David Pogue When geeks sit down to tell their children about nature's great cycles, they don't talk about birth and death. They talk about the way bulky gadgets get smaller over time, expensive ones become commodities - and how recording...
Arik Hesseldahl Dell is embarking on a broad environmental initiative under which it plans to consume less energy and use more power from renewable sources in a bid to make its operations carbon neutral by the end of 2008. The...
David Wright and Laura Grego THE 50th Anniversary this week of Sputnik I, the first satellite in space, provides an opportunity to look back at the stunning achievements of the space age, and speculate about the future.To most Americans, the...
Steve Lohr Microsoft is moving to deliver more software technology over the Internet as a service, forced to follow an industry trend led by Google, its newest archrival.But its strategy is a careful balancing act, adding Internet services without offering...
M A IslamEXAMINATIONS are often termed as 'battle-field' for the students. The performance in the exam is an indication how much serious a student has been for the whole semester/year. Doing well in the exam largely depends on how much...
Md. HabibullahEVERY year the rise in the percentage of GPA-5s in the Secondary and Higher Secondary Certificate Examinations is breaking the record of the previous year. The students having GPA-5 are considered the real gems in Bangladesh. I shall not,...
William McKenzie THERE is a stark contrast between the beginning and end of an MBA student's first year. The casual observer would immediately notice that the latter period is not nearly as festive. There are few celebratory parties or outings...
What just happened here?A military cargo plane, flying over a populated area, suddenly loses power and starts to nose down. The pilot tries to pull up, but with all their cargo, the plane is too heavy. So he yells to...
DU CorrespondentThe students of the country's medical colleges have demanded at least two chances to sit for the supplementary examination, if they fail in any subject of their professional examination."We make an earnest request to the authorities concerned to restore...
Bangladesh Crime Reporters Association (CRAB) Saturday denounced the assault on Radio Today journalist Anwarul Haque at Kamlapur railway station by a section of employees Saturday, reports UNB. In a statement, CRAB leaders also demanded arrest and exemplary punishment of those...
MYMENSINGH, Oct 6 (BSS): The government has taken steps to repair the houses those were affected by the recent raging flood across the country. Under the programme the government has sanctioned Taka 2.4 million as grant money from the relief...
Dhaka roads virtually ground to a standstill Saturday as the annual Ramadan traffic jams were compounded by an overturned goods truck at Jahangir Gate, reports bdnews24.com. Hundreds of vehicles idled in the baking heat with some taking up to an...
Twelve persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Khulna, three members of a family were killed when a train rammed into their motorcycle at...
FE ReportThe council of advisers approved Saturday a proposal to amend the Income Tax Ordinance 1984, providing for an increase in the tax-exempt ceiling of the interest income from national savings instruments.Under the amendment, the ceiling of income tax deduction...
FE Report The central bank is seriously concerned over the poor distribution of agriculture credit as state-owned banks during July-August period of the current fiscal could disburse only Tk 5.28 billion, which is less than half the expected level. Against...
Detained former Prime Minister (PM) Khaleda Zia is likely to be quizzed this week in connection with the container handling case filed against her by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports UNB. "The investigation officer (IO) has already filed a petition...
FE Report The government should immediately expedite the formation of the truth commission with a view to releasing businessmen from jail and dispel panic among them. President of the Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Mir Nasir Hossain told...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Saturday questioned the motive behind the proposed Truth Commission, report agencies.Talking to the reporters at his NAM apartment, he alleged one of the purposes of the Commission might be that if the BNP leaders...
FE ReportThe inter-bank call money rate is unlikely to rise ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival as the commercial banks are now flooded with large amount of excess liquidity, market operators said. The call money rate is expected to move up...
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan), Oct 6: President Pervez Musharraf easily won the presidential election Saturday, but an opposition boycott and pending hearings in the Supreme Court, which still has to decide on his eligibility to stand for election in uniform, left him...
Neil Dennis, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: The dollar fell on Friday as fears about credit market casualties were rekindled after a profit warning from Merrill Lynch.Having spiked 0.7 per cent following stronger than expected US jobs growth data, the US currency...
Trade talks at the secretary level between Bangladesh and Nepal began Saturday at Kathmandu for raising the volume of trade. Reports reaching here from Kathmandu said, transport connectivity and transit, trade fair, transportation of perishable goods by air, tourism and...
A Bangladeshi cattle-trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Karagachhi frontier in Kaloroa upazila under Satkhira early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Khalid Hossain (25), son of Khokon Dalal of the area. BDR sources said,...
A teenage restaurant-worker was stabbed to death by his fellow worker in the city's Kalabagan area early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abu Taher (14), son of Saju Mia. Taher was an employee of Swad Restaurant. — UNB
Shakhawat Hossain The overall implementation record of the National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction (NSAPR) was poor until 2006 as success of the major strategic targets was only partial, a government review report said."Overall implementation of NSAPR so far is...
FHM Humayan Kabir Acute shortage of power and water supply over the last couple of days has aggravated the miseries of people living in the capital. Residents in some areas in the capital shared their unpleasant experience on the crises...
FE Report The government has launched a probe into the suspected irregularities, financial and otherwise, in a World Bank-funded project meant to impart "quality" education to the drop-outs and out of school children, an informed source said.The primary and mass...
Bangladesh has been elected chairman of the coordination council of the least developed countries (LDCs) after long and intense diplomatic maneuver for the last few months, reports UNB from New York.Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed will discharge the functions...
FE ReportPrime Finance & Investment Ltd, a leading non-banking financial institution (NBFI) recently signed a participation agreement with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to extend home loan facility to lower and middle-income groups of borrowers.The agreement signed under the 'Bangladesh Bank...
Energy Adviser Tapan Chowdhury Saturday said those who do not want development of the country's northern region are opposing extraction of coal from Phulbari coal mine, reports UNB."I don't want any debate about the mining methodology. But it's fact that...
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