The first-ever three-day 'Dhaka Apparel Summit' begins in the city on tomorrow (Sunday) to showcase Bangladesh's progress in the vital readymade garment sector and work out a plan to reach a US$ 50-billion export landmark by 2021.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Bangladesh has huge potentials to generate energy without any fuel using a new technology, 'Heavy Circular Moving Object's Triggering Energy Conversion' (HECMOTE), said a leading scientist. "This is a very new technology. This doesn't require any fuel. It's a big...
GENEVA, Dec 05 (AFP): Wages in developed countries are flatlining and even falling in some places, holding down economic growth after the financial crisis and increasing the risk of deflation, the International Labour Organization said Friday. The UN agency said...
LONDON, Dec 5 (Reuters): The European Union may ditch plans to force banks to keep high-risk trading activities separate from their main businesses because of opposition from some member states. European commissioner Jonathan Hill said in a letter to senior...
BEIJING, Dec 5 (Reuters): China will pursue prudent monetary policy and pro-active fiscal policy next year, the ruling Communist Party's elite decision-making body was quoted as saying on Friday in a reiteration of the government's existing stance. China will deepen...
FRANKFURT, Dec 5 (Reuters): The head of Germany's Bundesbank warned the European Central Bank on Friday against copying the money printing used in the United States and Japan, saying that it would not have the same impact in Europe. Speaking...
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (AFP): Fast-food workers and others in low-pay jobs on Thursday launched one-day strikes and protests across the United States demanding a $15 an hour minimum wage and union rights. Organizers said workers at major chains like McDonald's,...
Md Ashiqur Rahman | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Any Bangladeshi visiting Europe and North America for a while or at least for a couple of days will pause and ponder over developed and beautiful cities there. They see no terrible traffic jams. They find roads neat and clean...
M. Shafiqul Karim | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury left us for good on November 29 in a tragic road accident. He was going to ATN Bangla to take part in a talk show with Bhorer Kagoj editor Shaymal Dutta. As he was trying to get...
The fate of the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway Project still remains uncertain with its tenure being extended for the fourth time now. The reported completion of 65 per cent of the work in more than eight years since the project was conceived,...
Md Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
The Constitution of Bangladesh provides the basis for legal aid mechanism through its different Articles though there is no clearly spelt out expression in any Article on the subject concerned. Firstly, article 27 says that all citizens are equal before...
Taher Ali | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Extortion is becoming an increasingly complex phenomenon for those living in the capital as its dimension always keeps on changing. The people of this over populated city live their lives in the most unliveable conditions with fear and anxiety. That...
Nironjan Roy | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
The SWIFT's (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommu-nication) international banking operations seminar -- (SIBOS) -- is the biggest gathering of banks and financial institutions of the world. It is held in different countries facilitating banks and financial institutions of every...
Danish Siddiqui and Nita Bhalla of Reuters in Bhopal/New Delhi | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Beyond the iron gates of the derelict pesticide plant where one of the world's worst industrial disasters occurred, administrative buildings lie in ruins, vegetation overgrown and warehouses bolted. Massive vessels, interconnected by a multitude of corroded pipes that once carried...
Mobile phone radiation is a serious threat to human health. It may even cause cancer. Mobile phone radiation can cause sperm reduction which may lead to infertility. Many other ailments may occur due to radiation. There are many mobile operators...
There are reports in issues of different newspapers that manufacturing work of the Roopur nuclear plant has started in Russia! If so, we are going to be vulnerable to radiation disasters. Past 80 now, this writer may not be there...
The Dhaka WASA water supply is very low in many parts of Dhaka city and it is not adequate to meet the requirements. Residents have to depend on extracting water from the WASA main water line which involves additional cost....
Incidents of kidnapping and forced disappearance are still on in our society despite a lot of uproar about it. Often we read about news on forced disappearance and on occasions the relatives of the victims hold the members of law...
Accusing the government of shackling nation with a one-party cruel rule, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said Friday democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of martyrs is not safe yet, reports UNB. In a...
Major political parties, including the ruling Awami League (AL) and BNP, will observe the Democracy Day today (Saturday), marking the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990, reports UNB. On December 6, 1990, military dictator Ershad stepped down in...
BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam alleged Friday that the government had failed to give a boost to manpower export to the Middle East, Malaysia and other countries despite having tremendous prospects, reports UNB. "The government has failed to export increased...
KURIGRAM, Dec 5 (UNB): Some central leaders of BNP incurred the wrath of a group of local BNP men here Friday over the expired committee of the party's district unit. Several thousands BNP leaders and activists, led by district unit...
Islami Andolan Bangladesh will protest over three months demanding punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his anti-Hajj comments, reports bdnews24.com. The party's chief Syed Mohammad Rejaul Karim announced the programmes Friday in Dhaka. The programmes include protest rallies,...
KERANIGANJ, Dec 5 (BSS): General Secretary of Hazratpur Union Awami League under Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka district Md Alauddin Miah received bullet injuries Thursday night. Unknown miscreants opened fire at him in Bank Town area while he was going to...
Awami Swechchasebak League (ASL) deputy office secretary Probal Roy died of cardiac arrest Thursday night at a city clinic, said a press release Friday. He was 43, reports BSS. He left behind his mother, wife, a son, a daughter and...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 5 (BSS): Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) detained 10 activists of banned Islamist militant outfit Hizbut Tahrir when they brought out anti- government procession in city's Andar Killah area this noon. Kotwali thana police recovered some anti-government leaflets and...
Terming BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's meeting with some government officials Thursday night a 'midnight blueprint', Food Minister Quamrul Islam said Friday that necessary actions will be taken against those involved in the 'conspiracy,' report agencies. "It's a conspiracy against the...
RANGPUR, Dec 5 (BSS): Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is expected to come to her constituency Rangpur-6 (Pirganj) on a two-day visit Tuesday next, local Awami League (AL) sources said. The Speaker will arrive at Pirganj...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
The government measures taken to improve highway transport service across the country are failing to make any headway amid scarcity of trained drivers, lack of fitness certification and meagre insurance coverage, sources said. According to a source at Bangladesh Road...
PATUAKHALI, Dec 5 (UNB): Miscreants stormed into the house of a union parishad (UP) member and hacked him to death in Sadar Upazila Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Nasir Hawlader, 42, a member of Motherbunia Union and also...
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