KABUL, Oct 11 (AFP): Opium production in Afghanistan is set to rise by nearly two-thirds this year, with farmers' revenues set to soar compared to last year's harvest blighted by disease, the United Nations said Tuesday. Ten years after the...
TAIPEI, Oct 11 (AFP): Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Tuesday that further United States arms sales to Taiwan were needed as China continued with its ambitious military modernisation plans. Rumsfeld, who considers himself "a longtime friend of Taiwan",...
Nasimul Haque "Lack of vision" and the very "poor governance" are two main factors, among many others, to worry about the future of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. So far, Biman has not seen anybody run the place with vision; no professional...
Masum Billah Though school feeding programme (SFP) seems to be a new phenomenon in our educational context, it goes on in many countries with good impact around the globe. In our new education policy this idea has been ingrained. Of...
DU Correspondent The Labour Minister Engr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain Wednesday said that the government is negotiating with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to save the lives of another five Bangladeshi nationals who were sentenced with capital...
World Sight Day will be observed today (Thursday) in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world for highlighting the problems of visually impaired people, reports UNB.The day an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and...
FE Report An English Language Fair, initiated by Robi and The Daily Star, kicked off in the city Wednesday, aiming at developing English language skills among the secondary school students across the country. The fair, titled 'Shafollo Ashbei', started at...
FE Report Experts Wednesday called upon the Bangladeshi physicians to create awareness about various vaccines among people as preventive measures which will help them save money and time. They also said immunisation has proven to be one of the most...
DU Correspondent The admission test of Dhaka University (DU) "Ka-unit" under science group for first year honours courses for academic year-2011-12 will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 10am. A total of 41,434 students will compete for admission to 1539 seats....
President M Zillur Rahman Wednesday observed that providing modern training on disaster preparedness to young and local people is important in disaster risk reduction, reports BSS. "Participation and cooperation of all concerned especially local people and the youth is imperative...
SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (AFP): Andy Roddick refocused after losing his cool Tuesday to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 7-6 (73), 7-5 win as top American Mardy Fish crashed out to Australian teen Bernard Tomic. Tenth...
THIMPHU, Oct 11 (AFP): Bhutan's king, an Oxford graduate and "prince charming of the Himalayas", is set to marry Thursday at what promises to be an emotional moment for the 700,000 adoring subjects of his isolated nation. Jigme Khesar Namgyel...
KABUL, Oct 11 (AFP): Opium production in Afghanistan is set to rise by nearly two-thirds this year, with farmers' revenues set to soar compared to last year's harvest blighted by disease, the United Nations said Tuesday. Ten years after the...
TAIPEI, Oct 11 (AFP): Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Tuesday that further United States arms sales to Taiwan were needed as China continued with its ambitious military modernisation plans. Rumsfeld, who considers himself "a longtime friend of Taiwan",...
Md Toufique Hossain The stock market is considered the primary indicator of a country's economic strength and development. Share prices tend to rise or remain stable when an economy in general shows signs of stability and growth and vice versa....
The suspension of funding for the proposed Padma Bridge by the World Bank (WB) over alleged irregularities in the project's tendering process has cast a cloud of doubt over the future of this important infrastructure project. Painful and embarrassing as...
Anika Rahman The term 'Eve teasing' in the Bangladesh context has come to mean suggestions made to young women by their male oppressors to respond to their amorous advances failing in which they are physically attacked in different ways causing...
World Sight Day will be observed today (Thursday) in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world for highlighting the problems of visually impaired people, reports UNB.The day an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and...
FE Report An English Language Fair, initiated by Robi and The Daily Star, kicked off in the city Wednesday, aiming at developing English language skills among the secondary school students across the country. The fair, titled 'Shafollo Ashbei', started at...
FE Report Experts Wednesday called upon the Bangladeshi physicians to create awareness about various vaccines among people as preventive measures which will help them save money and time. They also said immunisation has proven to be one of the most...
DU Correspondent The admission test of Dhaka University (DU) "Ka-unit" under science group for first year honours courses for academic year-2011-12 will be held tomorrow (Friday) at 10am. A total of 41,434 students will compete for admission to 1539 seats....
President M Zillur Rahman Wednesday observed that providing modern training on disaster preparedness to young and local people is important in disaster risk reduction, reports BSS. "Participation and cooperation of all concerned especially local people and the youth is imperative...
SHANGHAI, Oct 11 (AFP): Andy Roddick refocused after losing his cool Tuesday to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 7-6 (73), 7-5 win as top American Mardy Fish crashed out to Australian teen Bernard Tomic. Tenth...
THIMPHU, Oct 11 (AFP): Bhutan's king, an Oxford graduate and "prince charming of the Himalayas", is set to marry Thursday at what promises to be an emotional moment for the 700,000 adoring subjects of his isolated nation. Jigme Khesar Namgyel...
KABUL, Oct 11 (AFP): Opium production in Afghanistan is set to rise by nearly two-thirds this year, with farmers' revenues set to soar compared to last year's harvest blighted by disease, the United Nations said Tuesday. Ten years after the...
TAIPEI, Oct 11 (AFP): Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Tuesday that further United States arms sales to Taiwan were needed as China continued with its ambitious military modernisation plans. Rumsfeld, who considers himself "a longtime friend of Taiwan",...
The silliness of an empty pageant was in evidence at the All Parties Conference (APC) convened by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani last September 29. The meeting should have promised justice based retribution, as mandated by the Quran, for the...
Imran Asif I had known him for just about the last one third of his life on earth. When he bid farewell to life on October 13, 2007, he had been through 96 seasons. I am on my 30th. Therefore,...
Fazle Rashid in New York Angered by Palestine's boldness to seek UN recognition as an independent an sovereign state the US lawmakers are forging ahead to cut the American financial assistance to Palestine. The US lawmakers have also threatened to...
World Sight Day will be observed today (Thursday) in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world for highlighting the problems of visually impaired people, reports UNB.The day an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and...
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