World is going to lose some good companies." That's the warning cry from investors in tech these days. Some won't be missed, of course: the lame, or single-featured "products" masquerading as businesses. But be prepared. Some Web 2.0 start-ups that...
Jefferson Graham Apple (AAPL) refreshed its laptop line Tuesday, redesigning its top of the line models and dropping the price of its entry-level Macbook to $999.Graphics cards have come of age. In the past weeks, two of the most leading-edge...
Matt Rosoff There has been much blogorrhea recently over Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's offhand comment to the Telegraph that the iPod would go the way of the transistor radio and the Sony Walkman, becoming a cheap and eventually boring commodity...
Mary Brophy Marcus, Time spent Googling the latest campaign news or searching for choice eBay buys may help stimulate and improve the minds of middle-aged and older Americans, UCLA scientists suggest.Research reported in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry is...
Sifat SiddiqueSPECILIZATION is a word not truly defined by most professionals and among them I wouldn't be wholly wrong to include teachers. Teaching is not any mere means of delivering just what enlightenment you have as a grain stock inside...
Abe FellowshipThe Social Science Research Council (SSRC), the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP), and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announce the annual Abe Fellowship Program competition. Funding for the Abe Fellowship Programme is provided by CGP....
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday expressed the hope that the Asian University for Women (AUW) will inspire women generations for pursuing the best education they can, report BSS. "Bangladesh has been able to make exemplary strides in empowering women-in-education,...
DU CorrespondentA group of Dhaka University (DU) students under the banner of Bangladesh Madrasah Students Movement Council Saturday vandalised the vice-chancellor's office, as the university authorities didn't lift the restriction against allowing madrasah background students' admission in eight departments. "Around...
DU CorrespondentThree universities- two of Japan and another one of China will extend financial assistance to Dhaka University (DU) in installing video meeting system to hold remote lecture, seminar, symposium and as well as interview students intending to study in...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Oct 18: Some 30 educational institutions at different villages under Monirampur Upazila were closed as the flood satiation worsened in the district. The upazila administration had opened 21 shelters for the flood affected people and 13 medical teams...
SAVAR, Oct 18 (UNB): Two schoolboys drowned when a boat capsized in the Bangshai river here Friday.The deceased were identified as Faruk (20), student of class-X and Sajib (18), student of class-VIII of Bidyakanon High School in Savar municipal area.Police...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 18 (BSS): The government has been implementing a special education programme for the urban working children to make them self-reliant in their respective fields. The main objective of the five-year programme titled "Basic Education for the Urban Working...
The Election Commission (EC) is firmly committed to offer a free, fair and credible general election, free from the influence of black money and muscle power, reports BSS. With this in view, the EC has already started monitoring proper implementation...
Awami League (AL) will observe countrywide protest programme today (Sunday) demanding permanent release of party chief Sheikh Hasina and withdrawal of all cases against her, reports BSS.As part of the programme, a meeting will be held in the auditorium of...
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina Saturday condoled the death Fouzia Sultana Chowdhury, daughter of Chittagong Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, reports BSS.Soon after hearing the news, Sheikh Hasina telephoned Mohiuddin Chowdhury from Canada and expressed her deep shock at the...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Oct 18: Masud Rana alias Murgi Masud (26), a regional commander of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party ( PBCP-ML), was killed in a cross-fire with the Baghmara police at Pabnapara village Sunday morning.Police said Murgi Masud, son...
Presidium member of Awami League (AL) Begum Motia Chowdhury Saturday called for imparting proper education to children to build them as worthy citizens of the country, reports BSS. She advised the children to devote themselves fully to education and acquire...
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan claimed six scalps to put Bangladesh on top against New Zealand at the close of the second day of the two-match Test series opener in Chittagong Saturday, bdnews24.com reports. The visitors were 155 for nine...
Australia face an uphill battle to save the second Test after closing day two on 102-4 in reply to India's first innings score of 469 in Mohali, BBC reports. From an overnight 311-5, India were all out for 469, with...
Three fifties from Sajedul Islam, Nasir Hossain and Shaheen Hossain put Barisal on top against holders Khulna on the opening day of the second round four dayers of the National Cricket League at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium Saturday. Hosts Barisal were...
The Private University Football Tournament, organised by Auritro and sponsored by Mentors' Education, gets underway at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city today (Sunday). Northern University will take on North South University in the opening match with National Sports Council...
MOHALI, Oct 18 (Reuters): West Indies will stage a world Twenty20 championship in April-May 2010 instead of the one-day Champions Trophy, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said Saturday. Switching to the shorter format tournament would help avoid repeating a major...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government is likely to adopt the second poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSP) for three years upto FY2011 this week estimating a Tk630.94 billion (US$9.01 billion) resources gap for its implementation, officials said Saturday.National Economic Council (NEC), the...
Mushir AhmedTop global garment buyers are bullish about Bangladesh as they see the country's shipments gain on cheap labour and declining Chinese competitiveness despite its major markets are on the brink of recession.While apparel groups have painted a grim picture...
Naim-Ul-KarimBack from southern regionSmall and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs) in southern part of the country have urged the government to offer them easy access to finance for the growth of their business.They also called for quickening construction of the Padma Bridge...
S M JahangirThe process of appointing a pre-shipment inspection (PSI) audit agency to help prevent the government's huge revenue leakage is in progress as a technical committee has found a single company's offer to this effect 'responsive', official sources said."An...
London, Oct 18 (Reuters): The global economy will likely shudder to recessionary levels in 2009 as developed nations' woes damage emerging countries' economic prospects, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Global growth is expected to slow sharply this year and...
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) today (Sunday) starts selling application forms for the first-year honours admission in the academic year 2008-09.Students can submit their admission forms until November 3. Each form will cost Tk 300.The students of Science group have to...
Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said Saturday the government would hold fresh dialogue with the political parties for "qualitative improvement of electoral environment and politics", reports bdnews24.com. "The dialogue is a continuous process. The necessity of dialogue does not end with...
NEW YORK,Oct 18 (Reuters): Evidence piled up Friday that the world is slipping into recession but the White House played down expectations for a weekend meeting between lame-duck US President George W. Bush and European Union leaders. US consumer confidence...
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