Andy Roddick eased into the Artois Championships third round with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Czech Radek Stepanek, reports BBC. Roddick blasted Stepanek out of contention with a series of aces and booming shots from the baseline. Stepanek, watched from...
Tiger Woods is expecting "one of the most difficult tests" he will ever face at the US Open at Oakmont, which gets under way today (Thursday), reports BBC. "The way the course is playing, it's only going to become even...
A Z M AnasThe caretaker government (CG) will chart out a roadmap for the fiscal 2007-08 in a bid to avoid "traditional time lag" in implementation of development projects. Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will sit with top bureaucrats in the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanInflation and prices of essentials are much-talked about issues in Bangladesh these days. Both are inter-linked. When prices jump in the markets, there in a inflationary trend. Due to sudden rise in prices of some essentials, prices of other...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated a move to file more cases against large tax evaders within a short time."The board is preparing itself to file 15 to 16 more cases against the large tax evaders within...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has planned to introduce guidelines for the commercial banks to report on suspicious transactions (STR) to check illegal fund transfer. "We have planned to introduce guidelines on reporting suspicious transactions for ensuring accuracy of...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Wednesday urged country's insurance sector to expand insurance coverage especially for the poor and vulnerable groups, reports UNB.He also called for introducing innovative insurance products and responding to new challenges and opportunities in the present...
Former prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina Wednesday was charged with two more cases for extorting Tk 80 million (8 crore) from two businessmen, police said, reports bdnews24.com.Businessman Noor Ali filed a Tk 50 million (5 crore) case...
A mammoth nationwide task of preparing digitialised voter list plus national ID card starts off in mid-July from Rajshahi, the Election Commission announced Wednesday, reports UNB. The EC would begin making the electoral roll with photograph plus National Identity (NID)...
Two girls - Khukumoni and Mazeda Khatun - Wednesday committed suicide in the city following their SSC exam result disappointments. Khukumoni (17) of Khilgaon was the daughter of SM Kholilur Rahman. He said, after receiving the SSC results, Khukumoni retreated...
Villagers beat to death two alleged robbers who attempted a robbery at Pinarchar in South Keraniganj under Dhaka early Wednesday, police said. — bdnews24.com
S M JahangirA huge amount of foreign currencies have reportedly been laundered abroad from the country by a section of dishonest raw jute traders through underhanded export deals.The sector insiders said many exporters are involved in such illegal money transfer...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Wednesday suggested allowing untaxed money to be invested in the stock market to bring dynamism in the economy of the country."There is a large amount of untaxed money in the country and we feel...
US Ambassador Patricia Butenis Wednesday said as the present government was sworn in to office under the constitution's caretaker provision, its mandate is clearly to produce good elections without unnecessary delays, reports UNB."We strongly support the caretaker government's commitment to...
FE ReportBusiness leaders of the country's textile sector have urged the government to withdraw the proposed import duty and value added tax (VAT) on capital machinery to maintain the growth momentum of the sector.The businessmen Wednesday held a meeting at...
INCESSANT torrential rains have wreaked havoc on Chittagong city life as well as triggered disastrous mudslides that swept away settlements lying at the foot of small hills in the port city and its adjacent areas. The calamity took a heavy...
Enayet RasulEVERY year, during the rainy season, the waterlogging and flood-like conditions in the capital city -- and now also in the port city of Chittagong -- are turning worse. This year, the problems are likely to be manifested in...
Gerard Lyons STATE capitalism and resource nationalism are set to become two of the main economic issues of our time. Across Asia, Russia and the Middle East, governments look set to use their countries' currency reserves and savings to acquire...
Hasan MahmudTHE annual conference of the deputy commissioners (DCs) recently concluded in Dhaka with a call from the Chief Adviser to maintain honesty in the public administration. This is ritual that the head of the government will suggest like this....
AT last monsoon has arrived to relieve all of us from the unbearable hot spell, which had prevailed in the country for the last couple of months. But soon after the temperature plummeted with the downpour, another problem has surfaced...
EVERY effort should be made to plan and implement better the load shedding operations. This is also possible after getting feedbacks from various types of users about their need, peak time of uses and preferences. A proper and carefully crafted...
DOES money have any colour as we are now a days led to believe ! I think they only have hue. Look at the taka two denomination note. It is the market leader. Torn beyond recognition, battered, beaten, defaced, scotched...
Thalif Deen from the United Nations"With the war turning out to be a huge political liability for the ruling Republican Party at the upcoming elections in November," an Asian diplomat told IPS, "it is a safe guess the White House...
Jay ShankarInside a makeshift tent pitched on a west Indian railway platform, Daji Mohite awaits an operation to remove cataracts. He's about to board the Lifeline Express, the world's oldest charity hospital on train tracks. ``I have waited for so...
Sharon Smyth and Ricard AlonsoJavier Usua and Ruth Graneda never got out of the car when they visited Sanchinarro and Las Tablas, two of Madrid's biggest new suburban developments. The concrete-block buildings and empty streets were all they needed to...
Joe Cochrane from JakartaIndonesia is to relaunch efforts to privatise dozens of state-owned companies, beginning with a public offering of one of the country's largest state-owned banks, a senior government official said Thursday.Sofyan Djalil, the minister for state-owned enterprises (SOEs),...
GENEVA, June 12 (AFP): Developing countries vowed yesterday to stand their ground on key principles in deadlocked global trade talks, a week before four World Trade Organisation (WTO) powers are to make yet another bid to unlock the negotiations. Brazilian...
WASHINGTON, June 12 (AFP): The World Bank is planning an international fund of at least 250 million dollars to fight deforestation, which contributes to global warming, a bank official said yesterday. The targets for the fund are all countries that...
WASHINGTON, June 12 (AFP): US lawmakers are to unveil a proposed law this week that could address concerns China is keeping its currency allegedly undervalued, Congressional staff said. Details of a bipartisan bill "to address undervalued currencies that harm US...
SINGAPORE, June 12 (AFP): Tokyo is Asia's leading centre of commerce but London is number one in the world, said a study released today by MasterCard. Three other Asian cities-Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore - ranked among the world's top...
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