Sayeed Muhammad: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday laid emphasis on protecting students from militancy and drug addition, only to help ensure a better future. “Teachers and guardians should be aware so that students are not misguided by evil forces,” he said while addressing the 5th convocation of State University of Bangladesh (SUB) at the Bangabandhu…
Tahmeed Taha: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think-tank, yesterday said at a program in Dhaka that 56.9 percent of the women population of the country with working age is not present in education, employment and training (NEET). This was revealed by CPD during a dialogue on ‘Promoting Female in Bangladesh for Realizing Demographic…
Abrar Hussain: Tobacco control activists in the capital yesterday have called for imposing higher taxes on tobacco products.At a meeting titled “Imposing Specific Excise Taxes on All Tobacco Products”, organized by the Association for Community Development (ACD) at its conference hall, activists demanded the formulation of an updated tax policy on tobacco products to significantly…
Sayeed Muhammad: A first year student of the Dhaka University (DU) died as he fell off a mango tree on the campus yesterday. The deceased Towfique Omar, 23, was a student of Urdu Department. Originally from Satkhir5a district, he had been residing at Poet Jasimuddin Hall of the university, reports UNB.DU Proctor Golam Rabbani said Towfique…
Abrar Hussain: A Dhaka court yesterday set June 10 as the date for submitting the probe report over the college student Rajib’s death case. Rajib had unfortunately lost his right hand after being sandwiched between two buses in the capital.Dhaka Metropolitan magistrate Golam Nabi fixed the new date because the investigation officer and Shahbagh police…
Sayeed Muhammad: Canada has sharpened its tone towards asylum seekers, warning that simply traction through the border is not a “free ticket” to Canada as the number of migrants crossing from the US keeps soaring. Since the election of Donald Trump, growing numbers of asylum seekers have been entering Canada by foot, driven by fears…
Tahmeed Taha: In connection with the murder of Naniarchar upazila chairman advocate Shaktiman Chakma and four other people in separate attacks on May 3 and 4, two separate cases have been filed. Seven days after the incident, yesterday Shaktiman Chakma’s assistant Rupam Chakma, mentioning names of 46 people, filed a murder case with Naniarchar police station…
Abrar Hussain: The death toll from lightning strikes across Bangladesh in a single day (Wednesday) rose to 21 in 10 districts, with six of them in Habiganj alone. According to multiple sources including Bdnews24, The Daily Star, Prothom Alo, at least 3 people died in Rajshahi while 2 each in Kishoreganj, Sunamganj, Nilphamari and Manikganj….
Sejuti Mourin: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American prisoners, along with details of the upcoming summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, a South Korean official said yesterday.Pompeo yesterday travelled from Japan to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, and…
Tahmeed Taha: By vowing to take steps to immunize European firms doing business with Tehran from any US sanctions the European Union has moved to protect the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. A day after Donald Trump announced the US would exit the Iran deal agreed with other major powers in 2015, and impose the highest level…