Journalism without fear or favour http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/ All Copyright Reserved to Orangebd Ltd http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/image/mainlogo.jpg http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has recommended preparing an action plan to create some fiscal space to respond to any downturn in economihttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51364BNP will go to general election but on Dec. 28, if conditions are met, Khaleda Zia announced in a televised briefing after back-to-back meetings of hehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51365Awami League president Sheikh Hasina Thursday said that the general election should be held on December 18 with the participation of all political parhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51366http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51367FE Report Dhaka stocks finished lower Thursday amidst the investors' worry over the uncertainty shrouding the holding of the upcoming national elechttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51368Shakhawat Hossain The country's import surged by nearly 40 per cent in the first two weeks of the current month showing a sign of improvement in http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51369From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 20: Contraction and recession are no longer the pet words in the financial markets around the globe. A more petrihttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51370The Election Commission (EC) voiced satisfaction Thursday over BNP's announcement on being ready for Dec 28 polls, calling the apparent compromise "fahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51371The Armed Forces Day will be observed today (Friday) with due enthusiasm and solemnity, marking the inception of the national military in war-field duhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51372The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into alleged irregularities in plot allotment to some 100 individuals, including sehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51373FE Report The government is upbeat about augmenting electricity generation in the upcoming irrigation season to meet the mounting demands across thhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51374The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377Real Estate Development and Management Ordinance 2008 for bringing fair management in real-estate business and protecting the interest of buyers and shttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51378Two former caretaker government advisers have warned of "great disaster" if a free, fair and credible election does not take place with the participathttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51379Doulot Akter Mala The European Union (EU) inspection team has expressed satisfaction over significant improvement in food safety measures in the pahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51380http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51381FE Report FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf Wednesday appealed to world leaders to meet together next year to design a new agricultural order andhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51382LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters): World stocks dropped to 5-1/2 year lows and oil hit 22-month troughs as investors reacted to dire Federal Reserve warnings ohttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51383Jasim Uddin Haroon The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to amend some of the rules for providing licences to freight forwarders afhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51384http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304The High Court (HC) Thursday declared valid the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) rules and procedures in filing graft case against a suspected corrupthttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51315The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Paul J Heytens appreciated the caretaker government's (CG's) decision about sticking to election roahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51316The newly formed Local Government (LG) Commission is formulating policies for strengthening the local-government bodies, as a comprehensive reform rechttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51317A legal notice was served on the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Thursday by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) mayor calling for rescinding the Electhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51318The government has promulgated the Right to Information Ordinance-2008 on October 20 this year through a gazette notification, reports BSS. The orhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51319Bangladesh Kalyan Party led by Maj Gen (retd) Ibrahim has nominated eight more candidates raising the total number of nominees to 51 for parliament ehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51320The High Court (HC) Division Thursday granted three months' ad interim bail to BNP leader and former lawmaker Helaluzzman Talukder Lalu and Jamaat-e-Ihttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51321The High Court (HC) ordered the government to allow Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury to go to Hajj, reports bdnews24.com. The HC bench of jhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51322The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304 The government's revenue department netted a much higher amount of money from the individual taxpayers under the Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) this yearhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51354http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51355FE Report The recipients of micro-credit should try their best to become self-reliant financially along with alleviating poverty by utilising the bhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51356FE Report A four-day training programme on Post-Disaster Damage and Loss Assessment, jointly organised by the World Bank (WB), Global Facility on Dhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51357Our Correspondent FARIDPUR, Nov 20: The farmers of the Faridpur district have started cultivating winter vegetables. They have grown various kinds http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51358FE Report BRAC and the MasterCard Foundation announced Wednesday a $19.6 million programme to expand financial services to the poor across Uganda,http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51359Agriculture Adviser Dr CS Karim has expressed Bangladesh's commitment to the important work of the FAO (UN Organisation on Food and Agriculture) and ihttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51360GOPALGANJ, Nov 20 (UNB): Police arrested 10 people, including eight madrasah teachers and students, from the district town Thursday. Police said thhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51361FE Report Shishu-Jubo Sangskritik Jote (SJSJ) president Poet Mosharraf Hossain questioned the legality of the albums and books brought out by a sechttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51362Md Syedur Rahman has been appointed honourary consul of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in Bangladesh with effect from May 2, 2008, said a presshttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51363The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304FE Report The 1st International CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Exhibition -2008 begins today (Friday) at the city's Bangladesh-China Friendship Confehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51323http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51324The government of India has launched a commemorative postal stamp to mark Standard Chartered's 150th anniversary, says a press release. Indian Prehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51325A representative delegation of Italian business house Maschio Gaspardo SpA called on Pubali Bank Ltd Managing Director-cum-CEO Helal Ahmed Chowdhury ihttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51326The 16th annual general meeting (AGM) of Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS) was held in the city Tuesday, says a press releahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51327FE Report The inter-bank call money rate posted nominal gain Thursday despite withdrawal of cash through reverse repurchase agreement. The US dollhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51328DU Correspondent Nokia, the world leader in mobile phones, will give Tk three million to the ten winners of its 'Shopno Dekhun' (don't stop dreaminhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51329Taiwanese company Tai Sheng Manufacturing Company Limited will set up a furniture