BALI, (Indonesia), Dec 15 (Agencies): A UN climate conference adopted a plan to negotiate a new global warming pact on Saturday, after the United States suddenly reversed its opposition to a call by developing nations for technological help to battle...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed leaves for Makkah via Jeddah today (Sunday) morning to perform the holy hajj. The CA's wife Neena Ahmed is accompanying him. Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed and his spouse Nazneen Moyeen will also in...
One more decomposed body of a hapless building-breaker, trapped under the debris of the partly demolished multi-storied Rangs Bhaban, was recovered Saturday, raising the death toll to eight from the tragic incident. The body was identified as Farid Sheikh (25)...
KHULNA, Dec 15: Police today (Saturday) submitted to the court charge sheet against Sheikh Tayebur Rahman, mayor of Khulna, and its public relation officer Sarder Abu Taher in a bribery case. Hafizur Rahman, an employee of KCC, filed the case...
SATKHIRA, Dec 15: Indian border security force (BSF) has killed a Bangladeshi national and the body was left in the char of border river Ichhamati near Haradda in sadar upazila. BDR rescued the unidentified body with multiple marks of wound....
Jasim Uddin Haroon The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) ended last week its negotiations with the Indian Oil Company (IOC) inconclusively over the purchase 100,000 tonnes fuel oils annually from the latter through river route.The BPC officials said the IOC would...
FE ReportGovernment advisers Saturday called for reaching a consensus on coal exploration and help the administration in taking a decision on the best possible use of the hydrocarbon in the country.Finance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam and energy adviser...
Shakhawat Hossain The Power Development Board (PDB) has sought Tk 1.00 billion additional financing from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to pay some of its arrears owed to the gas companies, sources said.The required fund is in addition to Tk...
At least 1,000 shanties were gutted in a devastating fire at the South Begunbari slum in the city's Tejgaon industrial area Saturday evening, reports UNB.Fire-brigade sources said the fire broke out at about 5:45pm in the slum area and soon...
Awami League Saturday expressed the hope that the incumbent government would initiate the trial process of the war criminals, while the reformist BNP observed that the next political government should start the process, as the main agenda of the caretaker...
BNP secretary general Khandkar Delwar Hossain has turned down the invitation to the Victory Day reception at Bangabhaban today (Sunday), reports UNB. BNP acting office secretary Rizvi Ahmed told the news agency by phone that Delwar was offended for inviting...
A committee formed during the previous Awami League (AL) government to identify sites of genocide across the country uncovered leads to 3,000-5,000 such sites, reports bdnews24.com.A separate war crime fact-finding committee has also come up with similar findings.According to the...
Inspector General (IG) of Police Noor Mohammad Saturday said the law-enforcing agencies including police and RAB would keep a strict vigilance during different programmes marking the Victory Day (V-Day), reports UNB."Police, RAB and other law enforcers will keep close watch...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed Saturday said the reform measures taken for the financial sector would help Bangladesh have a faster economic growth, paving the way for it to become a middle-income country by the end of the next...
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed Saturday urged the government to rebury all the seven Bir Shreshthas in a single compound so that people could pay their homage to all the valiant freedom fighters at a time, reports...
Daniel Pimlott and Michael Mackenzie from New York and Krishna Guha from Washington, FT Syndication ServiceUS inflation jumped to an annual rate of 4.3 per cent in November, explaining why the Federal Reserve remains reluctant to cut interest rates too...
WASHINGTON (AP): The Bush administration told a federal judge it was not obligated to preserve videotapes of CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists and urged the court not to look into the tapes' destruction. In court documents filed Friday night, government...
GENEVA (Reuters): The United Nations human rights envoy for Sudan, overcoming resistance from African and Islamic states, had her mandate extended for another year on Friday, but a team of Darfur investigators was disbanded. A compromise resolution was adopted by...
AGRICULTURE continues to be very significant for the Bangladesh economy, though its contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) is not as vast it used to be. There has been considerable diversification of the economy over the years but agriculture...
Syed Fattahul AlimTHE diplomatic relationship between Bangladesh and India has seen its vicissitudes. In the beginning, it was one of unmixed goodwill and camaraderie. That was because of the role India had played in the emergence of Bangladesh as an...
Samiul HaqueBANGLADESH, at present, has become very worryingly dependent on the import of essential consumer goods. This dependence has been growing relentlessly. It imports nearly all of its requirements of baby food and half of its need for milk in...
Niall FergusonFOR investors, world war one was a bolt from the blue - a crisis almost wholly unanticipated by stock markets until the first week of July 1914. By contrast, world war two was long foreseen by the markets, priced...
ONE main reason for the much less than the desired impact of micro credit on the poor is the relatively high rate of interest on such credits. Borrowers of micro credit in the first place should be the poor or...
THERE are bottlenecks faced by our exporters in the areas of finance, costs of energy and utilities, infrastructures and government's incentives. Exporters have been bearing with the situation . But they certainly are in need of more helpful government policies...
Dr. Saadat HusainWE were flummoxed when the Chicago trained teacher in Boston University told us that inflation at times may also be explained by sociological factors. It sounded like blasphemy on the part of a Chicago student whose article of...
Mashiur RahmanIS Bhutto responsible for the disintegration of Pakistan? Ostensibly, it appears to be so. But the flaw lies much deeper than meets the eyes.The simple fact is that, if interpreted objectively, Pakistan's military Junta had no plan and were...
Engr. Md. Azizur Rahman BANGLADESH since long has been confronted with natural calamities like, flood, cyclone, tidal wave, drought, earthquake, etc., causing severe dislocation to its socio-economic development programme. Consequently, hopes and aspirations of the general masses in the rural...
Syed Fattahul AlimHUMANITY is gradually reaching adulthood. The indication of this phase in human history is marked by the fact that it is now looking for its likeness elsewhere in the solar system and even beyond. What is the connection...
A massive rescue effort by five central banks to inject fresh money into the worldwide banking system aims to help the global economy weather the impact of a potentially crippling credit squeeze, analysts said. The Federal Reserve and four other...
Asma Hoque Parveen Akhter, a resident of Mirpur-10, has been without tap water for three days. Every morning she sends her maid to bring water from a mosque nearby. The maid brings the water-filled plastic containers to the ground floor...
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