Peaceful political dialogue – a must for effective democracy

    Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor/ Bangladesh National Section, The New York Times The Constitution of People’s Republic of Bangladesh in its preamble provides that democracy is it’s one of the fundamental principles. Article 11 of the Constitution provides that the Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for…

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      Archer Ruman Shana eliminated from Asian Games

      UNB: Bangladesh’s famed archer Mohammad Ruman Shana was eliminated from the pre-quarterfinals of Recurve Men’s Individual event of the 18th Asian Games Archery losing to Agata Salabilla Riau Ega of Indonesia 4-6 at the GBK Archery Field in Jakarta on Thursday. Ruman Shana, who was placed 3rd scoring 677 in the ranking round, beat Thamwong…

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        7 picnic spots, resorts under ACC scanner

        Desk Report: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified seven private picnic spots and resorts which were built grabbing forest land in Gazipur in collusion with dishonest forest officials, reports Daily Sun. A three-member ACC enquiry team, led by its director Sayed Iqbal Hossain, found that the seven resorts and picnic spots were built occupying forest land….

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