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Consuming with a conscience: The rise of ethical shopping

Jessica King, 37, has been shopping at the Ten Thousand Villages store near Lancaster, Pa., since sh

Creative furniture

DRIK Gallery is exhibiting a show of creativity on wood, courtesy of Creative Furniture. This compan

Is China ready for home schools?

Today, a growing number of children in China are staying

Running out of moves

Far from "appeasing" Iran, did Barack Obama give up on diplomacy too soon? queries James Mason

WITH the glaring exception of Ron Paul, most of the Republicans who want to be president agree on on

Reform by numbers

Opposition to the world's biggest biometric identity scheme is growing in India, writes M.J. Akbar

FOR a country that fails to meet its most basic challenges-feeding the hungry, piping clean water, f

The downgrading of Europe

Barack Obama's new defense plans neglect Europe at their peril, writes James Mason

THE new "strategic guidance" announced by Barack Obama on January

Inflation soars

Inflation is a bane for both the developed countries and

Increasing number of community clinics

The Government is contemplating increasing the number of community clinics

The transit issue

A tongue and cheek approach

The ‘kind’ (Mamata) chief minister of West Bengal has decided recently that she is not in favour of solving the enclave situation. She is not living up to her name as far as we are concerned. Yes, we have been reduced to the kindness of our neighbour who

The ‘kind’ (Mamata) chief minister of West Bengal has decided recently that she is not in favour of

Dangerous curves on the Dhaka-Ctg highway

The Dhaka—Chittagong highway is the busiest and most important highway

Appointment business in madrasah

Much tension has arisen on the question of appointment of

Ali Imam, Kazi Rakib's names proposed for CEC

The Search Committee, formed for constituting the Election Commission, has recommended the President two names - retired cabinet secretary Ali Imam Majumder and retired secretary Qazi Raqib Uddin Ahmad-for appointment as Chief Election Commissioner, reports UNB.
The search committee, led by Justice Syed Mahmood Hossain of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, also recommended eight names to choose four of them as Election Commissioners when they called on President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban Tuesday evening.
The eight names recommended for the Election Commissioners are retired additional secretary Mohammad Abu Hafiz; retired joint secretary Mohammad Abdul Mobarrak; retired IGP Mohammad Hadis Uddin; Brig Gen (retd) Md. Zabed Ali; retired registrar of the Supreme Court Md. F... read more>>