The law enforcement agencies will be launching, after the expected announcement of the election schedule, a drive to nab criminals and seize illegal arms. This drive will, according to last Wednesday's disclosure by the Inspector General of Police in Dhaka,...
Shaila KhatunNATIONAL parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in about 50 days. The work of the voter list has been completed and the armed forces and those who took part in the whole operation should be roundly applauded. The...
Abul Malek MirdhaWinter is the best time of the year in Bangladesh for consumption of vegetables and the winter time is also round the corner. The supply of vegetables in the winter is found to be particularly good in terms...
THEY say that about Tk 2.0 billion (200 crore) from the government's social safety net fund has disappeared! Two ministries have asked the banks where the money was kept (this includes a major state owned bank) to release the funds...
Ever watched and listened to the English news on BTV or any other local TV channel? Do you understand what is being said? Does it even remotely sound as human speech?Rather it sounds more like the sound made by a...
Syed Fattahul AlimWhither is our civilisation headed? The modern technological civilisation led mainly by the Western world has recently been reeling from the jolt of the collapse of one financial establishment after another. As the modern-day economy is no more...
Fred Weir The nations with the world's three biggest reserves of natural gas - Russia, Iran, and Qatar - are quietly moving ahead to form a "gas OPEC," an organisation modelled after the oil cartel. In Tehran last week, representatives...
Donald Kirk South Korea and the United States appear on a collision course on basic points of policy regardless of who wins the American presidential election on November 4. The differences may be more pronounced if the dovish Democratic Senator...
Enayet RasulAlthough the hard boiled critics find hardly anything positive these days about the USA for itself and in its relation to the world-- not only for now but also in the past-- a really objective and non sentimental analysis...
Barry Schweid Having taken up residence in the White House nearly eight years ago with almost no foreign policy experience, President Bush set ambitious goals for himself and the country. He was determined to expand democracy around the world and...
Najmuddin A Shaikh What should be the nature of Pakistan's interest in Afghanistan? Most people are prepared to concede that we wrongly used arguments such as 'strategic depth', the absolute necessity of having a friendly government in Kabul, and protection...
FE ReportPrices of different varieties of rice declined by Tk 50 to Tk 150 per maund at the wholesale level during the last week while other commodities except vegetables and sugar remained unchanged from their previous rate in the city's...
Prime Bank Limited sanctioned credit facility of Tk 600 million to BRAC for re-financing in agricultural sector, says a press release.Prime Bank Managing Director M Ehsanul Haque and BRAC Director (Finance and Accounts) SN Kairy signed an agreement in this...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate eased slightly last week, as the market enjoyed sufficient liquidity despite withdrawal of a large amount of cash through different tools used by the central bank, fund managers said.The call rate in extreme range...
Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd renewed its agreement with CARE Bangladesh, a non government organisation, for implementing the shoe company's rural sales programme for another one year after successful completion of the first three years of the programme at the...
October 26 - October 30, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonUS dollar has been maintaining its bullish tone against Bangladeshtaka, which is expected to continue until the second week of November 2008. Most of the banks were unwilling to sell their dollar...
An evaluation meeting on the business performance of September 2008 of Janata Bank Ltd Dhaka west and north regions was held in the city recently, says a press release. Managing Director of the bank SM Aminur Rahman presided over the...
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (AP): Patrick Campbell worries Barack Obama will raise his taxes but thinks John McCain will send people off to war. He says that leaves him leaning toward Obama ... maybe. "I'm split right down the middle," said...
PESHAWAR, Oct 31 (Reuters): A suicide bomber killed nine people Friday in an attack on police in the northwestern Pakistani town of Mardan.Pakistan has seen a surge in militant violence, mainly in the northwest, since last year with security forces...
GAUHATI, India, Oct 31 (AP): The level of sophistication in the bombings that killed at least 77 people in northeastern India indicate local militants had help from other terrorist groups to carry out the attacks, officials said Friday.The scale and...
ZIARAT, Pakistan, Oct 31 (AFP): Pakistani soldiers scrambled to get aid to victims of a powerful earthquake that has killed up to 300 people and left thousands of villagers homeless, officials said Friday. Relief goods started to reach remote villages...
Tougher system in UK for non-European students London, Oct 31: In an attempt to clamp down on bogus students, Britain Thursday announced that foreigners seeking to study in the country will now have to be sponsored by licensed educational institutions,...
Wild migratory birds appear to be important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent, according to new research that scientists say has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America. Migratory bird species, including...
David Yong and Candice ZachariahsMoney-market rates in Asia advanced for a second day as concern the credit crisis has dragged the global economy into a recession overshadowed efforts by policy makers to revive lending. Hong Kong's three-month interbank lending rate,...
Ross Harper AlonsoCarlos Celdran is called the Pied Piper of Manila. As he takes tourists around the poorer localities of the city, dressed in a 'barong tagalog' (a forinal shirt) and a black hat, he engages the visitors with historical...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Local commodity traders at the country's two major wholesale business hubs-Khatoonganj in Chittagong and Moulvibazar in Dhaka -- are in serious financial troubles. A number of leading wholesalers have reportedly disappeared with cash money collected from small...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed Friday called for joint efforts of the Asian countries to advance their common development goals to create a more cohesive and productive matrix of Asian economies, reports UNB.He also stressed the need for economic integration to...
FE Report The current global financial crisis has exposed a deeper fault-line in the international system while the benefits of globalisation are sparsely distributed, leaving behind the world's neediest, policymakers and trade envoys said Friday. Poorer nations should be given...
FE ReportTwo senior economists Friday in Dhaka said Bangladesh and its economy will fall into deep trouble if the national election is not held in time."There is no alternative to election and continuation of democracy. It is not possible to...
BEIJING, Oct 31, (BBC): The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media has reported. Correspondents say the unusually frank reports in several news outlets are an admission that contamination could be widespread throughout...
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