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DSE steady amid cautious investment

2009-07-25 00:00:00

FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) passed almost steady week that ended Thursday as its share prices fell marginally amid cautious investment.After a free fall of index in the last two weeks, the market seemed to have found a resistance...

Ershad, Ruhul re-elected JP chief, secy gen

2009-07-25 00:00:00

HM Ershad and Ruhul Amin Howladar have been unanimously reelected Jatiya Party (JP) chairman and secretary general at the national council of the key ally of the ruling Grand Alliance, presidium member Golam Masih said, reports bdnews24.com.Ershad had let known...

Three rogue RAB men sent to jail

2009-07-25 00:00:00

FE ReportThree RAB men, including an assistant director, were arrested early Friday and detained in prison on charges of extortion by threatening their victims of killing them in crossfire, police said. The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Motijheel police station Syed Sajjad...

One month on, questions swirl around Jackson

2009-07-25 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES, July 24 (AFP): His cause of death remains unknown, the whereabouts of his body is a mystery, the fate of his estate and children are uncertain and conspiracy theories abound. Almost one month after Michael Jackson collapsed and...

HIGHLIGHTS

2009-07-25 00:00:00

Dus Ka DumOn SONY SET Saturday at 10-30pm.10 Ka Dum is a reality show for the masses. The show provides the contestant a perfect opportunity to win Rs.10 crores. And the best part is that to win Rs.10 crores, one...

'Love Aaj Kal' as special as 'Om Shanti Om': Deepika

2009-07-25 00:00:00

MUMBAI, July 24: Since the release of 'Om Shanti Om', Deepika Padukone has been seen in two more films -- 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' and 'Chandni Chowk To China'. But the leggie beauty insists that if at all there is a...

I'm playing lead role in 'Dhobi Ghaat': Aamir Khan

2009-07-25 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 24: Bollywood star Aamir Khan, who is on a high after sharing the stage with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has confirmed that he plays a full-fledged part in his wife Kiran Rao's directorial debut 'Dhobi...

TallTales &Trouble

2009-07-25 00:00:00

Shahadat Hossain Liton directed "Takar Cheye Prem Boro" (Love is More Valuable than Money) has been submitted at the Censor Board. Produced by nandanik Chalachitra the cast includes Shakib Khan, Opu Biswas, Khalil, Ali Raj, Misha Saudagar, Asif Iqbal and...

Strategic plan for the banking sector

2009-07-25 00:00:00

The governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) informed the media in a recent function that the central bank is preparing a five-year long plan with the obvious intent of adding to improvements in the banking sector. This information should be well...

Deficit in daal production and consumption worsens a dwindling diet

2009-07-25 00:00:00

Nerun YakubThe average daily intake of lentils/pulses/daal in Bangladesh has dwindled to 15 grams, which is just a third of the per capita requirement recommended by the World Health Organisation. This was reported recently by the Daily Ittefaq which quoted...

New lands emerging from the sea

2009-07-25 00:00:00

Mizanur RhmanTHERE is good news waiting for Bangladesh. Although many experts say that a part of Bangladesh's coastal areas may sink into the sea in the near future from the greenhouse syndrome, satellite imageries and other tangible supporting evidence suggest...

Tipaimukh : It is risky to trust Indian assurances

2009-07-25 00:00:00

ONE fourth of Bangladesh has been suffering for nearly thirty-five years since the Farakka barrage was commissioned by India in April 1975 though it took Bangladesh's permission to test run the barrage and its feeder canal for 41 days. Indira...

Madrasa education

2009-07-25 00:00:00

THE draft new national education policy indicates that madrasa students have to acquire skills, vocations, science and technology, in addition to the Islamic studies. It means subjects common to the main education stream will be taught in the madrasas. The...

Fighting pollution

2009-07-25 00:00:00

THE pollution of the environment is very dangerous. A polluted environment means pollution in water, food, and air, which are the most important elements for living things. Man is the main cause of pollution nowadays. He fells trees and it...

Hrithik declares love with tattoo

2009-07-24 00:00:00

After Saif Ali Khan tattooed the name of lady love Kareena on his arm, it's time for another declaration of love, sealed with a tattoo The newest celeb to join the tattoo bandwagon is Hrithik Roshan, who recently tattooed his...

