Russia's upper house of parliament has approved President Putin's request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine. Russian forces be used "until the normalisation of the political situation in the country". Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based in the...
BANGLADESH: Afghanistan put up a brilliant performance to upset hosts Bangladesh by 32 runs in the Asia Cup match at Fatullah on Saturday. Afghanistan rode on a brilliant unbeaten career best 90 by Asghar Stanikzai and a punishing 69-ball 81...
Nehal Adil | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
British Prime Minister David Cameron, in the midst of global change and geopolitical shift of power visited China. Before that the Chinese leaders had received the European Union leaders in Beijing and the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met the...
Arup Barua and Prantika Mutsuddi | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
"Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom." -- Mikhail Bakunin The history of violence, injustice, inhumane behaviour against the weak quarters...
Niamat Ullah Sarker | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
We are living in an era that turns out to be a boom time for use of technology. In Bangladesh, particularly in the capital Dhaka, we observe significant changes in lifestyle of the urbanites due to technology that could not...
Fahmida Hashem | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
During pregnancy mothers always get all the attention. But a study suggests that the father's diet before conception may play an equally important role in the health of their offspring. Fathers should pay as much attention to their lifestyle and...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
It is not unusual for the most joyous moments turning into a nightmare or tragedy. Whoever is involved, the sense of loss reverberates across the known circles and beyond. When none other than young children become the casualty, the poignancy...
ABM Ahsanullah | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
During our extended holiday in USA, my wife and I were travelling mostly in California, Oregon and Texas; transiting through Arizona. We went to Texas twice; first in Austin in December, 2012 while my eldest son-in-law, M Zahid Khondokar (Russel),...
Md Sazedul Islam | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
The IT industry in Bangladesh is an untapped mine brimming with possibilities. The industry operators tipped Bangladesh to be the next destination for business process outsourcing (BPO). Bangladesh has now become one of the most potential outsourcing destinations in the...
The Chinese currency has had its biggest one-day fall, down nearly 1%, and has fallen 1.5% for the past week and a half. It is the biggest decline since 2005 when it introduced its new currency regime and moved away...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
It was feared before the announcement of the national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2013-14 in June, 2013 that many alterations were likely to be made in the budget. The Finance Minister was reluctant to accept that political uncertainty would...
Chandra Shekhar Das | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
'Forensic accounting' utilises accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to conduct an examination into a company's financial statements. Thus, it provides an accounting analysis that is suitable for decision-making by a court or the management. Forensic accountants are trained to look...
Mohammed Norul Alam Raju | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
Because of its geological location, Bangladesh is a country highly susceptible to earthquakes and their secondary effects. This vulnerability, however, is continuing to increase as the consequences of rapid urbanisation, unplanned growth, the lack of governance, the unskilled labour force...
David Brunnstrom of Reuters from Washington | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
US foreign policy and North Korea experts said in a report released on February 26 that the United States should engage more with North Korea as a way to revive talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons programmeme. The joint report...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
An article was published in the Financial Express on February 26, 2014 titled "On the issue of VAT on superstores" which has raised views different from those raised in this writer's article published in the same newspaper on February 23,...
The recent decision by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) to undertake a country-wide project for training farmers across rural areas is indeed a welcome one. The idea is to impart training on integrated methods of cultivation...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
Recently the ministry of health (MoH) suspended seven doctors for failing to remain in their workplaces in rural health sub-centres and health complexes in Shibpur and Palash upazilas (sub-districts) of Narsingdi district. Based on complaints, the minister concerned issued suspension...
Ruma Halder | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a country of immense potential having a rapidly developing market-based economy. It has an aim to attain the middle-income-country status by the year of 2021. Approximately half of the total population of this country is women. It cannot...
In the second match of Asia Cup, only two cricketers of Bangladesh, Captain Mushfiqur Rahim and the opener Anamul Haque, made remarkable progress. They played delightful innings. Mushfiqur scored 117 runs with the help of seven boundaries and two sixes...
House rent has been increasing abnormally day by day and it is hitting hard the middle income families. The house owners have been increasing house rent every year as they know shifting house is a big hassle. Although there is...
The government of Bangladesh formed a pay commission headed by Dr Mohammad Farashuddin, former governor of Bangladesh Bank, for government employees in November 2013. Recently, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, in a projection event on national annual income, in presence of...
RAIPUR, Feb 28 (AFP): Maoist rebels opened fire and triggered landmines in India's restive Chhattisgarh state Friday, killing six policemen in the latest in a string of deadly attacks on security forces. The insurgents attacked the policemen as they were...
CAIRO, Feb 28 (AFP): Gunmen killed an Egyptian policeman on Friday as he rode his motorbike across a bridge on the Nile in the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo, police said. Attacks on the security forces have surged since...
YANGON, Feb 28, (AFP): Myanmar's president has asked parliament to consider an intermarriage law, spearheaded by an extremist monk, that is aimed at "protecting" Buddhists in the former junta-ruled nation. The move follows several waves of anti-Muslim violence that have...
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 28 (AFP): The Philippine government and Muslim rebels will sign a peace deal to end one of Asia's longest and deadliest insurgencies "by the end of March", Malaysia's prime minister said Friday after meeting his Filipino counterpart. Prime...
SANAA, Feb 28, (AFP): At least 24 people were killed on Friday as Yemeni troops and allied Islamists engaged in heavy fighting with Shiite rebels in the north, tribal sources said. The fighting, in which soldiers aided by fighters from...
BANGKOK, Feb 28 (AFP): At least 15 people, including 13 children, were killed when a bus carrying students on a trip to the seaside collided with a lorry in eastern Thailand Friday, police said. The smash is the latest in...
Babul Barman | 2014-03-01 00:00:00
The stock market edged marginally lower last week that ended Thursday with significant improvement in turnover as the market lacked any clear direction. The week featured all five trading sessions and the market lost three trading sessions while two sessions...
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