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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 | 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ROME, July 11 (AFP): The Italian pharmaceutical company Rottapharm on Thursday said it was cancelling its planned stock market listing in Milan because of "an unfavourable situation" on financial markets. The company, which belongs to the Rovati family, said in...
The local currency maintained stable tone during the week of July 6 to July 10 last. Huge inflow of inward remittances ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr eased the market. The market will see the same tone next week as well. The average...
NEW YORK, July 11 (AFP): US stocks dropped in early trade Thursday following a big retreat in European exchanges sparked by problems at Portugal's largest bank. About 80 minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 110.07 points (0.65...
Ahead of Sunday's final with Germany, the Argentina star insists lifting the trophy would be a greater achievement than any individual prize he has won over the years. Lionel Messi has declared he would gladly hand back all his personal...
LONDON, July 11 (AFP): European equities rebounded slightly Friday from sharp losses during the week, as Lisbon moved to allay fears of a potential banking crisis in Portugal. London's FTSE 100 added 0.16 per cent to 6,682.99 points in midday...
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