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BNP warns of waging mass movement after Eid

2014-07-12 00:00:00

The BNP has warned of waging a mass movement after the Eid-ul-Fitr to force the government to accept its demand for a fresh national polls supervised by a non-party neutral body, according to a news agency. At an Iftar programme,...

Avoiding unnecessary procurement for hospitals

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Hospitals in this country cannot be said to have at their command the required and the latest gadgets or equipment. Procurement of machines or equipment for a hospital proves highly crucial. Intriguingly, however, the best of judgment is often lacking...

7-yr old girl \\\'raped\\\' in Pabna

2014-07-12 00:00:00

A seven-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by her neighbour in Pabna, family members of the victim claim, according to a news agency. The incident reportedly took place Saturday in Berha Upazila's Koitla Union. Quoting relatives, Berha police OC Tofazzal...

RMG: Roadblocks versus roadmap

Rahman Jahangir | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Sellers have little choice in buyers' market. Exporters of readymade garments (RMG) or any other products have to accept terms offered by importers who bargain against the ready availability of the same from other sources - in varying quality and...

Bangladesh to host international blue economy seminar in Sept

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Bangladesh will host a two-day international workshop on “Blue Economy” in September this year to discuss ways to better explore the untapped resources of the Bay of Bengal, a foreign ministry official said Saturday, according to a news agency. The...

An innovative idea

Muttakin Rashid Alvi | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

We all know innovative ideas can bring about a big change. One of the innovative ideas is the digital admission process, first implemented by the Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) in 2009. The system has been running successfully...

Merkel thinks Germany will win World Cup

2014-07-12 00:00:00

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel is optimist about Germany's chances of winning the World Cup final against Argentina, but is cautioning football fans that anything can happen, according to a news agency. Merkel told German public Television ZDF Saturday, "It certainly...

Democracy in Bangladesh

2014-07-12 00:00:00

 Democracy in Bangladesh today is in for contradictions. One is a healthy trend towards higher standards of transparency and accountability in public life. A culture of public vigilance has begun to develop and the civic credentials of political leaders are...

Freedom of press

2014-07-12 00:00:00

It is heartening to learn that the government has no plans to restore power of the DCs in applying the controversial provision of the Printing Presses and Publication Act of 1973. It relates to the DCs' power to cancel newspaper...

Business in the name of education

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Currently, there are 79 private universities in Bangladesh and around three hundred thousand students are studying in these universities. Among the universities, some are unauthorised, some are just like business firms for selling certificates. We learned from a UGC report...

Time waste in parliament

2014-07-12 00:00:00

To us, it is not surprising that only 1.8 per cent of parliament's time has been spent on making laws out of its total working hours. It can easily be understood what amount of time is simply wasted in our...

Economics of morality and Bangladesh

Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

There is a correlation between economics and morality. Economics revolves round 'incentive'. It has three aspects--- economic, social and moral. Morality implies how we like to see the society moving on the basis of ethics. Economics shows how this perception...

Bringing CSR under a policy framework

Bringing CSR under a policy framework | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Contribution of businesses to good causes in society has taken various forms at different times.  Since time immemorial, renowned business houses had been extending their cooperation to their respective communities in this sub-continent. With the expansion of market, the business...

Bangladesh and the changing regional scenario

Saleh Akram | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Noticeable changes are occurring in today's world. Asia is also changing, and its potential is being closely monitored by the Western giants. According to many, the US dominance in every sphere of the present unipolar world is being replaced by...

Impact of mass media on our culture

Md. Saifulllah Khaled | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

Since the 1950s, cinema, radio and TV had begun to be the most popular or the only source of information and entertainment for a large percentage of the population in the West. At one stage, these media outlets started to...

Teenage girl commits suicide over Brazil loss

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Police have confirmed that a 15-year-old committed suicide after watching Brazil lose 7-1 to Germany in the World Cup. Pragya Thapa, 15, from Sunsari district in east Nepal, hanged herself after watching Brazil, who were her favourite team, suffer the...

Title aspirants now fight for 3rd place

2014-07-12 00:00:00

After seeing their World Cup hopes end in excruciating fashion, both Brazil and the Netherlands might not mind getting away from the pitch for a few days. But first, they will battle it out Saturday in the third-place match. A...

Neymar to attend 3rd place play-off

2014-07-12 00:00:00

TERESÓPOLIS, Brasil (AFP) -- Brazil's injured striker Neymar will attend Saturday's third place play-off when the battered World Cup hosts take on the Netherlands. Brazil were consigned to the ignominy of fighting out a game Dutch coach Louis van Gaal...

World Cup entangled with Mideast conflicts

2014-07-12 00:00:00

BEIRUT (AP): With the World Cup in faraway Brazil coming at a time of unprecedented sectarian violence and soaring tension in the Middle East, some Arab football fans have been reduced to watching matches in secret or even - and...

‘Argentina victory would complete Brazil\\\'s humiliation’

2014-07-12 00:00:00

If Brazil thought the country's World Cup wounds could not go any deeper, that the sense of national despair could not become more acute, the cheers echoing around the concourses of Arena de Sao Paulo sounded a warning that the...

We must forget Brazil rout : Klose

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Miroslav Klose, Germany's sole survivor from their 2002 FIFA World Cup final defeat, says his side must forget their rout of Brazil and seize their chance against Argentina in Sunday's final, according to website fifa.com . The 36-year-old Klose, who...

Kerry seeks to broker end to Afghan election crisis

2014-07-12 00:00:00

KABUL, July 11 (agencies): US Secretary of State John Kerry sought Friday to mediate an end to the political crisis in Afghanistan, warning that a bitter dispute over presidential polls threatened the country's future. As the top US diplomat met...

BNP, allies ‘may lose registrations if boycott polls again’

2014-07-12 00:00:00

All those political parties, including BNP, which boycotted the January-5 national election may lose their registrations with the Election Commission as per the Representation of the People Order 1972 (RPO) if they do not join the 11th parliamentary elections, according...

Modi to meet Obama in September

2014-07-12 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 11 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday accepted an invitation  to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington in September, a statement said, as the two countries look to rebuild strained relations. US Deputy Secretary of...

Three Thai police officers killed in ambush

2014-07-12 00:00:00

BANGKOK, July 11 (AFP):- Three policemen were shot dead in an ambush by suspected Muslim militants in Thailand's insurgency-racked far south, an official said Friday. The three Muslim officers were returning from evening prayers when they were attacked on Thursday...

Iraq fights assault as Baghdad-Kurd row escalates

2014-07-12 00:00:00

RAMADI, Iraq, July 11 (AFP): Iraqi forces battled a militant attack on the key city of Ramadi Friday while Baghdad accused the Kurds of seizing oil fields, further dashing hopes politicians could unite to save Iraq from break-up. The militant...

news digest

2014-07-12 00:00:00

Zambia parliament concerned over president's health LUSAKA, July 11: The health of Zambian President Michael Sata came under scrutiny in parliament Friday with opposition lawmakers requesting a meeting with the ailing leader, who has not been seen in public for...

Japan PM says horrors of war must never be repeated

2014-07-12 00:00:00

PORT MORESBY, July 11 (AFP):- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Friday said the horrors of war must never be repeated as he visited a World War II battlefield in Pacific nation Papua New Guinea. As many as 200,000 Japanese soldiers...

Stocks pass dull week as shaky investors stay on sidelines

Babul Barman | 2014-07-12 00:00:00

After walking on the positive path for two weeks in a row, the stock market witnessed major correction last week that ended Thursday as investors' confidence were shaky. The week featured all five trading sessions as usual and the market...

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