Former West Ham defender Anwaruddin has signed for Conference South side Sutton United after mutually terminating his contract at Barnet. The 30-year-old is one of few British-Asians plying his trade in the English leagues and although he had the opportunity to represent Bangladesh, he hasn’t made up his mind yet. A non-sense centre-back, he cemented […]
Feb 28 2012 | Posted in
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The Boom-Boom might lead the Green Team towards victory at the event The Asia cup is absolutely one of the most awaited cricketing events of the 2012 season. The top Asian teams will have a chance to prove their brilliance in Bangladesh next month. The 11th edition of the Asia Cup is scheduled from March […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Former West Ham defender Anwaruddin has signed for Conference South side Sutton United after mutually terminating his contract at Barnet. The 30-year-old is one of few British-Asians plying his trade in the English leagues and although he had the opportunity to represent Bangladesh, he hasn’t made up his mind yet. A non-sense centre-back, he cemented […]
After a splendid performance during the Test series against England, the Green side has announced its final roster for the coming ODI and T20 series. The two all-rounders, Abdur Razzaq and Shoaib Malik were not included in the squad initially. However, the off spinner has now been called in to represent the team for coming […]
Feb 7 2012 | Posted in
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EU duty waiver for Pakistan gets approval from WTO Geneva: (Wednesday, February 01, 2012) The World Trade Organization has approved European Union’s decision to waive off duties on 75 exportable items from Pakistan today. The EU has taken the decision to extend help for Pakistan in recovering from massive floods rendered the country inundated in […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in
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Police fired guns and used batons on crowds of stone-throwing opposition activists in several Bangladeshi towns Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 100, a news report and doctors at two hospitals said. The opposition party said 1,200 of its activists were arrested, but the figure could not immediately be confirmed. The […]
Corporate sector is the main source of income for any country and South Asian sector is not an exception. However, in the past one decade or so, this sector has incurred severe damages because of the negligence from their national governments and the worst case is Pakistan. World Bank’s chief economist for South Asia region […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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The audience however, raised the objection on Ms. Kochhar’s manifesto of “moving away from protecting jobs to protecting workers”. The audience objected that the World Bank should refrain from the propagation of the dogma that labour laws are restricting job creations. The protection of the labour at work and off the pitch is a mandatory […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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Revisiting the creation of Bangladesh The creation-day of Bangladesh and dismemberment of Pakistan is mourned as routine every December 16, during which most of the mess for what happed, is put on external forces. It is a well-formed habit as we are projecting our essentially intrastate conflicts and declaring others responsible for it. It is […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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Seminar urges SAARC members to work for economic prosperity Participants of a seminar agreed to take concrete steps to enhance people-to-people contact and trade relations among SAARC member countries to make the region prosperous and hub of the economic activities. In a seminar organized by the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), speakers urged to […]
Nov 19 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan may send high-level delegation to Bangladesh Since Bangladesh failed to fulfil their promise and voted against Pakistan on the European Union’s trade package. The Pakistani authorities had decided that they might send a high-level delegation to Bangladesh in order to convince Dhaka to take out their vote against Pakistan at the World Trade Organization […]
Soon after separation, Bangladesh’s population was around 71 million whereas Pakistan’s population was 62 million at that time. However after 40 years, Pakistan’s population increasing at a precipitous rate has crossed 180 million whereas Bangladesh’s population now is 150 million. This staggering increase is the prime cause for increased social and economical hitches Pakistan is […]
Oct 29 2011 | Posted in
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