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...
Indonesian rupiah bonds should maintain their allure for foreign investors this year, with high demand just as much a result of the economy's brightening outlook as of high yields that reflect its debt market's shortcomings.Analysts say it may be hard...
The various pull factors have been causing large-scale migration to the few major cities of Bangladesh during the last couple of decades. Specially, Dhaka city has been bearing the brunt of this migration with the maximum number arriving in it....
Nerun YakubEIGHT hundred and thirty-seven young enthusiasts from over a hundred primary, secondary and higher secondary institutions in Sylhet division joined the annual Math Olympiad on the misty morning of Tuesday, 12 January 2010. Sixty of them, in four groups,...
A. F. M. Mainul AhsanSTATE-owned commercial banks (SCBs), Sonali, Janata and Agrani Bank, are likely to go public as part of their efforts to raise capital to be adequate in meeting the requirement of Basel-II accord. The three SCBs would...
Poverty reduction brings an awful lot of money into the country. No one knows where it ends up! Does it reach the target groups? If it did poverty would be a matter of the past. It benefits the researchers, the...
Many people evade tax in Bangladesh and get away by bribing tax personnel. The culture of tax evasion has to end. The government needs to tighten the tax administration by eliminating corruption and raising efficiency.Awareness campaign did little to improve...
Our human rights records seem to be in a sorry state. Chilling reports of torture and deaths in custody are now a regular feature. They say that much of the torture took place during the caretaker government of Fakhruddin Ahmed...
The Education Minister continues to speak at various forums in respect of new school text book curriculums to be enforced from 2010. I think that text books should contain a chapter for class IX, X, XI and XII indicating morals...
Maswood Alam KhanWE Bangladeshis have not witnessed what an earthquake is like; so it is not really possible for us to visualise the horrific scenes of bedlam and pandemonium that ensue an earthquake. But those who ever witnessed a fire...
Manzur AhmedThe biennial election of the Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for the 2010-2012 is scheduled to be held by March 9. The Board of Directors of the FBCCI was required to constitute the Election Board and the...
India has been withdrawing/withholding/diverting water from most rivers that connect us and them, not least the Teesta. In the summer they let in water and flood the region and in winter the river shrinks and the place resembles a desert....
Recently a teacher of Rajshahi University has been beaten by a student, allied to the ruling political party. But, with sheer astonishment, we have observed the inactivity of the present ruling party-blessed authority, known to be very close to that...
WOMEN and girls suffer in crisis situations all over the world. They are given unsafe jobs. They are the first to lose jobs. They become victims of trafficking. They are denied internationally recognised reproductive rights. The grants and assistance for...
DHAKA WASA collect Taka 14.00 per cubic meter of water supply in case of domestic consumers. But this rate is Taka 46 for commercial consumers for the same supply of one cubic meter of water. In Dhaka city, most of...
THE residents in the city areas are facing acute shortage in gas supply with the advent of winter. The industries are being shut down due to it. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), as the experts consider, can be very useful in...
Bottlenecks and infrastructure damage have been holding up aid efforts in Haiti, where Tuesday's earthquake has left as many as 45,000-50,000 dead, reports BBC.There is little sign of humanitarian supplies beyond the Port-au-Prince airport, and correspondents say there is increasing...
WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (AFP): The United States Thursday said it would step up airport security measures in response to renewed threats from Al-Qaeda in Yemen, in the wake of a failed Christmas Day bombing.Passengers traveling to the United States will...
US soldier killed in Afghan bombing KABUL, Jan 15: An American soldier has been killed in Afghanistan by the type of crude bomb used by Taliban militants in their war against the Kabul government, NATO said. "An ISAF service member...
Over 10,000 people, mostly children, are engaged in unsafe battery-recycling works in the port city and its surrounding areas, exposing themselves to various health hazards, according to a survey, reports UNB. The survey, conducted by Human Development Society, a leading...
RANGPUR, Jan 15 (BSS): The overall weather continued to improve Friday as the sun reappeared in the sky in the northern region. Both the high and low temperatures marked further rises bringing more relief to the common people. The minimum...
The second ministerial meeting on Rural Development in Asia and Pacific will be held from January 24 to January 28.The main objective of the meeting is to discuss emerging issues relating to rural development and poverty alleviation, reports UNB.The theme...
Md Asduzzaman, vice chairman, Islam Group, died in the United Hospital Friday at 4.0 pm. He wa 74. He left behind his wife, 2 daughters and a son.His namaj-e-janaza will be held today (Saturday) at 9.0 am in the premises...
The 8th National Scout Jamboree will begin at Mouchak in Gazipur today (Saturday). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the weeklong event, reports UNB.A total of 13,000 scouts from home and abroad are participating in the jamboree.The sources...
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