Muhammad Zamir | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
There have been reports in the media that Myanmar President Thein Sein has denied that minority Muslim Rohingyas have been fleeing 'torture' in its western Rakhine state. This retort was focused upon in the Voice of America Burmese service. The...
Setting a lofty target is not always much too ambitious, as is sometimes the case. On the other hand, it can be a challenge to practical wisdom. The unofficial target set at the $ 50 billion mark in RMG (ready...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
One handshake salvaged the 18th Summit meeting of the South Asian Association Regional Cooperation (SAARC), held in the Nepalese capital Katmandu last week, from being branded as a total 'failure'. A brief meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Neil Ray | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
Do thieves have conscience or not? The question is likely to trouble anyone boasting even a tiny fraction of that precious gift when s/he comes across a most moving piece of news. The story in brief is that a blind...
We, the Dhaka dwellers are happy to see that the police are making sure that the pedestrians cross the road on zebra crossing. But what about that woman who had been awarded a month of imprisonment for not using zebra...
The drive to impose fines on people found jay-walking, as reported in almost all dailies is indeed heartening!! It seems that this good preventive measure by the police is paying off! I believe that this should be practised in Gulshan...
A few days ago I bought some apples from Town Hall Market at Mohammadpur. I asked the vendor to give me a kg of apple at Tk130 per kg as the vendor demanded. The fruit seller told his assistant to...
M S Siddiqui | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
The cumbersome judicial system, wastage of time and feeling of insecurity prevent people from going to court and appear as witnesses. Resulting lack of witness allows the accused to evade justice and carry on with illegal acts. We come across...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
It was around nine in the evening of November 29 when a senior colleague NM Harun, called me to tell, "Zaglul is dead". I was instantly in a fix and was about to ask, "Zaglul, who?" It took me a...
Md Jamal Hossain from Denver, USA | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
In a conversation on the occasion of Nobel Prize award ceremony in 2005, Nobel Laureate in economics Thomas Schelling said the number of people who die due to road accidents and fatalities in the United States is three times as...
Khairul Islam | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
The telecom regulator will urge the US-based popular social network Facebook and leading search engine Google to open 'admin panel' in Bangladesh, officials said. The officials said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to send a proposal immediately to...
Syful Islam | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has claimed that operating the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) by appointing private operators and buying equipments from its own fund will bring more profit for the country compared to the proposals given by other...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
The government has planned to evaluate performance and spot gaps in its previous financial expenditure and management reforms, officials said. "We've initiated a move to identify gaps and evaluate performance in different financial reform activities such as public expenditure, accountability...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-12-01 00:00:00
The prices of local onion fell slightly in the last few days in the kitchen market after the supply of local variety increased, traders said. The supply of local variety named 'murikata' increased in the kitchen markets. The wholesale price...
Nokia Networks demonstrates LTE trial Nokia Networks demonstrated trial run of Long Term Evolution (LTE), popularly known as 4G LTE, in the country for first time. The infrastructure service provider company organised the landmark event in the capital recently, where...
Nearly 76 per cent of rickshaw-pullers in Dhaka send money to their village home through mobile banking due to its safety and cost efficiency, according to a study, reports BSS. The study titled "Use of electronic media: Remittance behavior of...
ROSTOV, (Russia), Nov 30 (UNB): Russian experts have suggested Bangladesh, Vietnam and other countries that have taken up nuclear power plant (NPP) projects to train up their own manpower to operate their plants on their own. "It's better to gather...
The Metro Rail Bill, 2014 was placed in the House on Sunday, aiming to ease traffic congestions and provide fast and improved public transportation in the capital, reports. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader moved the bill in the...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder has cited figures as old as those of 2010 to say only 5.0 per cent of Bangladesh's 34 million educated youths are unemployed, reports bdnews24.com. The state minister informed the Parliament of...
Md Mizanur Rahman and Md Mahfuzur Rahman have been selected president and secretary general respectively of Sonali Bank Retired Executive Forum. They were selected at the get-together organised by the Forum in the city recently, said a press release. The...
BUCHAREST, Nov 30 (AFP): Weakened by his defeat in the recent presidential election, Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta faces a new test in talks with the IMF over the 2015 budget in one of the poorest countries in Europe. A...
SHANGHAI, Nov 30 (AFP): Makers of the world's private jets are looking to promote their aircraft as business tools in China rather than luxury toys for the super-rich, as a corruption crackdown slows sales in the country. Chinese leader Xi...
DUBLIN, Nov 30 (AFP) : Ireland will repay early 9.0 billion euros ($11.22 billion) of its International Monetary Fund bailout loans by the end of the year on the back of a solid recovery, the finance ministry said Friday. The...
TEHRAN, Nov 30 (AFP) : Foreign automakers seeking a return to the potentially huge Iranian market with the lifting of international sanctions will find the business environment has changed: former joint venture partners now want to play the game by...
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