Campaigners against war crimes and communalism Friday rubbished Jamaat-e-Islami's claim that there were no war criminals and anti-liberation forces in the country, reports bdnews24.com. They said such claims amounted to sedition since the constitution clearly spelled out provisions for trying...
10 dead in India rebel attacksGUWAHATI, Oct 26 (AFP): An ambush by separatist rebels in northeastern India left three soldiers and a civilian dead, while a series of clashes between rival militants also killed six rebels, officials said Friday. Rebels...
Muhammad Quamrul IslamHow far the lifting of ban on indoor politics by the reconstituted Caretaker Government [CG] in post 1/11 Bangladesh to facilitate meetings in party forums to have discussions with the Election Commission [EC] achived the objective of correcting...
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman SiddiqueSeoul, once the host city of the Olympic Games, showed Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) the way to make its commitment to sports and environment. At the first meeting of the newly formed Sports and Environment Committee of...
Laila NoorRUBY Begum is an unhappy woman. She always worries because she is skinny. Ruby used to think things would change after her marriage, but it did not.Desperate to gain weight, Ruby of Chandina upazila in Comilla has started taking...
Ahmed Showkat MasudBANGLADESH is a developing country. Our population is increasing day by day. The number of villages is on the decline. Increasing urbanisation is taking place. The contribution of agricultural sector has been reducing in the national economy. Agriculture-based...
THE country's exclusive export processing zones (EPZs) have been doing better in respect of new investments in them than the areas outside of these special zones. The investments in the EPZs are largely from foreign investors although local investors do...
Mahmudul HaqueThe rate of inflation-- which has an umbilical relationship to costs of living -- is rising higher and higher in Bangladesh. From a little over 2.0 per cent in the early nineties, the rate of inflation, according to the...
John KayDONALD Rumsfeld made the distinction between known unknowns -- the things we know we do not know -- and unknown unknowns -- the things we do not know we do not know. Mr Rumsfeld's musings won awards for gobbledygook....
Frances WilliamsHigh world food prices helped cut subsidy payments to farmers in industrialised countries last year, but government support still accounted for over a quarter of farm incomes, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said this week. In...
Ferdous AhmedCASH incentives are provided to exporters of various commodities including non conventional products to give incentives to their export activities. This system of providing a financial stimulus to their exporters is noted in many countries. Bangladesh's biggest neighbour, India,...
Bangladesh like all other countries is required to submit to the prevailing environment of international trade which has become fiercely competitive. Apart from retaining competitiveness in the export markets, its industries oriented to domestic consumption can no more afford to...
A number of unwelcome developments in Malaysia and some other countries concerning export of the Bangladeshi overseas workers have dimmed the prospects for finding new avenues of employment for Bangladeshis abroad. If the temporary ban on recruitment of the Bangladeshi...
Syed Fattahul Alim Peace in the Middle East has remained a wild goose chase. However, the term Middle East peace is a blanket term that usually stands for settlement of the Palestinian problem. The Palestinian people, after they were uprooted...
Shirin Akhtar Mohammad Farid, then 16, was picked up by police at Gabtali bus station as a suspect in a robbery case. He just arrived at the station from a home vacation to resume work as a tempo driver's helper...
Yossi MelmanThe significance of the United States decision to tighten its unilateral sanctions on Iran is not economic, but rather symbolic politically and psychologically. The new sanctions are directed at a number of organizations and individuals in Iran, with those...
Enayet Rasul The vehement body language and expressions of threat seen in a discussion meeting of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) administrative cadre officials last week, was undoubtedly in bad taste. A number of officers who addressed the meeting and their...
Bipasha Rahman Sanjida Khatun passed the HSC examinations from a college in Barisal with good grades. She wants to study in Dhaka University, but her parents are not willing to send her to Dhaka as she has no relative living...
Nedra Pickler Memo to the Democratic presidential candidates: You can still beat Hillary Rodham Clinton, but you better act fast.The former first lady looks more likely to win the nomination every day, showing strength in polling, fundraising and setting the...
Tom Mitchell and Geoff DyerThe "China price", that once unbeatable benchmark retailers pay for the products made in the world's workshop, is not what it used to be. Data compiled by statisticians in China, Hong Kong and the US all...
Philip Wright What is liberalisation of the European Union's gas and electricity markets about? This question is worth asking because the European Commission has been preoccupied with how liberalisation needs to be introduced, rather than with its purpose.Last month, this...
Philip StephensBritain's public broadcaster has lately been in confessional mode - obliged to own up to playing tricks on its viewers and of attempting, by sleight of editing, to misrepresent, of all people, the Queen. Now the BBC management's response...
Michael SkapinkerLondon's taxi drivers are famous for their distinctive cabs, their high fares and The Knowledge - the series of examinations they have to pass proving they know every street in the city within six miles of Charing Cross.Ken Livingstone,...
Ashley SteelAnyone who has arrived on a flight from London to Singapore Changi Airport will remember the pleasant feeling of setting foot into Terminal One, even after being stuck on a plane for almost 13 hours.Whereas many passengers arriving at...
Patrick BartaAsia's fast-growing economies have made some progress in addressing their seemingly insatiable demand for oil, but they continue to fall far short of the cuts needed to significantly reduce pressure on global supplies.Galloping growth in Asia, led by China,...
Yasheng Huang In designing his economic policy programme for the next five years, President Hu Jintao is well advised to seek counsel from someone virtually unknown to those Chinese who came of age in the 1990s. He is Wan Li,...
Praful Bidwai INDIA'S ruling United Progressive Alliance has blinked first in its eyeball-to-eyeball standoff with the Left over the India-US nuclear deal. It has suspended negotiations to complete it. Statements made last week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress...
FE ReportPrices of rice, onion, edible oil and newly arrived vegetable items increased and the prices of other essential commodities remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week.Market operators said prices of rice and onion registered a significant...
FE ReportTrust Bank Limited will provide a credit facility of Taka 50.0 million (5 crore) to the Fidelity Assets and Securities Company Limited (FAS), a non-banking financial institution.A pari passu security sharing agreement was signed between the two organisations at...
DUBAI, Oct 26 (PTI): Despite soaring prices, gold trade through Dubai, one of India's top trading partner, has reached USD 5.23 billion in the third quarter of 2007, a 55 per cent hike from last year's USD 3.37 billion. Dubai's...
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