Sofian Khan: Five people have lost their lives with one more injured in a landslide in Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban on yesterday. The deceased are Abu Ahamd (32), Nurul Hakim (25), Sona Miah (30), Nur Ahamed (35) and Jasim Uddin (24) all were cutting soils at the cite. According to Jahangir the Chairman of the…
Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Editor-in-Chief of GTV & sarabangla.net : The ongoing drive against drug smugglers, trader and users seemingly turned into a bloodbath. The crackdown on narcotics in parts of the country left 28 alleged drug peddlers dead in just six days. Expressing her government’s firm stance against drugs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it…
Waliur Rahman, Former Ambassador and Political Analyst : Awami League-backed candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleq defeated his BNP counterpart in the Khulna city corporation election by a healthy margin. BNP expressed serious concern over the polls result. Efforts from different quarters were also made to make the election questionable. But how was the election actually? Did the…
Kamrun Nahar, Staff Reporter, Daily Financial Express The proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth” probably applies best when it comes to the question regarding the visible and viable measures against the perennial waterlogging problem in Dhaka city. With around 19 million people, Dhaka, a so called megacity, has been fighting various man-induced and natural…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Columnist & Researcher Karl Marx was born in a jews family in the town of Terion, Germany in 1818. He was the third among the nine in his family. At the age of six, his family converted to Christianity in order to adjust with the German society. He had an intention…
Nazmul Islam: My first thought on budget is that the government expenditure on public administration is increasing as more people are being recruited which is inconsistent and opposes public interest. I believe that the private sector requires more development than that of the employment sector. Salary and allowance in the private sector are not as…
Swapna Aktar: Mayor and councilors of Domar municipality in Nilphamari divided into two groups regarding the appointment in 8 posts. Allegations against the Mayor brought up the matter of dictatorship in decision taking and other irregularities surrounding the appointment. During the written examination, the deputy commissioner’s representative received complaints of eight councilors that the appointment…
Abrar Hussain: Six alleged criminals, including four drug traders, were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers throughout the country in Feni, Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Barisal, Jessore and Tangail districts in the early hours of yesterday, reports The Daily Star. Five police personnel were also injured during alleged gunfights in Feni and Barisal. In Feni, an…
Raj Abrar: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected bail petitions of the two drivers accused in the case of the killing of Titumir College student Rajib Hossain, reports The Daily Star. The accused are Wahid Ali, 35, and Khorshed, 50, bus drivers of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) and Sajan Paribahan respectively.On April 3, Rajib lost…
A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi :Brick industry is one of the casual and unorganized enterprises in Bangladesh, but it is booming with the expansion of land business. It is a work-escalated industry. This sector in Bangladesh contributes around 1% of total national output and employees around 750,000 people….