NARAYANGANJ: Accusing Narayanganj city councilor Nur Hossain of murdering the seven people in the district, Shahidul Islam, father-in-law of slain city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, Saturday claimed that the evidence found in Hossain’s house prove his involvement in the incident....
Nilratan Halder | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Obsession and addiction loosely refer to similar meaning. But when it comes to psychology, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and addiction widely differ from each other. OCD is an anxiety disorder produced by intrusive thoughts -ones that produce uneasiness, fear, apprehension and...
Md Khairul Hasan | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
The history of banking is as old as the human civilisation. But the modern banking system flourished in Europe after the Renaissance and expanded across the globe including the Muslim world just after the political victory achieved in Europe. At...
Fahmida Hashem | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Agricultural biodiversity, sometimes called 'agro biodiversity' encompasses the variety and variability of animals, plants and micro-organisms which are necessary to sustain key functions of the agro-ecosystem, its structure and processes for, and in support of, food production and food security....
Mohammad Rajja | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Child labour is not a novel subject in the contemporary world. Poverty is a significant factor for child labour. More than 200 million children in the world today are involved in child labour. Closely three-quarters of waged children are engaged...
Md Mahfuzur Rahman Siddique | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
The 3rd Beach Football Tournament 2014 concluded successfully in Cox's Bazar recently. Local motorbike manufacturer Runner Group was the Title sponsor. The electronic media Channel i pioneered the tournament as one of the organizers. The two-day tournament was held at...
Fifteen Asian workers, including four Bangladeshis, were killed while 14 others injured in a fatal road accident in Dubai Saturday. “Among the deceased, 11 are Indians while four Bangladesh nationals,” AKM Mizanur Rahman, First Secretary (Labour), Dubai Consulate, told UNB...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a riverine country. About 800 rivers including tributaries flow through the country constituting a waterway of total length around 24,140 km. Most of the country's land is formed through silt brought by the rivers. The rivers of Bangladesh...
CHITTAGONG: Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain said Saturday the National Housing Authority (NHA) has lost the possession of many of its lands to influential people in the government. He said this at a seminar titled ‘May Day...
Voicing deep concern over the recent spate in killings abductions and forced disappearances, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad alleged Saturday that government is running the country like Hitler and Mussolini, according to a news agency. “The Awami League government is...
KOLKATA, May 9 (Reuters): India's ruling Congress and opposition BJP have fixed their eyes on West Bengal, a stronghold of the Trinamool Congress. Parts of West Bengal, along with those of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, will go to polls on...
KIEV, May 9 (AFP):- Fighting broke out Friday in Ukraine's southeastern port city of Mariupol, causing casualties, according to reports by Ukrainian and Russian media. An online Ukrainian news website, Insider, said eight pro-Russian militants had been killed. Russia's Interfax...
BAGHDAD, May 9 (AFP): Early morning shelling and clashes in Fallujah, a town near Baghdad that has been held by anti-government fighters for more than four months, killed eight people Friday, a doctor said. The violence erupted at about 3:00...
KARACHI, May 9 (AFP): A series of small earthquakes hit southern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring 30 others, officials said. Three shallow quakes struck near the city of Nawabshah in Sindh province in the space...
BANGKOK, May 9, (agencies): Police fired water cannon at Thai protesters Friday as they launched a "final fight" to topple a government that is on the ropes after its leader was dismissed. Thousands of protesters left their main encampment in...
Lebanon records first case of MERS virus BEIRUT, May 9: Lebanon has recorded its first case of the often-fatal Middle East respiratory virus, the Health Ministry said Friday. The virus was detected Thursday in a man who had checked into...
Babul Barman Stocks went down for the second consecutive week with turnover remaining sluggish, as cautious investors were in a watchful mood amid profit-taking attempts. As usual the week, ending Thursday, featured five trading sessions. Among those, two closed negative,...
The local currency maintained a stable tone during the week of May 4 to May 8 last as Bangladesh received $1.23 billion as inward remittances in April, 2014. The market will see the same tone in the upcoming week as...
FE Report The share trading of Pharma Aids Limited will resume from tomorrow (Sunday) after three months halt, as Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has withdrawn suspension on the company's trading, DSE officials said. "Dhaka Stock Exchange board at a meeting...
MUMBAI, May 9 (Reuters): Indian shares hit a record high on Friday, posting their biggest daily gains since September on hopes the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party would win a majority in elections ending next week, sending blue-chips such as ICICI...
SYDNEY, May 9 (AFP): Australian police on Friday arrested two men accused of making millions through insider trading, alleging one who worked at the Australian Bureau of Statistics fed sensitive information to a banker for use in foreign exchange trades....
TOKYO, May 9 (AFP): Japanese stocks will likely come under pressure next week with no major positive incentives expected, while geopolitical concerns will weaken the dollar, analysts said Friday. Slowing Chinese inflation, which fell sharply to 1.8 per cent in...
SHANGHAI, May 9 (Reuters): China issued new, detailed rules governing initial public offerings, seen as a signal that new listings will hit markets soon after a two-month hiatus while regulators tweaked regulations. The new set of rules, published on the...
Abul Basher | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
One of the first lessons taught in Economics is to distinguish between a positive and normative statement. The example of a positive statement would be, 'the temperature today is 30 degree Celsius', and the example of a normative statement would...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Sophocles, one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived the ravages of time, was convinced that "Of all the ills afflicting men the worst is the lack of judgement." The tragedy of contemporary Pakistan is that its...
The growing adverse impact of climate change on marine ecosystems and biodiversity is undeniably a matter of great concern. In this context, the foreign minister has strongly pleaded for particular emphasis on the ongoing international scientific studies on the Bay...
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is actually transfer of capital from a source country to a host country. It is done in order to earn more revenue by grabbing the facilities offered by the host country. The surplus capital of any...
Md. Maskurul Alam | 2014-05-10 00:00:00
People in the disaster-prone areas of Khulna are keeping their fingers crossed about their safety in case a hurricane or cyclone lashes those places. Shelters are inadequate. Even most of the existing shelters are in a dilapidated condition because of...
The Ministry of Home Affairs has banned the use of black or tinted glasses on micro-buses starting from May 10. Microbuses with tainted glasses are used for the purpose of abduction. Our country is experiencing one of the worst law...
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