BAGHDAD, Dec 15 (Reuters):-An Iraqi reporter called President George W. Bush a "dog" and threw his shoes at him on Sunday, sullying a farewell visit to Baghdad meant to mark greater security in Iraq after years of bloodshed.Just weeks before...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to file 11 cases against 22 officials of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) for misappropriating Tk 406.3 million (40.63 crore), reports UNB.ACC Director General (Admin) Col Hanif Iqbal told the Commission's regular briefing Monday...
The Advisers' Committee on Public Purchase at a meeting Monday approved an Industries Ministry proposal to import 150,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser, reports UNB.Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), under the Industries Ministry, will import the urea to meet the demand...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken steps to launch a massive campaign in six divisional cities to familiarise use of Electronic Cash Register (ECR).As per government's order, installation of ECR made mandatory for all medium and...
The two main political parties of the country--the Bangladesh Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -- have declared their election manifestos or action plans about what they would do on going to power for the knowledge of the...
Shamsul Huq ZahidOne-third of the individuals, numbering 865, to be exact, who had submitted nomination papers seeking to contest in the upcoming parliamentary elections, did not have any tax identification numbers (TINs). They claimed that their annual income was less...
Enamul Haque We have seen it time and again that, contrary to the democratic norm that prevails in other societies, the losers always cry foul no matter how free and neutral the election is. Khaleda Zia has done it, so...
Naimul HasanENVIRONMENTAL problems could further strain overpopulated Bangladesh struggling for survival. Climate change is bound to put an extra economic burden on Bangladesh. The developed countries would also be affected by climate change in varying degrees. However, these countries, possessing...
Recurring floods, causing destruction and deaths, remain a source of worry each year in Bangladesh. With integrated and comprehensive water management plan Bangladesh can turn the flood flows of the rainy season into a blessing for round the year irrigation.Due...
BANGLADESH needs to grow Jatropha plants only on a part of its wasteland to meet its biodiesel requirement. As animals do not consume it, Jatropha is an excellent plant for bordering crop plots. It prevents animals from destroying crops. Its...
Muhammad Quamrul IslamNow that December 11, the last date of withdrawal of nominations, is over after haggling till last moment for change of party nomination within the Grand Alliance led by Awami League {AL} and the Alliance led by Bangladesh...
Tofayel A. ChowdhuryBangladesh is a developing country. Like most other developing countries in Asia, industrialization here, is the single major indicator of development. With moderate to severe threat of strong competition from high-performing, developing countries like China and India, and...
Billy I Ahmed THE idea that Coca-Cola can be environmentally accountable for the water it uses -- 'water neutral' -- has many sceptics. In early 2008, the Coca-Cola Company began making public claims that it would become "the most efficient...
ISLAMABAD, Dec14 (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Sunday to help Pakistan tackle terrorism on its soil after meeting President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss security in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.Brown said Britain would work with the...
Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has called for an end to "interference" in Thai politics, reports BBC.His demand - apparently a reference to senior military and royalist figures - was made in a video message to a party rally...
ATHENS, Dec 14 (Reuters): Small bands of Greek rioters hurling firebombs attacked an environment ministry building, shops and banks in Athens Saturday during an eighth day of protests following the killing of a teenager by police. The latest, sporadic violence...
As many as 1m people have been left without power in the north-eastern US after one of the worst ice storms in a decade crippled the electricity grid, reports CNN.States of emergency have been declared in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and...
A "suspicious" fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla, the church's minister said, reports CNN.Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly apologized for possibility that fire...
SAN ANTONIO, Dec 14 (AP): Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular...
Three Canadian troops killed in Afghanistan OTTAWA, Dec 14: Three Canadian troops were killed in Afghanistan Saturday, bringing to 103 Canada's death toll since it its military mission began there in 2002, the Defense Ministry said. The three soldiers were...
Governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate Nana Akufo-Addo won 49.13pc of the vote, against 47.92pc for his rival, John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), report agencies.It has given the New Patriotic Party (NPP) a scare which is...
BEIJING, Dec 14 (AP): China said it plans to increase the amount of money circulating in its economy next year in a new effort to spur consumer spending and shield the country from a global downturn.Saturday's announcement by the country's...
HANOI, Dec 14 (AFP): Vietnam is set to miss its target of attracting five million international tourists this year as arrivals have dropped off sharply amid the global economic downturn, industry officials say. Hotels and tour operators are struggling and...
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (AP): The economic slump roaring across the world's geopolitical map poses weighty challenges, as well as some unexpected opportunities, for President-elect Barack Obama.Japan and major European countries have joined the United States in falling into recession. China...
NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (AFP): Nobody in India is using the word "decoupling" any more to suggest Asia's third-largest economy can dodge the impact of the widening recession engulfing the West. The clearest sign that the financial turmoil is hitting...
SIOUX FALLS, SD, Dec 14 (AP): Credit card companies could no longer boost interest rates on existing account balances if the Federal Reserve adopts new rules as written at a meeting set for Thursday.But as proposed, the changes also could...
OTTAWA, Dec 14 (Xinhua): Canada has decided to offer 3.3 billion Canadian dollars (2.6 billion US dollars) to bailout its ailing auto sector on conditions that a similar package is approved in the United States, reports said yesterday. Canada's federal...
FE ReportBashundhara LP Gas Limited signed an agreement with Grameenphone Limited in the city recently, said a press release. Bashundhara Group Deputy Managing Director Md Mustafizur Rahman and GP Deputy General Manager and acting head of Distribution (Sales) Md Baqui...
BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Xinhua): The European Union (EU) expressed regret late Friday at lack of progress in the Doha round of global trade talks after World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Pascal Lamy decided not to convene a ministerial meeting by...
LONDON, Dec 14 (AFP): OPEC, the cartel pumping 40 per cent of world oil, is this week set to announce plans to slash output in the hope of lifting crude prices weighed down by a recession-fuelled slide in energy demand....
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