M Humayun Kabir: The government yesterday signed a $225 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for overhauling secondary education and boosting education quality, access, and relevance in the country. This is the third and final tranche of the $500 million Secondary Education Sector Investment Program (SESIP) approved by the ADB in 2013,…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: Rabindranath Tagore is the greatest literary genius of Bengali literature. He had a vast knowledge in all the branches of literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 for ‘song offerings’ (Gitangali). Not only do Bengali readers enjoy his poems and songs,…
Mohammad Ali Sattar, Columnist and Biographer. I observe with great despondency, that the death of the students due to usual mad race by the mindless drivers of minibuses, has led this country into a multifaceted crisis. Initially it was an outburst of the anguished fellow students who were witness to gruesome death of their mates…
Hossen Sohel: The government is purchasing the historic Rose Garden Palace where the Awami League held its first major inaugural meeting. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was also present at that meeting of now ruling Awami League, the party that led the Bengalis in the struggle for independence from Pakistan, reports the Financial Express. It will…
VOA News: When Iraqi forces announced the recapture of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) militants in July 2017, the joy of victory and the hope for a return to normalcy echoed across the country. But for Sana Ibrahim, who lost all of her children during IS rule, things would never be the same again. Now,…
NY Times: The leader of the United Nations said that he had picked Michelle Bachelet, a prominent women’s rights advocate and the first woman to serve as Chile’s president, to be the organization’s next top human rights official. The announcement by Secretary General António Guterres ended the uncertainty over who would replace Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein,…
Russia Today: Jacob Rothschild has voiced concern about the global financial system that was established after WWII. The billionaire banker points to the US-China trade war and eurozone crisis as the key problems putting economic order at risk. “In 9/11 and in the 2008 financial crisis, the powers of the world worked together with a…
Kabir Humayun: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed Sunday for delivering order on a petition filed by the state seeking stay on the High Court order granting six months bail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in an arson case filed under the Special Powers Act in Comilla. A four-member Appellate Division bench,…
M Humayun Kabir: Spanish basketball superstar Pau Gasol quietly paid visits to several Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF. Gasol, the 38-year old Spanish player, arrived in Bangladesh on August 5 to observe the conditions of the children at the world’s biggest refugee camp, reports New Age. The renowned…
Arafat Hasan: The owners of all industries, including readymade garments factories, have to pay the Eid festival bonus to workers within August 16.They have also been asked to clear part of their salaries for the running month by August 19. State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haq Chunnu gave the directive after a meeting…