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SMALL farmers in the country are bearing the brunt of the months long political crisis as they were unable to sell their produce to markets...

A NEWS report yesterday said that the tax-payers dodged Tk 3,024 crore in the income tax category alone during the last two financial years (2010-11...

Prof. Murray A. Strauss : It was encouraging to read an article recently by Sir Frank Peters about the ill effects corporal punishment has on...

Neil Irwin : The United States is poised for its strongest year of economic growth since the recession began. Signposts for the economy are generally...

Pasuk Phongpaichit & Chris Baker : Even as demonstrators were spreading across Bangkok, they were losing ground with a constituency whose support they badly need:...

Dr Maleeha Lodhi : At many international conferences I attended last year a number of themes resonated in deliberations of a world in profound but...

Biofuels Biofuels can be an effective, environment-friendly and low-cost source of energy capable of replacing conventional fossil fuels mainly gasoline up to some extent. In...

AFP, Sharjah : Azhar Ali hit a brilliant hundred as Pakistan pulled off a thrilling win in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka...