Abrar Hussain: Six alleged criminals, including four drug traders, were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers throughout the country in Feni, Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Barisal, Jessore and Tangail districts in the early hours of yesterday, reports The Daily Star. Five police personnel were also injured during alleged gunfights in Feni and Barisal. In Feni, an…
Raj Abrar: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of the two drivers accused in the case of the killing of Titumir College student Rajib Hossain, reports The Daily Star. The accused are Wahid Ali, 35, and Khorshed, 50, bus drivers of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Sajan Paribahan respectively.On April 3, Rajib lost…
A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi :Brick industry is one of the casual and unorganized enterprises in Bangladesh, but it is booming with the expansion of land business. It is a work-escalated industry. This sector in Bangladesh contributes around 1% of total national output and employees around 750,000 people….
Abrar Hussain: Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of the nation, will reach its orbit within two to three days, according to Bangabandhu-I project director Mohammad Mesbahuzzaman, reports UNB. “After successful launching, the Bangabandhu-1 satellite needs 11 days for reaching its orbit and it’ll reach its orbital slot on 119.1 degree on May 22 or May 23…
Dr. Ajoy Roy, Academic : Discussions regarding the education system have been going on for long. Ensuring quality education, right placement of excellence, whether students passing with high marks are able to perceive merit properly, whether they are going through proper nurture, these sectors are now in high concerns. Amid these issues, irregularities and corruption…
Abrar Hussain: The physical condition of 12-year-old Muktamoni, who was diagnosed with a tumor in her hand in August 2017, has been declared critical, as reported by The Daily Star. Muktamoni’s father Ibrahim Hossain, a grocery shop owner of Kamarbaisa village in Sadar upazila of Satkhira, said, “The infection in her hand has spread all…
Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time : Newspapers report that country’s education boards are still at a loss to invent a proper way of examining our children at different levels of secondary and higher secondary examinations. First, they attempted to introduce creative education system, where emphasis was given to develop and examine the students’ analytical…
Mehedi Hasan: It is natural for traders to increase price of goods as demand increase. They will always seek for opportunities to get their hands on more profits. Therefore, for the sake of public interest, solution needs to be sought by implementing the laws set by the government. However, I think it is necessary to…
Dr. Md Tajul Islam, Professor of the National Institute of Mental Health & Research : Bus, minibus and truck drivers have often been found to be very reckless and intolerant, having short tempers and their behavior usually being very offensive. They treat passengers whimsically and always compete with each other on the road. Such reckless behavior…