Eid for the poor: Attention from the rich

    Prof. Dr. M. Shah Nawaz Ali, Member, University Grants Commission : After one month of fasting, we are nearing the Eid celebration. The succession of our fast will rely on how sincerely we were able to devote ourselves to Allah. The Almighty will surely bless us with his mercy if only our work can prove…

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      Status of housing sector in general

      Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Law Research Officer, BILIA. Advocate, Supreme Court : Statistics show that Bangladesh will need to construct approximately 4 million new houses annually to meet the future demand of housing in the next fourteen to fifteen years. Estimates for annual requirements for housing in urban areas vary from 0.3 to 0.55 million units….

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        Narcotics: An International Problem

        Tanvir Alam Khan , Assistant Managing Editor, The Daily Amader Orthoneeti & Apprentice Lawyer Dhaka Bar Association : At least Bangladesh is not in the same situation as Mexico or its adjacent countries in the matter of narcotics abuse. South American belt and drug trafficking has an unidentifiable international relations. Mexican War on Drug was…

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          Keep up pressure on Myanmar, reiterates PM

          Xasir Youssaf: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made urges to the international community yesterday for continuous pressure on Myanmar to take back the Rohingya minorities from the country. The PM during a courtesy call by International Rescue Committee (IRC) President and CEO David Miliband said, “The global community will have to continue their pressure on the…

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            Four missing children found dead in Chandpur pond

            Sofian Khan: Four children who were reported missing on Monday have been found dead in a pond in Hajiganj, Chandpur. According to Jabedul Islam, Officer-in-charge (OC), the bodies were discovered floating in the pond yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Rahul (13), Shamim (11), sons of Wasim, Arafat Hossain Raihan (11), son of Ahsan Habib…

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              ‘Myanmar targeted the educated in genocide’

              Sofian Khan: Myanmar’s military and local Buddhists responded to a Rohingya Muslim separatist attacks on military outposts with a campaign of rape, massacre and arson driving about 700,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh. According to over a dozen of teachers, elders and religious, educated Rohingyas are subject to the systematic and widespread harassment, arrests and torture were…

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                EU calls for probe into all anti-drug drive deaths

                Sofian Khan: The European Union (EU) missions in Dhaka have come in with demand for complete investigation into all the anti-drug drive deaths countrywide. “We expect the authorities to ensure that all incidents involving the deaths of alleged criminal suspects are investigated fully and in accordance with due processes,” reads a statement by the EU…

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                  How should the budget be structured?

                  Dr. Mahbub Ullah, Former Chairman and Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka : The budget for the fiscal year 2018-19 is going be of a mega Tk 460,200cr size, according to media reports. However, considering the needs of the country, there could have been a much bigger budget. But the problem with a big…

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