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Putting the heart back into the economy

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Nerun YakubA roundtable discussion on ' Social security and the non-formal sector' at the Press Club last Tuesday had the eminent economist Professor Muzaffar Ahmed pointing out that the situation of the labour movement in Bangladesh is particularly fragile at...

Developing trans-national river basins

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Nuruddin Azam The Brahmaputra river (Yarlung Sang-Po/Zangbo in Tibetan/Chinese) originates on the Gyaimanezong Glacier in Zongba County on the northern slope of the Himalayas in Tibet, China and is a river with the highest altitude in the world. It flows...

Overcoming fuel shortage in Bangladesh

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Having no liquid fuel, Bangladesh has to import it out of necessity. Finite natural gas reserves are reducing day by day. Meanwhile, proven and possible resources of gas, remain unexplored even today! Coal is there; but we do not extract...

Partnership for sharing of ideas

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Sayed Javed AhmadIn the 70s and 80s, when we were young and upbeat to take up pretty much any challenges in life India was seen as a nation with strong patriotic feelings that is capable of making anything from a...

The need of developing a third economic system

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Hafizul Islam MianProfit and loss sharing: Islam formulates profit and loss sharing as the tool of trade contracts instead of interest. The motivation behind is the cooperation amongst the people. In profit sharing there are different types of financing such...

HIGHLIGHTS

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Lift Kara De On SONY SET Saturday at 8-30. How many times in life have you thanked that one person, who came at the right time to give the much required boost in your hindered existence? How often have you...

Saturday

2010-05-15 00:00:00

ATN BANGLAam07:00 Sangbad 07:30 Talking Point08:00 Sangbad08:30 Children Prog- Chonde Anande09:00 Atn News09:15 Asian City Vision 202010:00 Sangbad10:30 Talk show - Hello Bangladesh11:00 News Bangla11:05 Shah Cement Nirmaner Taroka12:00 Sangbad Bulletins 12:15 Shesh Okkhor01:00 News01:30 Documentary prog.-Prapok 02:00 News02:40 Bangla...

Honour for Bangladesh or reflection of a servile mentality ?

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Enayet Rasul BhuiyanTHE becoming of a member of the British parliament (MP) by one RushanAra Ali of Bangladesh origin is making waves. The media in Bangladesh is making much ado about it as if it is like a triumphant feat...

Cutenous Anthrax from bull to butcher

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Ameer Hamza According to a recent report in a contemporary, most of the people who had caught a nasty disease, allegedly from a sick bull ------ which they were obliged to slaughter and turn into beef on 23 April 2010...

Shobdokar : An abandoned community

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Tithe Farhana "A paragon of other nomenclature Made from bits of sorrows / As if they were shocked dear ones of grief/---- fragmented fossil". (Poet Dilwar , Shodokar er Matir Jogotay, Translated by Professor Suresh Ranjan Basak)Shobdokars are a marginalized...

European debt crisis: Is there an easy way out?

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Chen JipengThe world capital markets responded positively over the past few days to the huge rescue plan tailored to help European countries out of the debt crisis and stabilize the euro zone, but analysts warn that such a plan may...

A father's letter to his son

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Shamsher ChowdhuryYOU left Bangladesh, as far as I can recollect, sometime in April 1989. You were then a young man of 22. For days and years since you left home your mother and I passed our days in anxiety driven...

US, Afghan leaders try to mend fences

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Matthew RuslingIn spite of a show of unity this week between Washington and Kabul during Afghan President Hamid Karzai's four-day visit to the United States, hurdles remain over whether and how to bring the Taliban to the negotiation table.The Obama...

Anti-corruption stance boosts Aquino's bid for Philippine Presidency

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Remie Ann Mables stood in line for two hours, endured heat and boredom, and was extremely frustrated with the Philippines' first ever automated vote-counting polls. But the 31-year-old housewife didn't give up. She wanted to vote for a Philippine President...

Govt starts distributing energy saving lamps next month

2010-05-15 00:00:00

FE Report The government will start handing out lower-wattage lights to households next month, officials said Wednesday, as part of a nationwide drive to replace traditional lamps to save energy.In the first phase, a total of 5.5 million imported compact...

