The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education Ministry on Tuesday recommended the ministry to focus on improvement of the quality of secondary and higher education quality in rural areas. The committee came up with the recommendation at its third meeting held...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Administration Ministry on Tuesday suggested looking for an alternative merit-based system to MCQ in the BCS preliminary examination. The committee also stressed the need for giving importance to articulately incorporate some issues in the...
Cinnamon cannot only tickle your taste buds, the ancient cooking spice is also an effective anti-bacterial agent and can help prevent some of the most serious food-borne illnesses caused by pathogenic bacteria, says a study. Cinnamomum cassia oil can work...
Observing that only registering protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza at individual level is not enough, Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Tuesday said the government should reach the voices of 160 million Bangladeshis to the world. He...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
RANGPUR, July 21: With the rise of water level erosion by the river Teesta has taken a devastating turn at Char Dhusmara village under Kawnia upazila in the district during past few days, creating panic among the people and posing...
KHULNA, July 21 (BSS): The city is witnessing a brisk sale of electronic goods including refrigerator and television in the markets ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. Manufacturers and importers have already beefed up supplies of goods and are offering instant cash...
SAVAR, July 21 (UNB): Three people, including two fish traders, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district early Monday. The deceased,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
CHUADANGA, July 21: Two minor schoolgirls drowned in a pond in village Pirpurkullah of Karpashdanga union under Damurhuda Upazila of the district Sunday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Shulee Khatun (09), daughter of Siddique Ali and a resident of...
RAJSHAHI, July 21 (BSS): Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) has been implementing a project by spending around Taka 340 million in order to bring a qualitative change in the city's water supply system. According to concerned sources, implementation...
PABNA, July 21 (UNB): An employee of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Shalaipur in sadar upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain, 35, a senior executive chemist of the pharmaceutical company...
BHOLA, July 21 (UNB): Eleven fishermen went missing as a trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal in southern part of the district on Sunday evening. The trawler carrying 18 fishermen sank in the Bay while they were fishing in...
GAIBANDHA, July 21 (BSS): Some 65 poor people including women of Jumarbari union of Shaghata upazila here got spray and sewing machines worth Taka 0.3 million from Local Government Support Project (LGSP)-2 on Sunday. A distribution function was held on...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
MAGURA, July 21: A roundtable meeting on tuberculosis was held in Magura Monday. BRAC, health department, Magura and Magura Press Club jointly arranged the meeting at Magura Press Club. Magura additional deputy commissioner AKM Tareq was the chief guest while...
SIRAJGANJ, July 21 (UNB): A man was killed and 17 others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers at Majnabari village in Kazipur upazila on Monday. The deceased was identified as Majibar Rahman ,60. Witnesses said the...
KUET launches Bio-Medical Engg department Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) has launched a new Bio Medical Engineering Department (BMED) under the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Faculty from 2014- 2015 academic session. On July 17, the University Grant Commission...
Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo has been declared the winner of Indonesia's hotly contested presidential election. The election commission said Mr Widodo - widely known as Jokowi - won 53.15pc of the vote with his rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, on 46.85pc,...
A train carrying the remains of victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine has arrived in the city of Kharkiv, outside rebel territory. Flight MH17 crashed in an area held by pro-Russia rebels last Thursday, killing all 298...
Mohammad Ashraful has appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) disciplinary panel to get reduced the eight-year ban imposed on him by the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) anti-corruption tribunal for his part in spot-fixing during a BPL 2013 match. The...
M.S. Azad | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
Corporate Social Responsibility, commonly known as CSR, refers to activities integrating economic, environmental and social aspects of financing. In recent times, the development of conceptual framework and practices of CSR has been broadened in multi-dimensional aspects. Along with direct expenditure...
Appearing before public four days after he has been made convener of BNP’s Dhaka city unit committee, Mirza Abbas on Tuesday said their post-Eid movement will be peaceful unless the government obstructs it and shows undemocratic attitude. “The government has...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
A Minister is reported to have said recently that if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) did not give up its demand for fresh elections, the current government's term would be extended for a year beyond 2019! The Minister failed to...
LONDON : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday her government is addressing child marriage problem in a holistic manner leading it from the front against significant opposition from religion-based political parties such as Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, according to a news agency....
Union Parishads (UPs) and Upazila Parishads (UZs) are two local government (LG) institutions that lie at the door-step of the majority of the country's population. All politicians, irrespective of their affiliation to various parties, make electoral pledges to strengthen such...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
If we put our own house, Bangladesh, in order, ensure justice, give people the freedom of expression, continue with the practice of democracy by holding credible elections, put an end to acrimonious politics, establish transparent and accountable system and, above...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-07-22 00:00:00
The 1959 film version of Manik Bandopadhyay's novel Padma Nodir Majhi as Jago Hua Savera opens with a spectacular scene. The camera takes a long aerial shot of the river Padma just after daybreak. The camera pans slowly -hundreds of...
The escalation of the Middle East crisis reflects the failure of diplomacy in the region and the stubbornness of the Israeli government. The asymmetrical nature of this conflict is immense cause for concern in the realm of global politics. The...
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