A government, worth its name, must be free to exercise its authority. It may be a caretaker government but that does not mean that it should be run according to the wishes or dictates of outsiders. In that case, it...
POLICE excesses are fairly common in Bangladesh. Deaths of detained persons, in police custody, were reported in newspapers. Then there were other abuses such as arrests and harassment of individuals on flimsy or no grounds, to be released later on...
THREE decades of the country's experience with privatisation calls for its close scrutiny. What other than a dose of scepticism does the outcome of it create at the end of 30 long years? The programme for privatisation, or reassigning the...
Martin WolfDOES a country have the right to determine the composition of its population? If so, how should it do so? These questions are hard to answer. That is presumably why the UK government has run what amounts to a...
Enamul HaqueSUBSTANTIAL land masses have surfaced in the Bay, off the Bangladesh coast. Some of these completely surfaced land masses have human habitations. Others, remaining submerged during tides and surfacing with the ebbing of the tide are likely to gain...
Jo JohnsonIT is a fair bet that when the ruling elite of a poor developing country ignores a non-violent protest by 25,000 desperate citizens, it will soon face a violent one. When a 25,000 strong army of landless workers, indigenous...
Fahima SiddiquiTHE government slapped a ban on its use in the country with effect from 1 January, 2002 with a view to protecting the environment. There are hardly any sign of its enforcement. A shopkeeper, being asked, will tell you...
IS there anything we can do for more than 50 per cent of the country's population living in poverty?. About 70 million others have the capacity to earn their bread and butter and the ability to save Taka one a...
STATE Bank of India in Dhaka processes the Indian visa applications from the Bangladeshi passport holders. For their convenience, they put one big sticker on the front cover of the Bangladeshi passport, making the Bangladesh government's official logo as well...
THERE have been numerous campaigns against cigarette smoking (CS) communicating that this vice causes death. But a threat to health doesn't seem to be a good reason for quitting anymore. People somehow block themselves and ignore all the information that...
Michael Schwartz IT is hardly surprising, then, that the new administration, bent on unipolarity anyway and dreaming of a global Pax Americana, wasted no time implementing the aggressive policies advocated in the PNAC manifesto. According to then Secretary of the...
Simon ClarkNick Collins, an independent London real estate broker who's had record profits every year since 2003, took a hit in September -- and that may be bad news for a U.K. economy built on a housing bubble. Five of...
Mary Jane Credeur and Laurence Viele DavidsonUrinals without water. Fountains without water. A waterfall without water. Dry is the goal as United Parcel Service Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and other companies in the Atlanta area rally to cut water use in...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 6 (Agencies): Brazil believes considerable progress is possible toward clinching a global trade deal before the end of the year, while the EU wants increased access to developing countries, officials said yesterday. "Today we are very...
LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters): Central bankers, past and present, warned Tuesday of more pain to come for the US economy and that banks worldwide could take several months yet to reveal their full losses from US subprime mortgage lending.Former Federal...
PRETORIA, Nov 6 (AFP): Africa's sub-Sahara region is enjoying its strongest economic growth and its lowest inflation in more than three decades, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. "Recent economic performance shows that sub-Sahara Africa is experiencing its strongest growth...
BANGALORE, India, Nov 6 (AFP): India is set for a flood of investment in highways, ports, airports and power plants as foreign funds tap opportunities in its deficient public works, Ernst and Young says in a report. "We expect private...
MOSCOW, Nov 6 (Xinhua): Chinese-Russian trade and economic ties were further enhanced in the national theme years and bilateral trade is hopeful to record a new high of 50 billion US dollars in 2007, Yu Guangzhou, Chinese vice minister of...
SEOUL, Nov 6 (AFP): South Korea may improve its tariff offers to try to make a breakthrough in free trade talks with the European Union, a top trade official said today. Chief negotiator Kim Han-Soo suggested both sides should sweeten...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (AFP): Malaysian conglomerate MMC Corporation has signed a deal to take part in a joint venture project to develop a 535 million dollar container terminal at Jeddah port in Saudi Arabia. MMC said in a statement...
SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (AP): Oil prices rose Tuesday on expectations of further declines in U.S. crude oil stocks, fueling concerns that supplies may be inadequate going into the Northern Hemisphere winter. Market participants expect the U.S. Energy Department to report...
TOKYO, Nov 6 (AFP): The dollar was mixed in Asia today as traders waited nervously to see if further bad news would emerge on the US subprime loan crisis, dealers said. The euro edged up to 1.4492 dollars in Tokyo...
MOSCOW, Nov 6 (PTI): The construction of a trans-Siberian gas pipeline to China and civil nuclear cooperation are expected to top the agenda of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's two-day visit to Russia beginning yesterday. In Moscow, Wen is scheduled to...
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua): Executives of China's major edible oil manufacturers and guild leaders were summoned to Beijing yesterday for a closed door meeting at which the government required them to step up production to rein in the soaring market...
PHNOM PENH, Nov 6 (AFP): Cambodian gasoline costs are at an all-time high, officials said today, spurred on by a 10 per cent surge in pump prices over the weekend. Premium gasoline has topped out at over 1.11 dollars a...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) held a meeting with the chief controller of insurance (CCI), chairmen and managing directors of all the insurance companies at the conference room of Jamuna Resort Ltd in the city Saturday.BIA Chairman AKM Rafiqul...
FE ReportShahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) opened its 23rd branch (Mirpur branch) at 230 Sen Para Parbata, Mirpur-10, in the city Tuesday. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Akkasuddin Mollah formally inaugurated the branch.Mollah said, Shahjalal Islami...
FE ReportDhaka Bank Ltd (DBL) opened its third brokerage house of capital market services at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Annex Building at 9/E Motijheel Commercial Area in the city Tuesday.The Dhaka Bank capital market services include margin account, custodial...
FE ReportWaliur Rahman Bhuiyan OBE Joined ACI board as a director, said a press release.Bhuiyan is the managing director of BOC (Bangladesh) Limited. He was president of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry for several terms. He has...
FE ReportPrime Bank Ltd opened its 56th branch at the city's Bijoynagar area Tuesday, said a press release.Chairman of the board of directors Azam J Chowdhury inaugurated the new branch being present as the chief guest on the occasion.Managing Director...
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