M Humayun Kabir: The 42nd death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed today with due respect across the country. Nazrul, revered as Bidrohi Kobi (a rebel poet) for his activism for political and social justice, breathed his last in Dhaka on 12th Bhadro of Bangla calendar year 1383 (August 29, 1976)…
UNB: The government has decided to import 100,000 tonnes of coal to meet emergency needs of Barapukuria coal-based power plant. State minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid revealed the decision while talking to the reporters at secretariat on Sunday, report local news agencies. Nasrul said the authorities already completed the tender process…
Sejuti Mourin: Camer-oon has deployed a 5th contingent of its troops for a stabilization and peace-keeping mission to neighboring Central African Republic (CAR), said Cameroon’s Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo yesterday, adding that the soldiers are to contribute to the return of peace and stability while strictly respecting UN regulation of impartiality. The contingent is…
Dr. Mohammad Abdul Mazid, Former Chairman, NBR: The leather industry is one of the most vital institutions of the country. Usually, tannery owners take loans from banks and the banks themselves are eager to provide. As a result, the owners become defaulters and make different excuses. The main reason for the loans was to buy…
Kabir Humayun: Two people, who sustained burn injuries in Pallabi water tank explosion six days ago, have succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Dr Partha Shankar Paul, a resident surgeon said Surat Ali, 62, with 72 percent burns died around 7:00am yesterday and his granddaughter Mili Akhtar, 4, died at 6pm…
The Guardian: Zimbab-we’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has refused to accept a court ruling that upheld Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in last month’s presidential elections. In his first comments since the country’s highest court overturned the opposition’s challenge to have the results annulled, Chamisa vowed yesterday to lead “peaceful protests”. “I have a legitimate claim…
Kabir Humayun: Four motorcyclists were killed in three separate road crashes in Mymensingh yesterday. The victims were identified as Yasin Mia, 60, Dilip Mia, 60, Jewel Mia, 30, and Rezaul Karim, 35, said 8More on Page 7, Col (From Page 8) police sources, reports The Daily Star. Yasin was killed when a bus ran him…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times,Bangladesh National Section: Like many other South-Asian countries, Bangladesh has an innate colonial organizational structure categorized by exclusive, protectionist, non-responsive to political direction, political corruption, inconsideration and gripped leadership with sustaining its eminence and freedoms (Khan & Naziz, 2013:125). Bureaucracy plays a dominant role in the development…
Arab News: The head of Daesh in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group’s hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday. Ten other members of the militant group were also killed in a joint ground and air operation by Afghan and foreign forces, the National Directorate…
The Guardian: In a major policy development, the Malaysian government has cancelled the Government-to-Government (G2G) Plus recruitment system in a bid to stop the ‘syndicated monopoly business’ in recruiting migrant workers from Bangladesh. Jeremy Corbyn has been made the subject of an official complaint to the Labour party over his suggestion in 2013 that some…