THE Chittagong region is one of the few regions of the country that signify any physical difference with the rest of Bangladesh which mainly forms a vast delta at the confluence of many rivers. Thus, there is a reason to...
Syed Ishtiaque RezaTHE nation will take time to recover from the shock. More than 100 people were killed and many more are still missing in terrible landslides and flood triggered by torrential rain in different areas of the hilly Chittagong...
Dr. Habib Siddiqui THROUGHOUT history, we have seen the importance of personality in shaping the destiny of a nation. These personalities become larger than their lives. They gravitate people to overcome their local and ethnic/tribal/regional inertia towards a common cause....
Barney JopsonJuggling a mixture of notes in their hands and a jumble of zeroes in their heads, Sudanese are getting to grips with a rebirth of the pound.The new currency is replacing the dinar across a country the size of...
PARKS are the like lungs of a congested and busy city like Dhaka. The asphyxiating urban existence from various factors is provided some relief through these parks that enable residents to be in touch with nature. Only in these parks...
IT is very questionable whether the standards or characteristics of medical teaching and training institutions are possessed by the majority of the private medical colleges that have sprung up in Bangladesh. Thirty two such medical colleges are there but 25...
IBM has announced new software that helps to predict the spread of infectious diseases across countries and around the globe, bdnews24.com. It enables the rapid creation of epidemiological models, which predict how diseases, such as avian influenza or dengue fever...
Thirteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Habiganj, two people were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Sadar and...
The National Sanitation Task Force constituted an independent monitoring and evaluation committee to survey the national sanitation coverage and report back within three months, reports BSS.The task force at its last meeting chaired by Secretary of the Local Government division...
FE ReportA group of armed robbers looted away Tk 55,000 from a sub-editor of The Financial Express, Pijush Kanti Mallick, from the city's Paltan crossing Thursday evening.Pijush said he was going to make advance payment to the Azad Products at...
A colourful programme `Barsha Utsab', to celebrate the advent of Bangla rainy season Asharh, will be held at `Bakultala' in Charukala, Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (DU), on the first day of the month today, reports BSS.Bangladesh Udichi...
FE ReportThe performance of UCEP (Underprivileged Children's Education Programmes) students notched a success rate of around 90 per cent in the SSC (Vocational) Examination comparing to 51.8 per cent overall pass percentage in this year's SSC (Vocational) Examination under the...
FE ReportRenowned educationist Md Jahurul Islam, former head of the department of English at University of Rajshahi, joined Northern University Bangladesh. He joined as the in-charge of English department of Rajshahi campus of the university.
Mohammad Ali Lincoln obtained Golden A+ in the SSC examination, 2007 in Science group from the Bangla High School, Mirpur, Dhaka. He is the son of Khurshed Alam Milon and Umme Qulsum Rina. In future Lincoln wants to be an...
BRUSSELS, June 14 (CEIS): Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson reached consensus on a number of issues, including textiles, during Tuesday's annual China-EU trade talks, it was revealed yesterday. The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)...
GENEVA, June 14 (CEIS): World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy will be in China next week to discuss issues related to the Doha round multilateral trade talks, Lamy said yesterday. "This is a normal trip as I do it...
WASHINGTON, June 14 (AFP): Some segments of the US economy are picking up strength after a soft patch early this year, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book report yesterday. The report, to be used by the central bank...
PARIS, June 14 (AFP): A plan to switch the financing of French health care from payroll charges to higher sales taxes to help companies withstand competition has enlivened the final round of legislative elections. In calling for debate on the...
NEW YORK, June 14 (PTI): Three United Nations agencies have joined forces with key international agricultural groups to launch a new landmark global partnership to address the plight of children working in agriculture sector. The initiative will focus on policies...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 (PTI): In a bid to further boost tourism, Malaysia has announced that passengers who are on transit at the international airport here will be able to go on a quick city tour to experience Kuala Lumpur....
MANILA, June 14 (AFP): Philippine export growth slowed to 5.0 per cent in April, with shipments worth 4.11 billion dollars, due to an easing in demand for electronics, the government said today. The figure is down on revised growth of...
KATHMANDU, June 14 (CEIS): President of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) Chandi Raj Dhakal and vice-chairman of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) Zhang Longzhi signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU)...
SYDNEY, June 14 (AFP): The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor warned today that inflation appeared set to rise next year and remained a medium-term concern, raising the prospect of further interest rate rises. Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens said...
SINGAPORE, June 14 (AFP): Oil prices were flat in Asian trade today after a surprising US report showed little change in gasoline (petrol) inventories, dealers said. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in July, was...
XI'AN, June 14 (CEIS): China has ranked the fourth place in the world in terms of having formed a complete titanium industrial setup after the United States, former Soviet Union and Japan. Making a start in the 1950s, China began...
NEW YORK, Jun 14 (PTI): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for better policies to conserve fish genetic resources and enhance global food security, warning that failure to do so would lead to adverse environmental and...
New York, Jun 13 (PTI) Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan have agreed to work closely to stop drug trafficking along their common borders by building more physical barriers, launching joint counter-narcotic operations and improving communication. The three countries agreed to take...
BEIJING, June 14 (AFP): Surging global demand for copper has sparked widespread theft of electrical cables in China and disrupted the country's communications network, state media reported today. "Electricity, telecommunications and broadcasting facilities are vital components of the country's infrastructure...
WASHINGTON, June 14 (AFP): High powered US Senators yesterday unveiled a tough new attempt to punish countries with "misaligned" currencies, hours after the Treasury decided not to brand China a "currency manipulator." The new bill, which Senators predicted would pass...
BEIJING, June 14 (CEIS): China's Ministry of Commerce listed a number of measures to ensure control over direct investment of foreign fund in the real estate sector, as the country strives to avoid international speculative money to create bubbles in...
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