There should be no corruption in parliament's expenditure on stationary. Similarly WASA bills should not encourage corruption and malpractice by consumers as well as the personnel of the utility service. WASA and the power utility should change meters at regular...
Maswood Alam KhanIn 2004 headscarf, along with other religious symbols, was legally banned from French state schools. The 'headscarf' was meant for Islamic headscarf a Muslim female student is used to wearing. In a November 2009 referendum in Switzerland, a...
Md Nurun NabiFEMALES constitute over one half of Bangladesh population. In the electoral roll women voters outnumber men. The male-female ratio calls for special efforts to integrate nearly or more than half of the population with productive activities. It would...
Kati Patang On ZEE TV Sunday at 1-00 pm.Madhu was engaged to somebody. She ran away to be with her boyfriend, only to discover that he was only after her money and was really fooling around with someone else. She...
ATN Banglaam07:00 Sangbad 07:30 Positive Bangladesh'08:00 Sangbad08:15 Ajker Shongbadpotro08:30 Drama Serial- Daybondhon09:00 Atn News09:15 Drama Serial- Pashapashi10:00 Sangbad10:30 Talk show- Hello Bangladesh11:05 Asian City Top Spin11:30 Sat Din12:00 Atn News12:15 Atn Ranna Ghar01:00 Sangbad Bulletins01:25 Shurer Madhuri02:00 Sangbad02:30 Business Week03:00...
LONDON, Jan 16 (AFP): Commodity markets were rattled this week as China tightened money supply in a bid to tame economic growth and prevent a looming asset bubble, analysts said. China, one of the biggest consumers of raw materials, moved...
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...
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...
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...
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