THE Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) recently developed a high quality bacterial fertiliser which can bring positive results for Bangladesh. Every year, nearly 2.8 million (28 lakh) tons of urea is needed for agricultural production in Bangladesh. Out of...
Billy I AhmedIn June 2003, nine years after construction began the state-owned China Yangtze Three Gorges Development Corporation (CTGPC) filled the reservoir with 445 feet of water, the first of three increments in achieving the eventual depth of 575 feet...
Fakhrul IslamSince the enactment of Private Universities Act of 1992, there has been an astonishing expansion of private universities in Bangladesh. While in the year 2000 the number of private universities in Bangladesh was 17, today it has reached a...
Bomi LimIn 1999, Kim Jung Yul sat at a table negotiating the sale of Korea First Bank to San Francisco-based Newbridge Capital LLC as it sought cash to stay afloat during the Asian financial crisis. Nine years later, he's scouting...
Enayet RasulIt could have been a bright legacy of this caretaker government - leaving a business environment relatively free from extortion and other types of crimes. Only months ago, businesses were saying that although some of the unscrupulous among them...
Syed Ishtiaque RezaThere are two kinds of people living in this world; they could either be successful or a failure. This write-up is on a successful man- Nasir A Choudhury, the Managing Director and CEO of the Green Delta Insurance...
Daniel J DeNoonPregnant women who get flu shots protect their infants up to age of 6 months, a clinical trial shows.The study, conducted in Bangladesh and led by Mark C. Steinhoff, MD, at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, is the first...
David J Lynch Throughout more than a decade of recurrent crises in nations such as Mexico, Russia and Thailand, the United States offered the same advice: Let the market solve the problem and get the government out of the way....
India's automobile sector may become one of the global leaders by 2012. In fact, India's automobile sector is the tenth largest in the world with an annual car production of approximately 2 million out of the world's 73 million. India...
Bahtiar EffendyIf things go as planned, next year Indonesia will have new members of parliament. The 2009 general elections will change the configuration of the country's lawmaking body, the House of Representatives. Through the polls, old members will retain their...
Now that the Olympic Games have come and gone, some economists fear that China will enter a drastic economic downturn. However, no signs of such a downturn have surfaced as China's economy continues to move forward with a healthy and...
Nareerat WiriyapongWhile acknowledging that politics had prevented him from accomplishing some projects over his first four-year term as governor, Apirak Kosayodhin says that Bangkok's administration must be empowered to push ahead with mass-transit projects. Mr Apirak, the main candidate from...
WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (AFP): A senior US senator called Thursday for a fast track endorsement this month of a landmark nuclear agreement with India as lawmakers launched a series of meetings to consider the controversial deal. "We would be well...
COLOMBO, Sep 19 (AFP): Fierce fighting broke out as Sri Lankan troops tried to move into the Tamil Tigers' mini-state in the north, with 15 rebels and three soldiers killed, the defence ministry said Friday. Heavy battles along the Karambakulam...
PANMUNJOM, Sep 19 (AP) : North Korea said Friday it was preparing to restart its nuclear reactor, accusing the United States of failing to fulfill its obligations under an international disarmament-for-aid agreement.It was the first time the North has confirmed...
Police in the Indian capital Delhi say they have killed two suspected militants in a shoot-out, days after a series of bomb blasts in the city, BBC reports Friday. A senior official said two policemen were injured in the clash...
MOSCOW, Sep 19 (Reuters): President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday he did not want disputes with the West to push Russia behind a new iron curtain, and blamed NATO for provoking last month's conflict in Georgia. We are in effect being...
BAGHDAD, Sep 19 (AP): The US military says seven Iraqis have been killed in a raid by American troops backed by attack aircraft targeting al-Qaida in Iraq.A military statement says those killed Friday in the Sunni town of Adwar include...
Syed Fattahul AlimIs human memory a reliable record of events that take place in the life of an individual? Poets, however, have often said about the way memory plays trick with the mind. In popular beliefs, too, memory is not...
Lan XinzhenChina's efforts to reduce energy consumption and emissions nationwide have achieved great results so far. According to information jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on August 7, nationwide energy...
John R Lott, Jr.The stock market has fallen dramatically from its peak a year ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has declined by about 25 percent, a significant drop, though not anywhere near as large as the 36 percent drop...
Kayes M SohelThe tenure of the Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) is likely to be extended by two more years to accomplish its tasks, officials said Friday.Formed about one year back, the RRC's tenure expires next month. "The commission's tenure might...
FE Report Japan's NTT DoCoMo has completed its purchase of a 30 per cent stake of the Bangladesh unit of the Malaysian mobile phone company TM International Bhd, said a report of Bernama news agency Friday.It said the Japanese company...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (Reuters): Governments on both sides of the Atlantic took radical steps to restore confidence in battered financial markets on Thursday, as the United States proposed a taxpayer-funded mopping up of toxic mortgage-related debt and Britain cracked...
Transport sector leaders and workers Friday threatened the caretaker government to paralyse the sector through tougher protests if the administration failed to stop extortion and provide security, reports UNB. They also demanded action against the people who gunned down Parvez,...
Senior lawyer barrister Rafique-ul Huq Friday expressed his hope for bringing Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to a much-expected dialogue, reports UNB."Khaleda Zia is definitely positive about the meeting with Sheikh Hasina. And Sheikh Hasina...
Naim-Ul-KarimA total of 663,000 Bangladeshi workers have been cleared to go abroad on employment from January till date of 2008 calendar year, which is higher compared to that of the same period last year, the foreign adviser said on Friday.Dr....
Jasim Uddin Haroon The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) took a move to put a bulk quantity of powdered milk imported from China on auction following the reported contamination of Chinese dairy products. The para-military force, which has been acting as a...
BAGERHAT, Sept 19: Over 150 fishermen, who along with 40 fishing trawlers went missing in the Bay since Monday night, could not be rescued in the four days until Friday. Abul Hossain, driver of fishing trawler 'Allar Daan', along with...
A listed terrorist was killed in an encounter between his accomplices and members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Purbo Shyampur in the city early Friday. The deceased was identified as Shayel Khan alias Killer Pandit (20). Son of Abul...
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