M Azizur Rahman | 2015-05-03 00:00:00
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is still borrowing substantial amount of money to import petroleum products from international market although it has been making profit since October 2014 with drastic fall in oil prices in international market, said officials. "We...
Mojibur Rahnnan Bhuiyan | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
For workers, 2015 is very important. In the post-2015 era, the sustainable development agenda currently being formulated is premised on the reality that the present model of development is not working, given the worsening inequalities. The UN Secretary General's synthesis...
Anwar Faruq Talukder | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
Multiple skills are defined as having expertise in more than one skill or task. Multi-skilled employees have different skills, enabling them to do more than one kind of work. Human resource alone can add value more than that of a...
History was made on May 04, 1886 following a clash between striking labourers and the police at Haymarket in Chicago. The bloody clash that left seven policemen and at least four civilians dead acted as a driving force for the...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
Even established democratic systems go through a process of permutation and combination depending on climes and conditions. Although the core issue is representative governance or management of affairs of the state or local bodies or organisations, it is not easy...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
It is good to see hectic moves of the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) in digging well-metalled roads of the capital to put in place sewerage lines. At least, the authority has at long last stepped in to look...
The holy month of Ramadan is only one and a half months away and every year we see the prices of essentials go up during this month creating sufferings for common people. We see prices going down and big discounts...
The just-concluded city elections have deprived the people of their hopes for a free and fair poll. They could never imagine that there would be so widespread rigging and violence. It has been proved that the ruling party has no...
I was saddened by a recent incident featuring one of our diplomats working abroad that came out in our newspapers. It was about an act of shameful stealing of a mobile phone from a shop by a probationer Bangladeshi diplomat...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
As had been apprehended by internationally reputed geologists, a devastating earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. It measured 7.8 on Richter scale, killing over five thousand people and triggering massive structural damages. The total death toll is feared to hit...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
"Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages." — Article 26, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Education is a powerful instrument to break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage for...
RANGPUR, Apr 30 (BSS): Thousands of rural women have the driving force in achieving self- reliance to accelerate socio-economic advancement and empowering them sustainably by contributing a lot towards attaining sustainable rural uplift. Earlier, these successful women had to live...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Apr 30: Agricultural labourers are not recognised as such ever after 128 years of the first celebration of May Day. Though a huge number of agricultural labourers in our villages are directly or indirectly involved in agricultural production, they...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
GAZIPUR, Apr 30: A day-long workshop on Prevention of Child Marriage and Violence against Women was held at the auditorium of Gazipur Sadar Upazila council on Thursday. BRAC, a non-government organisation, organised the workshop under Gender Quality Action Learning (GQAL)...
BENAPOLE, Apr 30 (UNB): Two young men allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Sadar and Jhikargachha upazilas of Jessore district early Thursday and Wednesday night. The deceased were identified as Tota Miah alias Thandu, 38, son of late Mohar...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Apr 30: A total of 40 unemployed women are participating in a training course on two different trades in Nilphamari Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NCCI) complex. In the short basic beautification course 20 women are learning and in...
SIRAJGANJ, Apr 30 (BSS): A pregnant housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her in-laws at Amdanga village under Salonga upazila of the district last night. The victim was identified as Sima Khatun, 25, wife of Jahangir Alam of the...
RU Correspondent | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Apr 30: The number of child labourers is increasing day-by-day in an alarming rate in all the nine upzilas of the district revealing the pitiable living condition of the people in rural areas. Nearly thirteen thousands children, both...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 30 (BSS): Speakers at a youth campaign said time has come to use alternative fuel to reduce the existing dependence on fossil fuel for substantial and sustainable reduction of climate change related risks. They viewed there is no...
Woman killed by husband in Naogaon A woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband at Horijon Colony in the district town on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Parshi Rani, a night guard of the Food Department at...
RANGPUR, Apr 30 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' filed day have said expanded cultivation of short duration mungbean as an additional cash crop brings more profits to the farmers side by side improving soil health and meeting local pulse demand....
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-01 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Apr 30: Speakers at a views exchange meeting emphasised the need for reducing the discrimination between the poor and rich for the sustainable development of the country. Advocacy for Social Change of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) organised the...
GAIBANDHA, Apr 30 (BSS): Beautification work of Gaibandha Poura Park located at the heart of the town is nearly complete. Gaibandha Municipality is implementing the work at a cost of Tk 15 million (1.50 crore) under Secondary Urban Infrastructure Development...
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