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Fate of small power plant project, apparently, sealed

The cabinet committee on economic affairs Sunday put the last nail on the coffin of the small power plant (SPP) project when it rejected a move by the Power Division to approve the evaluation process of the controversial venture. The meeting, presided over by Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, blasted the Power Division officials for . . . . . . Read Full Story

Call rate may rise on last working day before Eid

The call rate is likely to rise Wednesday next, the last working day before the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, following heavy cash withdrawal from the banking sector. The short-term borrowings normally move before the Eid festival to meet the growing demand of the bank clients, sources in the banking sector said. "The call rate may i . . . . . . Read Full Story

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Fate of small power plant project, apparently, sealed

The cabinet committee on economic affairs Sunday put the last nail on the coffin of the small power

Call rate may rise on last working day before Eid

The call rate is likely to rise Wednesday next, the last working day before the Eid-ul-Fitr festival

ERD seeks green signal from Cabinet Div

The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has decided to get the 'concurrence' of the Cabinet Division f

POLITICS & POLICIES

Govt criminalising country's economy, speakers tell AL seminar

Criminalisation of economy as well as politics and emergence of militancy during the BNP-Jamaat alli

United effort of world community to prevent natural calamity sought

Climate change is one of the key reasons for frequent natural disaster and Bangladesh is one of the

PM returns home today

Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia returns home today (Monday) concluding her weeklong visit to Saudi

METRO & COUNTRY

NCTB to hand over textbooks at pry, ebtadaye levels by Dec 25

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) will hand over primary and ebtedaye level textbook

Offices of British High Commission to remain closed Nov 1, 6 and 7

British High Commission in Dhaka and its office in Sylhet will remain closed to the public on Novemb

Fire guts 2 garment factories in port city

CHITTAGONG, Oct 30 (UNB): Two garment factories were burnt down at Dewanhat in Doublemooring thana i

Internation Corporate Development

Smarter trading is no safeguard against fraud

Every so often, a trading blow-up or fraud cripples a financial institution. E.F. Hutton, Drexel Bur

The true causes of business failures

High-profile business failures come in phases: none comes for a while and then three seem to appear

Companies urged to have faith in IFRS

There are signs of a significant change in attitudes towards International Financial Reporting Stand

EDITORIAL

Modern scanning devices for the ports

THE two seaports of the country at Chittagong and Khulna are urgently in need of going through a pr

When loyalty gets precedence over accountability

THE eighth national parliament stepped into fifth year of its existence Saturday last. Besides the f

Newspaper's prestige punctured on point of principle

TWO years ago a scandal involving a rogue reporter called Jayson Blair plunged the New York Times in

LETTER TO EDITOR

Steps against corruption

BANGLADESH has been adorned with the badge of the most corrupt country in the world for five consecu

A commendable act

THE Jatiya Sangshad recently passed the Pure Food (Amendment) Act 2005 which certainly will meet

Racket in bus tickets

It has become rather a tradition that on the eve of Eid festivals, transport operators start playing

COMPANY & FINANCE

Irregular fund allocation impedes BSCIC's project for women entrepreneurs

The Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme (WEDP) of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries C

Call rate remains unchanged, dollar steady

Call money rate remained unchanged Sunday, while the US dollar was mostly steady against the local c

Local fabrics rule Eid bazaar

This year the Eid shopping market is witnessing a surge in demands for locally produced fabrics, inc

BUSINESS & FINANCE

IMF moves to debunk Asian CB fallacies

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (AFP): Asian central banks are among the top holders of US Treasury securities bu

Companies across Asia bracing for bird flu catastrophe

SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (AFP): Just two years after the SARS outbreak sent Asian economies into intensive

Jalal, Ahsan elected Uttara Bank CBA leaders

Jalal Ahmed and Abu Md Ahsanul Habib have been elected recently president and general secretary of U

MARKET & COMMODITIES

PNG to 'apply brakes' on foreign exploitation of resources

PORT MORESBY, Oct 30 (AFP): Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has warned that the

Oil prices nearing "acceptable" level, says OPEC chief

KUWAIT, Oct 30 (Reuters): OPEC's president Sheikh Ahmad al- Fahd al-Sabah said yesterday oil prices

Roseburg Thread obtains ISO certification

BASIC Bank Limited Managing Director (MD) AH Ekbal Hossain greeted Roseburg Thread (BD) Limited Mana

SPORTS

BOA names participants, officials for C'wealth Games

Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Sunday announced the names of participants and officials of thr

Ballseye

Supporters of Ganguly say he never actually called Tendulkar a 'passenger' or 'tourist' or even 'ext

S Africa win in a cliff-hanger

Port Elizabeth, Oct 30 (BBC): South Africa sealed a one-day series victory over New Zealand with two

WORLD

World leaders condemn Delhi blasts

NEW DELHI, Oct 30: At least 61 people were killed and 188 injured in a series of blasts which rocked

Zanzibar elections open amid sporadic violence

ZANZIBAR, (Tanzania), Oct 30 (AFP): Voters in Tanzania's offshore state of Zanzibar went to the poll

Beta hits Nicaragua, Honduras

PUERTO CABEZAS, (Nicaragua), Oct 30 (AFP): Nicaragua's Caribbean coast braced for a direct hit from

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