Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
As Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Russia's historic $400 billion gas-supply agreement with China, he must have felt the satisfaction of a chess grandmaster revealing the inexorable outcome of a complicated endgame. In theory, the next phase of the chess...
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has this year been adjudged the worst city on earth. The reasons for making such an assessment could be many. But, to a large number of its residents, the city deserves to be adjudged...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Despite repeated appeals by the government, the country's businessmen are reluctant to use the Pangaon Container Terminal built at South Keraniganj of Dhaka district. As such, the terminal could not be made fully functional since its inauguration by the Prime...
Tanvir Raquib | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Life in Dhaka can be unbearable due to constant traffic jam on almost every road and street. During my recent visit to Seoul, I noticed Seoul also has high rise office buildings and apartments just like in Dhaka but the...
My daughter and I were taking our regular stroll in the President Shahabuddin Park at Gulshan recently when we noticed a commotion involving the police, Sir Frank Peters, a campaigner against corporal punishment, and an alleged mugger. Out of curiosity,...
Though creative questions have been introduced in almost all subjects of the SSC level since a few years back, those on mathematics are going to be set next year. Creative questions on mathematics in the JSC will also be introduced...
The world is eagerly waiting for the World Cup football to commence as it is the biggest sport festival on earth. As elsewhere in the world, the sports-lovers of Bangladesh are also waiting for this mega event to unfold. Now...
Rahman Habib | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has moved to set up a commodity market to provide a platform for producers to get fair prices and hedge risks of their products. The move came after an amendment to the Securities...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the least developed countries in the world. The majority of its people depend on agriculture for survival. Despite planned efforts by the government to increase agricultural productivity for over four decades, the growth and output in...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Bangladeshi businessmen will request their Japanese counterparts to scale up imports from Bangladesh and increase investment to help narrow the trade gape between the two countries, a trade body leader said. A business delegation lead by the Federation of Bangladesh...
State carrier Biman is looking for crew, maintenance and insurance coverage for its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from an internationally rated country to resume its Dhaka-New York flight. The Biman Bangladesh Airlines invited Request for Proposal for crew, maintenance and insurance...
Holding the government responsible for the killings of seven people in Narayanganj, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said the killers must be brought to justice. “The government can’t avoid the responsibility for the seven murders in Narayanganj. The...
The upcoming national budget is set to give a mighty thrust on collections of direct tax revenues and value added tax (VAT), as media reports suggest. With the gradual shift in revenue collection world over — prompted by massive trade...
Ranjit Podder | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations published on May 17 evoked a mixed reaction from all stakeholders. Whatever the type of reaction is, the young learners, who passed and all those who contributed to the...
Nazim Khondaker | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
Now-a-days, incidents of forced disappearance, extortion and abduction are on the rise across the country. Recently, seven persons including Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam disappeared, along with his aides and a senior lawyer, from Narayanganj area on being...
I agree with the Supreme Court lawyers who filed a writ petition with the high court seeking directives upon the government regarding allowing the members of parliament (MPs) duty-free car. Ours is a poor country, so why do our MPs...
A media report recently said that some 50 per cent children in Bangladesh did not get milk as a premium source of nutrition due to low production and supply-side shortage of the dairy product. In early nineties the government imposed...
Many of us do not want to lie, but there are times when we are bound to do so. Such occasions occur before hiring a CNG auto-rickshaw. Every one knows how difficult it is to get a CNG, particularly at...
Md. Khairul Hasan | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
The concept of 'agent banking' is new in the country. The term is now a much-talked-about issue in the banking industry. It may play a pragmatic role in paving the way for financial inclusion. The central bank of the country...
S.A.Mansoor | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
Wasting any resources, be it food or materials, or for show in social and other gatherings, leads to unnecessary wastage of scarce national resources. To curb this tendency, we should enact a law and act on it to stop such...
Fahad Ibraheem | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
The topic of Bangladesh being one of the next economical hubs of the globe has been much talked about. Powerhouses like Goldman Sachs have already certified this rich delta of Asia as one of the next eleven biggest economical phenomena....
Ajeya Bandyopadhyay | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
Industrial zones like Export Processing Zones (EPZs), Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Industrial Parks and Industrial Clusters have played an important role in the economic growth of many developing nations such as China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey, Brazil to name...
All eyes of the football world are now on Brazil, where the 20th FIFA (Federation of International Football Associations) World Cup is going to kick off on June 12. The gala event will run until July 13, 2014. Thirty-two nations...
Md Mahfuzur Rahman Siddique | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
'Fun Run + Learn' is a joint initiative of the Olympic Council of Asia and the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee to promote the causes of XVIIth Aiad, 2014 to be held in the said South Korean City from September...
Parvez Babul | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
THE development partners and the climate change experts of the globe have recommended integration of climate change into development. The whole world is now busy in setting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) far beyond 2015-MDGs (Millennium Development Goals). Ban Ki...
Saima Mehedi Khan | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
They say money is a wonder, that it is like a magical wand which, when used, can give us everything that we desire, it is like a genie who not only grants us three wishes but goes on to fulfil...
Nehal Adil | 2014-05-24 00:00:00
The Boer war had inspired the Indian nationalists in the fight against British imperialists. But how much we know about the saga of relations between Boers and Bangalees. Recently a distinguished Bangaleee intellectual and freedom fighter told me the saga...
BANGKOK, May 23, (agencies): Thailand's ruling military on Friday summoned the entire ousted government and members of the politically influential family at the heart of the country's long-running conflict, a day after it seized control of this volatile Southeast Asian...
NEW DELHI May 23 (Agencies): The United States has said it is ready for high-level interactions with prime minister-elect Narendra Modi, but it will wait to hear from his government on the logistics. The US does not want to "impose...
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