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...
Enayet RasulBANGLADESH today can be compared to a traveller standing at a junction of two roads in the opposite directions. Travelling on one may take it to the cherished destination. The opposite of failures and pitfalls could be the outcome...
Nick AssinderAs Gordon Brown's first appearance before the Commons liaison committee came close to breakfast time - thanks to an early start to allow him to travel to his one-man EU treaty signing - it was a battle to stop...
Ishrat FirdousiA national workshop titled "The combined role of the Livestock Division of the Government of Bangladesh and BRAC on improving the lifestyle of the ultra poor" was organised by BRAC Advocacy and Human Rights Unit (BAHRU) was held recently...
Fred Bergsten The world economy faces an acute policy dilemma that, if mishandled, could bring on the mother of all monetary crises. Many dollar holders, including central banks and sovereign wealth funds as well as private investors, clearly want to...
John-Paul SmithAs I watch the wild gyrations rocking the world's capital markets, I wonder what it was that I ever liked about this job. I have been an investment manager for nearly a quarter of a century and can recall...
Rachel SpenceNext weekend the new Gagosian Gallery throws open its palatial doors in Rome. The Eternal City, in spite of its magnificent riches from the ancient past, has for decades hardly bothered with new art, but the opening of an...
Geoffrey Wheatcroft Looking on the bright side, Gordon Brown might say that if a "lollipop lady" can write a cheque for £25,000 to the Labour party, then growth and redistribution of income must have been truly remarkable in the decade...
Ary Hermawan and Wasti AtmodjoA traditional boat floated still over a diving site in waters off Pemuteran beach. Its single passenger, intently watching the sea, raised the suspicions of five men wearing Balinese traditional black and white sarongs. They were...
David HarveyThis is the 21st century, and many people all over the world perceived that this century will be a very ``special'' era in human history. During the 20th century, the world was embroiled in two world wars, a cold...
Opposition by anti-whaling nations will not stop Japan from pressing ahead with its upcoming hunt, which will take humpbacks for the first time in 40 years. The hunt, which is now underway, has drawn criticism from Canada, the United States,...
Welcome to the Qingping market in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, where everything from turtles to insects are sold alongside fowl and freshly caught fish.An outbreak of the SARS virus in 2002 resulted in a local gourmet favorite --...
According to a survey released ahead of European Union leaders' visit, China is trying to avoid fully carrying out its free-trade pledges. The report by the European Chamber of Commerce in China adds to mounting complaints that Beijing is violating...
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (AFP): A United Nations (UN) human rights envoy Thursday told US lawmakers not to send any delegation to monitor the upcoming election in Pakistan, claiming that it was already rigged by President Pervez Musharraf. "There is no...
BALI, Indonesia, Dec 14 (AP): The United States (US) and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the United Nations (UN) climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global...
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