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Iraqi PM makes stopover in Dhaka

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi today

2011-05-03 00:00:00

A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...

Constitutional amendments: Some proposals

2011-05-03 00:00:00

A B M Shamsud DoulahThe government has formed a special committee for amending the Constitution of Bangladesh, suggesting massive changes and causing changes in the basic character of it. It is learned from the media reports that various changes are...

Bin Laden death a political boon to Obama

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Stephen Collinson of AFP from WashingtonPresident Barack Obama's order of a risky covert operation to kill Osama bin Laden delivered a huge political payoff as he sets his sights on a second term as America's commander-in-chief. The elimination of the...

Weapons of mass mobilisation

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Ashraful Azad and M Mizanur RahmanImagine a situation. You captured a video or took a picture of repression by any security forces or anyone else; upload it in youtube or facebook ; give the link in twitter. If the video...

IBFB workshop in city tomorrow

2011-05-03 00:00:00

International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) will arrange an advocacy workshop on, "Identifying Regulatory Impediments of Light Engineering Sector and improving Transparency" tomorrow (Wednesday) at Hotel Sonargaon at 10:30 am in the city, said a press release. Tofail Ahmed MP,...

German medical assistance for disabled kids, women likely

2011-05-03 00:00:00

A three-member German team arrived in the city Sunday to explore the possibility of extending medical aid to disabled children and women in Bangladesh, especially in the area of plastic and reconstructive surgery of western standard, reports BSS. During their...

Samad becomes IUB Trustee board chair

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Mr Towhid Samad has unanimously been elected chairman of the board of Trustees of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently for a two year term, said a press release. Mr Samad, an honours graduate and a masters in Economics, was elected...

weather

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over all the seven divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Sunday). Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. The...

81 city shanties gutted by fire

2011-05-03 00:00:00

At least 81 shanties were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out at a slum in the capital's Kallyanpur area Sunday night, firefighters said. The fire originated from an oven at Pora Basti (slum) at about 8:10pm and rapidly...

Thai militants kill 2 in twin bomb attacks

2011-05-03 00:00:00

PATTANI, Apr 30: Thai police say twin attacks blamed by suspected Muslim militants have killed two soldiers and wounded nine others in southern Thailand. Pol. Lt. Gen. Kritsanapong Paetsit says a group of at least five insurgents set off a...

Journalist critically injured by miscreants

2011-05-03 00:00:00

KHULNA, Apr 30 (UNB) : A journalist and his brother were critically injured by a gang of miscreants at Godaipur village in Paikgachha Upazila Friday night. The victims were identified as FMA Razzak, editor of local fortnightly 'Gonomichhil' and former...

Iraqi PM makes stopover in Dhaka

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi today

2011-05-03 00:00:00

A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...

On comforts and crises

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Abdul ayesThere was a time, not long ago perhaps, when the economy had to struggle with too little of foreign exchange reserves (forex for short). The eye was always on the minimum three-month worth of imports. Gone are those days...

Fair work ethics

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Since the collapse of the global financial system, analysts have been doing some hair-splitting as to what had gone wrong and most seem to agree that the root cause of the crisis was, and still is, the huge deficit in...

Solving the city's transportation problem

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Shafiqul Alam Transportation is an important element in determining not only the city's efficiency but also its sustainability. While most of the cities, especially in the developing countries, regularly vie to build the tallest buildings, malls etcetera, they pay much...

Abolishing child labour

2011-05-03 00:00:00

The employment of children below the age of 14 in homes and the hospitality sector must be stopped. Employment of children, particularly girls, in homes for cleaning, cooking, and caring for infants has hitherto been common in cities and among...

Thanks for introducing user friendly immigration arrival card

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Congratulations to Md. Abdul Mabud, Director-General of the Department of Immigration and Passports, and all those responsible for introducing the new Bangladesh Immigration Arrival Card. Having cringed in dismay countless times over the years as I completed the obligatory landing...

How far is Dhaka from district, upazila HQs?

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Over the last one year we have written several times to the Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of LGRD, Ministry of Planning, Department of Roads and Highways to kindly let us know the...

weather

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at one or two places over all the seven divisions in next 24 hours till 6.0pm today (Sunday). Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. The...

81 city shanties gutted by fire

2011-05-03 00:00:00

At least 81 shanties were gutted by a devastating fire that broke out at a slum in the capital's Kallyanpur area Sunday night, firefighters said. The fire originated from an oven at Pora Basti (slum) at about 8:10pm and rapidly...

Thai militants kill 2 in twin bomb attacks

2011-05-03 00:00:00

PATTANI, Apr 30: Thai police say twin attacks blamed by suspected Muslim militants have killed two soldiers and wounded nine others in southern Thailand. Pol. Lt. Gen. Kritsanapong Paetsit says a group of at least five insurgents set off a...

Journalist critically injured by miscreants

2011-05-03 00:00:00

KHULNA, Apr 30 (UNB) : A journalist and his brother were critically injured by a gang of miscreants at Godaipur village in Paikgachha Upazila Friday night. The victims were identified as FMA Razzak, editor of local fortnightly 'Gonomichhil' and former...

Iraqi PM makes stopover in Dhaka

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki made a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city Saturday on his way home from South Korea. Minister for Industries Dilip Barua received the Iraqi PM as he arrived for...

Muhith leaves for Hanoi today

2011-05-03 00:00:00

A four-member delegation headed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka for Hanoi today (Sunday) to take part in the 44th Board of Governors Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to be held in the Vietnamese capital on...

Giving high priority to developing renewable sources of energy

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Munir Ahmed The process of getting electricity from the solar source needs to be properly facilitated by government's fiscal policies. Imported equipment for this sector should be exempted from all sorts of duties and the entrepreneurs concerned should also be...

Banglabandh Land Port facilitates Indo-Bangla trade

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Anu MahmudAnother new overland trade point has been opened between Bangladesh and India on 22 January, 2011 at Banglabandh in Bangladesh corresponding to Phulbari in India. This sees the fulfillment of a longstanding demand of businessmen from both the countries....

Spring in Maryland has sprung flowers to laugh

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA Flowers in a garden usually smile without making any sound as I have been used to seeing in Bangladesh. But it seems flowers in Maryland smile with a sheepish grin at the end of...

Political intrusion, criminalisation affect social justice system

2011-05-03 00:00:00

Md. Saidur Rahman Putting aside their own merit and quality, the leaders of both the parties capitalise on the image of their respective party founders, and play mud-slinging at the other party people. As regards the failure of BNP in...