Asjadul Kibria | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The issue of US Generalised System of Preference (GSP) is back again to stimulate some more debate. The US government has renewed the scheme, after two years of interval, for almost all countries except for few like Bangladesh and Russia....
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations have evoked a critical reaction among different quarters. Most of the critics blamed the political turmoil triggered in the country during the exams. Others quite correctly attribute it...
Gas crisis looms heavy on the newly set-up industries as well as those awaiting relocation, especially in the textile and apparel sector. Although a persisting problem, this time it might wreck havoc as hundreds of industrial units involving several billions...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
People who care for the country's education are unanimous in their verdict that the results of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations have suffered a serious setback. Since the introduction of the grading system in 2003, it is for...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on August 10, 2015 extending weeks of losses after a US report stoked expectations of a global glut of supplies, reports AFP. Brent crude for September was trading at $48.25 a barrel after ending...
It has been one year since the infamous killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Looking back at the incident, I wonder if the world has learnt anything from it. Illustrious personalities like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln,...
In an English class of a college, the teacher wrote the following sentence on the black board and asked the students to punctuate it. The sentence written was: "A woman without her man is nothing." Some punctuated it as follows:...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Given the poor state of our English education and its studies, the future of this language in Bangladesh appears to be bleak. Among the Bangla-medium school- and college-level students, English is a major cause of panic and anxiety. Lots of...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
The ability to learn is the most marked trait in human beings. Learning takes place throughout our life, in different ways and in different contexts, beginning when we are in the mothers' wombs. Evidence shows that at least the beginning...
Today, we celebrate our 69th Independence Day with new zeal and vigour and with the conviction that this Day will be a harbinger of political, economic and social stability. The nation knows that during the last few years, regional and...
I congratulate all the countrymen on the auspicious occasion of the Independence Day of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is also a day of happiness; a day of bowing down our heads before Almighty Allah in thankfulness and a...
On this day in 1947, Pakistan emerged as an independent sovereign state on the map of the world as a result of the struggle of the Muslims of the Subcontinent under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Since its...
Dr. Sabreena Razzaq Hussain | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
Pakistan. It may be one of the most misunderstood countries around and it is certainly easy to see why when you hit the layman's ceiling of knowledge in about ten seconds. What most people don't see is what lies beneath...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Aug 13: Due to wage disparity the female labourers of Rangpur district are being deprived of their equal rights. As a result they are passing days in acute misery. According to sources female labourers in different areas of the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Aug 13: All seven visually impaired students who appeared at the HSC examinations of 2015 from Rajshahi Education Board came out successful. Moreover, two physically challenged persons also passed HSC examination. Shamsul Kalam Azad, Controller of Examinations of REB...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 13: Revenue earning in Customs duty and VAT exceeded target in Sylhet region during the 2014-2015 fiscal. The total amount stood at Tk 7370 million against a target of Tk 7090 million, informed the Commissioner of Customs, Excise...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
BOGRA, Aug 13: The egg-plant growers of different villages of Bogra district are expecting a bumper production of egg-plant as the weather condition is favourable and supply of agricultural inputs was available from the very beginning of the crop cultivation...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 13: Revenue earning in Customs duty and VAT exceeded target in Sylhet region during the 2014-2015 fiscal. The total amount stood at Tk 7370 million against a target of Tk 7090 million, informed the Commissioner of Customs, Excise...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
PABNA, Aug 13: Pabna farmers in nine upazilas of the district have started cultivation of summer Palong Shak (spinach), a vitamin enriched leafy vegetable. They are becoming solvent by farming the vegetable alongside chilli and bean cultivation. A large number...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Aug 13: Most government primary schools of Nilphamari district are running without head teacher that hampers chain of command in the school administration. There are 2172 primary schools in the district out of which 1029 are government primary schools...
Our Correspondent | 2015-08-14 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Aug 13: Speakers at a function here Wednesday stressed on the need for using iodised salt to protect the human body from different types of diseases and reduce child mortality rate as well. "In Bangladesh, 40 per cent school-age...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 13 (BSS): District Relief and Rehabilitation Office (DRRO) constructed 51 bridges and culverts in the district spending Tk about 100 million (10 crore). DRRO sources said, as the completed the construction work of the bridges, the peoples of...
NARSINGDI, Aug 13 (BSS): A meeting on voters' list updating process with photograph was held at Deputy Commissioner's conference room here on Wednesday. The meeting, organised by the district coordination committee, reviewed the progress about updating process of voters' list...
Multimedia classroom at 61 schools in Rangamati A total of 61 secondary educational institutions out of 125 have been brought under digital system in ten upazilas of the district. District education officer Golzer Ahmed Khan said the schools were provided...
SYLHET, Aug 13 (UNB): Hosts Bangladesh emerged Group A champion with all-win record to reach the semifinal of the six-nation SAFF U-16 Championship beating holders India by 2-1 goals in the last group match at the Sylhet Stadium here Thursday....
The 10th edition of the Ascent Corporate five-a-side Soccer Cup kicks off at STM Hall of Scholastica School in the city Friday, reports UNB. Defending champions Gemcon Group team will face Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd team in the opener...
GALLE, Aug 13 (AFP): Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli hit centuries before Sri Lanka fought back on the second day of the first Test against India at the Galle International Stadium Thursday. The tourists, replying to Sri Lanka's first innings...
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