Obama visits with huge oil slick threatening disasterVENICE, Louisiana, May 2: A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives...
Fazlur RahmanBangladesh plans to make Africa its main import source for cotton after India slapped a ban on export of the textile raw material, sending prices of yarn sky-rocketing in local market, commerce minister Faruk Khan said Sunday. Khan unveiled...
FE ReportAs many as 2.4 million Bidi workers lost jobs during the period of 2001-07, as the duty on the cheapest handmade cigarette industry was raised by 166 percent, forcing 52 percent factories to close, industry insiders told the FE....
FE ReportPrices of different varieties of rice have registered a downward trend in the city markers with the arrival of seasonal Boro crop while those of some selective vegetables and spices went up during the last week, market sources said.An...
Adequate supply of power can boost both domestic and international markets of plastic goods to a great extent, which will play an important role in the country's economy.But the country's plastic industries are now facing serious setbacks due to power...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanAbout 5000 Bangladeshi mariners earn $300 to $400 million every year indicating that the sector has huge potential to earn foreign currency through export of skilled workforce abroad, sources said.About 6.8 million Bangladeshi workers, mostly unskilled, sent home...
Fazlur RahmanThe fate of the country's four closed potato flakes companies is uncertain due to banks' persistent reluctance to finance them and lack of adequate government subsidy on exports, industry people said. The four companies - Patwary Potato Flakes in...
The US dollar gained in the local market against Bangladesh Taka mainly due to higher demand of the greenback. The US dollar was traded at Tk 69.25 to Tk 69.31 in the inter-bank foreign exchange market as against Tk 69.25...
Bangladesh Property Fair 2010 will be held at London Muslim Centre from July 10 to July 12 and at ARCA Club, Via Degli Angeli in Rome from July 17 to July 19, said a press release.Curry Life Events of Britain...
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Enayet Rasul BhuiyanThe European Community (EC) is regarded as the oldest and the most successful example of regional economic integration for deriving the common benefits from such an integration by its member countries. EC as it stands today did not...
Ameer HamzaTHE world's best known living astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, has cautioned earthlings against trying to get in touch with intelligent aliens, should they exist on other planets. The probability of such extra-terrestrial life in the infinite universe is quite high,...
Chinese-French relations, which have witnessed setbacks in recent years, are again on the right track as shown by French President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit to China.President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo and Premier Wen Jiabao all have met with...
Maswood Alam KhanThe evening of Monday last must have been a sweet nightfall for many of us living in Dhaka city, who for the last few weeks were tired and bored of expecting rain in vain, pretty weary of looking...
Onto MianAn inspiration for many aspiring filmmakers and a source of creativity to growing film directors, Mani Ratnam is an epitome of quality Indian cinema. With directors like Satyajit Ray, Shekar Kapur making a league of their own, there's one...
Nehal AdilThe volcanic eruption in Iceland disrupted the transatlantic communication for nearly a week. Despite the enormous economic loss its military implication could not be ignored. Air Force 1, the world's most formidable aircraft, the personal plane of US President...
Kim Junghyun South Korea was lauded by the United Nations in January for lifting its travel ban on people with HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heaping praise on President Lee Myung-bak "for...
Andrew Taylor The costs of solving the federal deficit problem are more than many people want to pay - higher taxes on a wide swath of Americans and cuts in benefit programs that reach into millions of homes.But the results...
Historic May Day is being observed in Bangladesh today with the rest of the world. The Day commemorates the 1886 uprising in the Haymarket of Chicago in the United States by workers to demand limited hours of work and other...
Nerun YakubDEBUNKERS of climate change theories have lately been seizing on every available mistake and miscalculation to trivialise the fact that the earth and its ecological health has indeed been brought to the brink by the planet's predominant species --...
Dilruba AminThe population of Bangladesh is still preponderantly rural although the rate of urban migration of people in this country has been increasing. Nonetheless, more than 80 per cent of the people of Bangladesh have a rural existence and they...
Rising inequality between rich and poor is a global phenomenon and the recent economic crisis has worsened it further. The USA has the highest inequality rate in the world and it is increasing tremendously in China now. In recent years,...
Dhaka is avery densely populated city. There are lots of problems but the horrible traffic-jam is the major problem of capital Dhaka.May be one day this traffic-jam will paralyse Dhaka city.People are suffering every day from traffic-jam. But at the...
Shamsher ChowdhuryMOST governments since our independence have undermined and underestimated the intelligence of the common man. Naïve as they may appear, they are quite capable of understanding the issues at stake and their long- and short-term implications. Besides, the people...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamSafety at workplace deals with the welfare of people in employment. It also concerns with the welfare of the family members and dependents of the working employees. People spend a major part of the day at their workplace....
A H Jaffor UllahLet me admit this fact that traffic hardly moves in Dhaka's main artery during rush hours. Many folks from mercantile community would prefer to leave their house late in the morning to simply avoid the all too...
BANGKOK, Apr 30 (AFP): A hospital in the Thai capital evacuated most of its patients Friday after it was stormed by 'Red Shirt' protesters who mistakenly believed troops were hiding there following recent violence.Chulalongkorn Hospital also stopped receiving outpatients following...
LONDON, Apr 30 (AFP): Former British prime minister Tony Blair hits the campaign trail Friday to lend his star quality to the Labour Party's fading re-election hopes, reports said.The former Labour leader heads to battleground constituencies in the southeast of...
PARIS, Apr 30 (AFP): More than three dozen environment ministers are to meet near Bonn, Germany this weekend in a bid to revive global climate talks left mangled and moribund after the UN summit in Copenhagen.It will be the highest-level...
Pakistan troops kill at least 8 militantsPESHAWAR, Apr 30: Pakistani troops pressing an anti-Taliban offensive into a second month in a lawless tribal district near the Afghan border killed at least eight militants Friday, officials said. Clashes broke out during...
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