Gopal SenguptaAt separate meetings with different ministers in Bangladesh Secretariat, some deputy commissioners (DCs) pointed out that the multilateral tension was mainly sparked by disputes regarding who would have how much control over various development programmes. The district-level deputy commissioners...
The coverage of the deplorable state of water supply in Dhaka city is made by the media from time to time. Dhaka WASA is entrusted to supply fresh water to the city residents but it does the opposite. WASA's sewer...
NOW I am an open learning member of British Council, Dhaka. To be an open learning member, one has to pay a fee of Tk 1500 per year. The best of the many facilities available to the open learning members,...
Most adult Muslims in Bangladesh try to fast and offer 'namaj' in the month of Ramadan. They also try to offer Tarabih prayers though it is neither mentioned in the Holy Quran nor in the Hadith. Our Prophet (pbuh) and...
Enayet Rasul Bhuiyan So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of...
Abul Kalam AzadFRENCH President Sarkozy has recently said that 'Burqa' -- a kind of veil that the Muslim women wear -- will be banned in France and that wearing of veil is not religious but torture and punishment for women....
Brian LoveOne of the few certainties about the H1N1 swine flu virus is that it would have to turn much deadlier than it seems right now to cause a major drop in global economic output.A renewed rash of media headlines...
Ameer Hamza A number of news items carried by TFE over the past week [ India to halt rice, wheat export to Bangladesh 25/07/09; Ban on aromatic rice export set to go (in Bangladesh) 24/07/09 ] may be seen as...
Kulsum MustafaWHAT began as an experiment 12 years ago is now an important instrument of justice delivery for the women of rural Uttar Pradesh (UP) in India. Across 20 blocks of 12 districts in India's largest state, rural women, some...
Aimable TwahirwaRwanda's bidding to join the Commonwealth of Nations in November this year has ignited national enthusiasm of the small central African nation to target at new economic benefits and opportunities of membership, while some tough members of the bloc...
Sue PlemingUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces a delicate job of striking the right tone on her seven-nation trip to Africa next week if she wants to compete against China's growing influence.The 11-day trip -- Clinton's longest as secretary...
Alfred de MontesquiouA Taliban code of conduct that pledges to limit attacks on civilians and curb suicide bombings appears aimed at mustering support among the Afghan people and refurbishing the militants' international image ahead of peace talks widely expected after...
Rasem N. Kayed and M. Kabir HassanTHE economic crisis, which grew in the US out of cheap credit, gradually engulfed the world. Low interest rates created demand for loans which the borrowers could not repay. Such rates in the United...
Andrzej ZwanieckiPRESIDENT Obama proposes a comprehensive overhaul of the US financial regulatory system that is designed to address the structural weaknesses revealed by the recent financial crisis and to limit the potential for similar crises in the future.At the White...
Md. Mozzammel Haque Bangladesh is a populous developing country. It is really a burden to provide food for all the people three times a day. For getting a higher yield of crops, the people use urea fertiliser in the fields....
On the occasion of the National Day of Switzerland, I would like to extend the warm greetings and best wishes of the Government of Switzerland to the Government and the people of Bangladesh. I also extend my heartfelt greetings and...
Switzerland currently has seven cultural sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In addition three natural regions have been listed as World Heritage Sites. The six cultural sites on the World Heritage List are- 1. Old City of Bern: Goethe...
Switzerland has virtually no mineral resources and a restricted surface area. It depends for its wealth on foreign trade. The relatively small size of its domestic market - a total population of just over 7,500,000 - is another factor which...
TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters): Japan's main ruling party, facing possible defeat in an election next month, looked set to try to steal some of its opposition rival's policy thunder Friday with a pledge to boost household income and revive the...
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, July 31 (AFP): The presidents of seven ex-Soviet states were to meet Friday for a summit of a security grouping led by Russia and touted as an eastern counterweight to NATO.But the meeting at an idyllic location on...
BAGHDAD, July 31 (AFP): Britain's troop presence in Iraq formally concluded Friday, ending six years of controversial military involvement in the country that began with the US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.Under a deal between Baghdad and London signed last...
GENEVA, July 31 (AP): The United Nations said Friday the number of civilians killed in conflict in Afghanistan has jumped 24 per cent so far this year, with bombings by insurgent and airstrikes by international forces the biggest single killers.In...
BAGHDAD, July 31 (AP): Multiple bombs have exploded near three Shiite mosques in Baghdad as worshippers were leaving Friday prayers, killing at least 24 and wounding dozens more, Iraqi police officials said.The bombings shattered a period of relative calm in...
Continued from page 165. Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces: In the 11th century, monks were growing grapes on the slopes above Lake Geneva. Since then, generations of winegrowers applied and developed longstanding cultural traditions. Today, this still thriving cultural landscape covers 40...
HERAT, July 31 (AFP): Nearly 20 hours of fighting sparked by a Taliban attack on a NATO supply convoy in western Afghanistan left 11 militants and one policeman dead, police said Friday.The clash that started Thursday and ended early Friday...
YANGON, July 31 (AFP): A Myanmar court postponed Friday its verdict in the internationally condemned trial of Aung San Suu Kyi until August 11, adding to uncertainty over the ruling junta's plans for the democracy icon.Lawyers for the Nobel laureate...
SEOUL, July 31 (AFP): South Korea expressed Friday hope that North Korea will soon return a captured fishing boat and its four crew members, insisting that the vessel had accidentally strayed into Pyongyang's waters.North Korean maritime authorities said Friday they...
Landslides kill nine in NepalKATHMANDU, July 31: Landslides triggered by torrential rains killed nine people and buried houses in three Nepal villages Friday, officials said. Nandi Keshar Tripathi, district administrator of Syangja in west Nepal, said five people were buried...
The government is planning to build the capacity of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Directorate (FSCDD) with modern fire fighting apparatuses to deal with any probable earthquake as experts expressed their apprehension of earthquakes in the country, reports BSS....
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Friday urged the authorities of the country's public and private universities to ensure quality education at higher levels, reports BSS. He said a knowledge-based society is a must for sustainable development and for addressing the...
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