City dwellers are set to experience load-shedding during the up-coming summer as the Power Development Board (PDB) will not be able to produce required amount of electricity to support irrig... Read more
Singapore is the third-richest country in the world, ranking behind only Qatar and Luxembourg, according to Forbes magazine. Using the most recent International Monetary Fund data available,... Read more
Bangladesh’s existing infrastructure cannot take the load that will come with transit to its neighbours, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday. “Transit is extremely importa... Read more
Syria holds a referendum on Sunday on a new constitution, dismissed by the opposition as a charade amid an intensifying crackdown on the 11-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad... Read more
Talk about a deal. French authorities are selling an entire village, Courbefy, at an all-inclusive price of about $440,000 (€330,000), according to Reuters. Judicial officials in neighboring... Read more
Off and on we used to say that Bangladeshis a country of rivers. Yes, this is absolutely right because more than 700 rivers and rivulets cris-crossed the country before reaching theBay of Be... Read more
The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran’s suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontati... Read more
UNESCO Director-General’s Message Nelson Mandela once said that “if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes... Read more
For the first time in Bangladesh, BPDB is implementing a pilot project of 0.90 MW capacity of the Grid Connected Wind Energy (GCWE) in the Muhuri Dam areas. The installation, commissioning a... Read more
Working conditions at Chinese manufacturing plants where Apple Inc’s iPads and iPhones are made are far better than those at garment factories or other facilities elsewhere in the coun... Read more
