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Naval Chief calls on President

2007-10-07 00:00:00

Naval Chief Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam made a courtesy call on President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban in the city Sunday, reports UNB.During his routine visit, the Naval Chief apprised the President, also the Supreme Commander of Armed...

Two Bangladeshis nabbed over Maldives blasts released

2007-10-07 00:00:00

The two Bangladeshis, arrested by the Maldives police in connection with a bomb explosion on September 30, were released Sunday as they had no links with the blast, foreign ministry officials said. "The Bangladeshi mission in Male informed me that...

CPB for transparency within NGOs

2007-10-07 00:00:00

The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) called Saturday for a clearer public understanding of the "ownership and profit distribution" of organisations involved in microcredit programmes. "NGOs have turned poverty into a business," said CPB President Manzurul Ahsan Khan and General...

Verdict on Nasim couple's graft case today

2007-10-07 00:00:00

The judgement in a graft case against detained former telecommunications minister Mohammad Nasim and his wife, now absconding, will be delivered by a special court in the city today (Monday), reports UNB.On March 21, Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Deputy Director Akhter...

One LMG, one pistol, 22 bullets recovered

2007-10-07 00:00:00

BHOLA, Oct 7 (UNB): Police recovered a light machinegun (LMG), nine rounds of bullets and a sharp weapon from an embankment at Bhabani area of Doulatkhan Upazila Friday.Police said tea stall owner Latif Baksi found the arms and ammunition wrapped...

Ex-BNP leader Lutfar Rahman produced before court

2007-10-07 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Oct 7 (UNB): Former director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) and former assistant-secretary of city BNP Lutfar Rahman was produced before the District and Sessions Judge Court in an extortion case today (Sunday).Nurun Nabi of Shalgharia village in...

Bangladesh take on Tajikistan today

2007-10-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh takes on strong Tajikistan in the Pre World Cup qualifying round home match today (Monday), reports UNB.The match gets underway at 3:00 pm. Private satellite channel ATN Bangla will telecast live the match from Bangabandhu National Stadium.The gates No....

Government primary schools can hardly attract children of middle class families

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Rawnak AbidEVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid...

Government primary schools can hardly attract children of middle class families

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Rawnak AbidEVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid...

Government primary schools can hardly attract children of middle class families

2007-10-06 00:00:00

EVEN though Ruby Akhter finds it difficult to run her family with the small income of her CNG mechanic husband, she dreams of a bright future for her son. Though free, she does not like to send her kid to...

Beware the moral hazard fundamentalists

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Lawrence SummersCENTRAL to every policy discussion response to a financial crisis or the prospect of a crisis is the concept of moral hazard. Unfortunately, there is great confusion in many quarters about the circumstances when moral hazard is, and is...

Understanding the value chain for ensuring survival

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Ahmed Showkat MasudBUYERS pay a certain sum of money to the sellers for the goods they purchase. The money paid to the sellers is the value for goods. A firm's value activities encompass different functional departments. It can be divided...

Climate change: A global issue

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Ripan Kumar BiswasOver 100 fishing trawlers, with some 1200 fishermen aboard, went missing in the Bay of Bengal due to high waves triggered by a sudden storm on September 20, 2007.On its part Bangladesh frequently faces such odds of nature...

Community policing

2007-10-06 00:00:00

For their effective functioning anywhere in the world, the police personnel require rapport with the ones whom they serve. Policemen are found working in social settings where they are not expected to try and do their professional work with a...

Migrant workers and well-off expatriates

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Hasan MahmudAT present, there are approximately 0.3 million of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) living in the UK and 0.2 million in the US. There are some other living in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other developed countries. They are quite well-off,...

Taxation ought not to be a one way street

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Humayun KabirA government needs resources to take up various projects and programmes in the social and developmental sectors. The resources in large measures are supposed to be mobilised as taxes given by people and organisations. But as everyone concerned probably...

Issues of friction in Europe's Star Wars

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Paul BettsTHE recent meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, and Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, was described as "difficult". In retrospect, that seems to have been a gross understatement. Relations between Paris and Berlin have rarely been worse, in spite...

Getting ready for the EU team

2007-10-06 00:00:00

A team from the European Union (EU) is expected to arrive in Bangladesh in the middle of October to have field-level experience on how compliant the shrimp exporters in Bangladesh have become in respect of exporting shrimp in healthy conditions....

Why private sector as scapegoat always?

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Any sensible person, on surveying the conditions for the private sector in Bangladesh, would realise that the monetary and fiscal policies of the country are yet to be geared up adequately in the interest of its development under the private...

Strong threads for a durable fabric

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Amy YeeIndia's chaotic cities may have little in common with the manicured landscapes of Singapore, but the city-state of 4.5m is imparting its signature orderliness in new development zones sprouting up across the subcontinent.Companies such as Ascendas, Surbana, Jurong Consultants,...

Yo, Kyoto - Bush shifts his stance on global warming

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Fiona HarveyThe spectacle of US President George W Bush exhorting other countries to follow his lead in tackling climate change came as a puzzle last week to many. Since a 2001 speech in which he questioned the science of global...

Man who found a passage to profit

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Katka KrosnarRadim Jancura came up with the idea for his travel company while standing outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. As a student in the early 1990s, he was sightseeing in London when he got talking to a group of...

Burma: With technology as weapon, citizens become reporters

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Lynette Lee CorporalIn sharp contrast to the lack of information during the 1988 military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Burma, streams of graphic accounts of the biggest uprising in two decades continue to come from within the country, aided by...

A change of attitude by North Korea?

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Thomas OmestadAs a plan to declare and disable North Korea's nuclear facilities by the end of the year moved forward, the leaders of North Korea and South Korea met Tuesday in Pyongyang in a historic summit aimed at symbolizing a...

Vodafone CEO eyes growth in India, China and even the US

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Arun Sarin's quest to overhaul Vodafone's (NYSE:VOD) wireless empire is far from over. With Vodafone's U.S. stock up nearly 30% in 2007 and near six-year highs, though, Sarin and shareholders already have reaped rewards for what he's done so far.Sarin,...

Global warming may melt Indian economy

2007-10-06 00:00:00

George Smith Alexander & Gayatri NayakIndia may be a long way from melting polar ice caps, but its economy will be among the worst affect on account of climate change. According to a report by Lehman Brothers India's GDP would...

South Asia flood death toll rises to 4,000 as UN seeks more Aid

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Michael HeathThe death toll from monsoon floods in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan rose to more than 4,000 people and the humanitarian crisis could worsen without more aid, the United Nations said. Floods in the June to September monsoon season...

Substantial recovery of the transferred resources is possible

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Enayet RasulThe Chief Adviser (CG), Fakhruddin Ahmed, gladdened the hearts of all Bangladeshis possessing the minimum morality and good of the country in their hearts, when in his recent address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he urged the...

Palliative Care: Only realistic therapy for incurable patients

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Dr Nezamuddin Ahmed"We all must die but that I can save a man from days of torture that is what I feel is my great and ever new privilege. Pain is an even more terrible lord of mankind than death...

Using Internet to harass women

2007-10-06 00:00:00

Yasmin Rimi Anamika, a meritorious sociology student, is a lively woman. Teachers like her because of her creativity. Classmates adore her as she is friendly to them. She is now in trouble. One day Anamika (not her real name) receives...