Md. Anwarul KabirWith the integration of different immigrant groups coming from all over the globe, Britain has already transformed itself into a multicultural society in accordance with the British immigration policy. A multicultural society does not concentrate on assimilation rather...
Abul Kashem HaiderThe demand of electricity is increasing day by day. Power Development Board is at a loss to meet the growing demand. Although electricity is not included in the list of fundamental needs like food, cloth, education, treatment and...
Syed Fattahul AlimThere was a time when scientists in the field of medicine had to work alone with their microscopes poring over the samples of blood, saliva or any other parts of the infected organ of a human body to...
Muralikumar AnantharamanAs the financial crisis hammers fund returns, many fund managers are touting their stable long-term records to convince investors that their money is safe. But that argument may soon vanish.The 10-year returns of many funds have held up in...
Christopher JohnsonWorld oil prices could easily fall below $50 a barrel and might even slip towards $40 or perhaps $35, but they will recover and could do so fairly quickly, analysts and economists say.Benchmark U.S. crude futures dropped to a...
Enayet RasulNearly thirty-eight years have passed and Bangladesh--today-- has come a long way down the road of nationhood. It can no longer claim to be a country which is in swaddling clothes and, therefore, should be excused for its inexperience....
Professor Abdun NoorIt is said that great and lofty ideas can only be expressed in parables(Oslu).The epic poem Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi is a book of such parables. Masnavi means rhyming couplets. Its original Farsee name is Masnave Manavi,...
After weighing carefully, the U.S. administration has moved to change the course on how to use the 700 billion U.S. dollars rescue plan more efficiently. The administration has decided to scrap what had originally been the centerpiece of the program...
Mahmuda Shaolin The country's frozen food exporters are feeling the squeeze as major American and European buyers, devastated by the global financial meltdown, are demanding price-cuts and delaying fresh orders. They said US and European majors such as Eastern Fish...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe Bangladesh Bank is expected to allow mobile banking in the country after the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has endorsed the introduction of such service.Sources said Thursday the BTRC has sent its opinion to the central bank favouring introduction...
S M JahangirNon-listed insurance companies will have to pay nearly Tk 20 million as financial penalty during renewal of their operating licences for their delay in floatation of initial public offering (IPOs), sources said."Total fine to the tune of Tk...
FE Report More than a thousand leading businessmen meet in the city today (Saturday) to set a 100-day programme for the next elected government to establish friendly business environment in the country.The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia came down hard on the interim rulers in a radio interview Thursday, saying her party wanted to free the people of the country from the misrule of the government, which was "like a nightmare for the...
Setting a pre-condition for dialogue Awami League (AL) said its president Sheikh Hasina was willing to sit with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia if the general election on December 18 was kept on top of the agenda, reports UNB."Talks cannot be...
HONG KONG/LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters): World leaders headed to Washington on Friday to discuss ways to protect the global economy from a repeat of the worst financial crisis in 80 years. The worst financial crisis in 80 years has weakened...
Geoff Dyer, FT Syndication ServiceBEIJING: The extent of the slowdown in the Chinese economy became clearer yesterday when the government disclosed that the rate of increase of industrial production had dropped to the lowest level in seven years.Four days after...
The police recovered the bodies of two businessmen and a woman from the city's Mohammadpur and Jatrabari areas Friday morning. The businessmen who were gunned down by unknown assailants were Alam Yamin alias Ablam (32) and Sirajul Amin Lincoln (32)...
The depression over the west central Bay and adjoining southwest Bay moved slightly westwards, intensified into a deep depression and was lying over the same area Friday noon. It was centred at 12 noon at about 1,200 km southwest of...
Authorities have suspended 28 guards of Dhaka Central Jail for allegedly cooperating with VIP prisoners in availing of undue facilities at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Meanwhile, four detained ex-BNP leaders -- Mirza Abbas, Wadud...
SAN JOSE (California), Nov 14 (Reuters): The global financial crisis can become an opportunity to help the world's worst off, says the Nobel laureate known as the "banker to the poor." World leaders could encourage new types of lending that...
Naim-Ul-KarimA government delegation's scheduled visit to Myanmar November 19 to discuss progress in issues concerning bilateral trade, commerce and investment suffered a setback as the country's relations with the eastern neighbour wobbled over the escalating maritime boundary disputes, sources said...
A Z M Anas Grameenphone should maintain a market-supportive disclosure policy, but steer clear of making any forecasts when the mobile telephony firm becomes a listed company, its outgoing chief executive has said."It (future disclosure) should be supportive of the...
FHM Humayan KabirThe state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (BAPEX) is going to procure a work-over rig and some other exploration equipment to boost its capacity.The company, which was almost ineffective for about one decade, has recently sent...
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (PTI): Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has again been "forced" to leave India after her brief stay here, prompting the controversial writer to question the country's alleged secular credentials. The writer, who returned to India on...
WASHINGTON, Nov 14(internet): US media are reporting that Senator Hillary Clinton is among the candidates President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state.Democratic officials have indicated that the former first lady is on Mr. Obama's list of candidates for...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 14: The heads of the government from G20 nations started to arrive in Washington for the economic summit beginning today with bad news trailing them. Germany slipped into recession with growth slumping by 0.5 per...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a steady week that ended Thursday snapping a downward trend for the fifth straight week, on move taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to stabilise the market.During the week, the benchmark...
The Election Commission (EC) is going to hand over the print and electronic media a code of conduct to abide by in covering the parliamentary and upazila elections so that a sense of accountability and propriety is maintained, reports UNB.In...
Jatiya Party (JP) has primarily announced its nominations against 102 constituencies for the upcoming general elections, reports bdnews24.com.A list containing the primary nominations for 102 electoral seats has been made available through a press release issued from JP chairman's office...
Former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan said Friday said that he was yet to decide on which party ticket he would run for the parliament election, reports bdnews24.com."I'll contest in the next parliamentary election, but this time I've no...
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