Maswood Alam KhanNot everybody has a heart to kill a rooster or a cow. One needs to practice slaughtering small creatures before embarking upon the assignment of chasing and killing a big beast. Such a man, skilled in killing, may...
Fazle RashidThere is a spate of offers of foreign investments in the US. But the government is in a fix about what to do about these proposals. Two questions need to be resolved. America requires foreign investments to revamp the...
Merle David KellerhalsTo establish a global foundation for growth and avert future economic crises, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says, the major advanced economies must rebalance global demand."The financial crisis also showed clearly that previous global economic patterns were unsustainable," he...
The ruling Awami League in its election manifesto of 2008 made an unequivocal statement: "Extrajudicial killings will be stopped." It was one of the election pledges of the party which received universal appreciation. Within weeks of the inauguration of the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanBangladesh is planning to replace all traditional brick kilns by the year 2010 with modern and environment friendly technologies. To this effect, the Department of Environment (DoE) has been instructed not to renew the environmental clearance certificates of the...
Kamal AhmedIt is regrettable that the handloom industry, which meets about 50 per cent of fabrics' requirement of the country, is neglected. Handloom industry is next only to agriculture in creating employment in the Bangladesh countryside. More than 10 million...
We know that Bangladesh is one of the countries extremely exposed to climatic threats. Recently world leaders were told of our concerns with regards to climate change. They tell us also that our own government has also formed two separate...
We observe December 16 as the Victory Day, to commemorate the liberation of Bangladesh on this day in 1971. On this date, we pay our homage to the freedom fighters, who gave life fighting for independence of Bangladesh, the most...
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Dec 19 (Reuters): Shares in Hong Kong and China fell to three-week closing lows, led by banks and properties, after tough new proposals by banking regulators and Beijing's tighter curbs on buying government land reignited fears about the...
Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, the leading multinational paint company has added another dimension to its corporate social responsibilities. To reiterate its image as a socially responsible organisation, Berger Paints has extended its hand towards the well being of autistic children...
Tere LiyeOn Zee TV Saturday at 6-00 pm. A film by Bollywood newcomers on Bollywood newcomers. The teenage children of various workers at a film studio form a band and struggle to stick together in turbulent times.Five youngsters in India...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, Recitation From The Holy Quran, Programme Outline And The Holy Tripitak Paath07:10 Saswato Jibon07:15 Suvechaa Nin08:00 Morning News08:10 Desher Gaan08:20 Bishwa Pratidin08:30 Eso Gaan Shikhi09:00 Sangbad Shironam09:15 Satellite Transmission11:15 Desher Gaan / Swadesh11:40 Sukhi Paribar12:00 Sangbad Shironam12:05 Agun...
The Consumers Rights Protection Act-2009 that was adopted early in the current year raised a great deal of expectation. First of all, the legislation has a long and harried history. It was conceived from greater consumer awareness and media pressures...
Zahid HussainPublic investment rate in Bangladesh has started falling. The decline in growth also appears to coincide with slowdown in growth of infrastructure capital in the hard infrastructure sectors; particularly energy, transport and communication. It is therefore tempting to think...
Sohail ImranUNLIKE in many other countries, why Bangladesh's private sector airlines did not grow at a rapid pace bothers many. It was quite natural for Bangladesh to expect that the local aviation industry would grow to compete with the other...
There are two sharply divergent views on the Dubai debt crisis. One, put out largely by western pundits and reflected in the international media, is signified by evocative phrases like 'boom to bust,' 'this desert-dream-turned-nightmare,' and a potential 'major sovereign...
The price-reductions of non urea fertilisers through hikes in rates of subsidy were made earlier at an appropriate time. But the challenge remains for ensuring that farmers can get these fertilisers at the fixed prices easily and adequately. There has...
RAWALPINDI, Dec 18 (AP): Bristling at criticism from Washington, Pakistan's army dismissed US pressure to open a front against Afghan militants operating on its territory, saying it was stretched to the limit in a bloody war against its own Taliban....
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 18 (AP): Iran sent a letter to the UN protesting what it called an unlawful attack by the US Navy in the Persian Gulf that caused an Iranian fishing boat to sink. The letter about the September...
YANGON, Dec 18 (AFP): Myanmar's government accused armed separatists Friday of a bomb attack that killed eight people and left 13 others injured at a market in the country's restive Karen state, state media and officials said. It was not...
FE ReportPrices of oil and lentil went up last week while prices of two vegetable items, potato and tomato, fell sharply in the city markets. Prices of both brand and non-brand edible oil went up further last week, according to...
FE ReportEastern Bank Ltd (EBL) has opened its new branch at Savar. It is the 37th branch of the bank, said a press release Managing Director and CEO of the bank Ali Reza Iftekhar inaugurated the new branch at a...
During the last week the central bank of Bangladesh intervened in the foreign exchange market by selling US dollar to commercial banks aiming to keep the market stable. As part of the intervention, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold US$15 million...
FE ReportPresident of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Zafar Osman has asked Thai businessmen to invest in textile, agro processing, leather, energy and tourism sectors of Bangladesh. He made the call when a 19-member Thai business delegation led...
Nezam UddinHISTORY of business is as old as the history of civilisation. More precisely, it is as old as the history of agriculture. People at the earliest of stage of agriculture-based civilisation used to produce by them everything they need....
Ziauddin ChoudhuryAfter the first instalmentOur next stop was Natore on our way to Rajshahi. The morning trip was filled with meetings on the way as well as mandatory visits to local educational institutions. What with the heat rising with the...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanParliamentary committees in mature democracies serve the purpose very well of making government's functionaries accountable for their lapses, for their misuse of authority or for corruption. For example, in the USA, the powerful committees of the Senate can...
Merle David Kellerhals JrPRESIDENT Obama says quick, coordinated, unprecedented actions by many of the leaders in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum helped pull the global economy back from the brink of a deeper recession, but now is the time...
Shah Mohammed SaifuddinThe concept of Asian Highway was first mooted 1959 to bring the countries in the continent closer for promoting trade, cultural exchange and tourism. Rapid economic growth in the Asia Pacific region created the demand for improved, reliable...
President Zillur Rahman urged the Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment for immediate special action to stop harassment of the Bangladeshis going abroad for employment.He said this Friday at a function in the city's the Osmani Memorial Auditorium on the occasion...
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