Bangladesh is recognised as the cheapest place for doing business in Asia. However, the short-term advantage acquired mainly from hiring workers cheaply, is no guarantee of the continuation of this reputation in the medium and the longer terms. It is...
Your recent report titled "No to King's College at Segunbagicha" has prompted me to draw your attention to a letter by me that was published in the July 9, 2009 issue of your newspaper. I wrote in that letter about...
We are of the opinion that Israel is the only country in the world which practices dictatorship in the guise of democracy. The Israeli dictatorship of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is worst than that of dictator Adolf Hitler of Nazi...
Fazal M. KamalIt has been said eons back that if you take credit for the sunshine you've to accept the blame for the rainfall as well. That's precisely what Barack Obama has been discovering all over now, provided particular emphasis...
Maswood Alam KhanWHENEVER I hear about deficit budgeting -- call it household or national -- I remember a joke that tells about a borrower's trick to dodge a moneylender. In response to a lender's insistence on adjusting an overdue loan...
Indian Idol-5On SONY SET Monday at 9-30 pmThe latest addition to the Idol phenomenon. Indian Idol, like Pop, Canadian, and American Idol, brings the entire country together to compete to become the next singing sensationTere LiyeOn STAR PLUS Monday 10-30...
MUMBAI June 13: Nearly two years after "Slumdog Millionaire" created history at the Oscars, child actors from a Mumbai slum Azharuddin Mohammed Shaikh and Rubina Ali Qureshi have been signed for a Hollywood movie. They will each be paid 1,000...
Resources are scarce and there are competing demands on the same by different sectors. Bangladesh for some years has been allocating a major share of the country's budgeted resources on education. This emphasis is there even in the proposed national...
Shahiduzzaman KhanIn his post-budget press conference late last week, Finance Minister AMA Muhith strongly defended the growth rate, set at 6.7 per cent, for the next fiscal year and criticised those who were preaching that the country could achieve higher...
Shimul ChaudhuryA 'thug', according to Indian mythology, was "one of a band of professional assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her." We think this term is quite apposite to describe the operations...
In his article titled 'Efficient utilisation of renewable energy resources', published in the June 6, 2010 issue of the Financial Express, Mr. Shahiduzzaman Khan has made the issue unnecessarily complex. Why should we need research on the already established matter...
Though there are divergent views about the budget, its relevance to the power sector is appreciated by all. If anybody expected even a few innovations in budgeting this year, they must have been rather disappointed. The budget has proposed to...
Husain ImamSince early nineties there has been a phenomenal growth of private universities in Bangladesh. These universities play an important role in meeting the ever increasing demand of the corporate houses for graduates, especially BBAs and MBAs. But the quality...
Siddhartha Mitra and Udai S Mehta"IT'S better to light a candle than curse the darkness" -- a Chinese proverb.The Bangladesh government is considering enacting a 'Competition Act' to help increase competition among businesses so that they offer quality goods and...
SINGAPORE, June 12 (Dow Jones): Asian stock markets were higher Friday with resource stocks in Australia buoyant on speculation the government might water down a controversial tax on miners. Shares in China underperformed the region as a slew of leading...
MUMBAI, June 12 (sify.com): A benchmark index for Indian equities Friday closed 142 points higher on steady global cues, slipping from the intra-day highs it reached on the back of strong industrial data. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the...
NEW DELH, June 12 (Economic Times): Financial services firm Morgan Stanley said its UK-based arm, FrontPoint Management LLP, bought 75,000 shares of Singapore's Parkway Holdings at S$3.83 a share for a 'discretionary investment client,' in a filing to Singapore Stock...
NEW YORK, June 12 (AFP): Dell shares were trading slightly higher Friday, a day after the US computer giant said it was setting aside 100 million dollars in connection with a fraud probe.Dell shares were up 0.15 per cent to...
LONDON, June 12 (AFP): The price of gold struck a record high above 1,250 dollars an ounce this week as investors nervous about the weak state of the global economy sought safety in the precious metal. World stock markets were...
Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, June 12: Rice and paddy procurement drive of current Boro season that started on 20 May last in the district would continue up to 31 August. This year's Boro procurement target in the district was 22,916 tonnes...
Our correspondenceGOPALGANJ, June 12: More than two hundred thousand people in different unions of Gopalganj Sadar Upazila are under threat from arsenic poisoning through contaminated ground water.A recent survey by non-government organisation BRAC-WASH on 20823 tubewells in Gopalganj Sadar Upazila...
NEW DELHI, June 12 (Commodity Online): India has revised the Minimum Support Prices (MSP), the state buying prices from farmers, to upward for 2010-11 kharif crops such as cereals, pulses, oil seeds and fibre, said an official data Thursday.The MSP...
CHICAGO, June 12 (Bloomberg): Corn rose, capping the biggest weekly gain since April, on speculation that shrinking inventories will force Chinese processors to boost imports from the US, the world's largest exporter. China, the second-largest corn user, sold 524,800 metric...
NEW YORK, June 12 (Commodity Online): Mortgage rates hit another record low this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 4.88 per cent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average...
ISLAMABAD, June 12 (Commodity Online): A day after the UN imposed fresh sanctions on Iran over its proposed nuke plans; Pakistan said it won't affect its gas pipeline deal with Tehran. According to country's foreign ministry, the sanctions will not...
MusafirOn Zee TV Sunday at 4-00 pm. Lucky (Anil Kapoor) had had enough of change. From orphanages to juvenile delinquent homes! From odd jobs to petty crimes! From home addresses to jail addresses! He wanted his innocence back. A plot...
ATN BANGLAam07:00 Sangbad 07:30 Positive Bangladesh'08:00 Sangbad08:15 Ajker Shongbadpotro08:30 Drama Serial- Daybondhon09:00 Atn News09:10 Kande Amar Ma09:15 Drama Serial -Shuborno Shopno10:00 Sangbad10:30 Talk show- Hello Bangladesh11:05 Asian City Top Spin11:30 Sat Din12:00 Atn News12:10 Jiggashay Daktar12:35 Atn Rannaghar01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25...
M A IslamEXAM days are inevitable in student life. It is very common tendency among students to be afraid of and tensed about exam days. There are many students whose power of concentration, it seems, remains at its peak when...
FE Special TAKING notes of the teacher's lecture in the class is considered to be helpful for students. It helps one to chalk out important points of the lessons. The class note, ultimately, helps students take their preparation for the...
FE Special THERE are students who read seriously for the whole year but do not practice question papers of the past years. While appearing in exams, they find it difficult to assemble their ideas and write satisfactorily in light of...
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