manufacturing industry in the extension area CSD of Karnaphuli Exporhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51330The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) organised a lecture session on International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) ahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51331FE Report The leading mobile phone service operator Banglalink in partnership with the Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) is going to launch SME Help Line http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51332AGMs BD. Zipper: The authorities of BD. Zipper Industries have stated the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th annual general meetings (AGMs) of the company fhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51333Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Nov 20: Local wholesale markets has also registered a drastic downturn in price level of almost all consumer commodithttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51334Prime Bank Limited opened two ATM booths in the city's Mohakhali and Sat Masjid Road Monday, says a press release. Managing Director of the bank Mhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51335Mr Reaz Islam has been made chief executive officer (CEO) and executive director (ED) of LR Global Bangladesh Asset Management Company (AMC). As Chttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51336An orientation programme on Actuarial Studies in Bangladesh was held at the seminar room of the Department of Statistics of Dhaka University Tuesday, http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51337Warid Telecom in cooperation with the country's three satellite television (TV) channels has launched a value added service to provide news services thttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51338A month-long Thai food fair, the first initiative of its kind in the country, began at the Casablanca restaurant in the city Tuesday, says a press relhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51339The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304LIMA, Nov 20 (AFP): Top officials from the Asia-Pacific region were today to urge joint efforts to overcome the world economic crisis and try to breathttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51347http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51348MEXICO CITY, Nov 20 (Xinhua): The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will face "a very hard year" in 2009, a United Nations Development Proghttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51349KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (PTI): Terming India an important market player in the region, Malaysia has expressed keen interest to strengthen financial ties http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51350BEIJING, Nov 20 (AFP): China warned today it was facing serious unemployment problems due to the global economic crisis, amid signs it was increasinglhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51351MOSCOW, Nov 20 (AFP): Russia yesterday insisted there would be no devaluation in the ruble even though the central bank has spent billions of dollars http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51352OTTAWA, Nov 20 (Xinhua): Canada's newly-elected Conservative government yesterday pledged to protect Canadian from the global economic downturn and suhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51353The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (AFP): Increasingly grim global economic news and the prospects for even weaker demand for energy pulled world oil prices lower todahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51340http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51341BANGKOK, Nov 20 (AFP): General Motors in Thailand will halt assembly for two months and shed 250 staff due to slow demand, a spokesman said today as ihttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51342ROME, Nov 20 (AFP): The UN food agency said yesterday it would need 42.6 million dollars (33.6 million euros) to carry out reforms called for by an inhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51343TOKYO, Nov 20 (AFP): Japanese exports fell at their fastest pace in almost seven years in October as Asian demand cooled, pushing the world's second bhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51344TOKYO, Nov 20 (AFP): Isuzu Motors said today it would cut 1,400 jobs and slash domestic production by 10 per cent, the latest in a slew of layoffs by http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51345Dhaka Regency, the newest five star business hotel appointed Neena Ahmed as its head of marketing, says a press release. She began her career in 1http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51346The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304Bangladesh staged an impressive fightback with the ball on the second day in Bloemfontein, but familiar frailties were exposed with the bat as they lohttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51305India took a 3-0 lead in the one-day series with a 16-run Duckworth-Lewis win over a much-improved England side, reports BBC. Chasing 241 in 49 ovhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51306FE Report 'Dhaka Blue' have become champions in the 'Ispahani 26th National Bridge Championship-2008' defeating 'Gems' by 153/117 international mathttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51307Michael Clarke saved Australia from total collapse as they were dismissed for 214 on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand in Brisbanehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51308President XI of Bangladesh made a frustrating start in the prestigious 45th Nehru Cup Hockey Tournament with a 5-1 goals defeat against Bharat Petrolehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51309Sylhet Division were struggling at 93 for 5 in 37 overs in the 2nd innings at stumps to take 29 runs over all lead against Khulna Division on the 3rd http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51310Stadium Tokai team outclassed Jatrabari Tokai team by 61-21 points with four creditable 'lona' in a match of the 2nd Orient Bread Tokai Kabaddi Compethttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51311SINGAPORE, Nov 20(AFP): Reigning world champion Luke Kibet confirmed today that he will run the Singapore Marathon next month, boosting an event that http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51312Argentina will go into the Davis Cup final as favourites to win the trophy for the first time in the absence of Rafael Nadal for Spain, reports BBC. http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51313Argentina boss Diego Maradona felt his side were worthy of their victory after Maxi Rodriguez's goal consigned Scotland to defeat at Hampden, reports http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51314The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377BANGKOK, Nov 20 (Reuters): Diehard protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's offices brushed off a grenade attack that killed one person and wohttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51298ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters): Pakistan summoned US ambassador Anne Patterson Thursday to receive a formal protest over missile strikes launched by phttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51299Pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker off the Somali coast are reported to have demanded a $25m (£17m) ransom, report agencies. The AFP news agenhttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51300A statement purporting to be from the second-in-command of Islamic militant network al-Qaeda has called on Muslims to harm "criminal" America, reportshttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51301Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, international research shows,reports BBC. Thttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51302US 'dark side' raised in Pakistani scientist case NEW YORK, Nov 20: The "dark side" of US counter- terrorism took centrestage Wednesday in thehttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51303http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51304The newly-constructed North Container Yard was inaugurated at Chittagong Port Thursday. Ministry of Shipping secretary Sheikh AK Motahar Hossain formahttp://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51375The final results of SSC first and second year examinations - 2007 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) were published Thursday. A total of 1,38,940http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51376All the election-related offices will remain open at weekends from today (Friday) until the next parliamentary and local body elections are held. The http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.info/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=51377