Shimul BiswasA worrisome feature of Dhaka city's population is that a big part of it are shanty dwellers, pavement dwellers or sheer vagabonds. In other words, they form a floating population of sorts numbering some 4.8 million out of the...
Campaigners for good governance (by Shujon, etcetera) note that poverty exists more in rural areas than in the urban areas. That being the reality, it is now time for us to go back to the perennial question of land reforms...
'The more you read, the more will you learn,' - the message of this proverb seems to be gradually getting lost.We are now keeping ourselves busy competing with others, and our own wards are following us.People are presently growing less...
It should be obvious that the regular large flows of remittances, generally, are helping more and more consumption in the country. Typically, receivers of remitted money spend the amounts on buying lands, ornaments, luxury goods, spending for weddings and other...
Mohiuddin BabarPROMPTED by the footprints of increasing number of tourism enthusiastic people visiting Saint Martin's Island, last week I took my family there. After an overnight halt at Teknaf, we boarded a vessel bound for Saint Martin's Island, situated about...
M S SiddiquiTHE courts in Bangladesh are overburdened with cases. Shortage of judges and courts make the problem more acute. Increasing the number of judges and courts requires time and money. The public and private universities are not producing enough...
Anuradha BhasinIT'S that time of year again, when the budget and budget allocations dominate the news and various interest groups scour the numbers to see what's in it for them. One of the most significant exercises in recent years has...
Lift Kara De On SONY Ent TV (SET) Friday at 8-30 pm.How many times in life have you thanked that one person, who came at the right time to give the much required boost in your hindered existence? How often...
After the Oscars and the Padma Bhushan, it's Grammy time for AR Rahman. On Sunday night, his music for Slumdog Millionaire won two Grammy awards, setting Rahman's global score even higher in 2010 than it was last year.Reacting to the...
ATN Banglaam07:00 Sangbad07:30 Positive Bangladesh08:00 Sangbad08:15 Ajker Sangbadpatra08:30 Islam Ki Bole Amra Ki Kori09:00 News Bulletins09:30 Live South Asian Gams T-20 Cricket04:00 News05:00 Gram Ganger Sangbad06:00 News06:15 Amara Karbo Joy07:00 Sangbad08:00 Tatka National Dance Star09:20 Pashapashi10:00 Sangbad 10:40 Bibeker Kache...
The United States, Britain, France and Germany are exchanging ideas on a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran for refusing to halt its nuclear enrichment program as demanded by the Security Council, reports Reuters.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced...
NEW DELHI, Feb 4 (AFP): India's announcement that its home minister will travel to Pakistan this month has raised hopes that the South Asian rivals are on course to resume a dialogue suspended after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Home Minister...
GENEVA, Feb 4 (AFP):A UN expert Thursday criticised the International Monetary Fund for giving Haiti a 114 million dollar loan, and called for the urgent cancellation of the island's debts.Cephas Lumina, the United Nations' independent expert on foreign debt and...
SRINAGAR, Feb 4 (AFP): Indian authorities deployed thousands of police and detained top separatists in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Thursday to halt protests over the death of a Muslim boy.The 14-year-old child was struck by a teargas shell...
COLOMBO, Feb 4 (AFP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday issued an independence day call for unity and reconciliation after his victory in a bitterly fought election.Rajapakse in an address to the nation said the island's freedom day assumed...
Pakistan arrests 35 in US troops' deathsPESHAWAR, Feb 4 : Pakistani officials said Thursday they have arrested 35 suspects as part of their investigation into a bombing that killed three American soldiers and four Pakistanis Wednesday in northwest Pakistan."They are...
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Feb 4 (Reuters): Shares in Hong Kong and China weakened Thursday, as mainland banks succumbed to profit-taking, while concerns over more share supply weighed on the Shanghai stock market.Investors sold Hong Kong-listed Chinese lenders after the investment arm...
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters): Toyota Motor Corp expects costs and lost sales from its massive safety recall to total two billion dollars by the end of March, keeping it in the red for the year despite its strongest profit in...
NEW DELHI, Feb 4 (Economic Times): Volkswagen AG will make India a low-cost manufacturing hub catering to select export markets as Europe's largest carmaker tries to emulate the success of global rivals Hyundai Motors and Suzuki Motor Corp. Volkswagen will...
KARACHI, Feb 4 (Business Recorder): Late buying in some select stocks at low levels on Wednesday supported the KSE-100 index to close in positive at 9,627.63 points level with a net gain of 32.39 points. After opening in positive, the...
TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters): Sony Corp's results offered tangible proof a restructuring at the electronics maker is starting to pay off as it halved its annual loss forecast on a rebound in flat-TV business and cost cuts.Sony's first profit in...
HONG KONG, Feb 4 (Reuters): Pfizer Inc, the world's biggest drugmaker, said it expects its China business to grow by at least 25 per cent this year and is forging partnerships to increase its share of the nation's fast-growing pharmaceuticals...
MUMBAI, Feb 4 (Economic Times): The managers of Axis Private Equity (PE) are looking at buying out the promoter Axis Bank - a move that has left some leading investors in the PE fund outraged.These investors, including large state-owned banks,...
SHANGHAI, Feb 4 (AFP): China, the world's number one emitter of greenhouse gases, aims to hold the first "green" World Expo in Shanghai, as the sprawling metropolis tries to shed its polluted past and become eco- friendly. With less than...
FE ReportEmirates, the international airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) increased its flight frequency between Dubai and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur bringing the total number of non-stop flights weekly to 21, according to a press release.The service has...
SINGAPORE, Feb 4 (AFP): Oil prices extended losses in Asian trade Thursday on a weaker equities market and a build-up in US crude inventories, analysts said. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in March, fell 17...
ABIDJAN, Feb 04 (Commodity Online): A Cocoa Livelihoods Programme (CLP) launched here with funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and 14 chocolate industry companies is expected to significantly improve the livelihoods of 75,000 cococa farmers in Coted'lvoire by 2014.The...
KARACHI, Feb 04 (Commodity Online): Cotton prices in Pakistan hit a new record high Wednesday when the physical business took place at Pak Rs 5,050 per maund.Analysts said due to shortfall of around 2.5 million bales, Pakistan's textile and spinning...
NEW DELHI, Feb 04 (Commodity Online): India is likely to increase natural gas, cooking gas and kerosene prices based on the recommendation by a committee which submitted its report Wednesday.Speaking to reporters here, India's Petroleum Secretary S Sundareshan said the...
February 04, Thursday The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction Thursday.Selling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBsSonali Bank69.450096.9623110.77810.771865.927365.803061.5402Agrani Bank69.450096.7383110.66270.774265.854565.714861.2438FCBsStanChart69.65101.86113.440.7869.0268.3264.94HSBC 69.607098.5627112.72440.791966.477966.080862.2296Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon69.540099.3475113.68660.795567.136566.171964.0811PCBsUttara Bank69.500097.3870111.07270.779465.747265.808861.5496AB Bank69.500098.5702112.33590.7829NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali...
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