FHM Humayan KabirLeading shipbuilder Ananda Shipyard and Slipways said Saturday it would set up the country's largest shipyard to make jumbo-sized ocean-going vessels weighing over 100,000 dead-weight-tonnes. The country's ship-making pioneer would invest over US$300 million over the next three...
FE ReportAround 50 garment workers demonstrated in front of their factory on Saturday demanding reinstatement of discharged fellow workers in the city's Gulshan area, police said.Police said workers of Alpine Ltd took to the street in the afternoon in Gulshan-2...
Dhaka tops the list of the world's most earthquake-prone cities, Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaq said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The government is gearing up disaster preparedness measures, said Dr Razzaq at a training session of the Urban Volunteer...
FE ReportMinister of Information and Cultural Affairs Abul Kalam Azad Saturday said Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, undertaken by country's major corporate houses, are still nominal."Little has been done so far in terms of CSR implementation in the country," the...
FE ReportState Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud Saturday said the government hoped Malaysia would soon withdraw an earlier order that cancelled visas for over 55,000 Bangladeshi jobseekers in March last."We are closely working on the issue," he said while...
STOCKHOLM, July (AP): Sweden's environment minister says the European Union will use all its influence to get the international community to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent during talks on a new climate deal.Andreas Carlgren says the target has...
FE ReportA three-day international conference on climate change will begin in the city tomorrow (Monday). Representatives of 20 countries from least developed, small islands and African countries will participate in the conference. Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL) coordinator Shirin...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanThey never fail to emphasise that Bangladesh is one of the, 'the poorest countries in the world.' But on the list of the countries of the world sorted by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which has been prepared...
Ameer HamzaAdrenaline levels in the body rise by an average of around 60 per cent when people are subjected to noise, say researchers of sound pollution. Those who understand the function of this hormone would be rightly alarmed. The measure...
Mohammad RajjaIN the ancient age of human civilisation, men used to live in hilly caves that protected them from hot and cold weather, wild animals and other dangers.We know from various researches and anthropological discoveries that the history of human...
Saud Abu RamadanIn a bid to challenge the hard economic and social conditions, a Palestinian family Wednesday night celebrated its two sons' wedding on the debris of their destroyed home in northern Gaza Strip.The multi-storey construction of the al-Za'anin family...
Zhou Erjie, Zhang Qiulai, Zhu Li In a short sentence she delivered a clear message to the world -- "The United States is back in Southeast Asia," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday, signaling deepening U.S. engagement in...
Huang YananThe tribal children who live in Bangladesh's remote Chittagong Hill Tracts are receiving pre- school education due to the Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP) supported by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) .Chittagong Hill Tracts, situated in southeastern Bangladesh and...
With explosions targeting civilians, assassinations, arson attacks, poisonings and al-Qaeda style video footages threatening dire actions, the "East Turkestan" separatists have long been terrorists.The three "East Turkestan" groups -- the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), the East Turkestan Union in Europe...
Zhao Qing, Yang ShilongIt has long been a heart-broken yet helpless reality for Canada's aboriginal people that their native languages, which are at the very core of their identity, are disappearing.The 2001 national survey by Statistics Canada suggests that just...
Shamsher ChowdhuryMost of us when we talk of environmental pollution, we think of air or water pollution, we think of the exhaust fumes emitted by motorized vehicles on ht street and factory wastes dumped into rivers or closed water bodies....
K.M. MuktaJUSTICE is still elusive to the millions of the down-trodden in today's world. And more often "justice cries in silence" for a multitude of factors. The complexities in the legal systems, of course, remain the main factor in the...
Mahbubul Haque ChowdhuryBANGLADESH is a small country, having a geographical territory of 56,977 square miles. Out of 56,977 square miles, forest area is almost 18,000 square miles whereas its river areas near about 8,000 square miles. Every year thousands of...
M. Farhad MasumReadymade garments (RMG) sector is a vital industrial sector in our country that contributes to the growth of our national economy. This sector started flourishing after the 1990s when political government came to power taking the responsibility in...
Chris Bryant and Ed CrooksA dozen companies are set to launch a renewable energy initiative that its backers claim could within a decade provide Europeans with electricity generated from the Sahara - at a cost of (euro 400bn ($557bn).Munich Re,...
COLOMBO, Jul 24 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten century to steer Sri Lanka to a draw in the final Test against Pakistan here Friday and win his first series as captain.The left-hander made 130 not out as Sri Lanka,...
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and two other national cricketers returned home Friday from West Indies due to injury, reports UNB.Mashrafe, who was appointed captain of Bangladesh national cricket team last month replacing Mohammad Ashraful, had to return home due...
CHICAGO, Jul 24 (AFP): The United States blanked Honduras 2-0 Thursday to earn a berth in their third-straight CONCACAF Golf Cup final. Kenny Cooper scored as the game reached 90 minutes to clinch the win while Clarence Goodson's goal late...
Jagmohan Dalmiya is set for another term as the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) after no nomination papers were filed to contest against his candidacy. Reports had earlier suggested Sourav Ganguly was interested in joining the Bengal...
INDIANAPOLIS, Jul 24 (AFP): Russian Dmitry Tursunov will find a familiar face waiting for him in the quarter-finals at the ATP Indianapolis Championships when he plays Frank Dancevic for the second time in six weeks. Top seed Tursunov smoothly advanced...
Wimbledon champion Roger Federer is the proud father of twin girls after his wife Mirka gave birth in Switzerland on Thursday night.The 15-time Grand Slam winner said the girls, who are the couple's first children, have been named Charlene Riva...
LONDON, Jul 24 (PTI): Refusing to paint a gloomy picture of Test cricket, former India captain Sourav Ganguly Thursday said the five-day game poses no serious threat from other formats and for a player it will always be the ultimate...
New Zealand Cricket has persuaded its six Indian Premier League players to agree contracts with the board and forgo "significant sums of money".The move avoids a possible rift caused by a scheduling clash with Australia's tour to its Oceania neighbour...
DUBAI, Jul 24 (AFP): Diego Maradona is ready to quit his job as Argentina manager and join English Premier League side Portsmouth, a report citing the footballing legend's lawyer claimed here Thursday. Maradona, according to an article in Arabian Business,...
Saiful KaiserThe ODIs and the lone T20 game should be fun for our boys. First of all they are more used to playing limited over games than the longer two innings kind. And then it seems that the same old...
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