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01-05-2010

2010-05-01 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...

SAARC is 25 years old compared to EC's 53 years

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Stephen Hawking on extra-terrestrials

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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,...

China-France ties back on right track

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

When raindrops tickle you

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

A maverick of Indian cinema

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

The other Volcanic eruption of Iceland

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Activists remain skeptical of ROK policy on HIV-positive foreigners

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Deficit fix painful, inaction's worse

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Thoughts on May Day

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Need for 'deep ecology' not 'shallow environmentalism'

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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 --...

Spreading the success of HFPP

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Right course for the economy to take

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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 to be paralysed by traffic jams?

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Change of strategy a must for tackling issues of serious public concern

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Ensuring safety at workplace

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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....

Dhaka's traffic mess : The scene of stalled vehicles

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Thai hospital evacuated after stormed by protesters

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Blair to rescue of embattled Labour Party

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Ministers huddle in bid to jump-start climate talks

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

news digest

2010-05-01 00:00:00

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...

Dhaka hopeful of treaty with Delhi soon

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said Friday that Bangladesh was hopeful of singing the Teesta river water sharing treaty with India, reports BSS.Preparations in this regard were on to hold a secretary-level meeting in Dhaka between Bangladesh and India...

Matin was ‘Islami Chhatra Shangha activist’

2010-05-01 00:00:00

A government policymaker has alleged that the chief of the recently created investigation agency on 1971 crimes against humanity, Abdul Matin, was once an activist of an Islamist student organisation, reports bdnews24.com.Prime minister's adviser Alauddin Ahmed made the startling revelation...

Jamaat protests govt "obstructions" on Jamaat-Shibir rally

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Friday protested the government "obstructions" to the practice of political rights by the opposition parties, reports UNB. Jamaat secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed made the dissent at a press conference at the party central office in the...

3 Hijbut Tahrir men arrested with leaflets

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 30: Police today arrested three activists of Hijbut Tahrir, a banned outfit, from different areas in the city, while distributing leaflets among the mosque-returned Muslims.Rashedul Ahmed Mojumder (22), a student of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology,...

Intra-BCL clash leaves 7 hurt in JU

2010-05-01 00:00:00

JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Apr 29 (UNB): Rival groups of BCL clashed on campus Thursday night leaving seven activists wounded.Those injured are Jeetu, Shamim, Sharif, Sakib, Sami, Nazmul and Sadi, all residents of Bangabandhu Hall.Campus sources said the rival groups locked into...

Section 144 imposed in Pabna town

2010-05-01 00:00:00

PABNA, Apr 30 (UNB): District administration imposed section 144 in the town Friday as district unit Jamaat-e-Islami and Awami League (AL) called separate meetings at the same time in the town. It was clamped at midnight as Jamaat-e-Islami called a...

Tigers start T20 campaign today

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh start their ICC World T20 campaign taking on holders Pakistan today (Saturday) at 11:30 pm (Bangladesh time) at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet in St Lucia with a high hope of reaching the 2nd round beating the defending champions,...

Bangladesh A struggle against S Africa A

2010-05-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh A was struggling with 128 for 3 in 39.2 overs in the first innings, against South Africa A team's 1st innings total of 482 for all in 127.3 overs, on the 2nd day of the 2nd four-day unofficial Test...

Pakistan look to restore pride

2010-05-01 00:00:00

GROS ISLET, Apr 30 (AFP): Pakistan will look to bounce back from an embarrassing warm-up loss to Zimbabwe when they begin the defence of their World Twenty20 title against Bangladesh here on Saturday.It says much about what has happened to...