Masum BillahNorth Korea lost its secondgeneration great leader on December 17, 2011. The TV pictures showed the heartfelt lament of the citizens which proves their love for their popular leader Kim Jong-il, no matter what the world leaders termed him...
Philippe Agret of AFP in RamallahWith peace talks in the doldrums, the Palestinians have fixed their sights on global activism and unity between their rival factions in order to advance their cause. "We are in a 'hudna' (truce) until January...
With jubilant and happy faces splashing on the TV screens and newspapers, the general mood following the publication of results of the Junior School Certificate Examinations-2011 definitely speaks for itself. In democracy, the majority matter and on that count 83.71...
Nerun YakubAt a recent event, marking the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible --- the very same that accompanied Christian missionaries and colonialists on their forays into the lives of 'other' people across the world --- the British Prime...
Monwara Begum Medical wastes, due to their contents of hazardous substances, pose a serious threat to public health. The hazardous substances include pathological and infectious contaminants, sharp objects and other chemical wastes. In hospitals different kinds of therapeutic procedures (i.e....
Munshi Abdul AhadJute is a fibrous plant and second to cotton in significance. It is a long, soft, shiny fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute cultivation is almost as old as human civilisation. In trade there...
A detailed and interesting write-up was published in a local English daily on December 26, that presented the cause for the need for combined cycle gas-fired power plant vis-a-vis the oil-fuelled mostly old engine-based rental power plants now in operation....
Rizwan SiddiquiThe third Awami League (AL)-led government is presiding over the country. The foreign currency reserve -- pivotal in determining a country's macro economic stability -- fell below even US$1.0 billion in the nineties under the second AL government. Under...
MD. Abul Hasnat Jubair Bangladesh, as the latest reports in the media do tend to suggest, will earn almost nothing from giving transit to India. It is an Awami League (AL) hyper projection only that Bangladesh will develop by giving...
Mahmudur RahmanNicolas Sarcozy isn't a leader given to mince words. Controversy is not battle heshies away from, especially when the world stage he relishes is so alluring. And so there was a chilling effect to his words when he dramatically...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the government conveyed its new year's greetings to the people by raising the price of fuel oils from Thursday midnight, reports UNB. "The government has given us a gift...
FHM Humayan KabirThe Communications Ministry has sought Tk 6.38 billion in additional funds from the government to rehabilitate and repair the damaged roads and highways, officials said Friday. We have sent the demand for additional fund to the Planning Commission...
Syful IslamThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to approve US$1.0 billion worth of Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Bangladesh in February next year as the government is taking various measures in line with the suggestions of the former, a...
Nizam AhmedThe food department of the government is now otherwise comfortably placed to help avoid any fresh import of rice in the second half of the current fiscal year (FY), following a successful domestic procurement drive, officials said on Friday....
Badrul AhsanJapan is set to emerge as Bangladesh's third largest apparel export destination within next two years following relaxation of rules of origin (RoO) for generalised system of preferences (GSP) scheme, industry insiders said. Canada is now holding the third...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30: A top organisation of Malaysian manufacturers Friday underlined the need to reduce the dependence on foreign workers if the country is to become a high-income economy. Malaysia heavily relies on foreign workers from India, Indonesia, Bangladesh,...
Md Jamal uddinThe telecom regulator has set a target of earning Tk 80 billion by issuing Third Generation (3G) technology licences to the telecom operators next year. The expected amount will come mainly from spectrum charge and licence fee, said...
Pankaj DastiderCHITTAGONG, Dec 30: Chittagong Dry Dock, the only ship-repairing enterprise in the public sector, is likely to start building ships before second quarter of 2014 after the completion of BMRE and creation of additional facilities for building medium and...
NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Economic Times): State-run oil firms plan to raise petrol prices by about Rs 2.25 a litre from Sunday unless the government asks them to defer the move in view of assembly elections, company executives said. Oil...
aHONG KONG, Dec 30 (AFP): The sight of French President Nicolas Sarkozy running to Beijing to solicit funds to save the eurozone summed up what for some was the economic story of 2011 -- Asia's boom versus the West's gloom....
MADRID, Dec 30 (AFP): Spain's annual inflation rate tumbled to a 13-month low in December as fuel prices eased, official preliminary data showed Friday. Consumer prices rose 2.4 per cent over the year to December compared to a rise of...
COLOMBO, Dec 30 (Reuters): South Africa's Sun City resort will invest $800 million in a tourism project in Sri Lanka, the head of the island nation's state-run Tourism Board said Friday. Sun City resort is run by South African gaming...
NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (The Economic Times): India's fiscal deficit during April to November was 3.53 trillion rupees ($66.3 billion), or 85.6 per cent of the full-year target, government data showed Friday. In the same period last fiscal year, fiscal...
BEIJING, Dec 30 (The Economic Times): China's state-run mobile telecom company 'China Mobile' has invested $ 1.5 billion in Pakistan in the last four years and remitted $ 286 million in tax revenues. CEO of CMPak, China Mobile's wholly owned...
SHANGHAI, Dec 30 (Reuters): Short-term lending rates pushed higher in the heaviest trading day of the year on Friday as banks scrambled to secure funds for the holiday weekend, when customer demand for cash is traditionally strong. The benchmark weighted-average...
MOSCOW, Dec 30, (agencies): Russia Friday said firefighters contained a blaze on a nuclear submarine undergoing repairs near Norway after partially submerging the vessel, insisting there was no radiation threat. The radiation levels around a burning Russian nuclear submarine were...
NEW DELHI, Dec 30, (AFP): India's government faced fierce criticism in the media and from the opposition on Friday after it failed to push through its flagship anti-corruption law in the upper house of parliament. The legislation cleared the lower...
ULUDERE, Turkey, Dec 30, (AFP): Kurdish separatists in Turkey on Friday called for an uprising after an air strike killed 35 villagers near the Iraqi border in what the ruling party admitted could have been a mistake. As locals prepared...
DAMASCUS, Dec 30 (agencies) Syrian activists have called for massive street demonstrations Friday against President Bashar al-Assad, as Arab observers continue their mission. Correspondents say the presence of the monitors has emboldened the protesters, despite further killings. Up to 40...
KINGSTON, Dec 30, (AFP): Jamaica's leading opposition People's National Party has won a landslide election in a vote driven by concerns about crime, corruption and poverty on the picturesque Caribbean island. Preliminary results late Thursday indicated the left-leaning party had...
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