Ameer HamzaThe Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered last week whether the United States could be giving cancer to Latin American leaders! Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, her predecessor Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's Fernando Lugo have all been diagnosed...
Nilratan HalderWith the world players remaining unconvinced of the merit of taking immediate action for reining in carbon emission to the extent that limits global temperature two degrees above the pre-industrial level, the onus is now on environmental scientists, green...
Fauzia SultanaOn completion of her Master's degree in Journalism from Rajshahi University, Shirin moved to Dhaka in search of a job. But she had little idea that having a job these days is not an easy catch. After a long...
Prof Dr M Azizur RahmanAccording to the critics of capitalism, distribution of wealth, power and freedom is not equitable in a capitalist society. Knowledge is power. Similarly wealth is power. In the capitalist society, a powerful man enjoys more freedom....
Mohammad Ruhul KaderWhen I was a college kid, my father often bought me pen. Sometimes he also took me to buy one. But what I'm trying to say is not a creepy story of father-child sweet relationship. Rather, a different...
Samar Paul In the new millennium, museum is no more mere a depository of collections, nor even only a store-house of curiosities and artifacts. Traditionally, a museum needs to have collection, conservation, exhibition, research and publication, mass communication and education...
Mohammed Sohel HaraAnxiety is part and parcel of modern life. In our day-to-day life, everyone of us feels and deals with anxiety more or less but when it becomes chronic, it is a real health hazard. This invites heart palpitation,...
Habib Toriqul The fire accident in the old part of Dhaka, Nimtali on June, 2010 has led to our realization about the distress of living amid the devils in the city and again, the earthquake on September 18, 2011 reminded...
BNP Friday termed the prime minister's Thursday's address to the nation 'extremely fallacious' and said it was done to mislead people to cling to power, reports UNB. The main opposition said the huge defeat of the ruling Awami League-backed mayoral...
Senior Awami League leader and Railway Minister (RM) Suranjit Sengupta Friday said parliament is the right forum to discuss and solve the caretaker government issue because such an issue should be solved constitutionally, reports BSS. "Parliament is the only forum...
Senior Awami League (AL) leader Tofail Ahmed today urged the main opposition to return to the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) deserting the politics of conflicts, saying that the opposition's main task in parliamentary democracy is to pinpoint the government's faults, reports...
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Friday said the government has decided to set up a second tribunal to expedite trial of the perpetrators of "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war as the first one was already in session."Works...
All preparations have been completed for Khaleda Zia's road march towards the port city of Chittagong from the capital tomorrow (Sunday) to mobilise public support for holding next general election under caretaker government (CG) system annulled by the present government,...
The government has taken the initiative to construct 876 union parishad (UP) complex buildings across the country by June 2017 with a view to making the local government system more effective, reports UNB.The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council...
Gunmen stormed into a transport office and sprayed bullets on a leader of transport owners and workers' committee, leaving him injured at capital's Saidabad Bus Terminal Thursday night, reports UNB.The victim was identified as Tawhidul Islam Taiyab, 40, general secretary...
The Election Commission (EC) is mulling over using the electronic voting machines EVMs) in the national elections riding on its overwhelming success in the Comilla city polls, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladesh's smallest city corporation went to the vote on Thursday without any...
FE ReportSpeakers at a workshop emphasised on the soil mapping and conducting survey on the soil status so that agricultural land and industrial land could be differentiated clearly. They said the soil survey should be conducted in the district level...
Talha Bin Habib Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has sent a proposal to the ministry of shipping for introducing 'night navigation' at Paturia- Baghabari river route to facilitate smooth passenger services and transport of goods, officials said. "We sent...
Chandan BanerjeeKOLKATA, Jan 6: The family of rebel poet Quazi Nazrul Islam yesterday joined the ongoing controversy over renaming Indira Bhaban after their forefather, throwing their weight behind Poshimbangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in this matter.Two granddaughters of the poet...
Bangladesh will immunise around 24 million children aged 0-59 months today (Saturday) for bolstering its polio-free status by providing two drops of polio vaccines during the 20th National Immunisation Day (NID), reports BSS.The second round will be observed on February...
FE ReportVarious trade body leaders and ministers Friday condoled the death of renowned industrialist and chairman of Square Group Samson H Chowdhury.Samson H Chowdhury died of old-age complications in a Singapore hospital Thursday at the age of 86.In a condolence...
As Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina undertakes a two-day visit to India's northeastern state of Tripura on January 11-12, the Indian government is upgrading the Tripura airport with international facilities ahead of her visit, reports UNB.Hasina will be accompanied by six...
FE ReportNational Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF) urged the government for launching a food rationing system immediately for the garment workers as per the government's earlier pledge.The call came from a red flag procession in the city Friday, organized by the...
Eight people including a woman and a girl were killed in separate road accidents in different parts of the country on Thursday and Friday, reports UNB.In Brahmanbaria, four people were killed and at least 30 others injured in a road...
Bangladesh Business Management (BM) College Principal Samity on Friday demanded immediate payment of government portion of the money for teachers and employees of MPO listed BM colleges, reports UNB.Addressing a press briefing at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU), the Samity leaders...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Jan 06 (BSS): A 4-day international seminar on `Towards Oriental Theatre Studies' will begin at senate auditorium of Jahangirnagar University (JU) today (Saturday).Drama and Dramatics Department of JU is organising the seminar in collaboration with Japan Foundation as...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Shippers have started charging higher freight rates to compensate for heavy losses being incurred by them in carrying cargoes to and from Bangladesh, sources familiar with external trade said Friday.The shipping companies have increased at least 100...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) raised its key interest rates by 50 basis points with effect from tomorrow (Sunday), its fifth hike since March, as it battles to curb persistently high inflation, reports Reuters. The central bank said it was lifting the...
Nizam AhmedThe authorities concerned should immediately go for quick expansion of the country's lone oil refinery in order to help rein in the swelling petroleum import bill, officials and experts said on Friday.The relevant authorities have been delaying an approval...
Doulot Akter MalaBangladesh Biman and GMG Airlines owe a total of Tk 740 million to the National Board of Revenue (NBR). The money was collected as travel tax from passengers to deposit to the public exchequer, revenue board officials said.Of...
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