SEOUL, Dec 27 (AFP): South Korea's Constitutional Court today turned down a petition against US beef imports, citing the lack of evidence for increased risks of mad cow disease. Some 96,000 people signed a petition filed in June by a...
Our Correspondent FARIDPUR, Dec 27: Wood sculptors Bahar and Shojol are engaged in the creative art not for the earning a living but for their passion for fine arts. Through their works, they want to convey the message of the...
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (AFP): Russian energy giant Gazprom warned European clients yesterday that its gas conflict with Ukraine, conduit for European-bound gas from Russia, could affect deliveries to Europe. The warning came in a letter from Gazprom chief Alexei Miller...
KATHMANDU, Dec 27 (AFP): Nepal's Maoist-run government has declared a "national power crisis" and warned that blackouts in the impoverished country will increase to at least 16 hours per day, officials said today. Nepal is struggling to recover from a...
CHICAGO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua): Gold market in New York yesterday saw a brisk move to the upside in a post-holiday trade. Gold futures for February delivery gained 23.20 US dollars, or 2.7 per cent, to 871.20 dollars an ounce on...
Kayes M SohelBangladesh has received orders worth $ 20 million for building two small vessels and a tugboat from Middle East countries at the region's biggest shipbuilding fair in Dubai.The fresh orders give testimony to Bangladesh's emergence as a global...
The Dhaka University (DU) will confer 'honorary doctorate degrees' on three renowned personalities at its 45th convocation on January 29, reports BSS.The university will confer honorary doctorate degree to Nobel Laureate Emirates Professor Yuan Tseh Lee of Taiwan.Professor Lee, who...
The net enrolment rate in the country's primary education increased from 87.2 per cent in 2005 to 91.9 per cent in 2007, showing a 4.5 per cent improvement, reports UNB.The statistics were presented Saturday at a views-exchange meeting titled 'Primary...
The first-ever cervical cancer vaccine is being administered on women, ushering in a new era in the health sector to combat the deadly disease in the country, reports BSS. Bangladesh Cervical Vaccination Programme Committee (BCCVPC) and Oncology Club have jointly...
RANGPUR, Dec 27 (BSS): Police in separate drives during the past 24 hours ending at 6:00 am Saturday arrested 42 persons, including suspected criminals, from various places in the district.Police said, the arrested included suspected criminals, muggers, listed terrorists, cheats,...
The first year admission test (session 2008-09) of the Institute of Education and Research (IER) of the Dhaka University (DU) will now be held on January 23 instead of January 16 due to unavoidable circumstances, reports UNB.The last date of...
A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held at Islamic Foundation conference room at 6:00 pm today (Sunday) to review and fix the beginning of the holy month of Muharram, 1430 Hijri, reports UNB.Adviser for Religious Affairs...
Press Information Department (PID) is going to open a media centre at Hotel Sonargaon today (Sunday) to facilitate both the local and foreign journalists covering the December 29 parliamentary election, reports UNB.The centre will remain open to the journalists round...
FE ReportThe city experienced heavy traffic congestions Saturday due to processions brought out by political parties on the last day of polls campaign 1Supporters of the candidates, who are contesting in the national polls, paraded the city streets seriously disrupting...
The admission test for first year honours of the Jahangirnagar University (2008-09 session), scheduled for January 3, has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, reports UNB.The fresh date of the examination will be announced through newspapers later on, said a...
Kazi Rubaiat ImamThe issue of integrating people with disabilities into the mainstreams of the remains either unsolved or ignored even in some of the developed countries. It is a huge issue in poorer, badly governed countries. One dimension of this...
Vivian Wagner If you're a Mac lover, then clearly you love to surround yourself with beautiful things. So why not use your beautiful Mac to make your home more beautiful, all the while tapping into those graphic-design skills everyone assumes...
David Chartier As if there was any doubt in regard to what direction the computer industry's collective form factor was headed, research firm iSuppli issued a report recentlt which confirms that the trend towards notebooks has finally arrived. Thanks in...
NVIDIA has announced plans to pair Intel's Atom processor with a real mobile GPU, the 9400M. It's no secret that Intel's integrated graphics processors stink across the board, and they're the biggest weakness in the company's ultramobile platform. But by...
Jacqui Cheng When online payment services like PayPal were first launched over a decade ago, the sudden and disturbing ease with which regular people could electronically transfer money between each other online was nothing less than miraculous. Not only was...
M A IslamIT is very common to see that students keep their study works pending day after day, week after week, sometimes month after month. They think that when the submission time for the assignment or exam will come, they...
Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bulbul'Education is the backbone of the nation'. This is the universal truth. But the education policy of our government is very weak. For this reason, the quality of our education is not that satisfactory. Most of the...
Time And health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted. — Denis Waitley" Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and...
Let's save Atika CherrySee the snakeheads of fire-The way that is roaring…O, Mumbai is burning!The fire is not far away from my doorFrom your window. My little dad used to play in the greenWith butterfliesI got no field, nothing…And I...
The incidents of intrusion into Bangladesh territorial waters by neighbours like Myanmar and India have been on the rise since Bangladesh invited bids from the international oil companies to conduct exploration work in the hydrocarbon blocks within its territorial waters...
Moazzem HossainTo-day's anniversary issue of the FE, marking its stepping into the 16th year of publication, is a befitting occasion for making a brief review of the state of economic/business journalism in Bangladesh. The coverage of financial, business, economic and...
Syed Ashraful HasanTHE greater amounts of remitted foreign currencies can boost up the country's foreign exchange reserve. This will, in turn, strengthen its import operations in support of economy-expanding activities or for undertaking developmental projects. The remittances will help the...
THE actions by the mobile courts must not be limited to only examining the foods and warning the offenders -- food adulterators. They will have to be subjected to notable penalties such as cash fines in big amounts and they...
THE respected voters of Bangladesh are now ready for election to be held tomorrow (Monday, December 29, 2008. What will be the shape of the government after the 29th? What is the meaning of "digital" Bangladesh? These are the questions...
Shakhawat Hossain The country's trade gap surged to US$ 3.08 billion in the first five months of the current fiscal, despite sliding international commodity prices, accelerated by global economic downturn, commerce ministry officials said late last week.The deficit grew by...
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