After the liberation war, the government introduced us with thirty percent quota facility for the freedom fighters. How many freedom fighters have been benefitted by the quota system after these many years of liberation? The number of freedom fighters is high in remote areas, most of whom are low middle class. Farmers and workers are…
Sayeed Muhammad: Two people have been sentenced to death while three others got life term imprisonment for the 2016 murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee 2016.Upon completion of examining records and witnesses, Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Shirin Kabita Akhter delivered the verdict in presence of three convicts, reports UNB.The death row…
Changes are needed for the education system’s development. Highly discussed MCQ system is recommended to discard from public examination to stop leaking question papers and authority are seriously thinking about it. I think, these thoughts hold rights to be appropriate. The quality of education depends on several factors. The teachers, guardians and students- everybody’s participation…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a bizarre incident, a dinner attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and their wives last week was halted by an offensive cultural faux pas: Dessert was served in a shoe.Like many countries, Japan finds it highly offensive when food is served in a shoe as seems…
Sayeed Muhammad: Expressing frustration over poor luggage handling at the country’s premier airport, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal has suggested cutting jobs of aged and incapable employees of the national flag career. “There’re many aged employees (in Biman) who are not capable to deliver. You say bye to them with handsome compensation. You…
Sayeed Muhammad: The apex court has deferred until tomorrow the hearing on the leave-to-appeal petitions filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail which the High Court granted her in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, passed on the order yesterday, reports the…
Sayeed Muhammad: The Supreme Court (SC) today is going to hear two appeal petitions that challenged the High Court order staying the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election for three months.The full bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, will hear the petitions filed by mayoral candidates of AL and BNP Hasan…
Sayeed Muhammad: Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected as the country’s new prime minister as he capped a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic.However, Russia is wary of an uncontrolled change of power which would pull the country out of its orbit, despite Pashinyan…
Tahmeed Taha: The Nigerian army had rescued more than 1,000 Boko Haram captives in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, it said on Monday. Military spokesman Texas Chukwu said in a statement that the hostages were mainly women and children. There were also some young men among the hostages, who had been forced to become Boko Haram…