M A IslamTHERE are many things to distract us from studies in the present age. Attending cell phones, invitation to addas (gossip circles), idleness, watching TV-all these might distract us from studies. We must be very cautious and fight against...
FE SpecialWITH inflation, education expenses have become higher than ever before. While in a private university in Bangladesh, a student has to spend high for the tuition and other fees, and to maintain a minimum life standard, a student in...
Fakhrul IslamMANY scholarly essays, books and treaties have been written in the area of knowledge, education and learning within the context of a university. The continuing debate about the role of a university is rich and revealing. For example, V.H.H....
Linda Anderson WHEN Colin Mayer took over the helm as dean of Saïd Business School at Oxford University in the UK last year, one of his stated objectives was to see the school contribute to the role of business in...
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It's unusual, but confirmation of the availability of Windows Vista's first service pack came Tuesday not from Microsoft Corp., but from the U.S. Department of Justice.Tucked into the government's 27-page joint status settlement report released late Tuesday was evidence that...
Marc SaltzmanIf you listen closely, you might just be able to hear a confused video gamer struggling to find the single-player story mode in "Shadowrun," the latest video game published by Microsoft Game Studios.Guess what? There isn't one.After the mandatory...
Most people missed the announcement about how Google wants to burrow inside your brain and capture your most intimate thoughts. That's because it never happened.But Google, the world leader in Web search services, is the focus of mounting paranoia over...
What a difference 540,000 pixels make. I'm talking in this case about the latest MacBook Pro to grace my desk, the top-of-the-line 17-in. model with a glossy 1,920-by-1,200-pixel high-resolution screen tricked out with a 7,200-rpm 160GB hard drive and 4GB...
Apple Inc. launched a version of its Safari Web browser for Windows-based PCs on Monday, pitting it against Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox."What we've got here is the most innovative browser in the world and the most...
Politicians have stressed the need for strengthening the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to rein in prices of daily essentials. They have also suggested an alternative market system, creating opportunities for small businessmen to destroy the syndicates and tighten monitoring....
Awami League presidium member Amir Hossain Amu Saturday launched a verbal diatribe against party chief Sheikh Hasina for her remark that the political situation of Bangladesh cannot be understood staying away in Singapore. "I wonder if one can understand the...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has urged all to take a fresh vow to protect the regained sovereignty for all time. He made the appeal when he was requested to make comments on the 250th anniversary of the historic...
NEW DELHI, June 23 (bdnews24.com): Pakistan's military dictator Ayub Khan loathed "crooked" Bangalees who "have no stomach for self-criticism" and broad sided them for reverting to "Hindu language and culture". His feelings, which also include Muslim Bangalees 'have no culture...
JOYPURHAT, June 23 (UNB): The RAB personnel arrested a madrasah Principal along with counterfeit certificates and certificate making equipment from Battala village in Khetlal Upazila early Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of RAB-5 raided the house of Noor Mohammad...
Top leaders of the BNP are held responsible for its debacle like the captain of a team in a game as they run the party. "The captain is responsible if there is a debacle of a team in a game...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 23: Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) and Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) will jointly construct a 20 storied Commercial Bhaban at the BPCs Motel Shoikat site on the Station Road in the city. A sum of Tk. 800 Million...
Twenty persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Sirajganj, a man was killed and another injured in a road accident at Railway Yard area...
Felling of trees of Doluchhara forest reduced to a satisfactory level with the introduction of 24-hour public-private co-management patrolling system from this month where local women are participating actively, reports BSS. The forest department sources told the news agency that...
SHERPUR, June 23 (UNB): Two tribal siblings were killed by wild elephants at frontier village Panihata in Nalitabari Upazila early Saturday.Local people said a herd of about 35 elephants, coming down from an Indian hill, attacked the house of Illias...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, June 23: The cultivation of betel-leaf, a kind of leaf consumed by a large number of people, is suffering a setback in the district, causing huge losses to thousands of betel-leaf farmers in six upazilas of Rajshahi district...
FE ReportThe council of advisers at its weekly meeting approved Saturday the draft Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance-2007 with a view to converting the Corporation into a public limited company (PLC).Chaired by the Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, the meeting also...
FE ReportThe government and the WB signed an agreement Saturday in which the latter will provide US$ 100 million (10 crore) to the former to support, strengthen and sustain its education sector reforms.The agreement was signed at a simple ceremony...
NOAKHALI, June 23 (UNB): Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) was closed sine die Saturday following a tense situation on the campus. The university authorities have also asked the students to vacate the dormitories by 8:00 am Saturday.Campus sources said...
Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina Saturday said the proposed reforms in the party, including her notion of retiring from politics after attaining 60 years, would be placed before the central working committee and council for final approval, reports UNB."I've...
Siddique Islam The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started country-wide inspection to find out whether foreign exchange-related irregularities have been committed by bank branches and authorised dealers or not."A good number of teams are now investigating into foreign exchange related irregularities...
George Parker, FT Syndication ServiceBRUSSELS: Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, claimed to have dealt a blow to the "dogma" of competition after European Union leaders struck a deal on a new "reform treaty" in marathon talks that ended in the early...
Shakhawat Hossain The Embassy of Bangladesh in Brussels has requested the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) to send a complete report on abuse of generalised system of preference (GSP) for submission to the European Commission (EC), official source said.Referring to some...
Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity (BDMS) urged the government to allow them to keep shops and markets open till 8pm extending the timing by an hour."Under the present timing, shop owners have to close their shops at 7pm. But, due to...
A Z M AnasBangladesh is pursuing an objective to train up its potential unskilled migrant workers in a bid to secure a foothold in the global labour market, desperately seeking skilled manpower.Initially, the interim government has targeted the Australian job...
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