July 2018
Exercise austerity in electricity, water use: PM
Abrar Hussain: Urging everyone to practice cleanliness, the Prime Minister called upon her countrymen to exercise discipline in using electricity and water, adding that the government provides these at subsidized prices. “We administer subsidy in providing power and water to you…thousands of crores of Taka are given in this connection as subsidy; you must be…
Attackers of the protestors should be brought to justice
Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Jagannath University: Those who assaulted the quota reform protestors should be brought to justice. The method of attack seemed to indicate that the attackers had intended to harass the protestors. This should be remedied. The protestors have a voice and they have a right to express that. As long…
It’s not been a country like that of Hitler or Mussolini
Asif Nazul, Professor of Law, Dhaka University: The entire nation was stunned by the way Chhatra League carried out attacks on the quota reform protesters. The incidents, especially the merciless beating of quota reform leader Nurul Haq Nur, the beating of Rajshahi University student Tarikul with a hammer, which broke both his legs, and the…
Quota issue and the probable solution
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: Quota has become a sensitive issue recently. Many a people call it a movement for ‘quota cancellation’ while another group term it ‘quota reformation’ movement. There are several categories of quota: student admission quota, patient’s admission seat quota, government service quota etc. In…
Bangladesh gets $100m ADB grant for Rohingya crisis
Abrar Hussain: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a grant of $100 million to Bangladesh yesterday, the first half of an assistance package to develop basic infrastructure and services for refugees fleeing from neighboring Myanmar. Bangladesh is currently facing an uphill challenge in managing the refugee camps in the southern district of Cox’s Bazar, where…
BNP to protest at denial of rally permission
Sejuti Mourin: BNP will stage demonstrations in the capital on Sunday protesting what the party claimed to be was the denial of police permission for holding its Saturday’s rescheduled rally in the city. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the initiative at a press conference at its Naya Paltan central office yesterday,…
Nawaz Sharif gets 10-year jail term over graft charges
Sayeed Muhammad: Former prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by over his family’s purchase of upscale London flats. The verdict comes as a major blow to his party ahead of a general election in July, reports Reuters, adding that the 68-year-old was tried in absentia. The National…
Televised Football and Nationalism
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiya, Professor and Founder Chair of the Department of Television, Film and Photography at Dhaka University : We all have been under the spell of football, which the Americans call soccer, for the last three weeks. The dazzling displays of football techniques and tactics have mesmerized and absorbed us. We…