HIGHLIGHTS

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Boogie WoogieOn SONY Ent TV (SET) Friday at 9-30 pm.The original dance show, only one of its kind, to hit Indian Television, Sansui Boogie Woogie, recently completed 10 glorious years. The dance show, that continues to rock the small screen...

Sri Lanka: Economic and political prospects

2009-07-24 00:00:00

There is good news for Sri Lanka. On July 17, the World Bank made an upbeat forecast about the prospects of Sri Lanka. Naoko Ishi, the World Bank Sri Lanka Director, observed that the end of the armed conflict in...

Immediate actions are needed on the energy front

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Saquib MustafaWHEN economic activities in Bangladesh are getting slowed down alarmingly from energy shortages, it is absurd that its potential reserves of high energy -- some 2.5 billion tonnes of coal deposits of high grade -- are kept buried underground...

A source of cheap dietary protein for the vast population

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Ehsanul Haque Overfishing and pollution-related consequences is threatening the fish population worldwide. According to a recently-published report by an international team of ecologists and economists, a collapse of the marine food sources for humans may become inevitable due to such...

The consumers versus poultry farmers

2009-07-24 00:00:00

BANGLADESH Poultry Khamar Rakkha Jatiya Sangram Parishad (Bangladesh Poultry Farm Protection National Action Council) demanded banning of import of eggs and poultry birds from India. The poultry farmers, according to an earlier announcement by this organisation, would go for hunger...

Child labour

2009-07-24 00:00:00

THE prohibition of employment of children as domestic servants or by wayside hotels, motels, restaurants, teashops, resorts, or in other places must be strictly enforced. Without enforcement, the Child Labour Act remains meaningless. The employers of child labour should be...

Will the dams 'damage' the relationship?

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Badrul Islam ENVIRONMENTALISTS and academics have called for a greater movement at national and international levels to resist what they said "India's conspiracy" to construct Tipaimukh dam without sharing information with Bangladesh. They also slammed the government's role in dealing...

Young Bangladeshis of Montreal are on the move

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Gopal SenguptaTHE plan to build a 42-storey skyscraper with 800 units of hotel rooms and condominiums at the heart of downtown Montreal has made big news in the greater Montreal area. In the second week of June, 2009 the Canadian...

Learning English for gain

2009-07-24 00:00:00

BOTH the Japanese and the Chinese, who were proud of their nationality and language, are learning English extensively for the compelling reasons of English being the most widely and extensively used and understood language in international business. In present days,...

Kalam's visit to Dhaka

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's three-day visit to Bangladesh has been an enlivening experience for the local intelligentsia and the scientific community. In Bangladesh context, his lectures bear significance as the nation is in the midst of choosing its priorities for...

Uniform income tax limit for all

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Bangladesh achieved independence 38 years ago, but we are not behaving like an independent people. Government policies are not often rational. For example, a government officer has to pay no income tax on his or her salary up to a...

Dysfunctional regulatory activities

2009-07-24 00:00:00

BUSINESSES want deregulation and decontrol, in line with the principles of market economy, although healthy development of market economy requires effective and updated regulations. While bureaucratic impediments are not desirable, healthy growth of business activities requires efficient governmental regulatory bodies...

The responsibilities of the youth

2009-07-24 00:00:00

THE Charter of the United Nations expresses the resolve of the peoples of the world to save subsequent generations from the curse of war. The UN resolution 1572 (XV) of December 18, 1960, stresses on the education of youthful citizens...

European markets fall modestly

2009-07-24 00:00:00

LONDON, Jul 23 (AP): European stock markets fell modestly Thursday despite Asian gains earlier as investors pored over a raft of earnings across the continent and awaited another batch of US results.The FTSE index of leading British shares was down...

Russia keen to invest in Bangladesh

2009-07-24 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 23: Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) board of directors exchanged views with the outgoing Indian Assistant High Commissioner (HC) Subrata Bhattacharjee and Russian Consul General Oleg N Evdiv at the Chamber House Wednesday.They discussed matters...