Peter HahnIT has taken me three years of reading, researching, analysing and writing, but I finally submitted my PhD dissertation in December and am now waiting for my formal presentation or viva.Not exceptional today perhaps, but I rarely meet other...
“Do first what you dread the most.” – Anonymous“If you aren’t living on the edge, then you are taking up too much space.” — Anonymous“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of...
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THE National Board of Revenue (NBR), in the face of declining revenue earning from customs duty, of late, has concentrated its efforts more on the mobilization of direct tax which for a variety of reasons has remained far less exploited...
Shahiduzzaman KhanOF late, the government invited international oil companies to explore oil and gas in 28 blocks in the hydrocarbon-rich Bay of Bengal, as it seeks to secure future energy security for the country. The oil companies can participate in...
Shamim Ara BegumSUVADRA Roy, a talented student from the country's northern region, was one of the GPA-5 scorers in the SSC examination 2007. She along with other 63 candidates appeared at the examination from Jamirhat High School in Parbatipur, Dinajpur....
John AglionbyWHEN Mahmud Ibrahim needed some money quickly last December to expand his travel agency in east Jakarta he did not rush to his bank or one of the city's myriad money lenders. He went instead to the local branch...
WHILE the interim government is expected to truly hold free and fair elections, it is also duly expected to make a contribution towards political reforms so that the country can gain in every sense after the election. People are very...
HILARY Clinton's support may be receding in the USA, but it is rising in Bangladesh. People are seen keenly following the US Presidential race with affection for the former first lady. President Clinton came on a brief visit to this...
Avian influenza in poultry birds has become a serious concern for all of us. Death of crows has only increased the level of this concern. Many fear that bird flue might have spread among other birds. The World Health Organisation...
Ethan Harris AS the US economy and markets weaken, perennial pessimists have moved to centre stage, arguing for the inevitability of a serious recession. Tax rebates will not help, they argue, because heavily indebted consumers will simply save the rebate....
Nava Thakuria from Guwahati, Assam, IndiaIT may be vital for many to save the endangered rhinos in Assam, but for a section of media persons in the Northeast of India, it has seemingly become more important to safeguard the state's...
Clive Crook THE manager or the visionary. Hillary Clinton's own supporters -- the candidate herself, in speech after speech -- have cast the fight this way. Stirred emotions and soaring rhetoric are all very well, goes the line. If that...
Jimmy BurnsCHURCH of England representatives rallied round the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams after he publicly repented for the "distress and misunderstanding" caused by his stance on Islamic law. The spiritual leader of the world's 77m Anglicans provoked a political...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (AP): Suspected militants bombed a polling station in northwest Pakistan Saturday, two days before parliamentary elections considered crucial to restoring democracy.More than a dozen bombs heavily damaged a partially constructed jail that was to be used for...
PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters): The United States (US) is ready to resume talks with Iran on improving security in Iraq, a senior US official said Friday, but he accused Tehran of arming and training radical Iraqi Shi'ite fighters. Tehran Thursday...
COTONOU, Benin, Feb 16 AP): President Bush said Saturday that while his trip to Africa is focused on success stories and not the conflicts roiling nearly every corner of the continent, his administration is actively engaged in resolving the turmoil...
MUMBAI, Feb 16 (AFP): India's top information technology (IT) and outsourcing body said it is confident it can ride out the challenge of a stronger rupee and a global economic slowdown as it wrapped up its annual meeting here. India's...
DEKALB, Illinois, Feb 16 (AP): Steven Kazmierczak's quiet, dependable and fun-loving exterior masked troubling details from his past that emerged as a stunned community struggled to understand what caused the 27-year-old to open fire on a class at Northern Illinois...
BUREIJ, Gaza Strip, Feb 16 (AFP): Seven Palestinians were killed and at least 50 wounded Friday night when Israeli warplanes launched a raid on a building in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. The Israeli aircraft targeted the...
KABUL, Feb 16 (AFP): Nearly 1,000 people have died in heavy snowstorms and severe cold during the harshest winter to hit Afghanistan in 30 years, the disaster authority said Saturday. More 130,000 livestock have also died and hundreds of homes...
LONDON, Feb 16 (AFP): Oil prices rose sharply this week back towards 100 dollars as the market focused on supply disruptions rather than forecasts of weaker energy demand resulting from a US economic slowdown. Elsewhere, platinum struck a fresh record...
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (AFP): The dollar traded mostly lower yesterday as traders soft US economic data and mulled generally downbeat comments a day earlier by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke. The euro was quoted at 1.4683 dollars at 2200...
HAVANA, Feb 16 (Reuters): American producers sold $437.5 million in food to Cuba in 2007, a new peak in value despite Cuban complaints that the Bush administration is hindering trade. The main items were corn, chicken, wheat, soybean products and...
NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (PTI): Easing prices of food items like fruits, vegetables and pulses, and jet fuel helped cool inflation rate growth to 4.07 per cent for the week ended February 2. The wholesale price index-based inflation rate was...
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (AFP): The International Energy Agency yesterday called on the United States to do more to curb energy use and fight global warming, saying pricing was the most important mechanism to curb demand. The world's biggest economy and...
MONTREAL, Feb 16 (AFP): For 400 years, Canada sold most of its wild animal pelts to Europe but now Russia and China have become its biggest markets as their booming economies breed a wealth of fur fashionistas. "Now our biggest...
GENEVA, Feb 16 (Reuters): Nearly 130 countries have taken the first steps towards a new treaty to combat tobacco smuggling, blamed for higher consumption and up to $50 billion in lost tax revenues each year, officials said yesterday. The officials,...
Our CorrespondentKHULNA, Feb 16: The lay-off of Afil Jute Mill has been extended for 15 days.Project Director of the mill Manowar Hossain said General Manager[Administration] of BJMC Md. Ziauddin sent a fax message on Thursday extending the lay-off for 15...
KAMPALA, Feb 16 (Reuters): Uganda's president called yesterday for African coffee producers to process their own beans into finished products in order to increase profits. Farmers on the continent have long complained about disparities between the local prices they get...
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