Khalequzzaman, General Secretary, Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal : Government factory workers receive minimum wage of Tk 17,820, but workers of non-government factories will get only Tk 8,000? This cannot happen. This vast difference between the wage rates is a form of discrimination. Our constitution calls for abolishing all forms of inequality and discrimination. Therefore this vast difference…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is building a strong nationwide road network to advance Bangladesh economically and reduce poverty fast. The economic condition of the mass people will get better with the improved road networks as they will have better job opportunities, she said, reports UNB. The premier made…
Syeda Manisa Kabir, Employment Specialist, Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto : Firstly, I’m not a food critique and no way have a qualification to evaluate any part of food industry. I’m merely a Foodaholic, which is a newly born term, that essentially means a person who is addicted to food and…
AP: Muslim militants have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year off Malaysia then brought them to their jungle hideouts in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday. The Indonesians were freed Friday with the help of the Moro National Liberation Front, a rebel group that signed a peace deal with the…
A.S.M Riad Arif, Graduated from South Asian University, New Delhi : Geographically Bangladesh is the nearest neighbor of Myanmar. These two countries are sharing 271 kilometers of their borderland. The river ‘Naf’ flows both on the country. Even historically these two Nations were ruined by the British emperor. Before the age of ‘Nation State’, they had…
Utpal Dutta, Editorial Assistant, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : Being a girl you have to perish or wither because you don’t conceal your skin, charm and fragrance. Society then seems to be a honeycomb with huge bees buzzing around. Still we see the ugly phenomena while global ingredients are gradually flourishing with the…
Abrar Hussain: The heir to the Samsung empire as well as the leaders of several other South Korean conglomerates are expected go to Pyongyang this week to attend an inter-Korean summit as part of South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s delegation, officials in Seoul confirmed yesterday. Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong and the heads of the SK and…
Reuters: Pope Francis on Saturday expelled a Chilean priest under investigation in a case involving the sexual abuse of children, according to a report by local media on Saturday, amid a growing global abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman Catholic Church. The Archdiocese of Santiago said the Pope had decided to defrock the Reverend…
Reuters: Prominent anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov arrived in Berlin on a special medical transport flight late on Saturday after falling ill and being hospitalized in Moscow last week, German newspaper Bild reported on Saturday. Members of the Pussy Riot protest band with whom Verzilov collaborated have suggested he may have been poisoned. Bild said the…
AFP: Voting began across government-controlled parts of Syria on Sunday for the war-ravaged country’s first local elections since 2011, state news agency SANA said. Polling booths opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and stayed open for 12 hours. “Voting centres opened for citizens to cast their ballots to elect their representatives in the local administrative…