Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu Saturday said no dialogue could be held with BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and the anti-liberation elements as they are involved in militancy and hatching conspiracy to foil the ongoing trial of war criminals. "There...
Election Commission (EC) has backed away from a decision to use markers for voting in ballot papers. The proposal to use the pens instead of seals in local and municipal elections had been scrapped, EC Secretariat Deputy-Secretary Abdul Wadud told...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday hosted an Iftar party for the foreign diplomats working in Bangladesh. Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister, exchanged pleasantries with the invited guests at the Iftar party at a city hotel. It was followed...
Oxfam, the leading worldwide development organisation, has been selected as the winner of best film produced in Bangladesh on Disaster Risk Reduction at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) held in Bangkok recently. Recognising the value...
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) earned a profit of Taka 1.95 billion in the immediate past fiscal 2013-14. The amount is Taka 50.78 million more than the previous year's profit of Taka 1.89 billion, according to a provisional report...
Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) general secretary Kholiquzzaman on Saturday held corrupt politics responsible for public sufferings. He said this referring to the government’s alleged failure to stop the use of toxic chemicals in perishable food items and ease traffic...
Observing that there are many ways to peacefully clear up differences of opinion and misunderstanding in a democratic system, co-chair of International Commission on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Advocate Sultana Kamal on Saturday said no one can resist the...
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamist militant group Isis, has called on Muslims to obey him, in his first video sermon. Baghdadi has been appointed caliph by the jihadist group, which has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria,...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
The matches of the World Cup football have lately been scheduled for 10 pm and 2.0 am. There is no problem of the first match's timing but it is not so with the ones held at the small hours. Earlier...
Shariful Islam | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Although the term 'governance' has become a household word, it is one of the haziest terms in the discourse of development studies or international relations. Simply put, governance means 'the act of governing'. And accountability, transparency, participation… are the basic...
Tamim Choudhury | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena was chief guest at a reception on June 17 at Potomac, Maryland, where he presented the keynote speech on America's expanding ties with Bangladesh. Hosted by US Bangladesh Advisory Council (USBAC) at a community...
Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Riverbank erosion is a major problem caused by the large rivers in Bangladesh. The hazard has severe consequences for the livelihood of those living on nearby floodplains. While normal floods are considered beneficial to agriculture and fisheries, erosion and continuous...
Cyclone Arthur pelted parts of far eastern Maine and southeastern Canada with heavy rain and strong winds Saturday, as the storm that had been a hurricane swept away from southern New England. Arthur, which weakened to a tropical storm, had...
M.S. Siddiqui | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Jamdani is a designed fabric developed and produced in the Narayanganj region, adjacent to Dhaka, with a craftsmanship in which local artisans excel in an environment of specific moisture content grown out of the Shitalakkya river water. It is the...
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Changes in the monetary policy approach and framework after a crisis were discussed in a session in the Seventeenth World Congress held in Dead Sea, Jordan during June 06-11, organised by the International Economic Association and the United Nations. The...
Syed Ejaz Ahsan | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Universities in Bangladesh are mainly categorised into three different types -government-owned and subsidised, private sector-owned and international (operated and funded by international organisations such as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation). The policy-makers and the government bodies like the Ministry of...
Admission to the reputed colleges of the city and elsewhere has ever remained in the priority list of both students and guardians. Now if money alone would have been the criterion for admission, not all the top graders could count...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus had once said, "Access to quality education has enabled me to reach far beyond the Bangladeshi village I grew up in." But this is not true for millions of others in rural Bangladesh now. A...
Silvia Zaman | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
A fundamental component and major investment of society that remains under-utilised is young people. It is the youth who are the foundations of effective and progressive development. Half of the world's human population is young people. They hold enormous stake...
It is sad to know that every year 40,000 people die in our country of kidney disease. The treatment cost is so high that the poor people cannot afford it. If someone from a poor family falls victim to this...
Recently the menace of snatching of cell phones is on the increase. When the car with its windows open comes to a halt at traffic signals or during traffic jams, criminals appear suddenly and run off with the cell phones...
Easy profits are merrily exploited in our vast Sunderbans forest. Ignored, ill trained and ill-armed temporary guards are no barrier for open robbing of the trees; our valuable wealth. It seems that here the principle of "easy come, easy go"...
Md Joynal Abdin | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
The present ruling party declared Vision-2021 before the 9th parliamentary election. It is not understandable why Vision-2021 is not much highlighted now. Maybe, it is because some of the goals of the document were supposed to be achieved by this...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Since the liberation of Bangladesh, a plethora of bilateral problems with India has piled up over the last 43 years. For this successive governments of both the countries, with the exception of Janata Dal of Prime Minister Morarji Desai of...
BELO HORIZONTE, July 4 (agencies): An unfinished highway overpass being built for the World Cup in Brazil collapsed Thursday in the city due to hold a semifinal match, killing at least two people and injuring 19. The tragedy in Belo...
SRINAGAR, July 4 (AFP): India's Narendra Modi faced a hostile welcome including a general strike Friday during his first visit as prime minister to Kashmir, where he has sparked anger over apparent plans to curb the region's autonomy. Schools, shops...
MANDALAY, July 4 (agencies): Thousands of people, some wielding sticks, flooded Myanmar's second-largest city Friday as tensions spiked during the funeral of a victim of Buddhist-Muslim clashes that have raised fears of spreading violence. A procession led by scores of...
BAGHDAD, July 4 (AFP): Iraqi Kurdish preparations for an independence referendum met with frustration in Washington, which stressed unity was essential to tackle a jihadist-led onslaught that risks "Syria-like chaos". In a rare piece of positive news during the crisis,...
ISLAMABAD, July 4 (AFP): Pakistan's tough new anti-terror law gives a "green light for abusing suspects" and should be withdrawn, a rights group said Friday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Protection of Pakistan Bill, passed by the Islamabad parliament...
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