Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday hosted an Iftar reception in honour of professionals at her official residence Ganabhaban. Vice-chancellors and teachers of public and private universities, journalists, physicians, engineers, lawyers and businessmen were among the guests. The Prime Minister...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be joined by her London-based elder son Tarique Rahman on the Saudi Arabia trip to perform Umrah. It will be their second meeting since 2008. The first time was during Khaleda's London visit in 2011,...
Religious minorities in Bangladesh have suffered the most under the current Awami League regime, the BNP, which is often accused of repressing them, has claimed. “The Awami League talks about being non-communal, but they have grabbed lands from Hindus more...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has given 11 instructions to the Basic Bank to help it recovery from the collapse caused by irregularities unearthed by the central bank. The state-owned Basic Bank suffered a jolt as central bank investigation found that about...
Bangladesh Bank has given 11instructions to the Basic Bank to help it recovery from the collapse caused by irregularities unearthed by the central bank. The state-owned Basic Bank suffered a jolt as central bank investigation found that about Tk 45...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead a high-level Bangladesh delegation to London on Monday to join the Girl Summit, 2014. At the summit, which will commence on Tuesday, the prime minister will highlight the government’s firm commitment to eliminate child...
Myanmar will host the 36th Association for Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ministerial meeting on agriculture and forestry in September, officials said on Saturday. The meetings are scheduled to take place from September 20 to 26, Xinhua reported. The topic on...
The second death anniversary of noted litterateur, filmmaker and playwright is being observed with various programmes in his home district, Netrokona. To mark the day, black flags were hoisted in his village Kutubpur and at Shahid Smriti Bidyapith, a school...
The government should make a sound national policy to use the country’s marine resources for national interest, a meeting was told on Saturday. The views exchange meeting, titled “Sea Port, Barapukuria and the Sundarbans”, was organised by the National Committee...
Systematic retrofitting construction work by Public Works Department (PWD) started at Tejgaon Fire Station building for the first time in the country. Local engineers, with the support of Japanese experts have started working to retrofit the fire station to turn...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan Saturday said Mawa launch terminal will be relocated to Simulia within next three months. After visiting the Mawa launch terminal, he said this while talking to journalists. Chief Engineer of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA)...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu Saturday asked the US envoy to suggest BNP chief Begum Khaleda Zia to shun militancy, stop patronising Jamaat-Hefazat and avoid violence before suggesting her to take part in election. "We hope the US envoy in...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
A great festival brings both the best and the worst in man. One of the reasons why economy goes bubbling at this time is that people go on a spending spree. The 'shopaholics' in particular are so frenzied about their...
Masum Billah | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
The newspaper industry has been passing through a tough time. Can it compete with the electronic media? Both audio and visual needs satisfying the demand of the readers are met through electronic media. The advertisements also gain momentum in electronic...
Md Shamsul Arefin | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
To make train a popular mode of transport only ensuring comfortable, safe and economical journey is not enough. Easy accessibility and connectivity with the railway stations from all locations of the city are also important. Therefore, a short trip to...
Sazedul Islam | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Young people in any country represent the future of that country. They have a vital role to play in the development of the country - a duty they must perform. There are many ways that youth can contribute to national...
Priyanka Das | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
There were plenty of players in the mobile market who were potential rivals of Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile handsets. Research in Motion (RIM) suggested that though Nokia was the global leader in the fast-growing market of smart-phones...
SMR Arfanul Alam | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang when they visited Southeastern Asian countries in October of 2013, is being seen as a threat to the Asian Development Bank's dominance in this...
Frank Peters | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Child psychologists in India are campaigning for a zero tolerance of corporal punishment to children in homes and schools. They say hitting a child can do more harm than good and can even lead to "disastrous results". This is a...
Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh is vocal in many national and international fora about environment and climate change. Some important environment initiatives and projects have been undertaken over the last two decades. Some improvements have taken place in some respects, but results are not...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
We live in a society where corruption, robbing, stealing and mugging are increasing day by day. These problems often make the headlines in the dailies in our country. We have become almost accustomed to seeing news that somebody has been...
It is quite natural on the part of businesses to demonstrate their propensity to borrow more from cheaper sources, local or foreign. Until 2008, the local businesses, barring some special cases, were not allowed to borrow from the foreign sources...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
At long last, Bangladesh has settled its disputes over maritime boundary with Myanmar and India. While the country's dispute with Myanmar was resolved by the Germany-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), that with India was finally...
Shaikh Saleque | 2014-07-19 00:00:00
"Hurry spoils the curry" is a proverb and it looks like our policy-makers do not agree with the inherent message. If not, the dynamic communications minister would give a second thought before ordering the ministry officials and engineers to repair...
The Upazilla Health Complex at Chunarughat in Habiganj district itself needs treatment. The hospital suffers from acute shortage of physicians, lack of x-ray machine, and bad condition of the hospital building. The surgical department is not well-equipped and there is...
As BNP leader Khaleda Zia has been calling for mass movement after Eid, the people fear that in the coming days our politics once again will turn violent. We have seen many violent movements in the last forty two years,...
Smoking is very bad for our overall well-being and the smokers should kick out this habit during this holy month of Ramadan. In Ramadan we go without any food and drink from dawn to dusk, so it gives us an...
A private clinic at Nazirpur municipality in Patnitala upazila of Naogaon was sealed off by the administration on Saturday, following the death of a patient due to wrong treatment. The deceased was identified as Israel Hossain, 52, son of late...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, July 18 (AFP): Upul Tharanga top-scored with 83 as Sri Lanka sought to rebuild their innings after losing their big hitters on the third day of the first Test against South Africa on Friday. Tharanga, making a...
Though the much-talked-about BNP’s Dhaka City unit committee was announced Friday night after a long drama, its top leaders were said to have been unhappy over the inclusion of some names and a post in the committee changing the one...
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