RANGPUR, May 2 (BSS): The farmers have become busy now in sowing jute seeds after recent rainfall everywhere in the northern region already bringing fifty per cent of the targeted land area under its cultivation, official sources said. Due to...
The recent 2014 Oslo Business for Peace Award to a leading Bangladeshi woman entrepreneur has amply recognised the unique contribution of our women to business and society. The award also speaks eloquently of tireless efforts the country's women entrepreneurs today...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
Medical ethics has long become a casualty. Ever since the pharmaceutical companies have sought to monopolise market, ethics has been relegated to the back burner. Profit motive has overtaken that of engagement in a cause for the humanity. That 10...
S.A.Mansoor | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
Two important articles carried in the front and back pages on April 30 on the subject of fruit and vegetable adulteration in a local English daily terribly shocked me. This mindless and dangerous trend of poisoning fruit and vegetables with...
Tawfiq-e-Elahi, the energy adviser of the Prime Minster, has made a flippant remark that the common people should get some taste of load-shedding so that they realise that how much our country has progressed in power sector during the tenure...
Question papers of various exams are being leaked out. It has become almost routine and hurting our education sector badly. Confidence of the common people is eroding. We know tough measures are not taken to stop such incidents and the...
Narendra Modi, one of the high echelons of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and prime aspirant for premiership following the 2014 Lok Sabha election in India, uttered arrogant and haughty comments on Bangladesh in his election campaign. Indian election is being...
M Aminul Islam Akanda | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
We are one of the ten newly emerging countries as identified by the Coface, a French credit insurer firm. Bangladesh is also listed among top twenty-five countries in terms of per capita income by the year 2050. Many economists are...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
The nation witnessed, during the official visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Dhaka in September 2011, a drama concerning the Teesta river upon which millions in Bangladesh depend for their lives and livelihoods. The Awami League-led government was assured...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
The World Business Council defines Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as "the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of the life of the workforce and their families as well as of...
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
The first Islamic bank in the country was established in 1983. This was in fact the first Islamic bank in the South and South-East Asia region. Bangladesh is currently having a significant number of Islamic banking institutions including eight full-fledged...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
The Dhaka-Mymensingh Four-lane Highway project is unlikely to be completed within the time extended until June this year, officials said. Progress of the project varies according to the constructing organisations while, sources said, there might be 50 per cent progress...
KHULNA, May 2 (UNB): People in highly natural disaster-prone Khulna are now passing worrying moments during the current stormy weather season as the number of shelter centres in the coastal district is less than required. The existing cyclone shelters are...
The historic May Day was observed in the country on Thursday as elsewhere across the world with a fresh vow to establish the rights of workers, reports UNB. The May Day, also known as International Workers' Solidarity Day, commemorates the...
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Friday ordered the authorities concerned to evict unauthorised structures from the both sides of Kalyanpur 'Ka' canal near Orthopedic Hospital in Shayamoli in the city, reports BSS. The minister gave the order during a visit...
Bangladesh will observe the World Press Freedom Day today (Saturday), as elsewhere in other countries of the world through various programmes, reports BSS. As part of the observance of the day, a discussion meeting will be held at the Press...
The 85th birth anniversary of Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam, the crusader against war criminals and communalism, will be observed today (Saturday) with due respect, reports BSS. Jahanara Imam, mother of martyred freedom fighter Rumi, is remembered for her role in...
Green activists demanded Friday immediate steps to recover Pushpa Saha Pond in old Dhaka from illegal occupation and protect it from pollution, reports UNB. The demand came at a human chain programme organised jointly by Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), Green...
COX'S BAZAR, May 2 (UNB): At least six people, including four policemen, were injured in a gunfight between police and a gang of terrorists at Chaillatali in Maheshkhali Upazila early Friday. Officer-in-charge (OC) of Maheshkhali Thana Alamgir Hossain said police...
Body found on Mirpur flyover Police recovered the body of a man from Mirpur flyover in the city Wednesday night. The unidentified deceased, about 50, was of good health, Sub-inspector (SI) of Cantonment Thana Saiful Islam told the news agency....
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Rangpur with moderately heavy falls...
A day after its chairperson issued a countrywide 'organisational red alert', BNP gave on Friday the 19-party leaders and activists a 10-point advice like not moving alone and going to any unsafe and desolate place to avoid any untoward incident...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta, MP, said Friday incidents of killings and forced disappearance of persons are not pleasant for the democratic system of governance, reports BSS. "These incidents can't be acceptable at all. The government should...
The Election Commission (EC) will provide smart national identity (NID) cards to all citizens of the country by the end of this year, reports UNB. The EC thinks it would be able to provide the high security featured smart NID...
AKM Nasim Osman was laid to eternal rest with full state of honour at Masdair graveyard in Narayanganj Friday, reports BSS. He was buried beside the grave of his father former lawmaker AKM Shamsuzzoha after third Namaj-e-janaza held on BB...
Gono Forum chairman Dr Kamal Hossain has called for forming citizens' committees in all thanas of the country to organise citizens for a nationwide movement against the 'sick politics' practised by the two main parties. "People want to see a...
The United Kingdom (UK) hailed Bangladesh's endorsement of the declaration of commitment to end the sexual violence in conflict, reports UNB. Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan have announced their endorsement of the Declaration this week, launched as part of the UK's...
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