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2010-04-24 00:00:00

C-KkompanyOn STAR PLUS Saturday at 6-00 pm. After A long time Tushar Kapoor Finally give a good Comedy Drama.The Story was Interesting and the Best Character was Jha's Rajpal Yadav's Really Enjoyed the Movie.You Must see this Movie With your...

24--04-2010

2010-04-24 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...

The emerging geopolitics and the world economy

2010-04-24 00:00:00

THE annual spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are scheduled to be held in Washington on April 24-25. These meetings customarily review the progress of the Bretton Woods institutions. This time the meetings will...

Cheap labour needn't be so cheap

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Nerun YakubBangladesh's future hinges on knowledge, not cheap labour, according to the executive chairman of the Board of Investment. So we would do well to move to knowledge-based, high-tech industrialization rather than sticking to a production system primarily based on...

National budget 2010-2011 and some basic issues

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Md. Joynal AbdinThe Awami League led government is going to place its second budget in its current tenure. Last year, we saw the largest budget in our history. But the question is how much our standard of living has been...

A new beginning: U.S. summit on entrepreneurship

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Phillip KurataEntrepreneurs from more than 50 countries with sizable Muslim populations come to Washington in April on President Obama's invitation to celebrate the risky, exhilarating life of entrepreneurship and share ideas about sparking new businesses in their communities.The April 26-27...

Field level reality about ETPs

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Unregulated discharge of the industrial effluents is contaminating waters of rivers and aquatic life in them and similarly spoiling underground water aquifers from seepage through soil. Soil affected by such discharge is also turning toxic and dangerous for any form...

Indian ban on Bangladesh SIM

2010-04-24 00:00:00

We, who do honest business, know only too well that our good neighbour India is incapable of fairplay with regard to Bangladesh ---- in all respects. While we stick our necks out to please them and show their commercially important...

Who are responsible for campus anarchy?

2010-04-24 00:00:00

It refers to the news that activists claiming to belong to the student organisation, which has historic links with the ruling party, set a Chittagong University teachers' bus on fire to press home their five-point demand. This is alarming, to...

Easy small arms availability and the crime rate

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Enayet Rasul BhuiyanPast governments of the country were noted a number of times for ordering the deposition of all legally owned firearms with the police or the offices of the district commissioners (DCs) in their bids to control the crime...

Steel city of Patenga

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Nehal AdilPatenga was known as a weather observation centre in undivided India forecasting subcontinent's weather, now it is known as a steel city, the hub of the country's scrapped steel industry. Scandinavia was once the hub of the global shipbuilding...

Dearth of helping hands may be a sign of progress

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Ameer HamzaThere seems to be a real crisis on the home-front --- of ordinary folk mostly ---- on account of the RMG sector. Almost all potential housemaids these days would rather work in a factory, and be 'free', even though...

Bipartisan tensions ease as US financial reform inches toward vote

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Matthew RuslingWith a softening tone in the debate between Democrats and Republicans over U.S. financial reforms, some of the most sweeping proposals in decades might soon be made into law.Relieving signs are that both corners, rather than engaging in a...

Plane crash complicates Polish presidential race

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Polish Parliament Speaker and Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski announced Wednesday that the date for the country's presidential elections has been set for June 20.The elections were called after Poland's President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash in Russia...

Foot-and-mouth disease spreads across South Korea, stoking fears of wider damage

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Eugene Kim The eighth outbreak of the foot-and- mouth disease (FMD) this month alone has been confirmed in South Korea, stoking fears of wider damages. The latest outbreak was found in the southern region of the country, a sign that...

Tourism row deepens between SKorea and DPRK

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Kim JunghyunConflicts deepened between the two warring Koreas Friday over ill-fated cross-border tour programs, as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced earlier in the day it will confiscate South Korean properties inside a resort at Mount Kumgang. In...

Solitude in sounds

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Maswood Alam KhanThere is no possibility in the offing for the residents of Dhaka city to escape the menace of noise pollution that has already taken its toll on the life of more than 15 million residents in this uncontrollable...

