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Give UN a mandate to free world from poverty, injustice, says PM

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (UNB): Prime Minister Khaleda Zia stressed the need for arming the United Nations (UN) with a renewed mandate to free the world from poverty, injustice and terrorism for ensuring development, peace and security. "We can only sustain if we act responsibly and together. All of us must emphatically reaffirm the UN's c . . . . . . Read Full Story

UN summit falls short of changes necessary to fight poverty, terrorism

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (AP): History's largest gathering of world leaders fell far short of completing the bold changes United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan sought to fight poverty, terrorism and human rights abuses - but the leaders took a first step. At the end of a three-day summit, the leaders on Friday adopted a 35-page docum . . . . . . Read Full Story

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UN summit falls short of changes necessary to fight poverty, terrorism

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (AP): History's largest gathering of world leaders fell far short of completing th

Give UN a mandate to free world from poverty, injustice, says PM

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (UNB): Prime Minister Khaleda Zia stressed the need for arming the United Nations

CNG conversion centres basking in high demand

City's compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion centres are now experiencing a hectic business due to

POLITICS & POLICIES

PM holds talks with world leaders, Crowley

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (BSS): Prime Minister Khaleda Zia held separate talks with a number of world leade

Youth forum recalls 9/11 carnage, calls for greater peace

Recollecting the sad memory of 9/11 carnage, a youth forum, YES, said that it had triggered "a furth

Hasina pledges to make education free up to degree level if AL returns to power

Awami League President and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina Saturday pledged to

METRO & COUNTRY

SME Banking RoadShow frustrates new entrepreneurs

The first three-day SME Banking RoadShow that started on September 15 (Thursday) provided little opp

Brewing monsoon low moves to north Bay

The monsoon low brewing in the Andaman bay since Thursday has moved slightly to the north Bay of Ben

IDB ignores Dhaka’s request for aid hike?

Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has ignored a request by Bangladesh to raise its loan assistance to $

VIEWS & REVIEWS

One-way education system: Does it suit the present need?

Miah Abdul Hakim, Headmaster of the Little Flowers' Preparatory School, is an experienced science te

Merton College tops Oxford's official league table of degree results

Merton College has come top of the first official league table of degree results published recently

Tridib Dastidar: A homesick gypsy

Bangladesh is, unquestionably, a land of genius. Besides being blessed with natural resources, she i

EDITORIAL

It's about corruption again

It has become almost like a ritual for the Bangladesh chapter of the Berlin-based Transparency Inter

Arresting the surge in prices

THE country's economy is in danger due to a fresh inflationary pressure. The upward trend of the und

Reaching a consensus with the world’s poor

MORE than 180 world leaders have convened to discuss problems of poverty, security, and global gover

LETTER TO EDITOR

For weekend holidays on Saturdays and Sundays

IT seems that now the demand for Friday as working day is no more limited to the business community

Justifying the title CDBL

WHENEVER we address someone by the names -- whether those are man, animal, natural things or an orga

BUSINESS/ECONOMY

Phoenix Leasing to launch Tk 50m IPO, Tk 300m zero coupon bonds by Dec

Phoenix Leasing Company Limited (PLCL) will float initial public offerings (IPO) worth Tk. 50 millio

Terminated workers from KL get Tk 10m in compensation

Some 41 workers, who were discriminated and terminated by their Malaysian employer, received around

Ctg Port lighterage vessel crisis causing woes to users

CHITTAGONG, Sept 17: Rapid downloading of consignments of imported goods from the mother vessels is

COMPANIES & FINANCE

Emerging mkt countries repaying more than they are borrowing from IMF

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters): Emerging market countries are repaying more than they are borrowing f

WTO deal to hit US grain, sugar, dairy sectors

WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters): The United States would need to trim its crop support rates by up to

Romania sets new rules to toughen war on graft

BUCHAREST, Sept 17 (Reuters): Romania unveiled a set of measures yesterday to root out black market

BUSINESS & FINANCE

'It is back to being good entrepreneurs'

Jeroen van der Veer, Royal Dutch Shell's first chief executive, is used to skating on thin ice. The

Employers take a psychometric view of hopefuls

Psychometric testing, which can help to assess personality traits, is enjoying a renaissance. This a

A man of few words but many ideas

Asked which business figure he most admires, Ken Sato names Howard Hughes. The reclusive US movie m

LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT

Pleasant events

A good number of events are now being held in the city and the city-dwellers have several options fo

7th art exhibition of Purbita

Purbita, an organisation of non-professional artists, held an art exhibition at Novera Auditorium, S

TallTales &Trouble

Rozina, a queen of the screen of yestears will soon be seen in "Rakkhooshi" (Man Eating Monster Lady

MARKET & COMMODITIES

Oil prices beat steady retreat, gold prices soar

LONDON, Sept 17 (AFP): Oil prices fell this week amid forecasts of slowing demand that were offset s

Beijing seeks to rejuvenate its domestic capital markets

SHANGHAI: China is preparing ways to boost the competitiveness of its domestic stock market, includi

OPEC ready to pump more oil after Vienna meeting

LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters): Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ministers look set t

SPORTS

BAO organises colourful Queen's Baton Relay in city today

Bangladesh Olympic Association (BAO) is going to organise a colourful Queen's Baton Relay today (Sun

Five teams move into zonal semis

Five teams moved into the respective zonal semifinals of the Nitol-Tata 5th National Football League

Nat'l Hockey begins Tuesday

The ABS Group National Hockey Championship, organised by Bangladesh Hockey Federation, will begin on

WORLD

World summit endorses watered-down UN reform

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (AFP): World leaders ended a three-day summit Friday by endorsing a watered-

Blast in Beirut kills one,wounds 22

BEIRUT, Sept 17 (AFP): One person was killed and 22 others wounded in a bomb attack on an apartment

Afghanistan goes to polls with high hopes

KABUL, Sept 17: From remote mountain villages to war-scarred cities, millions of Afghans vote Sunday

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