Iffat JarinSULTANA Yasmin, a 24-year-old pretty working woman, always hurries back home after office hours. She is hardy seen spending any light moment with anybody. She is always gloomy and depressed."I rarely have any spare time to spend with colleagues...
Neil BuckleyA senior ally of Vladimir Putin has said his party would be ready to nominate Mr Putin for the Russian presidency in 2012, fuelling speculation that the Russian leader could return four years after an interim candidate is elected...
Government decision to contract out the operational responsibility of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited to a foreign operator may remind one about the League of Nations mandate after the World War-1 and the United Nations trusteeship after the World War-II. Under...
A local economist observed in course of a TV interview the other day that the total black money in this country since independence is about Tk. 7000 billion. This figure is astronomical and mind-bogling. What was the basis of this...
IT is true that this year getting the visa by the DV lottery winners is pretty difficult. But it is also true that it is very easy for a DV visa broker to arrange the visa in exchange of huge...
Syed Fattahul AlimWar has its costs. As there are two sides in any war, both have to bear these costs. In common parlance, by cost is understood the financial cost of carrying out the particular business concerned. But war is...
Do you consider yourself an adventurer?I have on one occasion been asked to give myself the title of "adventurer" when I have given talks about my experiences. But no, I have never called myself an adventurer of my own accord....
Enayet Rasul A leading daily newspaper of the country headlined it on Thursday that fresh moves have been initiated from Petrobangla that would lead to making impotent the state-owned organization-BAPEX-which has been playing a very commendable role in finding gas...
Sarah Carriger and Domitille ValleeThe challenge for rice cultivation in the next 50 years is to feed more people while keeping prices low to benefit poor rice consumers and reducing production costs to benefit poor growers. At the same time,...
Shanu Mostafiz Shefali spends much of her time taking care of her younger brother. She also has to fetch drinking water for her family from nearly a half-mile away every morning when girls her age go to school.Shefali, a seven-year-old...
Roula Khalaf and Guy DinmoreTwo Saudi bombers in February tried to ram explosive-packed cars through the nerve centre of the kingdom's oil industry. One car blew up at the first gate of the Abqaiq oil facility, allowing the second vehicle...
Javier Blas in LondonInvestors have made their biggest ever bet on risingoil prices and the gamble is paying off.A combination of refinery outages, strong demand and lower production by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has taken prices to...
Lawrence SummersFor some time now, the large flow of capital from the developing to the industrialised world has been the principal irony of the international financial system. In 2007 this flow will total well over half a trillion dollars, a...
Christopher Adams, Political Correspondent London's status as one of the world's leading financial centres risks being undermined by excessive delays at Heathrow and the airport's sprawling layout, the new City minister warned on Monday.In her first interview in the role,...
Sheila McNulty in HoustonIncreasing state ownership and rising resource nationalism are emerging as the main long-term threats to global oil supplies, says a report for the industry by an energy consultancy.The report by PFC Energy highlights the shift in power...
Stella GonzalesHuman rights has returned to the fore in the Philippines following a month of events that have focused public attention on violations ranging from abduction to extrajudicial killings. The Supreme Court's chief justice expressed concern that the rising violence...
Antoaneta BezlovaDogged by a plethora of reports in the foreign media highlighting problem Chinese goods and worried that product-safety recalls are spiralling into a major problem for its export juggernaut, Beijing has shifted gear to defend its battered "Made in...
Feizal SamathSri Lanka is regularly hauled up by western donors for its dismal human rights record, but its biggest exports, tea and garments, are gaining global recognition for ensuring workers' rights and welfare.Products like "ethical teas" and "ethical bras" (lingerie),...
Thalif DeenThe U.S. decision last week to proceed with a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India has triggered strong negative responses from peace activists, disarmament experts and anti-nuclear groups."The development of a nuclear/strategic alliance between the United States and India...
Zhang QuanyiIgnoring orders from the Iraqi government, celebratory gunfire resounded across Baghdad and revelers poured into the streets after Iraq beat Saudi Arabia in Jakarta, Indonesia, to clinch its first Asian Cup soccer championship last Sunday night. It should have...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 3 (AFP): Pakistan's Supreme Court Friday ordered the release of a senior opposition leader who was jailed in 2004 on treason charges for criticising the army, party and legal officials said. Javed Hashmi, from the Pakistan Muslim League...
KABUL, Aug 3 (AFP): Afghan President Hamid Karzai is due to meet his US counterpart George W. Bush at the weekend for talks likely to be overshadowed by the Taliban's capture of 21 South Korean aid workers. South Korea is...
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (AFP): India and the United States unveiled Friday the text of the operating agreement for their controversial civilian nuclear technology sharing deal. The agreement, which took two years to complete, spells out how a plan for...
TRIPOLI, Aug 3 (AFP): Libya signed a contract with France Thursday to buy Milan anti-tank missiles worth 168 million euros (230 million dollars), in the first such deal a European embargo was lifted, a Libyan official said. The contract was...
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 3 (AFP): African Union (AU) members Thursday pledged to put more troops into the UN-approved peacekeeping mission in Darfur, where fresh tribal violence left dozens dead. Ambassadors to the pan-African body gathered at its Addis Ababa headquarters...
KATHMANDU, Aug 3 (AFP): An official report released Friday has recommended legal action against Nepal's king for his role in suppressing massive protests that forced an end to his direct rule last year. King Gyanendra scrapped 14 months of authoritarian...
SEOUL, Aug 3 (AFP): North Korea warned Friday that a major military exercise planned by South Korea and the United States this month could create a hurdle to a nuclear disarmament deal. The Committee for the Peaceful Unification of the...
BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (AFP): Four more American soldiers have been killed in the Iraqi capital in two separate attacks, the US military said Friday. Three were killed and 11 others wounded when a roadside bomb exploded against an armoured patrol...
MOSCOW, Aug 3 (Xinhua): Russian supply ship Progress M-61 was blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan's steppes to the international Space Station (ISS) Thursday, the Mission Control outside Moscow said. The Soyuz-2 carrier rocket with the supply ship...
LONDON, Aug 3 (AP): A suspect who was critically burned in a botched car bomb attempt at Glasgow Airport has died after more than a month in the hospital, ending police hopes he might be questioned or charged. Kafeel Ahmed,...
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