Rahman Jahangir | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
Never before in the past had the issue of economic inequality in regions, divisions and districts of Bangladesh been focused more eloquently as it has been these days. It indeed augurs well for future stability and prosperity of the country...
Mehedi Hasan Fuad | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
A prerequisite for sustainable human development, which is a central part of the post-2015 Development Framework, is ensuring physical and mental wellbeing for all. The MDG framework, so far, has successfully prioritised health issues facing the poorest world in 2000....
If one looks at the history of administration in the then British-India, it would be seen that the maximum age limit for entry into a government job was 18. The age limits were changed several times in British-India and Pakistan...
Load-shedding has again grabbed news headlines. Dhaka City dwellers are now passing through hard times without the required electricity. Intermittent power outages have been fast becoming a part of our urban life. In the sweltering heat of Bhadra, life at...
Nine people were killed and 24 others injured in road accidents in Habiganj, Narsingdi and Mymensingh districts on Saturday, according to a news agency.
Mugging incidents these days are on a sharp rise in Dhaka city. It is alarming news for the city dwellers. Many mugging victims do not even lodge complaints with the police as they think it is futile and will only...
Akkasha Sultan Shaikh | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
Apple, Google and Coca Cola are three different brands. But they are united by one important factor: they were placed first, second and third in the Best Global Brand listing for 2013. These are organisations with good brand equity. Companies...
K. B. Ahmed | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
The British Prime Minister, like other Western leaders, alerted through a press conference his country and the world at large about a perceived threat from an Islamist agenda of establishing a theocratic rule over the otherwise modern secular life. Perceptions...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 5 (BSS): Wide-ranging and substantial expansion of livestock farming is very important for removing the existing protein deficiency along with cutting the poverty rate in the region. The unemployment problem in the rural areas could be reduced to...
SINGAPORE, Sept 5 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asia Friday as dealers digested a mixed US inventory report and a new round of interest rate cuts by the European Central Bank, while keeping watch on the Ukraine conflict. US benchmark...
RANGPUR, Sept 5 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here have stressed the need for proper planning to enhance crop production for further boosting the agriculture sector to ensure national food security coping with the adverse impacts of climate change. Bangladesh...
GAIBANDHA, Sept 5 (BSS): Different crops including T-Aman paddy on a total of 3,429 hectares of land owned by 36,000 farmers of four upazilas in the district have been damaged by flood. According to official sources, water level of the...
BRUSSELS, Sept 5 (AFP): The European Parliament ratcheted up the pressure on the European Union yesterday to increase support for farmers hit by a Russian ban on food exports over the Ukraine crisis. Leading the calls for aid were members...
NEWPORT, Sept 5 (AFP): The United States urged Western allies at a NATO summit Friday to unite in a coalition that could "destroy" Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. "There is no issue in our minds about our determination...
PARIS, Sept 5 (AFP): A decade after the strongest tsunami in living memory, 24 countries spanning from Australia to South Africa will take part in a UN-backed simulation exercise next week to test their capacity to forecast and tackle similar...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (AFP) : A new breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Friday welcomed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's announcement of the launch of a South Asian branch of the terror network. Zawahiri announced the new "Al-Qaeda in the...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (agencies): At least 89 people have been killed across Pakistan after heavy rains brought flash floods and caused homes to collapse in the Punjab and Kashmir regions, government officials said Friday. Most deaths occurred in the city...
KABUL, Sept 5 (AFP): A UN-supervised audit of votes cast in Afghanistan's disputed election was completed Friday, officials said, but the results will not be known for days as the contentious process of invalidating fraudulent ballots continues. Both presidential candidates...
BEIRUT, Sept 5 (AFP): Al-Qaeda's Syria franchise Friday released a video showing nine Lebanese army and police hostages it said could pay the price for the Shiite group Hezbollah's military intervention in the Syrian conflict. The Al-Nusra Front video, entitled...
India, Sept 5 (Reuters) Sixty-five people were killed after heavy rains caused flash floods in Kashmir, including a wedding party on a bus that was swept away, officials said on Thursday. Authorities declared a disaster alert in the northern region...
Around 120 million girls worldwide, roughly one in 10, have been subjected to sexual violence by the age of 20, a UN report says. The largest-ever compilation of data on violence against children shows that 95,000 or one fifth of...
Hong Kong democracy activists blast 'shameful' Britain HONG KONG, Sept 5: Hong Kong democracy activists hit back Friday at comments from Britain welcoming Beijing's plans for limited voting rights in the southern Chinese city, describing them as "shameful" and "cowardly"....
Syful Islam | 2014-09-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh now looks to BRICS nations to further boost apparel export through exploring the new markets in the emerging bloc cutting across continents, official sources said. Dhaka has agreed in principle to be member of BRICS-Brazil, Russia, India, China and...
FE Report Prices of a few vegetables including brinjal rose on Friday compared with a week ago, with traders blaming submergence of crop fields by flood water for the hike. Prices of coriander and turmeric powder reduced while most of...
KHULNA, Sept 5 (UNB): Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said Dada Match Factory at the Khulna city's Rupsha industrial belt, which was shut down on August 18, 2010, would be reopened soon. The Industries Ministry already initiated the...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 5 (AFP) :Argentina's Senate on Thursday passed a bill sponsored by President Cristina Kirchner that would empower her government to regulate prices and production to combat high inflation, drawing sharp objections from the private sector.
FE Report Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said Friday the government has been making all possible efforts to reopen the closed units of Tuba Group to fulfil workers' legitimate demands. The labour leader-cum-minister also made a promise of clearing all the...
The 3rd Asian Tourism Fair (ATF) will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on September 11-13. Monthly Magazine Parjatan Bichitra will organise the three-day tourism fair in cooperation with Bangladesh Tourism Board and Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation....
Worldwide development agency Oxfam's Chief Executive Mark Goldring will arrive in the capital on Saturday on a three-day visit to Bangladesh. During the visit, Goldring is expected to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to express his sincere thanks on behalf...
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