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Editors demand withdrawal of Amar Desh ban

2010-06-06 00:00:00

Editors of national dailies Saturday demanded immediate withdrawal of cancellation of the declaration of daily Amar Desh and release of its acting editor Mahmudur Rahman, reports UNB.In a joint statement they expressed concern over the ban of a daily and...

FBCCI polls shifted to June 19

2010-06-06 00:00:00

The biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has been deferred to June 19 from June 17, the FBCCI Election Board said Saturday. The Election Board has shifted the date, as the Chittagong City...

No flood likely this month: Met Office

2010-06-06 00:00:00

The country is not likely to experience any flood during the current month (June), as the water flow in the major rivers (Brahmaputra and Padma basins) will remain 1-2 metres below the danger level, according to a Met Office long-term...

A shade of pale

2010-06-06 00:00:00

Mahmudur RahmanBetween fact and faction there is a huge area generally described as being the 'grey zone', that depending on the intensity can be lighter or darker. The politicians would like such areas to exist as it supports the required...

Dev partners suggest review of Padma Bridge cost

2010-06-06 00:00:00

Munima SultanaThe cost of the country's massive Padma Bridge project is likely to mount to US $2.8 billion as the project's development partners observe that its present cost of construction has not been estimated properly.A joint mission involved with the...

Flag trade booms as fans fight aerial battle over WC

2010-06-06 00:00:00

Monira MunniFlag business has boomed across Bangladesh as millions of football-craze fans are fighting an aerial battle of loyalty in the country's every village, town and city ahead of the World Cup soccer in South Africa.Thousands of hawkers, tailors and...

Yet another building in city tilts

2010-06-06 00:00:00

FE ReportA four-storey building leaned to one side at East Nakhalpara in the capital Saturday, just days after a building collapse killed 25 in the city's Begunbari.Officials of Fire Service and Civil Defence at Tejgaon said the building located at...

US has highest defence budget in world

2010-06-06 00:00:00

From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, June 05: The United States has the biggest defence budget in the world. It spends more than $21,000 per minute ($21,000 per minute) according to a previous report. The US defence budget is said to be...

Qatar agrees to export LNG to Bangladesh

2010-06-06 00:00:00

FE ReportQatar Petroleum has agreed in principle to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh to meet the country's mounting natural gas demand, officials said Saturday.The Gulf country has also intended for entering into a long-term contract with Bangladesh for...

Brad Pitt to compete with Beckham for WC bid

2010-06-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Jun 4: Actor Brad Pitt will compete with ace footballer David Beckham after the Hollywood superstar joined the committee trying to bring the 2018 World Cup to the United States.Last month, Beckham officially presented England's bid for the 2018...

Priyanka gets a reason to smile

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Priyanka Chopra, who was given the nickname Piggy Chops by co-star Abhishek Bachchan, now has a reason to smile. The former Miss World has won the hearts of many since her performance in Raj Kanwar's Andaaz.Priyanka Chopra has climbed the...

HIGHLIGHTS

2010-06-05 00:00:00

SajanOn Zee TV Saturday at 4-00 pm. Aman (Sanjay Dutt) is a poor, handicapped orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood. Akash's parents adopt him and give him their family name, and Akash and...

Imperative to take notice of the frightful brain drain

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Enayet Rasul BhuiyanLots of things are said at talk-shops such as seminars, symposiums, roundtables, etc. But the flurry of words produce nothing in the end because the authorities running this country are always found to be extremely cooperative in only...

The anger at Israeli raid in sea and aftermath

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Nehal AdilNearly ten thousand people demonstrated in Stockholm after the Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla bringing aid to the suffering people of the peninsula. It is a big number in a thinly populated country where people in their cool temper...

State Bank Governor's resignation to increase Pakistan's financial crunch

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Jamil Bhatti The sudden resignation by the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Wednesday will add to the government's financial problems in the time when Pakistan is going to present its fresh budget for the fiscal year 2010-11, experts...

World Environment Day: Get Green Lifestyle

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Mohammad Shahidul IslamWe do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. - A Native American ProverbWorld Environment Day, celebrated on 5 June each year, is one of the major modes through which the United...

'Treated with Thiram (POISON)'

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Ameer Hamza'Keep away from sunlight and high temperature ... treated with Thiram (POISON) …. Do not use for food, feed or oil purposes,' says a waterproof packet of seeds from 'Sufala Beej Bhandar', a very popular company in Bangladesh. The...

Issues to follow after China-US strategic, economic talks

2010-06-05 00:00:00

The recently concluded second round of China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was widely considered a success. Meanwhile, the event's achievements and issues are being followed closely by academics, media and policy-makers in both countries. Analysts said the key areas...

Erdogan tests Turkey's role as bridge

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Suzan FraserHe blasted the attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla as a "bloody massacre," walked out on a meeting with Israel's president and cozied up to American adversaries such as Syria and Iran. Is Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, long seen...

Chocolate may cut cholesterol but only in some people: study

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Chocolate may cut cholesterol but only in some people: study

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Dr Rutai Hui of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College in Beijing and colleagues found chocolate only helped people who already had risk factors for heart disease and only when consumed in modest amounts.Eating moderate...

Deaths in worst fire incident

2010-06-05 00:00:00

IN less than 48 hours time from the Begunbari building collapse that claimed more than 24 lives, yet another tragedy of far greater magnitude struck the capital city Thursday night. More than 116, mostly women and children, were charred to...

Education: The vision must be mature and humanistic

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Nerun YakubThe cabinet last Monday finally put its stamp of approval on the much talked about Draft Education Policy, with the word 'secular' removed from its expression of intent, as it were, and substituted by 'non-communal consciousness', supposedly to appease...

Nepal escapes civil war

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Md. Masum BillahThe leader of Nepal's main political parties were locked in debates on May 28 as they were trying to avert a political crisis with the current parliament ending at midnight leaving the country without a functioning legislature. Leaders...

Capital gains tax to hurt small investors

2010-06-05 00:00:00

'What is capital gains tax?' It is a tax charged on capital gains, the profit realized on the sale of a non-inventory asset that was purchased at a lower price. The most common capital gains are realized from the sale...

Protecting the beach

2010-06-05 00:00:00

The recent reports published in some national Bangla dailies regarding encroachments of land at various points of the Cox's Bazar sea beach are very disturbing.Experience tells us that once such process starts it goes on unabated and some government functionaries...

Education Policy

2010-06-05 00:00:00

The new Education Policy is an important achievement of the present government. The significant fact is that education up to Class VIII will be free and compulsory. The idea of holding public examinations at Class V, VIII, X and XII...

Export performance—belated impact of recession?

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Faruq A SiddiqiIt is good to know that improved export performance in April has helped pull export to a positive zone albeit marginally. Overall export in the first ten months registered a growth of 0.97% over the same period last...

Pharmaceutical industries can be the harbinger of promising growth

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Abdus SalamPharmaceutical industries Of Bangladesh are slowly but steadily expanding their exportable items. The country is now exporting a range of pharmaceutical products covering therapeutic classes and dosage forms.Bangladesh is also pro-active about exporting high-tech specialized products like HFA, inhalers,...

Strategies for poverty reduction

2010-06-05 00:00:00

Shaheed ZubairA non governmental organization (NGO) released to the media sometime ago its findings about the progress of poverty reduction in the country. The same mainly underscored that the rate of reduction of poverty is not good enough and at...