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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The British government had no involvement in the 'serious mistreatment' of Gholam Moustafa, an alleged leader of the banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a British High Commission spokesman told bdnews24.com.The Bangladesh foreign ministry also told the news agency that it had not...
SHERPUR, May 14 (UNB): Striking workers attacked and damaged four `chatals (rice mill compound) in Dhakolhati, Digharpar, Sheetalpur and Kandapara areas here on the 4th day of their indefinite strike Friday morning, a couple of hours before they agreed to...
Research on animals shows that seed extract of `kalojam' (black berry) significantly prevents or slows down liver diseases (hepatic diseases) resulting from alcoholism (chronic liquor drinking) and related free radical-induced tissue injury. Free radical is a highly reactive chemical reactant...
COMILLA, May 14 (UNB): Train movement on Dhaka-Chittagong route remained suspended for two hours Friday as local people blocked Shashidal level crossing under Baufal Upazila of the district demanding enlistment of a college in Monthly Pay Order (MPO).Witnesses said students...
Minister for Labour and Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain stressed the need for political will and collaboration among government, workers and employers' organisations for realising the objective of a world free from child labour, reports UNB.The minister...
GAZIPUR, May 14 (bdnews24.com): Gazipur police arrested a senior Bashundhara Group official early Friday on charges of trespassing on government property, cutting earth and threatening government officers.Masum Hossain is a senior administrative officer of Bashundhara's Mouchak City Housing Project.Gazipur's Kaliakair...
DINAJPUR, May 14 (UNB): Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized a large amount of Indian motor parts worth over Tk 3.1 million from a pick-up van at Dugdugi bazar under Ghoraghat Upazila Thursday.BDR sources said acting on secret information they...
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