BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters): China's Finance Ministry said on Saturday it will extend a programme of subsidies for buyers of electric-powered vehicles after the current subsidy regime, part of efforts to combat pollution in cities, expires in 2015. The existing...
NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) : Moody's on Friday cut Puerto Rico's credit rating to junk status, citing concerns about the fiscally challenged US territory's weak growth and ability to access capital markets. Moody's, which placed Puerto Rico's rating on...
WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (AFP): Global government requests for Twitter user information are on the rise, the messaging service said as it released figures while pressing for more transparency. "Over the past 24 months, we've received a 66 per cent increase...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 7 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara became the second batsman in history to score a triple-century and a hundred in the same match as Sri Lanka pressed for victory in the second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong Friday. The tourists,...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will sit with the leaders of Dhaka city BNP on Monday as part of her initiative to tidy up the party’s different units before waging a fresh movement. The meeting will be held at BNP chairperson’s...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Murders take place in myriad forms in this country. Teenagers also fall victim to mindless homicide following family feuds. What a primitive way of exacting revenge on rivals! If no particular area in the country is immune to this deranged...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
President Vladimir Putin of Russian Federation, who separated from his wife Lyudmila, 55, in June last year for having an affair with Olympic rhythmic gymnastics gold medallist Alina Kabayeva, 30, plans to show his power to the newly wed wife...
Md Mahbub Alam Prodip | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
The politics of South Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka is being increasingly dominated by women. Generally, women have occupied the top positions as Prime Minister or President or are playing prominent roles in the parliaments...
Sharmila Chakraborty | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
DEMOCRACY is considered as the foundation of modern civilistion. The more democratic the country is, the more civilised the nation is. People of a true democratic country enjoy their fundamental rights through personal liberty and freedom. The most dangerous threat...
ABM Ahsanullah | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Established in 1954, and located at 1200 Getty Centre Drive, Los Angeles (LA), California, USA, Getty Museum is well-known throughout the world. Art lovers know about it better. I personally came to know of the name of J Paul Getty...
Pamelia Khaled | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
"Women in much of the world lack support for fundamental functions of a human life." (Nussbaum 2000) Women in most of the countries including Saudi Arabia are treated as lesser bearers of human rights. Thus women are victims of abuse,...
LONDON, Feb 7 (AFP): Around 140 homes were evacuated in southwest England on Friday as floodwaters rose, while the head of a government agency was set to face a hostile reception on his first visit to the region. Areas flooded...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (AFP): A court trying Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for treason Friday ordered him to appear on February 18, the latest postponement in the long-delayed case. The 70-year-old is facing treason charges, which can carry the...
BAGHDAD, Feb 7 (AFP): Attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed nine people on Friday, including a supporter of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who was standing in April's parliamentary election. The murder of Hamza al-Shammari, the first...
India's top investigation agency has filed charges against four intelligence officials in connection with the killing of a female student, reports BBC. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a court that the Intelligence Bureau officials killed Ishrat Jahan and...
CAIRO, Feb 7 (AFP): Six Egyptian policemen were wounded in a bomb attack on a bridge in the capital on Friday, officials said. The attack shattered a tense calm in Cairo after a spate of bombings on January 24 killed...
14 dead as bus falls into ravine in Philippines MANILA, Feb 7: Two foreigners were among 14 people killed when a tourist bus fell into a deep ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines on Friday, authorities said. The bus plunged...
The Indian northeastern states are within a stone's throw from Bangladesh. But in terms of connectivity, the landlocked region, as the present situation indicates, remains thousands of miles away. It is really surprising that despite being next-door neighbour, Bangladesh has...
Md. Bayazid Khan | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Although slavery was abolished in the 19th century, it still exists today in different forms and names all over the world. Now-a- days, modern slavery includes human trafficking, forced labour, slavery or slavery-like practices such as servile marriage, forced marriage,...
S.A.Mansoor | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
While 400 new factories are crying for gas, as reported in the FE (February 4), it is sad that the easy process of generating methane from human solid waste remains unexplored. The urban areas of Bangladesh now spend precious funds...
We see too many beggars swarming in Dhaka city. Many of them are able to work but they have chosen this shameful vocation. They earn more money from begging than they can from working. Begging has become a matter of...
Online marketing has brought revolution in our country. The companies buying and selling second-hand products online have definitely made transaction much simpler and convenient. The main drawback of online shopping is that it has also made lives easier and convenient...
A few days ago, I was passing by a cinema hall at old Dhaka which, in my childhood days, I used to visit frequently. I was sad when I noticed its dilapidated condition. It was in so rundown a state...
Masum Billah | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Upazila administration in the country was introduced by Hussein Muhammad Ershad, ostensibly to strengthen the local government bodies and to take administration to the doorsteps of the common people. It actually witnessed a strengthened role in running the affairs of...
Mohammad Hasan | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Among the basic elements of industrial production--man, machine and materials--managing human beings is the most complicated one. It is at the core of the matter. Unfortunately, in most of the cases, this core element does not get proper attention from...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Days are coming when educated youths would tend to take the entrepreneurial leadership rather than focusing only on jobs. Capital may not be a cause of concern, as the venture capitalists are beside them. The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and...
Babul Barman | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Stocks continued its gaining streak for the sixth straight week with key index of the premier bourse setting a new high, powered by investors' buying spree. "A gradual increase in investors' confidence helped the market set the new high. The...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Mobile phone operators are likely to elbow out Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and WiMAX operators in providing broadband internet service to people in future, industry insiders opine. At present, two WiMAX operators - Banglalion and Qubee - and about 100...
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