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...
BEIRUT, July 4 (AFP): The jihadist Islamic State now fully controls all of Syria's main oil and gas fields, which are located in Deir Ezzor province next to Iraq, a monitoring group said. IS declared an "Islamic caliphate" in areas...
Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on US East Coast MIAMI, July 4: Hurricane Arthur made landfall on the North Carolina shore, packing 100 mph (160 kph) winds and drenching rains in an onslaught dampening America's July 4 celebrations. The US National...
Babul Barman | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Stocks posted modest gains last week that ended Thursday, the first week of the new fiscal year, as investors booked short-term profit in later part of the week. The week featured four trading sessions instead of five as trading was...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-04 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, July 3: Shah Nursery in Jhenidah is playing a vital role in producing quality plants from mother trees and supplying them to many places of the country, including Chittagong. Md. Shaiful Islam who had been harbouring a hobby from ...
BAGERHAT, July 3 (UNB): A court here on Thursday condemned five people, including a couple, to death for killing four members of a family in Sharankhola upazila in 2000. The condemned convicts are Shahid Sarder, his wife Mafila Begum of...
RAJSHAHI, July 3 (BSS): Despite efforts of different GO- NGO, hardly 250 of around 1000 households are using sanitary latrines in Narayanpur, Mohar and Kalna villages of Talanda Union Parishad in Tanore Upazila of the district. "We provided all requisite...
RU Correspondent | 2014-07-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, July 3: The authority of Rajshahi University (RU) is going to celebrate its 61st founding anniversary amid much enthusiasm and fanfare through various programmes, on Sunday. To mark the day the university chalked out a day-long colourful programme...
RANGPUR, July 3 (BSS): The farmers are expecting bumper production of the highly fleshy, fibreless and tasty local variety Haribhanga mango as its harvest continues in full swing with excellent yield now here this season, official sources said. Horticulture specialist...
JAMALPUR, July 3 (BSS): The farmers of Jamalpur district have brought a vast area of land under jute cultivation in the current season as they were encouraged by fair price of jute last year. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office...
CHUADANGA, July 3 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken an extensive programme for cultivation of mug pulse in four upazilas of the district during the current season. Under the programme, a total of 3,810 hectares of land...
NARAYANGANJ, July 3 (BSS): A housewife was murdered by her husband's elder brother at Nabiganj-Islambag area under Bandar upazila of the district early this morning. The victim Taslima Begum, 36, is mother of three children and wife of Monir Hossain...
Ready-made garment workers demanded to pay their Eid bonuses and arrears before the 20th of Ramadan, according to a news agency. Addressing a rally in front of the Jaitya Press Club Friday in the capital, workers’ leaders also demanded Eid...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-04 00:00:00
MAGURA, 3 July: National Birth Registration Day -2014 was observed in Magura Thursday. Magura municipality undertook different programmes to observe the day including a grand rally in the morning. It also arranged a discussion meeting at municipality office premises. Magura...
Our Correspondent | 2014-07-04 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, July 3: The National Fisheries Week-2014 began with a befitting manner in Gopalganj Wednesday. District Administration and Fisheries Department, Gopalganj, jointly organised the week. On the occasion of the day a colourful rally was brought out which paraded through...
BARISAL, July 3 (BSS): A youth was killed in a road accident in Nathulnabad Bus-stand area in the city here this noon. The deceased was identified as Milan Bhuyan, 32, son of Ayun Ali of Talbaria village under Sadar upazila...
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