Quentin Webb of Reuters in Seoul | 2016-11-07 00:00:00
Seoul is in the grip of a "shamanistic" scandal. A row over a quirky confidante is buffeting President Park Geun-hye, prompting her on November 02 to replace both her finance minister and prime minister. The depressing regularity with which such...
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours of Al Jazeera in Burj al-Shamali refugee camp, Lebanon | 2016-11-07 00:00:00
Amal Said and Mustapha Dakhloul expertly wind their way through the maze-like streets of Burj al-Shamali, squeezing through the refugee camp's narrow alleyways past local children playing on the cracked pavement. "This was one of the spots," says Dakhloul, 18,...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2016-11-07 00:00:00
Located in the southwestern tip of Bangladesh about 320 kilometres southwest of capital Dhaka, Sundarbans has an area of around 10,000 square kilometres, 60 per cent of which fall inside Bangladesh and the rest 40 per cent on the Indian...
Le Hong Hiep in Singapore | 2016-11-07 00:00:00
As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) approaches its 50th anniversary next year, its failure to reach a consensus regarding Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has raised concerns throughout the region. Although the requirement that all...
Neil Ray | 2016-11-07 00:00:00
Dhaka city's geographic and spatial change has been phenomenal over the past three decades. Its parks, open spaces and water bodies acted as its lungs. Now the lungs are missing and breathing for the city has turned into spasms and...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-11-07 00:00:00
The sales of government savings tools, known as Sanchaypatras, in first nine months of the current financial year (2016-17) surpassed the target set for the entire year and reached a record level. The overall sales of the tools during the...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-11-06 00:00:00
More than a month ago, in the Colombian municipality town of Bojayá, a women's choir sang songs in the newly-built church to commemorate all the people who died in the 2002 church bombing. The chorus was also there to say...
Azahar Ali | 2016-11-06 00:00:00
Since its launch, in 2010, the basic philosophy of Harvard Business Review's (HBR) ranking to select "The Best Performing CEO in the World" has remained unchanged: that business leaders should be judged by the results they produce over their entire...
B.K. Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2016-11-06 00:00:00
In many developing economies, governments change swiftly, but the state of agriculture changes at snail's pace! In India, another Five Year Plan is going to be over - a mixed performance - giving way to the next one. The major...
Syful Islam | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) expressed concern over the shutdown of operation of the multinational Karnaphuli fertiliser factory following gas-supply suspension, officials said. The Japanese agency has requested immediate resumption of production at the factory of Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Ltd...
Babul Barman | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the green last week - snapping a two-week losing spell as optimistic investors took position on some large-cap stocks during the later part of the week that ended on Thursday. Analysts said the market bounced back after...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
The newly-formed Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) is limping with severe manpower shortage although the government has given high priority to creating awareness of food producers and other stakeholders to ensure safe food for consumers. Officials said, the government is...
Masum Billah | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
Gaining academic success does not necessarily mean overall success in life. Only bookish knowledge and academic works do not make sure a learner will grow up into a well-mannered individual in the family and society. In another word, we can...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
If lack of civic sense is at issue, the Dhakaites are likely to emerge at the top of the list, if not the ultimate champion, among the citizens of global cities. That Dhaka has been the most unliveable city next...
Shobha Shukla | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
Despite commitment from governments to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 (one of the targets of Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs), the pace of TB decline casts serious doubts on eliminating the disease in the next 14 years. The latest Global...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
According to villagers in randomly selected villages across agro-ecological zones in Bangladesh, food security has improved to the extent that rural people do not any more have to eat non-edible vegetables or look confusedly at strained-off water from boiled rice...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-11-05 00:00:00
Less than one year after the 10th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Nairobi in December, 2015, there is now a move for holding its next ministerial conference (MC11). The WTO General Council (GC) in the first...
Siddique Islam | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
Private sector credit growth fell slightly again in September mainly due to lower payment obligations particularly back-to-back imports for ready-made garment (RMG) sector, officials said. The growth in credit flow to private sector came down to 15.34 per cent in...
Munima Sultana | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
Transport experts have criticised the plan of constructing an elevated walkway in Gulistan area instead of freeing the existing footpaths, saying it could be disastrous for the city's future transport plans. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has taken the plan...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
Saudi entrepreneurs are expected to finalise investment deals with their Bangladeshi counterparts during their visit to the country beginning from Sunday, according to business insiders. The visit of Saudi businessmen comes after Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's recent trip to...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
Since the 1980s, higher education and research have developed rapidly in Asia. This has been a logical consequence of the booming economies in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea. Regardless of whether their economic successes were built on...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
Right at this moment candidates seeking admission to different universities, medical colleges and institutes are going through a most critical phase of life full of anxiety. Their grade point average (GPA)-5 is no guarantee for a placement in one of...
Imtiaz A. Hussain concluding a two-part article on the Ninth South Asia Economic Summit (SAES), held in Dhaka on October 15-16 | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
On the eve of the Ninth South Asian Economic Summit (SAES), both Bangladesh and India led the way to boycotting the scheduled November 2016 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Islamabad, Pakistan. Irrespective of this political decision,...
Zarif Iftekhar Rasul | 2016-11-04 00:00:00
Over the past few weeks, the visit of the Chinese President has been a topic generating much discussion at various levels. While the bulk of the discussion centred on the $24-billion financial assistance and what it entails for Bangladesh's economic...
Ramisa Maliyat Ongira | 2016-11-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) has successfully concluded its three-day long event 'Chakri.com Presents BUP Career and Education Fest 2016'. The event took place on October 23, 24 and 29, 2016. The fest provided a complete package of guidelines for...
Munima Sultana | 2016-11-03 00:00:00
Even though five years have already elapsed, the Indian government is yet to start the construction work of a small bridge over the Feni River at their own cost. Official sources said the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has taken...
Siddique Islam | 2016-11-03 00:00:00
Overall spread between lending and deposit interest rates further narrowed slightly, as of September, as country's commercial banks charged a little lower on loans, officials said. The weighted average spread between lending and deposit rates offered by the commercial banks...
Tamima Islam | 2016-11-03 00:00:00
NSUers Meets Corporate Icons, better known as NMCI, held its 7th session on October 16 and 17, 2016. It was organised by the student run club-- NSU YES!. There attended major corporate icons in this two-day event. The event offered...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-11-03 00:00:00
This past Halloween night (October 31), one of my neighbours (let me call her Lillete) went trick-or-treating with her five-year-old granddaughter in matching Winnie the Pooh costumes. It was nice to see her inner youth, all decked out, and joining...
Lamia Mohsin | 2016-11-03 00:00:00
The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) operates in more than 150 countries across the world. JICA's projects in Bangladesh focuses on seven major sectors: Energy/Power, Health, Education, Governance, Rural Development, Disaster Management, and Transportation. In the area of disaster management,...
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