Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The opening ceremony of the World Cup took place at Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians Stadium on June 12. American star Jennifer Lopez added glamour to the colourful ceremony. This was in contrast to the violent anti-tournament protest in the city....
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The woes of Iraq, historically a land of civilisation in the Arab world, know no bounds. It lands from one crisis to another and this has been particularly noticeable since the toppling of the Saddam Hussein government by the United...
Of the 7,650 megawatt (MW) power the country now uses, 2,640 MW can be saved, according to a study. One understands, the arithmetic done in case of saving power by using energy-efficient bulbs, fans, motors, refrigerators and air-conditioners is still...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
The last multinational company that came up to be listed with the stock exchange by selling 10 per cent of its equity capital to the public was the GrameenPhone. That too did not happen easily. Like other multinational companies, GrameenPhone...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Nur Hossain, the main accused in the Narayanganj seven-murder case, has been arrested and placed on eight-day remand in Kolkata. Photographs of Nur Hossain in a Barasat court have been displayed in the media of both Bangladesh and India. But...
Having worked with Quantum Lab, one of the pioneers in blood transfusion programme, as a volunteer and being a regular blood donor, I have come across many practical experiences. I have witnessed what terrible and bitter situation people face in...
Though many schools in the country have no congenial academic atmosphere for various reasons, the government is planning to give multimedia projectors, laptops and other accessories related to the studies to schools. This is no doubt a laudable initiative, but...
It is good to know from the speech of Saima Wazed, the daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, that Bangladesh government will prepare a list of autistic children and physically challenged people to ensure their proper rehabilitation. It will make...
Saleh Akram | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
A budget is an account of income and expenditure for a particular period of time. The budget 2014-15, which was presented by the Finance Minister in the parliament on the 5th of this month envisages total expenditure of Tk 2.5...
Md Hasan Khaled | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
People who live on less than $ 1.25 a day are considered the absolute or extreme poor. It is estimated that globally 1.22 billion people are absolute poor and, of them, 842 million people are suffering from chronic hunger. That...
FE Report | 2014-06-17 00:00:00
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Dr Akihiko Tanaka said Monday Bangladesh needs to address three major challenges including ensuring good governance to make the proposed BIG-B initiative successful. The BIG-B (Bay of Bengal Industrial growth Belt), a grand design...
In a scathing attack on her arch rival, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said Prime Minister (PM)) Sheikh Hasina is the 'mother of a godfather' as her government is patronising a known Narayanganj godfather, reports UNB. "Today, Awami League's (supreme)...
The High Court (HC) set Monday June 18 to hear the writ petition filed for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the appointment of the trial judge, who indicted her and others in Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft...
Sanjeev Miglani of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
India's new government kicked into gear this week, clearing billions of dollars worth of long-delayed defence projects, including a big navy base, as well as approving the scaling-up of one of the country's biggest dams. The decision to give the...
Aung Hla Tun of Reuters from Yangon | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's hopes of becoming Myanmar's president next year have been dealt a blow when a parliamentary committee voted not to change a constitutional clause that bars her from the post, two of the panel members...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
The Institute of Microfinance (InM) deserves appreciation for its efforts in promoting research. They have been involved for some time in analysing the poverty dynamics in the rural areas, the various factors related to its presence and the measures being...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
The June 14 runoff presidential election in Afghanistan was a landmark event. Incurable optimists are ecstatic because "power will be transferred democratically for the first time ever" in the sordid blood-drenched history of the country from one elected president to...
Dhaka is what it is today -- a mega city -- due to the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha's (Rajuk) initiatives. It is also partly due to irregularities of the Rajuk that the capital has now been rated internationally as an unlivable...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith last Thursday again took a swipe at 'fatkabajes' whom he held responsible for destabilising the stock market. "They are not investors at all. They are a band of fatkabajes responsible for destabilising the market, Muhith said...
Neil Ray | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
Pages of newspapers are splashed with pictures of vehicles or even bulldozers massacring enormous amount of summer fruits in the capital. Different TV channels also show this act of demolition on the small screen. The reason why fruits are seized...
I am a regular tax payer and file income tax return regularly. I have been receiving notices at regular intervals from the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Income Taxes referring to various clauses, and ultimately I had to settle...
The World Cup football has stolen the show as India-Bangladesh three one-day international matches are not receiving due attention from the sport lovers of our country. We cannot blame the fans as after watching three/ four matches of the World...
Citizens are shell-shocked at the unfortunate death of ten people including four women and two children in a Bihari camp at Mirpur in the city. Reports said, after Fazar prayer of the holy Shab-e-Barat night, following a clash between two...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
Easy availability of higher education has, ironically, turned out to be a big problem for our country. It has created an unemployment problem and the mismatch between the cost of education and the return has become a perennial problem. Graduates...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-06-16 00:00:00
More than Tk 4.4 billion contributed by the telecom operators as social obligation fund (SOF) has been lying idle with the government for long mainly for lack of rules for utilisation of the money, competent sources said. They said though...
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