Nilratan Halder | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
A great festival brings both the best and the worst in man. One of the reasons why economy goes bubbling at this time is that people go on a spending spree. The 'shopaholics' in particular are so frenzied about their...
Masum Billah | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
The newspaper industry has been passing through a tough time. Can it compete with the electronic media? Both audio and visual needs satisfying the demand of the readers are met through electronic media. The advertisements also gain momentum in electronic...
Md Shamsul Arefin | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
To make train a popular mode of transport only ensuring comfortable, safe and economical journey is not enough. Easy accessibility and connectivity with the railway stations from all locations of the city are also important. Therefore, a short trip to...
Sazedul Islam | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Young people in any country represent the future of that country. They have a vital role to play in the development of the country - a duty they must perform. There are many ways that youth can contribute to national...
Priyanka Das | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
There were plenty of players in the mobile market who were potential rivals of Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile handsets. Research in Motion (RIM) suggested that though Nokia was the global leader in the fast-growing market of smart-phones...
SMR Arfanul Alam | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang when they visited Southeastern Asian countries in October of 2013, is being seen as a threat to the Asian Development Bank's dominance in this...
Frank Peters | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Child psychologists in India are campaigning for a zero tolerance of corporal punishment to children in homes and schools. They say hitting a child can do more harm than good and can even lead to "disastrous results". This is a...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh is vocal in many national and international fora about environment and climate change. Some important environment initiatives and projects have been undertaken over the last two decades. Some improvements have taken place in some respects, but results are not...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
We live in a society where corruption, robbing, stealing and mugging are increasing day by day. These problems often make the headlines in the dailies in our country. We have become almost accustomed to seeing news that somebody has been...
It is quite natural on the part of businesses to demonstrate their propensity to borrow more from cheaper sources, local or foreign. Until 2008, the local businesses, barring some special cases, were not allowed to borrow from the foreign sources...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
At long last, Bangladesh has settled its disputes over maritime boundary with Myanmar and India. While the country's dispute with Myanmar was resolved by the Germany-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), that with India was finally...
Shaikh Saleque | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
"Hurry spoils the curry" is a proverb and it looks like our policy-makers do not agree with the inherent message. If not, the dynamic communications minister would give a second thought before ordering the ministry officials and engineers to repair...
The Upazilla Health Complex at Chunarughat in Habiganj district itself needs treatment. The hospital suffers from acute shortage of physicians, lack of x-ray machine, and bad condition of the hospital building. The surgical department is not well-equipped and there is...
As BNP leader Khaleda Zia has been calling for mass movement after Eid, the people fear that in the coming days our politics once again will turn violent. We have seen many violent movements in the last forty two years,...
Smoking is very bad for our overall well-being and the smokers should kick out this habit during this holy month of Ramadan. In Ramadan we go without any food and drink from dawn to dusk, so it gives us an...
A private clinic at Nazirpur municipality in Patnitala upazila of Naogaon was sealed off by the administration on Saturday, following the death of a patient due to wrong treatment. The deceased was identified as Israel Hossain, 52, son of late...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, July 18 (AFP): Upul Tharanga top-scored with 83 as Sri Lanka sought to rebuild their innings after losing their big hitters on the third day of the first Test against South Africa on Friday. Tharanga, making a...
Though the much-talked-about BNP’s Dhaka City unit committee was announced Friday night after a long drama, its top leaders were said to have been unhappy over the inclusion of some names and a post in the committee changing the one...
LONDON, July 17 (AFP): Ajinkya Rahane led India's recovery with a superb hundred after they collapsed on the first day of the second Test against England at Lord's on Thursday. India, after losing the toss on a seaming pitch, were...
BERLIN, July 18 (AFP): Germany captain Philipp Lahm on Friday ended his international career just five days after leading his country to a World Cup triumph in Brazil. Tributes immediately poured in for the 30-year-old Bayern Munich full back who...
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, July 18 (AFP): Louis van Gaal claims balancing Manchester United's commercial ambitions with their desire for success on the field will be one of his biggest challenges at Old Trafford. Van Gaal was officially unveiled as United's...
Bangladesh U-23 team to take part in 17th Asian Games Bangladesh Under-23 men's football team will take part in the 17th Asian Games to be held in September-October in the South Korean city of Incheon. Executive committee of the Bangladesh...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 (AFP): The latest Malaysia Airlines disaster has rekindled the grief of MH370 relatives who say the new crash bears out their furious criticisms of the nation's flag carrier and government. Flight MH17, a Boeing 777-200, went...
BEIRUT, July 18 (AFP): Jihadists killed at least 90 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards and employees when they seized a gas field in Homs province, a monitoring group said on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described Thursday's...
CAIRO, July 18 (AP): Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to head to Turkey on Friday to push a ceasefire in Gaza after Egyptian-mediated negotiations stalled and Israel launched a ground operation. Cairo has been the hub of intense negotiations to...
BANGKOK, July 18 (AFP): Thailand's deposed former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday ruled out going into self-exile to avoid possible criminal charges, after the country's junta gave her permission to travel overseas. In her first news conference since the...
MILAN, July 18 (AFP):- An Italian appeal court on Friday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of charges of having sex with an underage prostitute and abuse of power. "The defendant is acquitted," presiding judge Enrico Tranfa said, rejecting a...
ISLAMABAD, July 18 (AFP): A United States citizen was briefly arrested at Islamabad airport on Friday for attempting to board a plane carrying ammunition, Pakistan officials said, in the second such case since May. The man, who was identified by...
BEIJING, July 18 (AFP): The strongest typhoon to hit southern China in more than 40 years made landfall Friday, authorities said, after leaving a trail of destruction and at least 54 dead in the neighbouring Philippines. China's National Meteorological Center...
7,000 migrants held in Calais in first half of 2014 PARIS, July 18: More than 7,000 migrants have been arrested in Calais trying to illegally cross the Channel into Britain in the first half of 2014, more than double the...
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