Syed Rokonuzzaman, Dinajpur: Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md. Mashiur Rahman cleaned water hyacinth and abrogated illegal establishments getting down to slob-water across about two kilometers in the historical Ashura pond of Nawabganj upazila in Dinajpur. Seeing the UNO in the pond, the local people including the political leaders also joined to the cleaning-work. The drive…
Syed Badrul Ahsan: There are certain truths we do not tamper with when it comes to dealing with history. Unlike men like David Irving, we have no reason to question the Holocaust and the reality of six million Jews perishing at the hands of the Nazis. Like so many men and women around the world,…
Hossen Sohel: A South Sudanese doctor who runs an overcrowded hospital with a dimly-lit surgical theatre and no regular supply of general anaesthesia yesterday won the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award, reports AFP. Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 144,000 refugees from Blue Nile state…
Desk Report: Ehsan Rafique, the Dhaka University student who was severely beaten by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men in February, has moved to Malaysia due to security concerns, reports Prothom Alo. He will now study at a private university in Malaysia, but the people who the university had suspended for beating Ehsan are still staying…
Utpal Dutta: ‘Bishad Sindhu’, by Mir Mosharraf Hossain an epic narrative retrieved. Entitled ‘Ocean of Melancholy’ is a work of historical fiction translated by Alo Shome was released on 20, September 2018. Placed on the events that led to the battle of Karbala an epic historical novel by Bangladeshi literary colossal Mlr Musharraf Hossain has…
Reuters: Qatar was accused on Monday of building stadiums for the 2022 football World Cup on land stolen from a tribe it has persecuted for more than 20 years. A delegation from the Al-Ghufran tribe handed a letter of protest to the game’s world governing body, FIFA, and demanded that Qatar be stripped of the…
Arab News: The UN and individual donors are rushing food to a desperate corner of northern Yemen where starving villagers were found to be living off leaves. Aid officials are searching for ways to ensure aid reaches those in need amid alarm that the country’s hunger crisis is worsening beyond the relief effort’s already strained…
Desk Report: The United Kingdom (UK) has announced new protections for vulnerable children at risk of falling prey to child labour, including a £5 million programme to support Bangladesh deliver its commitment of eliminating the worst forms of child labour in the country, reports the daily sun. Secretary of State for International Development of the…
Abrar Hussain: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud officially inaugurated a high-speed rail line connecting the holy cities of Mecca and Medina yesterday. The 450 km-long Haramain rail line will connect Mecca, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport, King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh and Medina. Regular trains will start operating on the line…
The Us Bangla Fight number BS 211 that crashed due to the perilous landing at the premises of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on March 12, 2018 has been the highlight of every news media in Bangladesh. The mournful event seized the heart of every citizen of this country and the bereaved families of the…