Our CorrespondentJHENAIDAH, Jan 16: Farmers in the Trilochonpur union of the district have started growing flowers instead of cultivating crops such as paddy and jute, because the returns brought more profit for them. Flowers can be cultivated three times a...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jan 16: Although the market of vehicle tyre is rapidly growing in the country no major industrial enterprise is coming forward to invest money in the sector due to lack of raw materials of tyre and uninterrupted power...
NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (PTI): India yesterday said it wanted to increase its cooperation with Iceland in the renewable energy sector for developing geo-thermal and hydroelectric power in the country. "We want to cooperate with Iceland and I think they...
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Jan 15 (Reuters): China's key stock index ended 0.3 per cent higher Friday, with property issues strong on earnings and bonus share plans and after improved foreign direct investment (FDI) data for December.The Shanghai Composite Index ended at...
TOKYO, Jan 16 (Reuters): Suzuki Motor Corp said it would end joint development projects with General Motors for hybrid and fuel-cell technologies as part of an operational review following its alliance with Volkswagen AG. Suzuki and Volkswagen last month announced...
FE ReportWalton, the electronics and electrical products company, has announced its ‘magic offer’ at the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF). Everyday thousands of people are thronging the Walton pavilion at the DITF and customers of the company are getting a...
Our CorrespondentJHENAIDA, Jan 16: The underground cable installation work of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) came to a halt in Jhenaida as Roads and Highways (R&H) Department and Zilla Parishad claimed ownership of the road. The tug-of-war between the...
By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington (Financial Times)Chinese companies are expected to face tougher scrutiny in the US following Google's announcement that its systems and those of 20 other companies had been attacked by hackers in...
There are mounting security concerns in Haiti's earthquake-hit capital as distribution problems continue to hamper getting aid to survivors, reports BBC.Days after the quake devastated Port-au-Prince, killing tens of thousands, there are some reports of gangs preying on residents and...
The US state department says it will make a formal protest to China over alleged cyber-attacks on the internet search giant, Google, reports BBC.A spokesman said the US would demand an explanation in the coming days. Google this week threatened...
The Afghan parliament has rejected 10 of 17 new cabinet nominees suggested by President Hamid Karzai, reports BBC.The vote comes two weeks after MPs turned down most of Mr Karzai's first choices, dealing him a serious blow.Two key posts were...
Drinking green tea may offer some protection against lung cancer, say experts who studied the disease at a medical university in Taiwan, reports BBC.The latest work in more than 500 people adds to growing evidence suggesting the beverage has anti-cancer...
11 killed in US missile strikes in NW PakistanMIRANSHAH, Jan 16: Two US drone missile attacks killed at least 11 militants in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border Friday, destroying their compounds, Pakistani officials said. The first attack took...
M A IslamWHILE studying, certain chapters might appear difficult to students. They need to try to understand the chapters very carefully. What time would be best to read those ‘difficult chapters’ or ‘difficult issues’? It would be best if they...
Shahadat ShimulIT was a day of going back to the campus for the past students. It was a day of meeting the past students by the current students and vice versa. It was a day for the teachers and staff...
Tare Zameen Par On Zee TV Saturday at 5-00 pm. Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world...
MUMBAI, Jan 15 : Child-actor Rubina Ali Qureshi of the Oscar-winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' fame is all set to leave the slums and move to a new flat.According to her agent, the 10-year-old star now has a small fortune in...
NEW DELHI, Jan 15: After being linked to a string of actresses, Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor has finally cleared the air about his relationship status. He says he is very much single."I am very much single, available and definitely ready...
Abhishek Bachchan in February 2009 created a world record for the maximum number of cities visited by a film star in 12 hours, setting the stage, making him the first Indian film star to be included in the Guinness Book...
KOLKATA, Jan 15: Describing his new flicks as a departure from the conventional art of story-telling, ace director Rituparno Ghosh Friday shared his inclinations to break stereotypes and introduce the audience to the world of magic realism.''There is more to...
LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (AFP): Hollywood's awards season cranks into overdrive Sunday with science-fiction epic "Avatar" hoping to score vital pre-Oscars momentum with victory at the 67th Golden Globe Awards.James Cameron's 3-D spectacular has electrified the movie world since its...
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Abbas RashidA recent poll carried out in Pakistan and India has yet again confirmed that despite the mutual grievances and setbacks to the process in recent years, the great majority in both countries remains committed to peace. It is at...
Emma Graham-Harrison and Sue PlemingNearly half way through the Afghan winter, unusually warm and dry weather is raising fears of a drought that could cause food shortages, undermine efforts to slash poppy growing and worsen security problems.Snowfall has been far...
Anindita RamaswamyAs Haitians covered thousands of decomposing bodies in sheets Thursday into Friday, hundreds of survivors cocooned themselves in shroud-like cloths as they prepared to spend another cold night in the open. Port-au-Prince is a ghost town at night, the...
As India's central government begins a series of public meetings across the country this month on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) brinjal - or aubergine - in this country, activists and farmers' groups are mobilising to oppose such...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanPolitics has a way of crippling or frustrating mutually gainful economic relations between countries. This is unfortunate. Countries ought to learn to jettison unnecessary and inflexible mind-sets, to overcome prejudices and to look at each issue on the...
Ashit Kumar SutradharYouths are the main force of a country. They come up with new ideas and thoughts, which ultimately lead to reform in a society. They are truly labourious, meritorious and patriots and therefore they have the power to...
Ulf LaessingYemen has declared "open war" on al Qaeda, but multiple conflicts and feeble state control still make the Arabian peninsula country a fertile breeding ground for militancy, diplomats and analysts say."The more Yemen slips into instability the more it...
Ameer HamzaOn Tuesday, 12 January 2010, a team of at least 17 esteemed men, started a tour of at least five countries within Asia. It was led by Mr Shahjahan Khan, the Shipping Minister and included four members of the...
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