RAJSHAHI, Dec 20 (BSS): Participants at a dialogue here today called for electing honest and competent candidates in the forthcoming parliamentary elections.The corrupt, public-money looters and terrorists must be boycotted in the polls, they said.Conscious Citizens Committee (CCC), a partner...
Awami League (AL) president and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday visited her ailing husband Dr Wazed Ali Mian at Square hospital in the city, where he was undergoing treatment, reports BSS.She spent some time there and enquired about the...
Zaker Party chairman Pirzada Mostafa Amir Faisal Mujaddedi said it was the burning issue of the country to hold an acceptable election for a government that would control corruption, terrorism and militancy, reports UNB.Addressing election meetings at Gabtola Bazar, Lohartek,...
Siddique Islam The central banks of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member countries are preparing to introduce Euro alongside the US dollar for settlement of import payments from January 1, 2009. "We've started preparation to introduce Euro alongside the US...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Dec 20: Standard and Poor, the world renowned rating agency, in one sweeping move yesterday downgraded 11 most famous banks in the world stating that the current downturn could be longer and deeper than previously...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bread, biscuit and other confectionery items still remain dearer despite the fall in the prices of wheat, flour and sugar in the local and international markets.Sources said wheat prices plunged by 50 per cent both in local...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday reiterated that his government would handover power to the next elected government in the coming new year, reports UNB.He told this to the visiting Chief of the European Union Election Observer Mission in Bangladesh Alexander...
The US-based Chevron Bangladesh will launch its seismic survey in Block 7 in the first week of January to delineate potential gas reserves and initiate subsequent exploration, officials said, reports UNB.The company will continue the two-dimensional (2D) survey until mid...
The Election Commission (EC) has not yet started printing ballot papers for 50 'disputed' constituencies as the final candidates for those seats remained unresolved due to petitions filed with the High Court, an election official said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. He...
An Indian television network Saturday reported that Islamist militants were planning to assassinate Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina. On the other hand, the home secretary the same day said: "Preventative measures are being taken after the report, reports bdnews24.com....
The Met office has said the dense fog currently blanketing Bangladesh will last two more days, reports bdnews24.com. The country has been experiencing moderate-to-heavy fog for the last several days, hampering ferry communication and flights at the Zia International Airport...
THE National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a media report, will sit with a number of government agencies, including the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), and the commercial banks, soon in a bid to...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE BIMSTEC ministers agreed to devise an action plan for poverty alleviation and set up a food bank in the region in a recent meeting in Dhaka. Follow up actions on the two crucial issues would be discussed at...
Alamgir HossainA total of 9,81,102 workers from Bangladesh went abroad in fiscal 2007-08 representing a 74 per cent increase over 5,63,584 who had gone in 2006-07. Earning-wise growth was 44 per cent during first quarter of 2008-09 compared to that...
THE seven North-eastern Indian states and neighbouring Nepal and Bhutan are landlocked entities. They are presently using the faraway Kolkata port for their external trade. But it is not only distance of Kolkata port that is the main problem, but...
NEWSPAPERS reported that some mindless profiteers are out to do good business buying and selling used syringes and needles. The news about the repacking used syringes and needles is highly disturbing. The used syringes and needles are collected even from...
IT seems that there is a tendency to misuse words. The newspapers are no exceptions. The word 'MAZAR' is being misused at random. The word has to be used only for the graves of 'AOWLIAS' or saints. But it is...
Kazi Rubaiat ImamICT (Information and Communication Technology) was, and possibly still is, considered to be a good choice of career by our youth entering into universities for their education. Many foreign companies coming for businesses offer decent to extravagant salaries...
Paul KorzeniowskiThe Asian cellular phone market is something of a paradox. Countries such as Japan and South Korea have invested the equivalent of billions of dollars to develop sophisticated, high-bandwidth wireless services, such as mobile video and mobile commerce technologies....
FE reportYahoo has launched an enhanced version of its Mail service. The changes to Yahoo Mail offer users a "smarter in-box" experience that the company said will roll out gradually to its users during the coming months. The move is...
Workstir is a relatively new site you might not be immediately familiar with; it's a service for submitting work requests for everything from home repairs to web design, where people looking for work can then browse those listings and submit...
Andrew RatnerThe future of the Internet isn't exactly a utopian vision of peace and love, according to respondents of a Pew Internet and American Life Project survey. Privacy concerns, security risks and the Web's power to efficiently expand the powers...
Maswood Alam KhanSHEIKH Hasina during her tenure as prime minister was instrumental in achieving huge success in increasing our food production and improving our bilateral relations with many countries. The signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in December...
Sushil Wadhwani Clients frequently tell me they are puzzled that policymakers allowed such a significant crisis to develop. Their incomprehension is deepened by the recognition that, in recent years, many countries made their central banks independent, and these are typically...
Karar Mahmudul HassanRecent findings of IMED on the performance of Dhaka Urban Transport Project (DUTP) were negative and the news on the findings was published in an English daily (17.09.08) under the heading "DUTP work plagued by poor coordination." Lack...
TOKYO, Dec 20 (AP): Japan's budget will balloon to a record high next year as the government embarks on a spending spree to battle an ever-deepening recession.In a draft budget released Saturday, the finance ministry suggested an increase of 6.6...
SHANGHAI, Dec 20 (Reuters): China, expanding its pledges to help neighbouring economies ride out the global financial crisis, said Saturday it was willing to meet requests for assistance from political rival Taiwan.Ties between China and Taiwan, separated since the end...
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (AFP): Vice president-elect Joseph Biden, in his first interview since the November 4 election, told ABC TV that the US economy was in "much worse shape" than he thought and needed a second stimulus package to prevent...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 20 (Xinhua): UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon yesterday called upon developing countries to strengthen cooperation and do their collective utmost in dealing with the current global crises in finance, food and climate change. In his message marking the...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (PTI): India yesterday questioned the efficacy of the developed world's response to tackle global financial crisis as well as the threat of terror and asked the developing world to find own ways to address these challenges....
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