter' programme on July 26-30 at Nalta Hospital in Satkhira town. A plastic surgery team consisting of 5 members headed by eminent plastic surgeon AJM Salek conducted the operations.DBBL initiated the 'smile-brighter' plastic...
YANGON, July 30 (Xinhua): One more Malaysian entrepreneur is making feasibility study on cattle breeding in the central part of Myanmar, dealing with the livestock authorities on setting up of a cattle breeding zone in the country, the local Flower...
FE Report Jamuna Bank Limited (JBL) held its half-yearly branch managers conference-2007 at a city hotel recently. JBL board of directors' Chairman Nur Mohammad inaugurated the conference. JBL Managing Director Mohammed Lakiotullah, Additional Managing Director Md Motior Rahman, executives from...
WELLINGTON, July 30 (Xinhua): Fiji's interim Commerce Minister Taito Waradi said there is huge potential for Fiji to export "halaal" meat products to the Middle East. And, there is also interest in Dubai for importing skilled workers from Fiji, Waradi...
HANOI, July 30 (Xinhua): Vietnam reaped nearly 1.1 billion U. S. dollars from exporting electronics goods, including computers in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 24. 6 per cent, according to the Vietnam Electronic Industries...
SINGAPORE, July 30 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asian trade today on profit-taking even as key producer Iran expressed opposition to any hikes in OPEC crude output, dealers said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for September delivery, was...
NEW DELHI, July 30 (PTI): The top 100 global brands are together valued worth more than USD one trillion but none of them are from India-though almost all are either already present in the country or are seeking a foothold...
Shipping and Communications Adviser MA Matin Monday said the caretaker government has suspended construction of the proposed deep-sea port considering the huge involvement of fund, reports UNB."It will involve Tk 420 billion (42,000 crore) and it would be complete in...
FE ReportThe third annual general meeting (AGM) of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) Limited was held at a city hotel recently.CRAB Chairman M Syeduzzaman presided over the meeting. Also present on the occasion were CRAB Vice Chairman Md Matiul...
FE Report Every year Bangladesh can reduce millions of dollars in fuel import cost through conversion of diesel run vehicles, marine engines and generators to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), discussants said at a workshop.Besides, they said by converting...
FE ReportPrime Bank Limited (PBL) opened the 53rd branch of the bank at Ashulia Monday. PBL Chairman Azam J Chowdhury inaugurated the branch as the chief guest.Managing Director of the bank M Shahjahan Bhuiyan presided over the inaugural programme, while...
FE ReportThe half-yearly business conference 2007 of Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) was held at a city hotel recently. MBL audit committee Chairman AKM Shaheed Reza inaugurated the conference as the chief guest. The bank's Acting Managing Director M Nurul Islam...
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