Dilip HiroWith the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States stood tall -- militarily invincible, economically unrivalled, diplomatically uncontestable, and the dominating force on information channels worldwide. The next century was to be the true "American century,"...
Am Johal As climate change hit a cultural tipping point in 2007, with more and more people expressing concern and awareness of the risks posed by rising greenhouse gases, warming in the Arctic is already altering the landscape in Canada's...
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug 22 (AFP): Ian Bell and Alastair Cook both scored their maiden one-day international (ODI) hundreds as England beat India by 104 runs at the Rose Bowl here Tuesday in the first match of a seven-game series. Bell made...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) refuses to intervene in the tussle between the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL) and the Indian Board (BCCI), maintaining that national cricket boards should take their own decisions regarding the ICL. "The ICC Executive Board...
The GrameenPhone Bangladesh Cricket Board National Cricket Academy team, led by national opener Mehrab Hossain Jr, leave Dhaka today (Thursday) for Australia on a three-week tour, reports UNB. In a packed schedule during the tour, the Academy team will play...
American wildcard Mardy Fish upset Italian seventh seed Filippo Volandri 6-7 7-5 6-0 to reach the third round of the Pilot Pen event in New Haven, reports BBC. Fish sealed his first back-to-back victories since February to set up a...
Imran Farhat launched another stinging attack against Pakistan's selectors, claiming that their bias towards him compelled him to opt out of a central contract and join the Indian Cricket League (ICL) instead. Farhat last represented Pakistan during the Test series...
Gabriel Heinze has conceded he may have no future at Manchester United after he was prevented from joining Liverpool. A Premier League panel ruled that Heinze (29) could not force United to sell him to their bitter rivals, reports BBC.....
Bangladesh national cricket team for the ensuing Twenty20 World Championship won their third practice match against Bangladesh National Cricket Academy team by 16 runs at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Earlier, Tuesday, the national...
Lalbagh Sporting Club defeated Mirpur Chalantika SC by 1-0 goal in the Metropolis Third Division Football League at the Outer Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Sujon scored the match-winner for Lalbagh SC in the 39th minute.In another match, Gulistan...
The first exhibition football match between touring Orissa Women's team and BFF Women's XI at the Ansar and VDP Academy in Safipur Wednesday was cancelled.
Everton have signed German goalkeeper Stefan Wessels on a free transfer, reports BBC. The 28-year-old has signed an initial one-year contract at Goodison Park after leaving FC Cologne. "It's the first time I've played for a club outside of Germany...
Dhaka, Aug 22 (bdnews24.com)—The police have released up to 12 journalists, two hours after their arrest during the curfew Wednesday night, police and reporters said. Asif Ahmed Rommo, senior sub-editor of bdnews24.com, who was arrested along with two colleagues, phoned...
FE Report The elections of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for the term 2007-09 will be held November 20 according to the revised schedule. Office of the FBCCI Election Board announced the revised schedule Tuesday.Earlier,...
FE ReportThe US dollar appeared stronger against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Tuesday in the interbank foreign exchange market despite demand remaining stable for the greenback, fund managers said.The exchange rate of the dollar against the BDT rose to day's high...
Students of Jahangirnagar University, demanding that chief adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed step down, have barricaded the Dhaka-Aricha highway since Wednesday morning. The agitating students also burnt an effigy of law adviser barrister Mainul Hosein while demanding the lifting of the...
A top civil servant at the Chief Adviser's Office has said that curfew will start at 8pm Wednesday in six divisional headquarters. A formal announcement is expected soon. In an early statement Wednesday, the government had asked people to maintain...
THE reported finding of a recent study by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) on the unemployment situation during 2000-05 when, according to earlier official figures, the economy witnessed otherwise a comfortable growth performance, makes things unclear. One needs...
Syed Fattahul Alim FOR a country not blessed with abundant natural resources of different kinds including copper, iron, uranium, silver, gold, diamond or huge hydrocarbon deposits in the form of black gold, that is, oil, Bangladesh's development discourse obviously lacks...
Ahmed Showkat MasudTHE readymade garment (RMG) sector in our country that started its journey about two decades has been playing a pivotal role in the national economy, in terms of both providing jobs and as foreign currency earner.The volume of...
Richard McGregor and Jamil Anderlini in BeijingCHINESE state lenders, including the Bank of China, are expected to announce losses from their exposure to the US subprime lending market when they release their first-half results in the coming weeks.But the exposure...
A column writer in a national daily observed recently that economic growth could be stifled under the present conditions of Bangladesh from excessive governmental regulations.Growth is, no doubt, supremely required. But no less significant, as has been proved in the...
THE government decided two years ago that it would make laws to control noise pollution. Accordingly, the draft of an act was prepared that recommended Taka 10,000 as fine and maximum six months of imprisonment for producing noise higher than...
Michael T. Klare When "peak oil" theory was first widely publicised in such path breaking books as Kenneth Deffeyes' Hubbert's Peak (2001), Richard Heinberg's The Party's Over (2002), David Goodstein's Out of Gas (2004), and Paul Robert's The End of...
Marwaan Macan-Marka from BangkokBy going on a hunger strike, some 150 ethnic Hmong refugees in Thailand have turned the heat on Bangkok to respect their rights and treat them with compassion. ''They decided to starve themselves and die in prison...
Frances WilliamsGLOBAL efforts to combat the production and use of illicit drugs are succeeding in bringing drug abuse under control, the United Nations drugs agency said in a report published recently. "Recent data show that the runaway train of drug...
LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters): Finance chiefs of the world's two biggest economies pledged Tuesday to keep a close watch on jittery markets, while banks at the sharp end of a global financial storm said they faced serious trouble.The Chief Executive...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (AFP): Malaysia has embarked on a huge development plan to spread growth and jobs to its Malay-majority hinterlands, but analysts said it faced tough competition for necessary foreign investment. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last month...
BEIJING, Aug 21 (CEIS): China has returned 272 heart pacemakers imported from the United States after they failed quality inspections, China's top quality control agency announced yesterday. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said the heart...
BANGKOK, Aug 21 (AFP): Thailand's economy could grow faster than the 4.0 per cent projected for this year, if consumer confidence rises after voters approved a new constitution last weekend, the industry minister said today. The army-backed constitution was approved...
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