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Five Oriental Bank officials suspended

Authorities have started taking actions against the high-ups of the Oriental Bank Limited who allegedly plundered billions of taka through various irregularities including fake loans. The current management of the bank has already suspended five top officials including an executive vice president for his alleged involvement in vari . . . . . . Read Full Story

Road shows abroad to arrange funds for cash-strapped BPC

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) in an unprecedented move will hold two separate road shows in Bahrain and Dubai to convince international lenders to extend credit for fuel imports. "The road shows will be held today (Monday) and tomorrow at two separate venues in the two countries in the middle east - Bahrain and Du . . . . . . Read Full Story

HEADLINE

Road shows abroad to arrange funds for cash-strapped BPC

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) in an unprecedented move will hold two separate roa

Five Oriental Bank officials suspended

Authorities have started taking actions against the high-ups of the Oriental Bank Limited who allege

Cash incentive in current fiscal to continue

The government has decided to continue the cash incentive in the 2006-07 fiscal year, to support the

POLITICS & POLICIES

Cabinet body approves Jail Code Reforms

A Cabinet committee Sunday approved in principle the proposed Jail Code Reforms to modernise the Jai

Some 15m voters included in electoral roll

The Election Commission (EC) Sunday claimed that nearly 15 million (1.5 crore) voters have already b

Call to identify problems in CHT, char areas

LGRD and Co-operatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan Sunday expressed the hope to achieve 100 per ce

METRO/COUNTRY

Capital punishment for doctors responsible for Roushi's death demanded

Family members of Roushi, the three-year-old child who died of alleged wrong treatment at the Pan Ca

Industrialist Ragib Ali honoured

The fourth class employees union and technical employees association of Dhaka University (DU) jointl

Six killed in separate incidents

Six persons were killed and many others were injured in separate incidents in different parts of the

EDITORIAL

Implementing the ceasefire resolution over Lebanon

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has finally cobbled together a ceasefire proposal that sh

The problem of getting IT acts together

HOW is the state of development of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Bangladesh?

Cut-price HIV drugs drive may spur patents clash

A French-led international medicines programme will soon begin buying recently developed Aids drugs

MISCELLANY

When demons and criminals rule our world

It's not too long ago that in his second inauguration on January 20, 2005, President Bush pledged th

Attacking terrorism at its roots

THE success of British intelligence in foiling the plot to blow up as many as 10 planes flying from

Piracy still troubling the shipping industry

WHEN pirates attacked the US cruise ship Seabourn Spirit off Somalia in November last year, the inci

LETTER TO EDITOR

Low morale of police force

It is needless to say that the police can serve the people in various ways. They are the proud sons

Ills in education

The different streams of education in the country are producing three different types of student pop

COMPANIES & FINANCE

SME foundation set to start journey next month

A special foundation to facilitate the growth of the country's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) w

DBBL holds managers' confce

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) held its 3rd managers' conference-2006 at the bank's training centr

Govt borrows Tk 11.25b thru' treasury bills

The government borrowed Tk 11.25 billion (1125 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. On

BUSINESS/FINANCE

S Asia's macroeconomic stability, more job opportunities to help reduce poverty level

ISLAMABAD, Aug 12 (APP): The overall macroeconomic stability, enabling environment for investment, g

Immigrants not 'stealing jobs' from Americans

HOUSTON, Aug 12 (PTI): As debate over immigration policy generates heat in the US, there seems to be

India's industrial production grows by robust 9.6pc

NEW DELHI, Aug 12 (AFP): India's industrial production grew by a robust 9.6 per cent in June, accord

SPORTS

Mortaza, Rasel star in series win

Mashrafee Mortaza held his nerve to steer Bangladesh to a frenetic two-wicket win, and with it the s

Maskaev stops Rahman to seize WBC heavyweight crown

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug 13 (AFP): Kazakhstan-born Oleg Maskaev stopped Hasim Rahman in the final minu

west indies cricket

Gleaned from the net: "Talking with Wes a few years after the event," wrote Benaud, "he told me thi

WORLD

Israeli cabinet approves UN call to end fighting

JERUSALEM, Aug 13 (Reuters): Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet on Sunday approved a Unite

Iraqi forces raid ministry, smash plot against PM's family

BAGHDAD, Aug 13 (AFP): Iraqi and US troops hunting alleged kidnappers raided the health ministry, ar

Chinese medicine 'aids diabetics'

A traditional Chinese medicine may be beneficial for people suffering from type 2 diabetes, reports

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