China's role in the world trade

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Gousal AzamBoth the capitalist and the socialists countries follow the policies of their self interest irrespective of their ideals they preach apparently. Four decades ago seeds of friendship sowed by Henry Kissinger between America and China turned into a big...

Thai Red Shirts ready to open talks with govt to end political impasse

2010-04-24 00:00:00

BANGKOK, Apr 23 (Reuters): The leader of Thailand's Red Shirts said Friday they were ready to open talks with the government to end a prolonged and bloody political impasse.Veera Musikapong said the group had changed its main demand for immediate...

US sees sanctions by May, Iran lobbies against West

2010-04-24 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Apr 23 (Reuters): United States (US) Vice-president Joe Biden said Thursday he expects new sanctions on Iran by May as Tehran began lobbying the UN Security Council to oppose new steps against the Islamic Republic over its atomic plans.Biden...

Mitchell meets Barak in latest bid to restart ME peace talks

2010-04-24 00:00:00

United States (US) envoy George Mitchell held talks with Defence Minister Ehud Barak Friday in the first round of a new mission to the region to revive Middle East peace negotiations amid strains in US-Israeli relations, reports Internet. Barak Monday...

Two NATO troops, 5 Afghans killed in night raid

2010-04-24 00:00:00

KULANGAR, Afghanistan, Apr 23 (Reuters): Two NATO service members and five Afghans described by the alliance as insurgents were killed in a gunbattle during a pre-dawn swoop on a house Friday, prompting angry villagers to demonstrate in protest.The international force...

Lankan new cabinet takes oath

2010-04-24 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Apr 23 (Xinhua): Sri Lanka's newly appointed 37- member cabinet took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat early Friday afternoon in the capital Colombo, government officials said.Officials from the Department of Government Information said President Rajapaksa's...

Indian ban on cotton export hits textile sector

2010-04-24 00:00:00

FE ReportThe country's textile and knitwear sector faces a fresh blow as India has imposed a sudden ban on cotton export through Benapole land port.The Indian textile ministry issued a notice last week to restrict the export of cotton, which...

Mutual Trust Bank launches new deposit product

2010-04-24 00:00:00

Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) Limited has launched 'MTB Inspire' savings account for inspiring individuals, according to a press release. MTB Managing Director and CEO Anis A Khan launched the new banking product at its corporate head office in the city...

Prices of vegetables, spices up, fish, rice steady in city mkts

2010-04-24 00:00:00

FE ReportPrices of different vegetables, including brinjal and tomato, continued to rise while those of spices like garlic and ginger maintained their previous highs in the city markets last week.Brinjal was selling at between Tk 36 and Tk 40 per...

Rahimafrooz opens sales, service centre at Dhanmondi

2010-04-24 00:00:00

With the continuous effort to enhance consumer satisfaction, Rahimafrooz Distributions Limited has recently opened a new sales and service centre in the city's Dhanmondi area, said a press release.Rahimafrooz Group Chairman Afroz Rahim inaugurated the centre as the chief guest....

Cash incentive on potato export doubled

2010-04-24 00:00:00

FE Report The government has doubled cash incentive to 20 per cent against exports of potato to encourage the exporters, officials said Wednesday. The potato exporters will receive the cash subsidy against the net repatriation of the free-on-board (FOB) prices...

Pran to launch 'dairy hub' to boost milk production

2010-04-24 00:00:00

FE Report Pran, a leading local agro-processing company, is going to introduce a new concept styled "dairy hub" to boost the country's milk production to a great extent, company officials said. This is modern management with technical support from the...

Portuguese bond yields leap on Greek crisis

2010-04-24 00:00:00

PARIS, Apr 23 (AFP): The price Portugal has to pay to borrow shot up to 4.922 per cent in morning trading today, sending a signal that contagion from the Greek debt crisis is stalking eurozone bonds. Greek yields on 10-year...