Mohammad Masoom | 2014-06-22 00:00:00
Industrial sickness is an offshoot of modern industrial civilisation. There arises an overriding concern to salvage/revive the sick industrial units when found feasible and possible through applying due diligence, keeping in mind that liquidation would be the last choice when...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-06-22 00:00:00
Astronomers and physicists first observed that other galaxies are moving away from our own at a great speed as if they had all been propelled by an ancient explosive force. Based on that observation scientists have theorised that the universe...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-06-22 00:00:00
The new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in his first major policy speech at Lok Sabha spoke in a conciliatory note. He focused on all citizens of India, irrespective of caste or religion, and showed...
SALVADOR, Brazil, June 21 (AFP): France thrashed Switzerland 5-2 to surge closer to the World Cup last 16 as Costa Rica booked their place in the knockout rounds with a 1-0 upset of Italy, which confirmed England's exit. Goals from...
CURITIBA, Brazil, June 21 (AFP): Ecuador moved into second place in World Cup Group E as two goals from Enner Valencia handed them a 2-1 win over Honduras in Curitiba on Friday. Honduras had looked on course for their first...
PARIS, France, June 21 (AFP): They'll never earn six figure salaries or be sporting heroes. They play in the rain and to empty stadiums. But amateur footballers-and their loyal fans-are every bit as passionate about the game as the professionals....
RAMADI, June 21 (agencies): Sunni militants led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control of an Iraq-Syria border crossing after Syrian rebels withdrew overnight, security officers and witnesses said. The sources said insurgents took control of...
NEW DELHI, June 21 (AFP): Angry demonstrators blocked railway tracks and burned effigies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday to protest a steep hike in train fares, seen as the government's first tough step towards reforming a sluggish economy....
MINYA, June 21 (AFP): An Egyptian court Saturday confirmed death sentences for more than 183 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie, a prosecutor said, after a mass trial that sparked an international outcry. The court in the central city...
COLOMBO, June 21 (AFP):- Sri Lankan police were investigating a fire which Saturday destroyed a Muslim-owned clothing store in a district where religious tensions have been heightened after anti-Muslim riots killed four people and wounded 80. Authorities have not ruled...
KABUL, June 21 (AP): Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah marched through Kabul Saturday to protest against alleged fraud in last week's election, escalating tensions in a political stalemate threatening the country's first democratic transfer of power. More than...
BANNU, June 21 (AFP): Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country's northwest Saturday, killing up to 30 rebels, as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 200,000. The military said 30 insurgents were killed in...
BANNU, June 21 (AFP): Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country's northwest Saturday, killing up to 30 rebels, as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 200,000. The military said 30 insurgents were killed in...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday evening received the certificate of Guinness World Record for successfully holding of the Lakho Kanthe Sonar Bangla Programme in the capital on March 26 where over 2.50 lakh people sang the national anthem at...
Md Khairul Hasan | 2014-06-22 00:00:00
There goes a most familiar maxim that 'Education is the backbone of a nation'. Education makes an individual enlightened, enables to justify right and wrong and finally develops one's spiritual capability. Education brings perfection in life. Educated people can change...
Masum Billah | 2014-06-22 00:00:00
Now it has crossed the boundary of doubt that investment in education for both boys and girls stands as one of the most important determinants of development having positive implications for all other measures of progress. Sending only boy children...
Bangladesh Fresh Fruits Consumers Association (BFFCA) on Saturday alleged that the destruction of fruits without any laboratory test is hitting hard farmers, fruit traders and importers. They claimed that there have been confusion and conflicting views among government agencies over...
TOKYO, June 21 (AFP) : Japan's electronics giant Panasonic will sell the plant where it first got into the television business half a century ago as it shifts away from the money-losing division, a report said Saturday. The company plans...
LONDON, June 21 (AFP): Crude oil and metals prices rallied this week on escalating violence in Iraq, a weaker dollar and on Chinese growth prospects, traders said. OIL: Brent hit nine-month peaks as dealers tracked the unfolding sectarian conflict in...
LEEDS, United Kingdom, June 21 (AFP): Australia-born opener Sam Robson's maiden Test fifty helped England recover from the early loss of captain Alastair Cook in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Saturday. England were 106 for one...
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, June 21 (AFP): Chile face an anxious wait to see if midfielders Arturo Vidal and Charles Aranguiz will be fit for their crucial Group B decider against the Netherlands. Chile likely need to win the match in...
BNP leader Nazrul Islam Khan has accused Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed of trying to cover up his incompetence by raising allegations of conspiracy against Bangladesh’s RMG industry. Reacting to Tofail’s comment on Sunday, Khan said the allegation was baseless and...
SALVADOR, Brazil, June 21 (AFP): Legends Pele and Maradona have poured praise on Germany coach Joachim Loew as his side bid to back up their Portugal drubbing by beating Ghana in Saturday's World Cup clash. Loew's Germany got their Group...
Louis van Gaal has criticised Fifa for a lack of fair play in forcing his Netherlands side to play their final World Cup (WC) Group B fixture before finding out their potential opponents in the round of 16. The Oranje...
CURITIBA, Brazil, June 21 (AFP): Ecuador moved into second place in World Cup Group E as two goals from Enner Valencia handed them a 2-1 win over Honduras in Curitiba on Friday. Honduras had looked on course for their first...
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 21 (AFP): Italy's 1-0 defeat to Costa Rica on Friday condemned England to their earliest World Cup exit since the 1958 tournament in Sweden. Despite striker Wayne Rooney's assertion that his side would have "no excuses"...
Women's Cricket match abandoned The match of the Metropolitan Women's Cricket League between Mohammedan Sporting Club and Gulshan Youth Club has been abandoned due to wet outfield following heavy downpour at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. The...
Monira Munni | 2014-06-22 00:00:00
The US-based fashion companies are expected to bump up their sourcing from Bangladesh in the next two years, despite a string of tragic incidents in the garment industry, a study reveals. They regard Bangladesh as a popular sourcing destination with...
OTTAWA, June 21 (Reuters): Restaurants operated by McDonald's Corp and others in Canada will face tough restrictions on bringing in temporary foreign workers under reforms announced by the government on Friday to address an outcry over perceived abuses of the...
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