Kotha establishes interconnectivity with Warid

2010-05-15 00:00:00

All IP phone subscribers of BDCOM Online Limited will be able to send and receive calls through Warid Telecom from now on, one of the mobile phone operators, said a press release.Considering the customers' convenience IP phone Kotha (09666xxxxxx) has...

Beximco Pharma to join hand with overseas cos

2010-05-15 00:00:00

FE ReportThe country's leading drug makers 'Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd' has initiated talks with major overseas pharmaceutical companies, aiming to sign manufacturing agreement under contract at it's facility in Bangladesh, company official said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires recently.The...

About 30pc still use informal channel for remittance

2010-05-15 00:00:00

FE ReportNearly 30 per cent Bangladeshi migrants still depend on informal payment methods to transfer remittances, while only 20 per cent of them own bank accounts, a survey report revealed.The survey, conducted by International Organization for Migration (IOM), associated with...

Fish, sugar prices up, most others stable

2010-05-15 00:00:00

FE ReportPrices of fish and sugar saw an upward trend, which sources blamed on short supply in the city's kitchen markets last week.Scorching heat and power crisis were contributing much to the rise of fish prices, accelerated by the shortage...

Oil prices plunge on US supply glut

2010-05-15 00:00:00

LONDON, May 14 (AFP): Oil prices tumbled further Friday at the end of a volatile week during which the market was hit by high US crude stockpiles, stubborn eurozone economic concerns and a strong dollar, traders said.New York's main contract,...

Organic biofertiliser project goes into operation

2010-05-15 00:00:00

FE ReportCarew and Company (Bd) Ltd started the country's first organic biofertiliser project using sugar mills' raw material, a press release said.The project worth Tk 46.86 million is expected to be completed by June 2011 with an annual production capacity...

currency roundup

2010-05-15 00:00:00

The US dollar maintained its steady tone against Bangladesh Taka last week as well. The US dollar and Bangladesh Taka traded in the inter bank market between the range of Tk 69.25 to Tk 69.31 but closed the week a...

Thai protests again turn violent

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Thai security forces have fired live rounds after moving to seal a heavily defended demonstrators' camp in Bangkok amid clashes that left two people dead, BBC reports. Embassies were closed as protesters set fire to a police bus and shot...

US to fund installation of Israeli rocket defence system

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Barack Obama is to ask the US Congress for an extra $200m in military aid to help Israel get a short-range rocket defence system in place. The system is designed to shoot down mortars and rockets from Gaza or Southern...

Protesters say NATO attack killed Afghan civilians

2010-05-15 00:00:00

KABUL, May 14 (AP): Hundreds of protesters brandished sticks, threw stones and burned an American flag Friday in eastern Afghanistan as they accused NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, but the alliance said eight insurgents were killed...

New British PM defends coalition deal as dissent escalates

2010-05-15 00:00:00

LONDON, May 14 (AFP): Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Friday that his Conservatives had a "common agenda" with their coalition partners, as concerns mounted in the premier's own party. Cameron, installed this week at the head of Britain's...

Indonesia 'uncovers plot to kill president'

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Indonesian security forces say they have uncovered a militant plot to assassinate the president and kill foreigners in a Mumbai-style attack, reports BBC. They say the plan was to strike during an Independence Day ceremony on 17 August, and declare...

BNP alleges govt trying to obstruct grand rally

2010-05-15 00:00:00

Opposition BNP Friday alleged that the government was not giving electricity connection to the city's Paltan Maidan to obstruct the party's May 19 Dhaka divisional grand rally at the venue, reports UNB. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, also...

Khaleda greets new British PM

2010-05-15 00:00:00

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has congratulated the new British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and assured to work closely with him and the UK government in achieving common goals of global peace, prosperity and socio-economic stability, reports UNB. In a letter...

Ershad gives JP's future leadership to GM Quader

2010-05-15 00:00:00

RANGPUR, May 14 (BSS): Former President and Jatiya Party (JP) chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad Friday gave responsibility of his party's future leadership to his younger brother Golam Mohammad Quader.In his absence, he said Quader would be the next chief of...