Khalilur Rahman | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Civic amenities now being provided by the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) are far from satisfactory. Two years ago, the DCC was split into DCC (North) and DCC (South) for providing, as per government announcement, improved civic amenities to nearly...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Two developing democracies - Thailand and Turkey - are evidently in troubles and the governments in both the countries are grappling with fresh crises that have threatened their rule. Both the nations were striving to strengthen their democracies that are...
Michelle Martin and Steve Gutterman of Reuters from Berlin/Moscow | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said last week he would not seek power in Russia but fight for the freedom of political prisoners, challenging Vladimir Putin two days after the president freed him from jail. After more than a decade...
Sanjeev Miglani of Reuters from New Delhi | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
India has sought details about staff in American schools in the country for possible tax violations and revoked ID cards of U.S. consular officials and their families, retaliatory steps for the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York. The...
Kathryn Doyle of Reuters from New York | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Less than half of people with diabetes-related eye disease have been told about it, which means they're also missing out on treatment that could save their sight, U.S. researchers say. In nationwide surveys of adults with diabetic macular edema -...
Jonathan Leff and Dmitry Zhdannikov of Reuters from London | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
As US and European banks drop out of commodity trading, Russian, Chinese and Gulf state firms are filling the gap in an attempt to exert greater control over the pricing of the raw materials on which their economies so heavily...
Shadia Nasralla of Reuters from Cairo | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
The Egyptian government intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, formally listing the group as a terrorist organisation after accusing it of carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a police station that killed 16 people. The move...
Humeyra Pamuk and Orhan Coskun of Reuters from Istanbul | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan still enjoys the fierce loyalty of pious voters and wealthy elites, which should be enough to keep him in power in the face of a corruption scandal that has rocked his government and reached his...
Shamsul Huda | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Power generation from renewable energy sources is growing by 100 per cent every year both in grid and off grid zones, according to market data. The small unit based solar home systems (SHS) are growing by 100 per cent every...
Badrul Ahsan | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Export earnings from jute and jute goods declined drastically in July-November period of the current fiscal year (FY) due to the sanction on Iran and price cuts of the products, industry insiders said. Exporters also linked political turmoil in the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Revenue to the tune of Tk 70 billion is remaining unrealised over court battles with large taxpayers under the Value Added Tax (VAT) wing of the revenue board, sources have said. The Large Taxpayers' Unit (LTU) under the VAT department...
Mohammad Ali | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Most of the public and private companies do not submit their annual 'returns filing' to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) every year taking the advantage of its feeble enforcement in regulatory provisions. As a result, the...
Syful Islam | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
India set a condition of enlisting Bangladeshi insurance companies, which will provide coverage of vessels, with the Indian authority concerned before the launch of a bilateral coastal shipping service, sources said. But Bangladesh found the condition illogical and termed it...
Sujan report reveals | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
FE Report Incomes of some 48 candidates of the upcoming parliamentary polls, who are also holding different key positions of the government, went up on an average by 582 per cent during the last five years, according to the statistics...
Ismail Hossain | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) is formulating guidelines for a refinancing fund of Tk 2 billion for Tk 10 account-holders. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) board has recently decided to create a refinance fund of Tk 2 billion for making Tk...
Shamsul Huda | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Woven textile industry has failed to grow in the country as there was no fresh investment in this sector in the last four years, mainly because of EU's introduction of 'single stage' rule, sources said. Data shows that local textile...
Masum Billah | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
The country has been witnessing nightmarish scenarios since November 26 just after the declaration of the 10th parliamentary election schedule. A series of mindless blockade by the opposition alliance from November 26 and the response to it by the law-enforcement...
Shamsul Alam | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
To achieve the development targets, public investment should play a catalytic role through providing enabling environment for the private sector. However, available data on public investment management (PIM) in Bangladesh clearly demonstrate that the performance of PIM is far from...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh has signed the much-talked-about Trade and Investment Co-operation Framework Agreement (TICFA) with the US after more than a decade of wrangling with the Shakespearian hesitation 'to be or not to be' from the Bangladesh side. It is hoped that...
Md Abdullah Al Helal | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Since election is a competition through which the citizens elect their popular representatives in all democratic countries for a specific tenure, inclusive or participatory election is considered one of the significant criteria of participatory democracy. In this sense, inclusive election...
Babul Barman | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
The stock market went down for the second straight week that ended Thursday with the turnover declining as investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments amid mounting political tension. The ruling Awami League-led grand alliance and the BNP-led opposition alliance...
Md Sazedul Islam | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Visually impaired Jesmin Akhter, 11, daughter of Mohammad Jahurul Islam of Potajia village in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district, who had been suffering from sight problem since birth, was denied proper treatment due to ignorance of her parents. Her father,...
Nilratan Halder | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Migration is movement. But not all movements are migration. For some it is a spatial movement for others a mental journey voluntarily induced or coerced by situations. Migration is not limited to man alone, in fact more birds, fish and...
Munima Sultana | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
The authorities concerned started scrutinising the Chinese offer to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) on the other side of the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong, officials said. China earlier this year placed the proposal on the SEZ and tagged...
Shahana Bilkis | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Indiscriminate felling of roadside trees to block roads during violent political programmes like blockades and hartals, has become a matter of concern for forest officials and environmentalists. These trees are being sold mainly by local opposition party men and a...
Nilratan Halder | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Festivals commemorate the watersheds of civilisation. Enthusiasm and fervour of great religious festivals swept all across Greece and Rome in ancient time. At times they assumed a distinct character by virtue of the nature of competition -athletic or drama. In...
M Jalal Hussain | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Politics holds the tremendous promise for contributing to human development and welfare. It can also aggravate miseries, conflicts, confrontations, and sometimes lead to large-scale killings, among the people in a society as shown by historical records. Politics is a word...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
India's main opposition candidate for the prime ministerial position Narendra Modi is seeking votes of the minorities in the national elections early next year. The Gujarat chief minister, known for his anti-Muslim stance, has said that it is the Hindu-Muslim...
Syful Islam | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
The government has framed a draft policy suggesting formation of a commission to look after and facilitate social business in the country, sources said. The draft has also suggested for not allowing taking of dividends by the entrepreneurs if anyone...
Erik Kirschbaum and Lidia Kelly of Reuters | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
The luxury hotel in Berlin where Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spent the last few nights is worlds away from Corrective Colony No. 7, where the former oil tycoon was locked up for years. But Khodorkovsky says he could not care less...
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