BI hosting international conference on poverty

"Asian speakers at the conference would include Central Bank of India Governor YV Reddy, Central Bank of the Philippines Governor Armando M Tetangco, Central Bank of Bangladesh Governor Salehudin Ahmed, Central Bank of Indonesia Deputy Governors Miranda S Goeltom and Muliaman...

Luck runs out for Bangladesh`s `snake king`

Dhaka (ANTARA News) - Bangladeshi "snake king" Tota Miah, who became a national celebrity after starting the country's first commercial snake farm, has died after failing to charm two cobras, police said Monday. "He was bitten on his hands by two cobras on Saturday as he was...

Grameenphone chooses Comptel provisioning and activation solutions

"With over 15 million subscribers, Grameenphone is operating in a rapidly expanding market - around 125 per cent year on year growth in subscriber numbers in Bangladesh. But this is also a highly competitive market, so innovation is very important to Grameenphone. Lutfor...

UN hails Asian transparency over bird flu

"He highlighted Indonesia, the country worst hit so far by bird flu, for its transparency in alerting global health authorities to any new cases. "The government of Indonesia tells the world when it has problems," Nabarro said. Indonesia's health ministry reported earlier on...

Is Poetry Dead?

Who reads poetry today? And who reads the modern and contemporary poets? And yet there is a deluge of poetry – for the producers and consumers of poetry constitute a giant industry, from which the 'average' reader is left out.

MediaScrape integrates Google Maps, more broadcasters

"MediaScrape, the Internet TV News Network - www.MediaScrape.com, announces revenue-sharing deals with YouTube; SCTV-Indonesia; ATN-Bangladesh; Realitatea-Romania; CBC (Canada); TV Brussels; Yerkir Media (Armenia); Asia News International (India) and Rustavi...

Crackdown on internet users in Bangladesh

"RAB (Rapid Action Battalion) members assisted by BTRC (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) officials are conducting house-to-house searches in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet pinpointing each and every internet user with a fast connection. In an unprecedented...

Eight annas

Bangladeshis with western degrees are the local army of the American empire: they legitimise American imperialism in their own country, in order to safeguard their academic connections with the "mother country": anything that threatens their career "over there", such as a...

CEOs to debate industry`s future at GSMA`s Mobile Asia Congress

""With mobile broadband services proliferating, handset technology evolving rapidly and the Internet fast going wireless, this industry is reaching a major inflexion point as many operators, vendors and entertainment companies review their strategies, their business models...