Wang XiaojunAs Belgium took over the rotating EU presidency from Spain, a political vacuum is in the making due to the resignation of Premier Yves Leterme.Failed negotiations in April between Flanders' Dutch speaking parties and Wallonia-Brussels' French speaking parties on...
THE dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal as the US and NATO commander in Kabul has apparently improved the credentials of Barack Obama as a war president. A Newsweek poll shows that the majority of the Americans supported the president on...
Nerun YakubNever in the history of the world have there been such an overwhelming concentration of power, of capital and knowledge, in the hands of so few. The world economy is at the mercy of the decisions of some 5000...
Md. Main UddinWHEN I was s student of class seven, I was taught the above-noted English translation. Everything went well regarding this translation until I started reading different books on welfare economics and philosophy. As time passed by, I came...
Through our yearly national budget announcement we come to know our various main income and expenditure of our government. But we never come to know some important expenditures from our public exchequer on various accounts/matters such as : pay and...
I have just learnt from the Medical News Today that obesity is not just a problem for the USA nor is it limited to other developed countries either -- it is a problem that has spread throughout the globe. Obesity...
Md. Masum BillahOn June 25-27, the leaders of the G8 countries gathered at Huntsville in the Muskoka region of Canada for their 36th annual summit. The G20 summit followed in Toronto on June 26-27. Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon...
Anthony DiMaggioConsistently ignored in reporting on the economic crisis is the dramatic toll it's taking on America's children. The prevalence of poverty has expanded dramatically in light of growing unemployment, accompanied by state attacks on social welfare spending that benefits...
Vienna, July 9 (Agencies): United States and Russia Friday played a spy swap game at Vienna airport with Washington deported 10 while Russian authorities believed to have released four.Chartered Russian and US flights which took the spies to the Austrian...
SRINAGAR, July 9 (AFP): Indian security forces widened a curfew in Kashmir Friday to contain violent protests over the killing of locals amid fresh attacks that injured two policemen, officials said."We have widened the curfew to ensure a violence-free Friday,"...
UNITED NATIONS, July 9 (AP): Diplomats say the UN Security Council is set to approve a statement condemning a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors, but the declaration stops short of directly blaming North...
COLOMBO, July 9 (CNN): A Sri Lankan Cabinet minister on a 'fast unto death' to protest a UN panel announced Friday that he had resigned his post as his supporters marched in Colombo carrying placards condemning the world body.Crowds carrying...
BANGKOK, July 9 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday he would pay his first official visit to Myanmar next month, ahead of rare elections in the military-run country."Arrangements are being made for a one or two day visit,"...
ABUJA, July 9 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that new sanctions slapped on his country will not alter Tehran's nuclear drive, remaining defiant in the face of growing Western pressure.Speaking on Thursday after meeting fellow Muslim leaders at...
Iran won't stone woman to death after outcryLONDON, July 9: Iran has announced that a woman will not be stoned to death after being convicted of adultery following an international outcry, a paper reported Friday. The Islamic republic's London embassy...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Powdered milk remains dearer in the local market despite tariff reduction by the government and its stable prices in the international market. The government reduced import duty by 7.0 percentage points to 5.0 per cent effective from...
Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) in collaboration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently organised a two-day training workshop for the prospective authorised representatives of CSE brokerage houses at CSE Dhaka office, according to a press release.The training programme...
FE ReportPrices of rice, fish, onion and vegetables were up while that of sugar, oil and lentil remained steady in the city's kitchen markets, traders said Friday.Prices of all varieties of rice have shot up by Tk 1.0 to Tk...
Kayes M Sohel, back from KolkataIt was in November 2008 when Otobi re-wrote the history of Bangladesh's furniture industry. With opening a showroom in Kolkata's posh Mani Square, the company, founded by a legendary sculptor Nitun Kundu, became the first...
Zahur Ullah and Farzana Chowdhury have recently been re-elected Chairman and Vice Chairperson respectively of ONE Bank Limited, according to a press release.This was disclosed at the meeting of the board of directors of the bank in the city.The board...
Hasan Iqbal has recently been promoted to General Manager (GM) of Sonali Bank Limited and joined office in Rajshahi division, according to a press release.Prior to joining the new position, he was deputy general manager of the bank's Dhaka office.Mr...
The local call money market was stable in the last week.The inter-bank call money rate drifted around the range of 2.50 per cent and 3.0 per cent. There were auctions of 91-day T/bills of Tk 4.0 billion and 182-day T/bills...
FE ReportThe Etihad Crystal Cargo Thursday awarded 13 of its cargo agents at the gala Agents Award Night 2010 organised at a city hotel.In presence of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Bangladesh Khalfan Battal Ali Al-Mansouri along with other...
JOHANNESBURG, July 9 (AP): It's one of the hardest games in football to prepare for.Just days after suffering the bitter blow of missing out on the World Cup final, Uruguay and Germany have to lift themselves for one final effort...
PRETORIA, July 9 (Reuters): The world's most impressive passing team, Spain, face an explosive Netherlands attack in a highly anticipated World Cup final Sunday with the only certainty being a new, first-time, world champion.Despite their great traditions, generations of top...
MADRID, July 9 (AFP): Spain's glorious run to its first World Cup final has bolstered a sagging feel-good factor in a country that has endured some difficult economic times of late.Economists now hope a win over Holland Sunday can aid...
JOHANNESBURG, July 9 (AFP): Three Spaniards feature in the 10 players nominated for the player of the World Cup finals announced by world governing body FIFA Friday.Barcelona midfield duo Andres Iniesta and Xavi - voted the player of Euro 2008...
JOHANNESBURG, July 9 (AFP): England's Howard Webb will referee Sunday's World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain at Johannesburg's Soccer City, FIFA said Thursday.The 39-year-old from Rotherham, in nothern England, has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2005 and the...
JOHANNESBURG, July 9 (AFP): Robert Millward, head of Associated Press's global football coverage, died here Thursday aged just 58 of a suspected heart attack, the wire agency's sports editor announced on Friday.Millward, married with no children, had been suffering from...
BERLIN, July 9 (AFP): The oracle has spoken. Germany will beat Uruguay in the third-place play-off on Saturday, according to Paul, the "psychic" octopus with an unblemished record in picking winners.The eight-legged oracle, who has become a World Cup sensation...
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