Prof. Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain, Historian : Being the best and the most profitable investment, the education sector should be allocated with the maximum portion of the national budget. This is because increased allocation for the education sector means increased investment. This is believed in every part of the world. This is the only investment, which…
Abrar Hussain: At the invitation of Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on a four-day royal visit, reported The Daily Star. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam will receive and welcome the Thai princess at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on her arrival in…
Prof. Dr. A B M Abdullah, Dean of Medicine Faculty, BMSSU : May 28 is International Safe Motherhood Day. Even though the day was recognized as International Women’s Health Day since 1987 throughout the world, considering the importance and effectiveness of maternal health it was celebrated as Safe Motherhood Day since 1997 in Bangladesh. Preventing mother…
Abrar Hussain: Seven creative personalities from different backgrounds will receive the ‘Shilpakala Padak 2017’ for their continuous contributions to the respective fields. The awardees are Alauddin Mia in instrumental music, Sharmila Bandyopadhyay in dance, Nasir Ali Mamun in photography, Chandra Shekhar Dey in fine arts, Kangalini Sufia Begum in folk culture, S M Mohsin in dramatics…
Sofian Khan: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced of a new abortion law which will be in place by the end of 2018. It is followed by a landslide vote in favour of repealing the Republic of Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion. With the new law in place, abortions during the first 12 weeks…
Sofian Khan: Over 100 have been detained by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during an anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp in Mohammadpur yesterday. According to CDR. Mufti Mahmud Khan, legal and media wing director of the Rab, the drive was conducted by several of their teams around 11:00 am and detained over the…
Abrar Hussain: Ten drug peddlers from eight districts have been killed in countrywide ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers, as anti-narcotics drives continue.Of them, 2 in Cumilla, 2 in Dinajpur, 1 in Kurigram, 1 in Joypurhat, 1 Chandpur, 1 in Mymensingh, 1 in Pabna, and 1 in Thakurgaon, were killed from 12 am up to Saturday (May 26),…
Abrar Hussain: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has pledged yesterday that there will be no possibility of gridlock on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, claiming the road condition much better than before ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr this year. “The construction works have already been completed and all the potholes are also repaired on Bypile-Abdullahpur highway,” said Obaidul…
Rajekuzzaman Ratan, Central Committee Member, Bangladesher Somajtantrik Dal : The election system in our country has reached to the edge. Disbelieve, mistrust and doubt have become so strong that even the people within a certain party do not want to believe that a fair election will be held under the partisan government. Some are even…