Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-11-21 00:00:00
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has forecast a third successive season of little or negative food production growth, mainly rice. Barring major setbacks, according to the latest Food Outlook report published by the FAO, production recoveries could instead...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-11-21 00:00:00
Kamla Bhasin, the world-famous feminist from India, with a sweet smile, introduces herself as 'The Midnight Generation' - the generation of Indians born around the time of their independence, 'at the stroke of the midnight hour', in 1947. The eldest...
Talha bin Habib | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
India has shown interest to invest in a new airport in Bagerhat and renovation of Saidpur airport.Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla expressed his country's interest during a meeting with Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon...
Syful Islam | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
Delhi is bent on executing bond against goods to be transited through Chittagong and Mongla ports to the northeastern Indian states while Dhaka seeks bank guarantee, officials said.The tradeoff issue is under negotiations as the two sides are working on...
Emdadul Haque | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
BOGRA, Nov 19: A recent statistics show a good number ultra-poor potters community have become self-reliant preparing different sorts of earthen pots in Bogra district from last five decade.According to the district potters' samity source, some 5,000 people engaged with...
Sayed Mofidul Babu | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Nov 19: The number of Thalassemia patients is increasing day by day in Rangpur division.Thalassemia affected patients are found in many areas of Rangpur district. But the disease is most commonly seen in Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts under...
Kevin Watkins in London | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, once asked his country's creditors a blunt question: "Must we starve our children to pay our debts?" That was in 1986, before the public campaigns and initiatives that removed much of Africa's crushing...
Neil Ray | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
The discovery of an exoplanet similar to Earth only 11 light-years from the only planet on which life is known to exist has opened up the prospect of finding extraterrestrial life and/or colonising it once for living. On the further...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
The three-day maiden leathergoods show, arranged to draw international buyers' attention, concluded in Dhaka last Saturday, raising the hope to expand and deepen this commodity's market even stronger. The leathergoods producers and exporters are very encouraged by the response of...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-11-20 00:00:00
The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been the butt of President Trump's tweets. Insulting him in his tweets has been his most favourite pastime. A sample tweet that the President posted at 3.28 in the morning Washington time on...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-11-19 00:00:00
Exports of pharmaceutical products from Bangladesh to Iraq are getting delayed due to a lack of progress in talks despite interests shown by the Arab country. Earlier, the Iraqi ministry of health had expressed its interests to import pharmaceuticals and...
Baher Kamal in Rome | 2017-11-19 00:00:00
It might sound strange, very strange, but the news is that scientists and experts have been assuring, over and again, that using nuclear applications in agriculture - and thus in food production - are giving a major boost to food...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2017-11-19 00:00:00
Supply of essential commodities in markets is quite normal as one could see stacks of fresh vegetables there. Prices in the international market too are coming down. In spite of this, prices of rice, dal (lentil), edible oil, onion and...
Munima Sultana | 2017-11-18 12:00:00
A faulty recruitment plan mainly focused on deputations for metro-rail projects is likely to hinder the ongoing process of developing three mass rapid-transit (MRT) lines in the city, sources said.They said though these new-generation communications projects need professionals of their...
Syful Islam | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
The United States has proposed to discuss some business and bilateral issues, including port security, with Bangladesh authorities concerned, sources said.US Ambassador in Dhaka, Marcia Bernicat, will meet Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan next week, starting from tomorrow (Sunday), at his...
Babul Barman | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
Stocks extended the winning streak for the third week in a row as enthusiastic investors keep their appetite for large-cap issues amid optimism. Market-insiders said the positive momentum in large-cap issues, especially from telecoms, food and allied, pharmaceuticals and banking...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
The government is likely to raise dealers' commission on sale of rice in remote areas under the food-friendly programme to make it more effective and time-befitting, officials said. The food ministry has already sent a proposal to the finance ministry,...
Abe vows to bolster defence | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
TOKYO, Nov 17 (AP): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Friday to bolster his country's defences, calling the threat from North Korea the gravest security concern Japan has faced since World War II.Outlining his priorities in a policy speech to...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
Sport has been used as a means of bringing about social change and cultural transformation since time immemorial - more so, since the advent of modern Olympics in 1896. In 2003, the United Nations acknowledged the importance of sport with...
Mehnaaz Pervin Tuli | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
Now a days, the topic of child abuse has become a burning issue even in our country. In order to unravel the causes behind child abuse, it is indispensable and absolutely important to talk about the mental disorder or illness...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
Ashamed and stigmatised, a village housewife in Vedarganj under Madaripur District has left her locality for an unknown place, another, whose husband is a migrant with employment abroad, equally victimised has been forced to go to her parents' house and...
Saleh Akram | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
The phenomenon of climate change is taking its toll in terms of salinity intrusion in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. As an inevitable consequence, it will gradually extend towards inland water and soil. Salinity is therefore an environmental problem which...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
A group of researchers from The Center for Development Research (ZEEF), Bonn, throws interesting insights into small farms, poverty and productivity. However, they base their arguments on the basis of various research findings across the globe. Although Bangladesh is not...
Kyle Harper in Norman, Oklahama | 2017-11-18 00:00:00
"Fearsome Plague Epidemic Strikes Madagascar." That recent New York Times headline might sound like the synopsis of a horror movie. The epidemic gripping Madagascar is not just any plague, and it certainly isn't some Hollywood apocalypse. It's the plague, caused...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2017-11-17 00:00:00
Many listed companies are allegedly hiding 'significant deviation' in any parameter in their respective quarterly financials through information holdback, thereby deceiving stock investors. Market-insiders said these publicly listed companies were doing so by taking advantage of loopholes in the existing...
Asjadul Kibria from Kathmandu | 2017-11-17 00:00:00
Eminent economist Prof Rehman Sobhan observed on Thursday that larger members of the South Asia are losing faith in the regional entity and looking for alternative groupings."The very idea of a South Asian community is receding," he said while delivering...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2017-11-17 00:00:00
Around the world digital technologies as well as social media have revolutionised education. They challenge the traditional approaches of classroom teaching-learning, and the way education is managed. The book Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social Media by Dr. Jon Dron and...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-11-17 00:00:00
The World Antibiotic Awareness Week is now being observed in many countries, including Bangladesh, under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This observance is unique in the sense that most WHO-sponsored observances are meant for creating awareness about...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-11-17 00:00:00
An agrarian festival, Nabanna was on the wane with the changing crop pattern of the main staple paddy or rice. The traditional Aman, Aus and Deegha (early variety before Aman) paddies are no longer cultivated in many areas of Bangladesh....
Development of sustainable women-led enterprises | 2017-11-16 12:00:00
While there have been many concepts designed and implemented to empower women, there are only a few that manage to leave a lasting impact. Ujjwala, a social impact company established earlier this year, started to encourage would-be women entrepreneurs and...
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