Ban Ki-moon | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The horrific war in Syria continues to worsen and bleed beyond its borders. A cold calculation seems to be taking hold: that little can be done except to arm the parties and watch the conflict rage. The international community must...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The visit of Sushma Swaraj has ended quietly compared to the media hype that the country witnessed leading to it. The ruling party wanted desperately to show the people of Bangladesh that the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government would treat...
Mahabub Hossain concluding his two-part write-up on \'Sustaining Food Security: Achievements and Challenges\' | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Can Bangladesh sustain the gains achieved in food security and make further progress towards sustainable food security? The main challenge in the way of progress towards food security emanates from continuing growth of population. The progress in reducing population growth,...
With its expatriate workers sending nearly US$14 billion a year, Bangladesh continues to be the sixth largest remittance-recipient country in the world. This has been the case in recent years, despite the fact that remittance earnings have recently been witnessing...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
For a country of its size, Bangladesh has foreign trade relations with a large number of countries which is gratifying. At present the country is trading with 190 countries in the world through exports. On the import side, it has...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Many of us must have heard the joke. Although hackneyed, its so-called punchline has a special appeal for smokers. The joke goes like this: Young anti-smoking activist tells an elderly gentleman that by saving the money that he has spent...
First round matches of the World Cup have come to an end and now the knockout part of the tournament has started. Out of a total of thirty-two teams, sixteen have already taken homebound flights and the rest will prepare...
The Narayanganj by-election has proved that under a partisan government it is hardly possible to hold any fair election as the ruling party people always try to exert their undue influence to change the outcome of an election in their...
Every year a large amount of money is siphoned off abroad from the country. Recent media reports on money deposited by Bangladeshis with Swiss banks surprised the people. There are discussions in the media on this issue. According to the...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Poverty is pervasive in most of developing and underdeveloped countries in the present world though politicians promise to alleviate it. The social scientists term poverty as a trap for the poor especially for women and children in some countries in...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
When blood is splashing in Iraq, one may wonder, what the former US President Bush thinks in his private time as he drifts off to sleep each night. What does he think when he wakes up in the middle of...
PARIS, June 28 (BSS): State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam Friday urged the global apparel industry stakeholders to remain engaged and fulfill all the remaining commitments made since last year in sustaining the Bangladesh Readymade Garment (RMG) sector....
CHITTAGONG, June 28 (BSS): The Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) authorities announced Saturday a Tk 163.4 million (16.34 crore) budget for the fiscal year 2014-15. The budget was placed at the 26th Syndicate Meeting of CVASU held with...
A government probe body has recommended preparing multiple sets of questions and using lottery to pick up the final set only on the examination day to prevent leakage of question papers. The Education Ministry formed the body to investigate the...
NEW YORK, June 28 (AFP) : A US judge said Friday a deposit from Argentina towards paying off restructured debt was illegal unless hedge funds holding $1.3 billion in bonds were also paid. Judge Thomas Griesa warned Buenos Aires that...
Bowing down to the pressure of the students of three departments, Barisal University (BU) authorities on Sunday postponed the ongoing semester final examinations of all departments. “Chairmen of the departments will take decision about resumption of the examinations,” said BU...
GENEVA, June 28 (AFP) : The European Union has filed a formal complaint against Russia at the WTO over Moscow's embargo on pork from the bloc, trade sources said Friday. The move followed a failure to settle the issue in...
WASHINGTON, June 28 (AFP) : Moody's cut Russia's credit rating outlook to "negative" Friday, a sign of a possible coming downgrade, citing the threat to the Russian economy from its involvement in the Ukraine conflict. Moody's held Russia's overall rating...
US consumer sentiment up despite dismal Q1 data WASHINGTON, June 28: US consumer sentiment rose in June pushed by healthy job growth, brushing aside downcast growth data in the first quarter, a survey showed Friday. The final reading of the...
Joedir Belmont was supposed to be one of the estimated 200,000 people in attendance for the decisive 1950 World Cup match between Brazil and Uruguay, reports BBC. He had a ticket, but his mother was ill, so he skipped the...
PWD Sporting Club clinched the Green Delta Insurance Metropolis 2nd Division Hockey League title beating Dilkusha Sporting Club by 3-2 goals in the final at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium Friday, reports UNB. PWD SC secured all-win 24 points...
Shaheed Ramij Uddin (SRU) School became champions in the junior boy's group of the Korean Ambassador Cup Taekwondo Championship (KACTC) beating Comilla Cantonment High School at the National Sports Council gymnasium Saturday, reports UNB. In the junior girl's group, Shaheed...
SAO PAULO, June 28 (AFP): Asia is refusing to give up on World Cup success despite its worst performance in 24 years when the four teams did not manage a win between them. South Korea's 1-0 defeat to Belgium late...
ACCRA, June 28 (AP): Ghana's president has removed the minister of sports and his deputy from their positions in the wake of the country's poor performance in the World Cup. President John Mahama gave no reason for the order, but...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28 (AP): FIFA President Sepp Blatter believes Luis Suarez's biting offense was "definitely not fair" - though he won't say the player's name. "It is not fair what he has done," Blatter said Friday in a...
BRUSSELS June 28 (Reuters): Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo challenged US President Barack Obama to a bet over Belgium's impending World Cup (WC) knock-out match against the United States, offering the prospect of some "great Belgian beers" should the...
LONDON, June 28 (AFP): Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams lend heavyweight star quality to super Saturday at Wimbledon with places in the fourth round to be decided. Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion, has reached the...
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