K M Mustafizur Rahman | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Though women constitute half of the total population of the country, their participation in nation building activities remain constrained. This is not because of their incompetence or apathy; the society imposed restriction on them. Institutions along with the patriarchal structure...
Iqbal Hossain | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Suchitra Sen, a legendary heroine of Bengali film, was born on April 6 in 1931. She breathed her last on January 17 in 2014 in Kolkata. Her family name was Roma Das Gupta. Suchitra Sen is her filmy name. Roma...
Md Mahfuzur Rahman Siddique | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Sixth April was proclaimed by the United Nations Organization (UNO) as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace on 23rd August, 2013 vide General Assembly Resolution no 67/296 in its Sixty Seventh Session. The resolution inter alia invited...
Nehal Adil | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
In the sixties of the last century while travelling in the Australian outback, I had cactus drink. One can over live few days with it. Cactus is an Australian plant. It usually did not grow in Bangladesh. But it is...
An 11-day festival on authentic Bangladesh cuisine concluded in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday. The first-ever such event was organised in association with Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo and Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka. Bangladeshi cuisine dominated dishes served for lunch...
Md Bayazid Khan | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Once upon a time we had the reputation of honesty, transparency, dedication and commitment in our politics. We felt proud of our honest, courageous, dedicated, committed and patriotic political leaders like Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hossain...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been doing better in socio-economic front for over more than last two decades. The gross domestic product (GDP) has been growing at a steady rate resulting in per capita GDP of about US $940. The economy has been...
Saleh Akram | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Afghanistan's presidential election closed on April 05 last amid relief that attacks by Taliban fighters were fewer than feared. The voting that will see the first-ever democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by conflicts for decades. It will...
Reports published recently in several dailies say that hawkers and small street vendors pay Tk 8.5 billion annually as bribe and illegal toll to various agencies and organised gangs across the country. Not too upsetting a revelation, as it explains...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Typewriters are set to go to the museums in this age of information technology (IT). Computers have replaced them. Thanks to initiatives by the governments in power in Bangladesh, past and present, one now can have a computer easily. Laptops...
Shahana Bilkis | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Turning Bangladesh into a middle income country by 2021 and a developed one by 2041 is a key objective of the incumbent government. Bangladesh can become a middle-income economy by 2019-20, two years before the target if the economy keeps...
The safety record of the Bangladesh garment industry is one of the worst in the world. Duty-free import of safety equipment for garments factories in the overall interest of Bangladesh can be justified. Factory owners should immediately get needed safety...
Recently, the World Bank (WB) has estimated that the pre-poll violence has cost our fragile economy a staggering Tk 110 billion and the figure is mind-boggling. It surely will take a long time for our economy to recover the loss....
Osman Gani Talukdar, the chairman of the Louhajang upazila parishad, has been reelected as he had kept his promises to his constituents. Five years ago, he had pledged not to enjoy any government facilities if he was elected. The people...
K.M. Saleheen | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
We have for some time been locked in rhetoric and war of words over the temporary 'loss' of trade benefits under US Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). Emotional outbursts have taken centre-stage in the country on the modalities of winning...
Minhaz Anwar | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
Starting up a new business is a daunting task anywhere in the world. It is more so when one takes into account that a mere 2 per cent of all new business ventures get institutional support in terms of not...
MOSCOW, Apr 11 (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday warned that European stability was being threatened by rising anti-Russian sentiment over the Ukraine crisis. "The current inflaming of anti-Russian sentiments takes place against the background of a spike...
WASHINGTON, Apr 11 (AFP): US President Barack Obama told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that the United States and its allies should prepare new sanctions against Russia if it escalates the crisis over Ukraine. "The president underscored the need...
PERTH, Apr 11 (AP): Australia's prime minister said Friday that authorities are confident that a series of underwater signals detected in a remote patch of the Indian Ocean are coming from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Tony Abbott told reporters...
BERLIN, Apr 11 (AFP): Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi warned on Friday that her country, despite a spate of reforms hailed by the international community, "is not yet a democracy". Speaking in Berlin to accept...
UN concerned at political violence in Burundi United Nations, Apr 11: Burundi is experiencing rising political violence and restrictions on political rights, the press and civil liberties in the run-up to 2015 elections, the U.N. warned Thursday. President Pierre Nkurunziza,...
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) claims to have traced a hospital in Dhaka where the owner, a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) holder, used to work as the anaesthesiologist. The surgeries were done by a person who had been educated up to...
Soccer Club, Feni will lock horns with Mohammedan Sporting Club in the final of the Modhumoti Bank Independence Cup Football Tournament at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city today (Saturday), reports UNB. The match will begin at 5:00 pm. State-run...
The 6th round of four-day-match Walton 15th National Cricket League (NCL) will begin today (Saturday) at four venues of the country, reports UNB. In the 5th round NCL matches, Dhaka Division secured the top slot with 87 points; Rajshahi is...
KARACHI, Apr 11 (AFP): Pakistan cricket administrators Thursday said they would support a move to reorganise the game's governing body on the condition of being granted the chance to play bilateral series with other teams. Pakistan is the only country...
KARACHI, Apr 11 (AFP): Former Pakistan great Wasim Akram Thursday said players heading for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand should sweat it out at a boot camp to boost their chances of victory. Pakistan are in...
NYON, Switzerland, Apr 11 (AFP): Titleholders Bayern Munich will face nine-time winners Real Madrid in a dramatic Champions League semi-final, which was drawn Friday. Surprise packages Atletico Madrid must take on 2012 winners Chelsea in the second semi-final which could...
Young Star beat Credit Union in Pioneer Football Tejgaon Young Star defeated Dhaka Credit Union Football Club by 2-0 goal in a match of the Dhaka City Corporation (North & South) Pioneer Football League at Paltan Outer Stadium in the...
Babul Barman | 2014-04-12 00:00:00
After a single week break, the stock market plunged into the red as cautious investors booked profit and re-balanced their portfolios during the week, notwithstanding improved turnover. Despite infrequent profit taking, Large Cap segment remained positive over corporate declarations and...
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