Michael Skapinker WOMEN are calmer than men. They are more collaborative and they disdain self-promotion. It is all in their genes.For anyone who came of age in the 1970s, just when feminism did, there is something startling about women management...
Christopher Caldwell THERE was a curious moment in late last month's televised debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Mrs Clinton wanted to talk about healthcare and kept talking over the moderator when he tried to change the subject. Mr...
John Kay We greet our neighbours with the hope that they will experience a good morning, a reflection of the days when we lived by agriculture. John Kenneth Galbraith proposed that the equivalent courtesy in the new industrial state was...
Victor Mallet while Mure DickieEVERY writer on China knows that even mild public criticism of the middle kingdom generates vitriolic and sometimes deranged responses from Chinese nationalists. Among the more printable reactions to one of my previous columns was an...
BEIJING, Mar 15 (AFP): China said Saturday that 10 people had been burnt to death during unrest in Lhasa, as the military locked down the Tibetan capital amid fierce international scrutiny ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Witnesses said tanks and...
DAKAR, Mar 15 (Reuters): World Muslim leaders Friday condemned extremism and terrorism as incompatible with Islam and proposed a high-level international meeting to promote a "dialogue of civilisations" with the Christian world. Leaders of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic...
TEHRAN, Mar 15 (Reuters): Iran counted votes Saturday after an election set to maintain the grip of conservatives on parliament, but which looked likely to bring in more voices critical of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Many of Ahmadinejad's reformist foes,...
SANTIAGO, Mar 15 (AFP): US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left here late Friday for Washington after wrapping up her short visits to Brazil and Chile. The top US diplomat met with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Foreign Minister Alejandro...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 15 (AP): First Lady Laura Bush joined her Mexican counterpart Friday to inaugurate a two-country alliance to promote breast cancer awareness and research. At the launch of the US-Mexico Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research, Bush...
BEIJING, Mar 15 (AP): China's legislature re-elected Hu Jintao as president Saturday, giving him a second five-year term as leader of the world's most populous country. It also returned Hu as head of the Central Military Commission, the body overseeing...
NEW YORK, Mar 15 (Reuters): President George W Bush, seeking to bolster faith in the economy amid fears of a recession, acknowledged yesterday the United States was going through hard times but said growth would resume over the long run...
MUMBAI, (Internet): The government is not considering any proposal to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail sector, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar said. "There is no proposal to allow FDI in retail and government is not thinking of it because...
YANGON, Mar 15 (AFP): Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar have signed an agreement to boost investment during a one-day official visit to the military-run country by the kingdom's premier, state media said today. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej also met with...
LONDON, March 15 (AFP): Gold prices topped 1,000 dollars for the first time and oil futures rocketed to a record high 111 dollars this week as the dollar plunged to all-time lows against the euro. Investors dived into commodities as...
NEW YORK, March 15 (AFP): The dollar skidded below 100 yen and marked fresh lows against the euro yesterday as more US economic woes roiled the markets after news of an emergency loan to prop up Wall Street firm Bear...
OTTOWA, March, 15 (AFP): US authorities gave the green light yesterday for Canadian group TransCanada Corp to build a 2,148-mile (3,456-kilometer) pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to the United States. The State Department confirmed the deal. The Keystone...
TOKYO, March 15 (AFP): Japanese companies plan to cut off the Internet connection of anyone who illegally downloads files in one of the world's toughest measures against online piracy, a report said today. Faced with mounting complaints from the music,...
Bangladesh cricket is deteriorating in its both versions and the national team needs to improve fast or those who are opposed to its Test status will be out there again to get Bangladesh out of the elite class, according to...
Ispahani Limited has become the title sponsor of the three-match Ispahani Tea ODI Series between Bangladesh and Ireland beginning on March 18 at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS), reports UNB.Two other matches of the series will be played in...
DAKAR, Mar 15 (UNB): Bangladesh wants an action-oriented OIC focussed on implementation of resolutions rather than remaining satisfied with their adoption.Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this while briefing international media about the country's position on the need...
The Supreme Court (SC) will hear a government appeal today (Sunday) against the High Court (HC) judgment that declared illegal its sanction for trying ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in an extortion case under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR) and set aside...
DAKAR, Mar 15 (UNB): Albania has expressed its keen interest to expand relations with Bangladesh as it is a key partner of the EU.Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Bahsa expressed the willingness when he met with Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar...
The leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of the 80s have demanded release of all political prisoners, including two former prime ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina.Presenting a five-point demand at a press conference in the city Saturday, they also...
An Awami League (AL) spokesperson alleged Saturday that the government was giving Sheikh Hasina medical treatment under a political veil, reconstituting the physicians' panel formed by the Square Hospital authorities. "People are worried, as they are not receiving bulletins on...
At least 10 students of Sir AF Rahman Hall of the Dhaka University (DU) were injured in an attack by activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Friday night, reports UNB.Witnesses said the JCD activists, led by its hall unit...
Awami League (AL) presidium members are set to hold an emergency meeting today (Sunday), an AL spokesperson said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. It will be the second meeting of the party's presidium members within a week, the first having been held...
Leaders of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Saturday called upon the citizens to create a movement for keeping children away from junk food and soft drinks to build healthy generations, reports BSS. Creating mass awareness against junk food side...
FE ReportMirza Ahmed Ispahani High School celebrated the annual sports and cultural programme at Pahartali in Chittagong recently. Mirza Salman Ispahani, Member of Bangladesh Cricket Board, Vice-President of Bhatiary Golf and Country Club, Chittagong, Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association, Consul...
The 23rd death anniversary of Dr. Aleem Al Razee, a renowned parliamentarian, jurist, educationist, philanthropist and author, was observed with due solemnity Saturday, reports UNB.Dr. Aleem Al Razee Memorial Council members laid floral wreaths at the grave of Dr. Razee...
The Centre for Foreign Affairs Studies (CFAS), a private think tank, will hold a talk on "India and South Asia in an Emerging World Order" tomorrow (Monday) at 3.00pm at Sonargoan Hotel, reports BSS.
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