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US DIPLOMATS TO MEET TARIQUE ZIA IN PRISON
Khaleda says govt's popularity is at 'minus zero level'
Abdur Rahman Khan
The caretaker government claims to have been working hard to bring stability in the country's politics but the situation indicates a blocked exit route with an apprehension of untoward developments...[ FULL STORY ]
Delay to release Khaleda, two sons spurs confusion
Amanullah Kabir
Expectations soared high among the people regarding former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's release after Sheikh Hasina was freed and allowed to go abroad. They thought very soon Khaleda and her two seriously ill sons would be set free. Inordinate delay in their release even after 10 days since June 11 when Hasina was freed has become a matter of concern in the political circle which smells something fishy in the whole affair...[ FULL STORY ]
MANY RELIEVED AT SHEIKH HASINA'S RELEASE
People intrigued by Advisers' meeting with her at residence
Mohammad Ali Sattar
Week ending last Thursday was eventful in that it featured the much talked about release of Sheikh Hasina. It did, albeit for a short while, capture the attention of those who distance themselves from politics. The press was rife with news and snippets about her pre and post release situations...[ FULL STORY ]
REPUBLICAN TREASURER CHARGED WITH FUND DEFALCATION
Globalisation of corruption
Fazle Rashid in New York
Doctors without borders. It means doctors can go to any place of the globe to provide medicare to ailing people. Doctors act as samaritans. It is corruption sans border now. Corruption has spilled all over the world. It is pervasive and pandemic. Corruption has not spared even venerable institutions like the UN, and World Bank. It is globalisation of corruption now...[ FULL STORY ]
MACRO-ECONOMIC IMBALANCE TO SPUR INFLATION
Budget: Bureaucracy fails to achieve ADP targets
Faruque Ahmed
The budget has been described variously as pro-poor in a volatile market, business-friendly promoting domestic investment and supportive of agriculture and rural development; but observers wonder how 30 per cent deficit financing of a Taka trillion expenditure outlays will be practicable...[ FULL STORY ]
DEFICIT BUDGET
Current account surplus likely to end
Asjadul Kibria
For the last couple of years, Bangladesh has been successfully maintaining current account surplus mainly duet to robust growth of remittance. Thus, widening trade gap on merchandise and services has been significantly offset by the remittance inflow. But the comfort level of current account, reflecting the country's regular transaction with the rest of the world, is already started to erode...[ FULL STORY ]
NAWAZ SHARIF QUIET
Two lakh - strong Islamabad rally evaporates at dawn
Jonaid Iqbal in Islamabad
About 200,000 people joined the long march in support of the restoration of judges who were dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf, which has become a hot political issue in the country since...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Walt Disney
K. Z. Islam
The 20th century saw a transformation of our visual experiences comparable to the blossoming of the Renaissance in the 15th century. Creator of one such transformation was Walt Disney (1901-1966). Disney a legend in the world of cartoon animation was not the inventor of this form of entertainment. The originators of the cartoon included Edward Lear and the great cartoonist Tenniel, who drew for Punch and first illustration was Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Disney could also take from a huge repertoire of examples in the newspapers - strips known as 'comics'. Disney believed that the first of the animated funnies drawn for the new motion picture industry was made in 1906 by Blackborn and titled Humorous Phases of Funny Faces...[ FULL STORY ]
HUMAN-COMPUTER CONVERSATION CRUCIAL FOR ROBOT-MAKING
Real romance with robot possible in 40 years
Alix Rijckaert
Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction-researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. ..[ FULL STORY ]
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