A Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) and Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) was held on Wednesday, 6th August, 2008 at 5:30 pm at Green View, BCFCC, Agargaon, Dhaka. Mr. M Aminul Islam Bhuiyan, Secretary, ERD, Ministry of Finance, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Chairman of IDCOL attended the […]
Every $1 Billion Spent on Rebuilding Infrastructure Creates 42,000 Jobs
by James Parks, Apr 29, 2008 Too often, the only time lawmakers think seriously about rebuilding our nation’s aging and crumbling infrastructure is after a disaster like the collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis or the destruction of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Then a few months later, the issue is pushed back to make way […]
Impotence of the Democrats
What follows is an unflattering critique of America’s Democratic Party from one of its own. The party’s primary problems (no pun intended) sabotage its wannabe image as the Party of Change. What change? It appears to be run by well meaning if impotent, insulated and financially settled yuppies who freeze up in the […]
4 Tips to Fight Alcoholism like A Warrior
At 15, Christina had her first alcoholic drink. She bought a bottle of Don Juan, a highly concentrated spirit, and downed it with her friends in a high-school dormitory. Christina felt nothing and cursed herself for having bought the bottle. Little did she know that the seed to her problem with alcohol had been grounded, […]
Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off Carrying Europe’s Space Hopes
It looks like a hollow metal canister the size of a single-decker bus. But to the European Space Agency, the precious cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral today aboard the shuttle Atlantis represents an historic turning point in more than 50 years of space dominance by Russia and the US. Almost five years after […]
Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off Carrying Europe’s Space Hopes
It looks like a hollow metal canister the size of a single-decker bus. But to the European Space Agency, the precious cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral today aboard the shuttle Atlantis represents an historic turning point in more than 50 years of space dominance by Russia and the US. Almost five years after […]