Larry GreenemeierGoogle's launch this week of Sky a new feature within *Google Earth* that provides a virtual tour of celestial phenomena, may be of limited use to professional astronomers, but its impact on future scientists and amateur stargazers alike is...
"Manhunt 2", a brutally violent video game that was effectively banned in the United States, has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale for Halloween, its publisher said on Friday.Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said...
M A IslamEvery year, many students of Bangla medium fail in the SSC and HSC examinations. A majority of them fail because of their very poor performance in English. It is seen that students of the rural areas generally are...
Bazlur RahmanThe tireless efforts and relentless pursuance of noble objectives by the student community during the Language Movement in 1952, mass upsurge in 1969, liberation struggle in 1971, and again movement for toppling another dictator during 1990s, has earned appreciation...
The current global fashion is to rank universities according to their academic programmes, research profile and ability to attract students. All of the top universities are either American or British and they all follow a liberal arts curriculum. Most of...
Rebecca Knight Alan Andreasen has been a professor of marketing for more than 40 years, but he does not know much about writing advertisements."I am about taking ideas, breaking them down and making them usable to people on the ground,"...
Dem' smart city folkA man from the city is out plowing his field and gets his tractor stuck in the wet ground.A farmer driving by stops his truck and walks to the fence to call over the city feller. You...
Election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain Saturday alleged that 35 NGOs, under the banner of Election Working Group, have been embezzling crores of taka received from abroad.
Thirty-four cases have been filed with 11 police stations in the capital against about 80,000 people, mostly unnamed, for their alleged involvement in recent campus violence that turned into street battles, according to a bdnews24.com count. Of the cases, 16...
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange began two hours late at 12pm Sunday due to a technical glitch in index calculation. The trading starts at 10am. The authorities suspended Sunday's trading after it observed abnormal results in index calculation. "We...
The Supreme Court rules Monday on government petitions against the High Court order granting bail to Sheikh Hasina in two extortion cases and the stay on the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) notice on her. The appeals court Sunday closed hearing on...
SATKHIRA, Aug 24 (BSS): The Kapatakkhya river re- excavation work to ensure navigability of the river and address the waterlogging problem in Tala Upazila in the district through volunteer labour by the local people began Thursday.Chairman of Sarulia union parisad...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 24 (BSS): A six-year old girl Jesmin was strangled to death allegedly by her aunt Bilkis Akhter at village Digarkanda in Baira union in Sadar Upazila here yesterday afternoon.Jesmin, a pre-primary student of a local BRAC School and...
BAGERHAT, August 24 (UNB): Coast Guard members seized 'Sundari' timber worth about Tk 0.15 million (1.5 lakh) from Poshur River in Mongla here Wednesday.Acting on secret information, the Coast Guard members recovered the 147 cubic feet timber kept under river...
NARSINGDI, Aug 24 (UNB): Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Rainadi village in Sadar Upazila Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Russel (26), Afzal (32) and Ruhul Amin (28) of Bagbari village in Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj...
BENAPOLE, Aug 24 (UNB): Police arrested a man along with counterfeit fertiliser and fertiliser making materials from Bagachra Baguri village here Thursday morning.Sources said Rafiqul Islam (30) son, of Kutubuddin, had been manufacturing counterfeit fertiliser in the area for a...
NARSINGDI, Aug 23 (UNB): A man and his son were killed by lightning at Sultanpur Village in Polash Upazila Friday.Local sources said thunderbolts struck Kalachan Mia (70) and his son Manik Mia (30) while they were working in their paddy...
FE ReportPrices of essential commodities except green chilli and vegetables remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week, traders said.The supply of essential commodities increased slightly after relaxation of the ongoing curfew from 8am to 10pm Friday.During the...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) opened its 40th branch at Feni district town Thursday with Truly On-line Banking facilities from opening day of the branch. DBBL Managing Director Md Yeasin Ali inaugurated the branch. He also opened two ATM booths,...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Aug 24: A total of 3739 ponds and some water bodies had overflown due to the flooding in eight upazilas of Brahmanbaria district. As a result around 532 tonnes of fish and huge quantities of young fish worth...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Aug 24: A huge quantity of dates imported for consumption during the ensuing holy month of Ramadan, has been lying with the Chittagong port. Importers have been refraining from taking delivery of the imported consignments of dates due...
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (AFP): Wobbles returned to global stock markets yesterday as fears of a credit squeeze resurfaced following the US Federal Reserve's move to increase its liquidity injection to markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back early...
KOLKATA Aug 24 (PTI): Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation's subsidiary will triple production of a key component used in making polyester and PET bottles at its Haldia plant by 2009, Japanese Prime Minister Shinjo Abe said yesterday. "I understand that the Mitsubishi...
Sarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate was steady last week ignoring withdrawal of cash through auctions of reverse repurchase agreement (repo), treasury bills and Bangladesh Bank (BB) Bills, fund managers said.The market experienced a higher demand for cash that resulted...
SINGAPORE, Aug 24 (AFP): Asian economies should weather any fallout from the current turmoil in global financial and stock markets sparked by a crisis in the US subprime credit sector, Standard and Poor's said today. The credit risk evaluator said...
ANKARA, AUG 24 (AFP): Turkey's parliament was set Friday to take another stab at electing former Islamist Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as president, but expectations were that voting would have to go into a third round. Gul, whose Islamist past...
YANGON, Aug 24 (AFP): Myanmar's military government squashed a new protest Friday by pro-democracy supporters in downtown Yangon, as activists said the demonstrations had spread to other parts of the country. A group of 20 demonstrators, mainly women, had gathered...
NAHR AL-BARED, Aug 24 (Reuters): The families of Islamist militants battling Lebanese troops for the past three months are likely to be evacuated from a battered Palestinian refugee camp later Friday, Lebanese security sources said. "In principle there is an...
CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 24 (AFP): The White House said Thursday that a US intelligence assessment of the situation in Iraq shows progress on the security and political fronts but "very tough challenges" ahead. "The National Intelligence Estimate's updated judgments show...
BANGKOK, Aug 24 (AFP): Allies of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra Friday elected an outspoken former Bangkok mayor to lead their new party as the nation gears up for elections promised by the year's end. Samak Sundaravej, a fiery...
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