Bangladeshis view Ame-rica more favourably than before as revealed in a recently concluded survey, reports UNB.The Washington-based Pew Research Centre conducted the survey, titled 'Global Unease with Major World Powers', on 45,000 people across the globe under its Pew Global...
DU CorrespondentThe 'Dhaka University Day 2007' was observed Sunday amid much fanfare and festivity with the pledge to make Bangladesh free from corruption and drug addiction in the days ahead.Marking the day, a discussion was held at TSC auditorium, followed...
Members of a high-powered taskforce dealing with serious crimes Sunday questioned the wife and the mother-in-law of Tarique Rahman, officials said. The members of the taskforce of the national committee on serious crimes went to the Dhanmondi residence of Syeda...
Trial of the detained Awami Swechchhasebak League general secretary Pankaj Devnath and his wife on corruption charges began Sunday with a special court taking deposition from the prosecution witness, reports UNB.Judge M Firoze Alam of the makeshift special court set...
FE ReportA seven-member committee formed by the government to strengthen local government bodies by infusing dynamism into their functioning, held its seventh meeting Sunday.The committee, as part of its series of discussion meetings, exchanged views with the municipality chairmen as...
The judgement in the tax- dodging case against former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi will be delivered on July 5, reports UNB.A special makeshift anti-graft court set up at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban Sunday fixed the date...
Revitalised by their impressive efforts in the recent Twenty20 series, West Indies put together a disciplined bowling performance to take control in overcast conditions in the first ODI at Lord's. After being asked to bat first, England's batsmen battled their...
LONDON, Jul 1 (AFP): Arsenal have no hope of challenging Manchester United and Chelsea next season for the English Premiership title after the sale of Thierry Henry, Didier Drogba said.Arsenal sold Henry earlier in the week to Barcelona for 16...
Venezuela won a Copa match for the first time in 40 years, and Uruguay also advanced by shutting out Bolivia on Saturday, according to wire services.Venezuela won for the first time in 40 years at the Copa America on Saturday...
GRAND BLANC (United States), Jul 1 (AFP): American Tom Pernice's banner effort on the back nine vaulted him into the lead after Saturday's third round of the 4.9 million dollar PGA Buick Open.After he eagled the par-five 13th, Pernice birdied...
Bangladesh U-12 football team, already out of the title race, earned a solitary goal victory over Italy in the Danone Nations Cup in Lyon in France Saturday, reports UNB.Mohammed Sumon scored the all-important goal for Bangladesh in the (17-32) place...
Grameenphone Ltd and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hold a joint press conference at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city today (Monday), says a press release.GP will announce its sponsorship for the national women’s cricket team’s tour of Malaysia.The...
HONG KONG, Jul 1 (AP): Bayern Munich's new signings Miroslav Klose and Hamit Altintop scored as the German club came from behind to beat Sao Paulo 2-1 in a friendly in Hong Kong Sunday.Bayern dominated in the early minutes, but...
BEIJING, Jul 1 (AFP): Just over a year before it plays host to the Olympics, Beijing reported its worst air pollution for June in seven years, state media said Sunday.The Chinese capital had substandard air quality for 15 days in...
EL PASO (Texas), Jul 1 (AFP): Four-time ex-heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield continued his comeback Saturday with a win over 41-year-old Lou Savarese at the Don Haskins Centre arena.The 44-year-old American won a 10-round decision, knocking Savarese down twice en route...
The association of bankers representing the private commercial banks operating in the country, expressed their concern recently about difficulties being created for the functioning of the banks. They pointed to new rules and regulation that have been rather superimposed on...
HOSPITALS, clinics and diagnostic centres are fast expanding in the country. No doubt such have been grown because of demands and they are providing medical services to a greater number of people.But at the same everyday these centres are generating...
Praful Bidwai from New DelhiIndia, which was invited to the G8 summit at Heiligendamm in Germany as one of five 'outreach' nations from the global South, is disillusioned with the countries of the North. It is toying with a proposal...
Mark DrajemThe collapse of World Trade Organisation talks over a new global agreement leaves President George W. Bush without a lever to prod Congress to renew his trade promotion authority before it expires at the end of this month, lawmakers...
China, notes Antoaneta Bezlova from BeijingAn unfolding national scandal on the large-scale abuse of child labourers in the brick kiln industry raises questions on the adequacy of planned labour laws that are supposed to take on sweatshops and protect workers'...
Christi van der Westhuizen from RomeDevelopment plans like the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are "just words" if financing is not made available to implement the plans, says Jeffrey Sachs, head of the Earth Institute at New York's Columbia...
FE reportOracle Corporation on Friday announced that fiscal 2007 Q4 GAAP earnings per share were up 27% to $0.31, compared to the same quarter last year. Fourth quarter GAAP revenues were up 20% to $5.8 billion, while quarterly GAAP net...
Steve GuttenbergIn the 1970s, Cerwin-Vega was a big name in the speaker business, but it fell off the radar a while back. It never really went away but instead focused on building speakers for car audio, clubs, and movie theaters....
Apple Inc.'s iPhone won't hit stores until Friday, but the heavily hyped gadget already has unleashed a cottage industry of touch-screen protectors, leather hip carriers and car adapters.Even the most enthusiastic manufacturers said creating formfitting iPhone accessories was an enormous...
After exasperating investors for most of the past 18 months, Yahoo Inc. Chairman Terry Semel finally found a way to please Wall Street by stepping aside as chief executive.Semel's capitulation, announced late Monday, came less than a week after he...
Stan Beer Unlike a few privileged reviewers, I haven't had a chance to thoroughly test Apple's new wonder gadget but I have held one in my hands and played with it for a few minutes. It's a beautiful piece of...
M A Islam IT is important that students attentively listen to what their teachers say. By doing so, they can probably better understand the lessons. They can be more interested on the topic and this will encourage them to study...
FE SpecialGood study habit is crucial to success of any student. The more learners can make their study habit interesting and delightful, the more they will be inclined to be engaged in studies. Then again, spending good amount of time...
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