Farid Hasan Ahmed | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
The winter season has started in Bangladesh. The location of Bangladesh is in 20°22'N-26°36'N, 87°48'E-92°41'E.5. It is not a severely cold-prone country. People of Bangladesh are used to face the normal winter season when the average temperature remains 13°C-20°C. But...
Oberthur Technologies, a French company, is likely to get contract for production and distribution of Smart National Identity Card (Smart NID) under an Election Commission (EC) project, reports UNB. The tender evaluation committee has already made the recommendation in this...
Appreciating the brave role of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during the January-5 general election, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday the members of this force played a very important role in foiling the plot to stop the polls,...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said Saturday Bangladeshi nationalism is a "cocktail philosophy", reports BSS. The minister was addressing a meeting of marginal social groups' network, NNMC, at the Institution of Engineers. The topic of the discussion was "Human...
Trials are going on in International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) in four cases against seven people for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, reports BSS. The seven accused in four cases are Sheikh Sirajul Haq alias Siraj...
KUSHTIA, Dec 20 (UNB): At least 10 houses were set ablaze and 10 more vandalised following death of one person in a fierce clash between two factions of the local unit of Awami League at Poradah village in Mirpur upazila...
Nearly a year after receiving the draft rules of the amended Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act, the law ministry has recently vetted the draft rules and sent them back to the health ministry to be finalised, reports UNB....
BOGRA, Dec 20 (UNB) : The half-day hartal, enforced by the local unit BNP demanding the release of its five leaders whom a court sent to jail in a case for crude bomb blast in front of the district Awami...
Fifty-one scholars, writers and activists from home and abroad have expressed deep concern over the use of contempt of court law in curbing freedom of expression. The signatories to the statement are Dr Shahdeen Malik, Khushi Kabir, Rasheda K Choudhury,...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The place is the largest hospital in the country. A woman has been declared dead and a death certificate too has been issued to that effect. Four hours later, a ward boy comes to the trolley on which the body...
Gazi Mahabubul Alam | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Within the current norms of developmental measurements, particularly economic development, a number of indicators are used. They are mainly GDP/GNP, Foreign Currency Reserve (FCR) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). However, postulates in economics are always not holy. Moreover, it cannot...
Md Sultan Mahmud | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The English chemist John Dalton first proposed the scientific theory of the atom two hundred years ago. Since then we have seen chemists come to understand the elements and their interactions, we have seen engineers make and use new materials...
Sadia Arman in the second of a four-part article | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
At the new school Dali spent such long and continual hours in reverie and imagination, lost, for example, in looking out of the window or in contemplation of a coloured picture found in a chocolate wrapping, that his teachers reported...
Alamgir Hossain | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
It is undeniable that beggars are everywhere in the city of Dhaka - at traffic signals, peering into taxi windows, bedraggled, haggard and breaking into a sudden smile when a few coins are dropped into their palms. Dhaka is now...
PESHAWAR, Dec 19 (agencies): Pakistan's military says it has killed 59 militants in ground assaults and air strikes on Taliban units in areas near the border with Afghanistan. The operations come days after the Taliban killed 141 people at a...
KIEV, Dec 19 (AFP): Ukraine's forces on Friday reported the death of five soldiers in the first bloody day of clashes with pro-Russian insurgents in the separatist east in more than week. Defence spokesman Andriy Lysenko said another seven Ukrainian...
BANGKOK, Dec 19 (AFP): Chinese premier Li Keqiang is set Friday to sign agriculture and transport agreements on a visit to Bangkok, as Thailand's junta seeks diplomatic support after their coup was given short-shrift by US and European allies. A...
COLOMBO, Dec 19 (AFP): Sri Lanka's main opposition Friday promised to address international concerns over war crimes and normalise relations with regional superpower India and Western nations if they won January presidential polls. Candidate Maithripala Sirisena said he would also...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (AFP): A Pakistani government prosecutor said Friday he will challenge a court order granting bail to the alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, which sparked strong condemnation from India. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi is accused of...
Top Islamic militants killed, more US troops going to Iraq WASHINGTON, Dec 19: Two senior Islamic State group leaders were killed in U.S. and coalition airstrikes in northern Iraq over the last week, U.S. officials said Thursday, as Defense Secretary...
Sugarcane crushing began on Friday at three sugar mills of the country for the 2014-2015 season, report agencies. With 7,493 tonnes of sugar still remaining unsold, Setabganj Sugar Mills began its sugarcane crushing programme for the season on the day....
When consumers are tired of having adulterated foodstuff alongside price manipulation, some educated youths have come up with an idea to supply poison-free fresh vegetables, ensuring fair prices for both the farmers and consumers, reports UNB. In an effort to...
SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (Reuters): Gold edged up above $1,200 an ounce on Friday as buyers helped the metal hold up against rising equity markets, paring losses fueled by worries over a looming hike in U.S. interest rates. A surge in...
SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (AFP): Oil prices edged up in Asia Friday after falling sharply in the previous session, as analysts predicted increased volatility and no end in sight this year to tumbling prices. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 18 (UNB): The weekly tea sale here Wednesday was marked by a similar trend to the last week's sale where Blenders again dominated the market and accounted for most of the offerings. Loose tea buyers also lent some...
Atiur Rahman | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The new World Bank report on addressing inequality in South Asia duly takes note of the broad success of South Asian governments in not letting inequality widen beyond moderate levels, with their various anti-poverty interventions supplementing the gains from sustained...
Saleh Akram | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal with an outcome far below expectations. The theme of the summit was 'Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity', underscoring a focus on enhancing connectivity...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Torture report of the CIA, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee, headed by Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein, after terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Centre in New York has caused uproar in the US. The UN...
That the Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is going to get its first international recognition is a piece of heartening news. Upon getting this, the BAB's functional role as an authorised agency for providing standard certificates for export and import goods...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Now that the much hyped climate deal has finally been struck in the Peruvian capital, Lima, its implications do not seem to inspire much hope. There are observers who even termed it 'awfully flimsy.' While it has largely diluted the...
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