Sabah Mannan: In an occasion laden with symbolism, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un will meet at the Military Demarcation Line dividing the peninsula for their summit on Friday, reports Hindustan Times. The chief of the South’s presidential secretariat Im Jong-seok said Moon will greet his visitor at the concrete…
Sabah Mannan: A road crash in Rangpur Sadarupazila resulted in the death of three people, including a pregnant woman, reports Daily Star. Hailing from Dinajpur district, the deceased were identified as Moni Begum, 25, Moni’s aunt Asia Begum, 50 and Tushar, 26. According to the police, an ambulance, coming from Nilphamari, lost control and smashed into…
Dr. A B Mirza Azizul Islam In order to create quality and efficient manpower in every field, initiative should be taken by public and private organizations so that we can create good manpower. That’s why we have to work together. We have to think about what kind of manpower we need in our country. Whether…
Afrida Ahmed: A Dhaka court yesterday asked Police Bureau of Inverstiga-tion (PBI) to submit a report on investigation by August 20 in a case that was filed over the death of film actor Salman Shah, reports Daily Star. After PBI Inspector Sirajul Islam who is also an investigation officer of the case failed to submit any…
Sabah Mannan: After suffering from cancer for long time, BNP leader and former minister M Shamsul Islam passed away on Thursday (April 26) around 2:30pm in Dhaka’s United Hospital. He was 87 years old, reports Banglanews. The veteran politician’s personal secretary Kamrul Hasan informed that the former minister had been receiving treatment at the hospital for…
Sabah Mannan: Briefing the reporters at the EC secretariat Thursday noon (April 26), Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed said the upcoming polls to Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) won’t have any deployment of army. Previously, BNP placed 26-point demand seeking army deployment and abolishing the use of EVM machines in the polls to GCC and Khulna…
Sayeed Muhammad: With the next city polls scheduled for May 15, candidates of different posts including that for the mayor’s one of the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) is passing busy time. As many as five mayoral candidates, 147 councillor candidates in 31 wards, and 38 councillor candidates for 10 reserved seats, are contesting the polls….
Sabah Mannan: BSF Dir-ector General (DG) KK Sharma claimed Thursday that there was no report of killing any Bangladeshi nationals by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the borders since January this year. At a briefing on the fourth day of the BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) director general-level meeting, the BSF DG remarked…
Dr. Mohammad Abdul Majid: Now Bangladesh is listed among developing countries. It’s a great achievement. What is the ability to retain this achievement of Bangladesh? Looks like, there is. Otherwise, would the United Nations recognize us? It wouldn’t. We have to prove that it is not just about words. We have to show that yes,…
Sayeed Muhammad: Leaders of quota reform movement has given an ultimatum to the government for publishing within this month the gazette on abolishing the quota system in government job in line with the prime minister’s decision. If not so, they will wage a tougher movement from May, they warned at a press briefing on the…